Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court
It's Groban
An expert panel reviews Gov. Brown's final high court selection, Joshua Groban. Justices Arthur Gilbert (2DCA/6) and Therese ...
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
What Interests the Public?
The California Supreme Court is set to answer an open question in anti-SLAPP jurisprudence: What's an 'issue of public interes...
U.S. Supreme Court
With a Lot of Help From Their Friends
Amicus filings at the Supreme Court are at record levels, and seem more influential than ever. They're also increasingly submi...
Environmental & Energy
An Uncertain Climate for Environmental Suits
Attorneys using judicial avenues to force action on climate change will confront - for the foreseeable future - a firmly conse...
U.S. Supreme Court
One Sex Forward, Two Steps Back?
For the first time, SCOTUS' law clerk class is majority female; but that milestone follows a bitter confirmation fight that ce...
The third episode of the DJ on the J.D., the Daily Journal's legal education podcast, features two first-year UCLA School of L...
U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, Constitutional Law
Empirical Kavanaugh
Adam Feldman, from the blog Empirical SCOTUS, offers a quantitative-based preview of Brett Kavanaugh's first term. And Seth St...
Appellate Practice
The 'Dean' of the California Appellate Bar
Ellis Horvitz, founder of Horvitz & Levy and pioneer of appellate-focused legal practice, was honored Friday as the inaugu...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Judge James Donato (ND CA) and former U.S. Ambassador Jeff Bleich, on the first of a hopefully ongoing podcast series, provide...
U.S. Supreme Court
Is 8 Enough? A True 'Roberts Court' Begins
As a new Supreme Court term commences, partly overshadowed by a seething political feud surrounding the proposed new ninth jus...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
The Most Dangerous Branch
David Kaplan, 'Newsweek' veteran and Supreme Court chronicler, visits to discuss his new book 'The Most Dangerous Branch: Insi...
Immigration
Immigration Roundup
An en banc 9th Circuit will reconsider whether due process in removal proceedings guarantees undocumented minors government-sp...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Americans for Transparency?
The 9th Circuit rejected a Koch Industries-backed charity's claim that requiring disclosure of top donor information violates ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Kavanaugh Hearings Day 4: Outside Counsel
On the concluding day of confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, senators heard not from the nominee but rather 26 wi...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Kavanaugh Hearings Day 3: D.C. Confidential
Senators sparred over - and throughout the day released - documents Democratic members claimed the majority party had designat...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Kavanaugh Hearings Day 1: Doc Review
A tumultuous first day of confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh saw senators spar at length over the adequacy of ava...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Departed but Still Deciding?
After successive, sudden departures of Judges Pregerson, Kozinski, and Reinhardt, the 9th Circuit's varying approach to decidi...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
Still Learning the ABCs
While the Weekly Appellate Report is on a brief summer hiatus, revisit an earlier episode exploring the new test California co...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Civil Rights of Sex Offenders
In the second episode of Courts & Capital, we discuss attorneys who fight for the civil rights of...sex offenders. Attorne...
Constitutional Law
Open Carry and the 'Core' of the Second Amendment
A split 9th Circuit panel Tuesday deemed open public firearm carry a "core" Second Amendment right, and struck down a Hawaii p...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
Law Schools Turning to Hybrid Degrees
The second episode of the DJ on the J.D., the Daily Journal's legal education podcast, focuses on hybrid law degrees. Some law...
U.S. Supreme Court
Considering Kavanaugh
Three guests offer a range of views on the potential next U.S. Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh. Justin Walker (UL Brand...
Government
California's Capitol in the #MeToo Era
In this first episode of Courts & Capital, it'll cover the #MeToo scandal across California, specifically hitting the stat...
California Supreme Court
Can Interest Rates be Unconscionable?
The California Supreme Court will soon decide whether the doctrine of unconscionability renders certain consumer loans unenfor...
U.S. Supreme Court
The End of the Kennedy Court
A range of guests reflect on retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy's legacy and forecast the Supreme Court to come: Garrett Epps (U...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
Waiving in the Dark?
As nearly $4 million in fees hang in the balance, the California Supreme Court debates whether and how firms can effectively u...
Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
Void for Overlap?
California appellate courts have split on the question of whether overlap between two consumer protection statutes renders one...
Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
Considering Custom
After arguments last week, and an appellate ruling parting ways with a decades-long line of caselaw, the California Supreme Co...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
Is Trump just what law schools needed?
The first episode of the "DJ on the J.D.", the Daily Journal's legal education podcast, focuses on the significant increase in...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Is the End 'Near' for Class Action Cy Pres?
Is donating to charity surplus class action settlement funds a logical, efficient solution for unclaimed damages, or a due pro...