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Veterans



California's gerrymandering isn't about principle -- it's a necessary defense against Republican election cheating and to prot...


Every trial is a battle of stories, and the one that makes jurors feel the facts -- not just hear them -- is the one that wins.


Contracts, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Betting, branding and foreign financing were once unthinkable in college sports -- now they're on the table. Without a federal...


Unlike the dot-com era, when women were largely sidelined, the AI boom offers a historic opportunity for women to lead by leve...


The Kruitbosch decision underscores that employers may still face liability for off-site harassment -- depending not o...


Government, Constitutional Law


California joins other states where partisan gerrymandering skews representation, disenfranchises voters and fuels political p...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


True advocacy in mediation requires not aggression but ethics -- competence, diligence, civility and integrity are what make a...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


California's new AB 250 reopens the door for time-barred sexual assault claims, giving plaintiffs a two-year window starting J...


In California, employers facing employee embezzlement can often recover stolen funds by acting quickly with discreet investiga...



Boutique law firms have evolved to focus on targeted growth, collaborative culture, technology use, and alternative billing mo...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Bankruptcy


Medical debt is a leading cause of consumer bankruptcy in the U.S., and attorneys play a critical role in guiding clients thro...


As our culture drifts from the humanities toward technology and distraction, we risk losing not just our shared identity and d...


The rise of generative AI challenges traditional intellectual property laws by raising unresolved questions about who owns AI-...


The SEC now allows mandatory arbitration in IPOs, reshaping litigation risk for public issuers, raising governance and insuran...


Courts disfavor contracts that excuse future wrongdoing, enforcing releases only when clear, conspicuous, related to the activ...


California's paid sick leave has evolved from three days for illness in 2015 to five days covering crime victimization, court ...


Torts/Personal Injury


Golf may seem peaceable, but from errant shots to exclusionary policies, players can find themselves in unexpected legal sand ...


The Daily Journal's 'Top 40 Under 40' supplement managed to profile California lawyers without including a single African-Amer...


In the unpublished decision, the California Court of Appeal ruled that a man living in a tent had no Fourth Amendment protecti...


Trump's stunning 29th emergency Supreme Court appeal in 10 months seeks to override a federal judge and deploy National Guard ...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


October's National Disability Employment Awareness Month should prompt Big Law to examine how its practices continue to margin...


Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Amid an increasingly fractured political climate fueled by outrage and absolutism, restoring democracy's health depends on cit...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Trial preparation isn't wasted when cases settle at the last minute -- it's exactly what forces those settlements to happen.