Fifty years after Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court's campaign-finance jurisprudence continues to distinguish protect...

Measure ULA remains intact, but proposed state caps and local tax relief for multifamily and mixed-use projects could change h...

California's new autonomous vehicle rules don't rewrite liability law, but they do create a critical evidentiary record that a...

The California Supreme Court should reconsider or narrow In re Estrada because its presumption of retroactivity conflic...

Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on California billionaires' wealth to help offset healthcare cuts. Its proponent...

Effective plaintiff advocacy requires more than fighting hard--it means understanding opposing counsel's perspective, present...

With Measure ULA still in effect, real estate and construction industry stakeholders should continue planning for its impact w...

Even the most unapologetically aggressive attorneys face anxiety. A candid look at managing the pressures of legal practice--a...

The 1st District Court of Appeal's unusual partial publication in In re Haney highlights the continuing debate over whe...

Congress has introduced the Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act, delivering a federal film tax cr...

As courts weigh whether routine website tracking violates California's privacy law, ADR can help businesses and consumers navi...

The author argues that Los Angeles Superior Court could address its $9.1 million budget shortfall by eliminating complex-case ...

As PFAS monitoring and remediation costs rise, California public entities may find millions in cleanup coverage hiding in deca...

For beneficiaries considering a challenge to an estate plan, the substantive strength of a claim may not be enough to protect ...

Routine, meritless objections to written discovery delay litigation, increase costs and burden courts, and calls on lawyers an...

Legal reasoning can help presidents test assumptions, confront historical precedent and determine whether military force can a...

AI agents may soon remember our marriages better than we do, creating a powerful new kind of evidence--and forcing family cour...

The legal merits don't always drive litigation strategy. To be a true business partner, counsel must understand the leverage, ...

Generational differences are reshaping legal culture, requiring attorneys and mediators to recognize changing communication st...

The 9th Circuit is weighing whether California's "captive audience" law unlawfully restricts employer speech and conflicts wit...

Many families concentrate on minimizing estate tax, but families whose wealth is below the federal estate-tax exemption may fa...

A Japanese judge starved rather than violate a law he believed was unjust. His tragic choice raises enduring questions about w...

Jurisdictional priority among family law, juvenile dependency and probate courts must be reexamined to prevent conflicting or...

AB 2305 draws a bright line between funding litigation and controlling it, allowing certain financial arrangements while barri...

Policyholders can maximize recovery from network interruption claims by avoiding four common mistakes that can lead to dispute...

In the latest installment of his brief-writing series, Myron Moskovitz explains how he builds an appellate opening brief by as...

California's first Delete Act enforcement actions put data brokers on notice: Regulators are moving quickly, and companies tha...

The 9th Circuit BAP's proposed filing changes would streamline appeals, but aligning its record-excerpt rules with the 9th Cir...

SB 690 could wipe out most pending pen register claims and curb efforts to stack statutory damages, even as plaintiffs continu...

The California Supreme Court ruled that courts must provide indigent litigants with an official verbatim record, including thr...