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Constitutional Law

The deployment of military forces to Los Angeles amid peaceful protests lacks constitutional or statutory justification and ra...


The libel-proof plaintiff

Jun. 16, 2025
By Lee S. Brenner, Casie M. Orellana

Who can't recover for defamation even though they may have been libeled?


Technology, Intellectual Property

Why AI's use of shadow libraries should alarm us all

Jun. 16, 2025
By Margaux Poueymirou, Maxwell V. Pritt

For $100,000 in crypto, Anna's Archive is offering AI companies high-speed access to 140 million pirated books and articles--f...


Constitutional Law

The shaky foundation - Part I: 2nd Amendment weirdos

Jun. 16, 2025
By Myron Moskovitz

If a legal doctrine rests on a flawed foundation, the rulings built on it will be unstable--and that's exactly what's happened...


Technology, Insurance

As state-sponsored cyberattacks grow more disruptive, insurers are expanding the War Exclusion to deny coverage even in peacet...


U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court rejects heightened standard in reverse discrimination cases

Jun. 16, 2025
By Juan C. Enjamio, Meredith Gregston

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Ames v. Ohio that Title VII protects all workers equally, striking down the extr...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution

When patients bring claims against Kaiser Permanente in California, they face a unique and complex arbitration system--one bor...


Civil Procedure

When and how to use deposition testimony in court

Jun. 13, 2025
By Collin P. Wedel, Lauren M. De Lilly

Approaching depositions with trial in mind gives counsel an advantage--whether through testimony from unavailable witnesses, i...


Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory

National Audubon reframed water rights as conditional privileges, establishing that environmental values are core cri...


Constitutional Law

The Trump administration's sweeping "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" may be doomed to fail because it illegally stuffs non-budgeta...


Immigration

The quiet revival of denaturalization in America

Jun. 12, 2025
By Nancy K. Canter

President Trump's second-term immigration agenda marks a sharp escalation from his first, with an aggressive revival of civil ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

We're here in good faith

Jun. 12, 2025
By Robert S. Mann

In mediation, talk of "good faith" and "bad faith" often serves more to posture or vilify than to promote resolution--what tru...


Torts/Personal Injury, Health Care & Hospital Law

With IV failure rates as high as 50%, healthcare providers face growing malpractice exposure as routine procedures turn into c...


International Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution

The launch of the International Mediation Institute in Hong Kong marks a symbolic yet significant step for China in asserting ...


Immigration

What is happening in Los Angeles today is not unprecedented--and if we ignore the lessons of our past, including the vital rol...


The DOJ has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Oakland's Jerusalem Coffee House, accusing it of antisemitic discrimination a...


Immigration

Citing a rarely used statute and without the governor's request--President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops f...


U.S. Supreme Court, Evidence

The Supreme Court's decision eliminates extra burdens for majority-group plaintiffs, casting new doubt on California's Assembl...


Military Law, Civil Rights

Transgender troops endure policy rollercoaster

Jun. 11, 2025
By Eileen C. Moore

From banned to welcomed to banned again, transgender troops have faced five different policies in just nine years--and the leg...


Entertainment & Sports, Contracts

A potential presidential commission could finally bring order to the chaotic world of college athletics, where conflicting sta...


LA Fires

Who represents the future of Los Angeles?

Jun. 10, 2025
By Howard B. Miller

In the aftermath of devastating wildfires and mounting litigation, Los Angeles faces a critical need for accelerated legal res...


Civil Rights

Disparate impact: Still on the books

Jun. 10, 2025
By Jack Schaedel

President Trump's April 2025 executive order targeting disparate impact liability in discrimination claims may weaken federal ...


Letters

The congressional budget bill bypassed the established multi-branch review process required for changing federal civil procedu...


Tax, LA Fires

Rebuilding after wildfire means knowing the tax rules

MCLE
Jun. 10, 2025
By Robert W. Wood, Alex Z. Brown

Wildfire victims may be able to reduce, delay, or avoid paying taxes on insurance or settlement proceeds--especially if the fi...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory

Elon Musk's abrupt exit from Washington marks the collapse of a bold but controversial reform push, highlighting both the resi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

When stepping into an active case, replacement counsel must take deliberate steps--such as reviewing deadlines, understanding ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Despite spending significant resources to support victims, district attorney offices often fail to address serious ethical ris...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

How to use experts effectively in mediation

Jun. 9, 2025
By Robert S. Mann

In mediation, experts should serve not as adversarial advocates but as collaborative problem-solvers-clarifying technical issu...


After avoiding foreign business deals during his first term, President Trump and his family now appear to have embraced intern...


Consumer Protection Law, Class Action

The Supreme Court's dismissal of Labcorp v. Davis

MCLE
Jun. 9, 2025
By Brian Danitz, Vasti Montiel

In a closely watched case that could have drastically reshaped class action law, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 5, 2025, dismi...