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Ediscovery, Civil Litigation
SB 1149 will wreak havoc on California’s civil discovery
By Kyla Christoffersen Powell
SB 1149 forbids protective orders and confidential settlement agreements in any litigation involving alleged product defects o...
Litigation & Arbitration
How not to screw up your case in arbitration, part two
By Christopher David Ruiz Cameron, Kathy Fragnoli
The testimony of even the most well-prepared witness may prove useless – or worse, problematic – unless the advocate listens a...
Some lawyers make the mistake of focusing their entire trial preparation on the jury, and make the mistake of forgetting the j...
Law Practice, Government, Appellate Practice
Top twelve approaches for a better America
By James P. Gray
One of the extreme threats not only to our economy but to our physical safety is our return to dependence upon some pretty dan...
Technology, Judges and Judiciary, International Law
Stochastic Gradient Descent
By Curtis E.A. Karnow
Unlike your country, which has been slow to accept the gifts of big data and artificial intelligence (I still smart at that us...
Webinars
This webinar was a conversation among experts about some of the biggest changes to pre-trial services as a result of the pande...
Featured Content
Although most arbitrators apply rules when the contract is silent, some California arbitrators (especially retired California ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Advantages of using a judge pro tem
Parties use a judge pro tem to ensure a decision maker is knowledgeable in the law applicable to the dispute as well as having...
Community News
Community News
Trials scheduled to resume in Los Angeles County
MCLE
Court of Appeals in Young v. Solano County opens the door to racial bias complaints
The Racial Justice Act and Young's broad interpret...
By Brenda Star AdamsMistrials and Good Cause to Excuse Jurors
The discharge and substitution of jurors rests within the...
By Serena R. MurilloContours of safe harbor defense continue to shift
The courts continue to wrestle with the safe harbor defen...
By David M. Axelrad