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November 2018

Nov. 1, 2018

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.


Attorneys using judicial avenues to force action on climate change will confront - for the foreseeable future - a firmly conse...




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...




Empirical Kavanaugh

Oct. 12, 2018

Adam Feldman, from the blog Empirical SCOTUS, offers a quantitative-based preview of Brett Kavanaugh's first term. And Seth St...



Ellis Horvitz, founder of Horvitz & Levy and pioneer of appellate-focused legal practice, was honored Friday as the inaugu...




Judge James Donato (ND CA) and former U.S. Ambassador Jeff Bleich, on the first of a hopefully ongoing podcast series, provide...



October 2018

Oct. 1, 2018

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



As a new Supreme Court term commences, partly overshadowed by a seething political feud surrounding the proposed new ninth jus...



David Kaplan, 'Newsweek' veteran and Supreme Court chronicler, visits to discuss his new book 'The Most Dangerous Branch: Insi...




Immigration Roundup

Sep. 21, 2018

An en banc 9th Circuit will reconsider whether due process in removal proceedings guarantees undocumented minors government-sp...



The 9th Circuit rejected a Koch Industries-backed charity's claim that requiring disclosure of top donor information violates ...




On the concluding day of confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, senators heard not from the nominee but rather 26 wi...



Senators sparred over - and throughout the day released - documents Democratic members claimed the majority party had designat...




A tumultuous first day of confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh saw senators spar at length over the adequacy of ava...



September 2018

Sep. 3, 2018

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



After successive, sudden departures of Judges Pregerson, Kozinski, and Reinhardt, the 9th Circuit's varying approach to decidi...



Still Learning the ABCs

Aug. 10, 2018

While the Weekly Appellate Report is on a brief summer hiatus, revisit an earlier episode exploring the new test California co...




In the second episode of Courts & Capital, we discuss attorneys who fight for the civil rights of...sex offenders. Attorne...



August 2018

Aug. 1, 2018

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



A split 9th Circuit panel Tuesday deemed open public firearm carry a "core" Second Amendment right, and struck down a Hawaii p...



The second episode of the DJ on the J.D., the Daily Journal's legal education podcast, focuses on hybrid law degrees. Some law...




Considering Kavanaugh

Jul. 13, 2018

Three guests offer a range of views on the potential next U.S. Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh. Justin Walker (UL Brand...



In this first episode of Courts & Capital, it'll cover the #MeToo scandal across California, specifically hitting the stat...




The California Supreme Court will soon decide whether the doctrine of unconscionability renders certain consumer loans unenfor...



July 2018

Jul. 2, 2018

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



A range of guests reflect on retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy's legacy and forecast the Supreme Court to come: Garrett Epps (U...



Waiving in the Dark?

Jun. 25, 2018

As nearly $4 million in fees hang in the balance, the California Supreme Court debates whether and how firms can effectively u...




Void for Overlap?

Jun. 15, 2018

California appellate courts have split on the question of whether overlap between two consumer protection statutes renders one...



Considering Custom

Jun. 5, 2018

After arguments last week, and an appellate ruling parting ways with a decades-long line of caselaw, the California Supreme Co...