The Noland decision delivered a sharp warning to lawyers: use generative AI at your own risk, because only human judgme...

A new U.S. military campaign targeting alleged drug-smuggling vessels raises profound constitutional, statutory and internatio...

Broken or unstable utility vault covers and exposed wires on sidewalks across the U.S. create predictable, preventable hazards...

Effective Jan. 1, 2026, California will no longer allow survivors to recover damages for a deceased loved one's pain, sufferin...

Peremptory challenges under Code of Civil Procedure §170.6 remain essential for protecting litigants from biased judges, ensur...

The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled against transgender individuals this year, allowing bans on military service, healthcar...

California's post-wildfire recovery efforts in early 2025 revealed both the promise and the pitfalls of its disaster laws -- e...

Civility, grounded not in mere politeness but in the ethical discipline of listening, serves as the foundation of justice by e...

A recent amendment to California's data breach law imposes a firm 30-day notice deadline, limiting companies' discretion to po...

Allegations of fraudulent claims in child sexual abuse cases highlight the importance of ethical safeguards and experienced le...

Trump's conduct as president mirrors the bad leadership that triggers employment lawsuits in any organization -- and impeachme...

AI tools are transforming mediation practice, from document analysis to settlement predictions, but the distinctly human eleme...

Tangipa v. Newsom challenges Prop. 50 as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, arguing that the maps, drawn with race...

Appellate 'gotchas' -- rules barring new arguments at oral argument -- should be used sparingly, because denying counsel the c...

Unlike the masked Lone Ranger who upheld justice, today's masked ICE agents raise serious legal concerns as they operate more ...

Thomas More chose conscience over the king, paying with his life and teaching that law, faith and principle must sometimes def...

If you're falsely imprisoned but not exonerated, your legal recovery may be taxable --highlighting a peculiar gap in how the t...

In family court, cultural differences shape behavior, communication and perceptions of fairness, and understanding these dimen...

In State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Diblin, the California Court of Appeal reaffirmed that intentional conduct c...

Plaintiffs' attorneys are increasingly turning to Washington's CEMA to challenge text-based refer-a-friend programs, drawn by ...

Trump calls up the National Guard in Illinois, citing "rebellion" and insufficient forces; courts and critics say there's no t...

California's Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 -- originally intended to prevent judicial bias -- has devolved into a tool...

Five years after Liu v. SEC, courts remain split on how to apply its limits on disgorgement, leaving the SEC's most po...

California lawyers and law firms should evaluate whether entering into agreements with the government that restrict their prac...

Social media has blurred the line between official and personal speech for public employees, creating new legal challenges ove...

Year-end settlements, driven by psychological, financial, and tax incentives, allow litigants and attorneys to avoid the holid...

California's wildfire litigation is echoing the post-Katrina struggle over causation, with courts now facing the pivotal quest...

A GOP lawsuit over California's new district maps tests whether the state's largest ethnic group -- Latinos -- can still quali...