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Divorce litigation can operate like an addiction loop driven by revenge, trauma bonds, and other "sins," and warns that while ...


Although AI may transform--and even threaten--the future of human work and decision-making, it cannot replace the distinctly h...


Consumer Protection Law


California is turning fashion compliance into full-spectrum accountability, binding brands to labor, climate and supply-chain ...


Constitutional Law


As the nation turns 250, access to justice remains one of the clearest measures of whether America is living up to its foundin...


If President Trump signs Uber-backed legislation shielding the company from lawsuits over driver misconduct, one of the bigges...


Meditation and Stoicism can help attorneys manage stress, improve focus, and respond more effectively to the pressures and con...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


In complex medical cases, the more critical expert evidence parties can surface before mediation, the greater the chance of tu...


Figurative language is the food processor of persuasion: It purees emotional resistance, slices through entrenched positions a...


Corporate, International Law


Trump's rollback of federal anti-corruption enforcement may ease pressure on multinational businesses, but states and foreign ...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


Law firms are embracing AI not for flashy innovation, but because it can quietly strip out the friction in client development,...


Big Tech's "blame the user" defense is collapsing as courts start treating addictive social media design like a defective pro...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Practical tips and strategies to improve the likelihood of settlement.


Mediation was the only alternate universe where everyone could have walked away a partial winner--but after three weeks of tri...


Louisiana v. Callais guts key protections of the Voting Rights Act by narrowing Section 2 and enabling partisan redistr...



Tech companies and their allies continue to frame the First Amendment and Section 230 as shields against liability for online ...


Torts/Personal Injury


Uber's ballot initiative would gut California's contingency fee system, restrict access to justice for injured victims, shift ...


The Supreme Court's decision in Chatrie v. United States could determine whether people who enable cell phone location ...


The litigation over Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home centers on whether the City's historic designation and related demolition ...


While Doe v. Meta follows existing Section 230 law, its concurrences signal rising judicial pressure to narrow platform...


California's new CCPA regulations requiring annual cybersecurity audits and risk assessments are forcing companies to create d...


AI is now a leading cause of U.S. layoffs, and employers who use neutral-sounding criteria like "AI fluency" to push out older...


The lawyers who advance fastest aren't waiting for assignments--they're scanning every situation for unmet needs and filling t...


Family law rarely offers clean endings, and the cumulative toll of carrying families through their worst moments can lead to b...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


A mediator's expertise can provide a valuable reality check, but effective settlement decisions require lawyers to critically ...


In an era of overwhelming federal dockets and increasingly aggressive discovery practice, swift judicial intervention remains ...


Cannabis


The DOJ's narrow marijuana rescheduling order may deliver long-awaited tax relief for licensed medical operators, but in Calif...


A Hollywood mentor-protégé tradition--where wisdom is forged through pressure, proximity and example--is embodied in the life ...


CalPERS settled a seven-year dispute over post-retirement work restrictions after a judge barred recovery of alleged overpayme...


What if you could cut months--or even a year--from getting a case to disposition? In California's constrained courts, a retain...