As large language models like ChatGPT and Claude proliferate, attorneys must balance their promise for efficiency and insight ...

California's 2026 laws turn slow payments and oversized retentions into legal risks for construction contracts.

As AI-driven defamation suits emerge, courts must not only weigh who's accountable, but also whether anti-SLAPP laws -- and fr...

From grade school lessons on immigrants of every language, faith and skin color forming a "melting pot," to today's U.S. as a ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Arbitration Act, a cornerstone of American arbitration that has remained ...

California's SB 940 has transformed arbitration from a streamlined alternative to litigation into a process nearly as cumberso...

Holiday rituals and hard-won lessons in war and peace remind us of what it means to come home.

California's Senate Bill 440 takes effect Jan. 1, imposing new non-waivable dispute resolution rules on private construction c...

San Francisco's proposal to order private attorneys to represent indigent criminal defendants ignores a fundamental reality: c...

Taxpayers who paid income tax on wildfire lawsuit recoveries from 2020 or 2021 may be eligible for refunds -- but the window t...

Oswald v. Landmark Builders proves the 5-year rule waits for no one -- not even a pandemic.

When the SEC comes knocking, corporate counsel must call in reinforcements, guard confidences, spot conflicts and tread carefu...

California's Evidence Code Section 801.1 requires all medical causation opinions -- whether from plaintiffs or defendants -- t...

California's infrastructure boom is delivering new bike lanes and roadways at record speed -- but oversight hasn't kept pace. ...

New DOJ policies and enforcement tools are shifting the legal landscape, exposing organizations to heightened investigation an...

Nonprofits, foundations, and sanctuary cities face intensified DOJ scrutiny as the Trump administration cracks down on progres...

DOJ's AI enforcement has shifted from broad fraud cases to targeting AI misuse that threatens U.S. competitiveness, while usin...

While common in federal investigations, "taint teams" have no footing in California law -- and the governing statutes, cases a...

After an unexpected pause, the DOJ has resumed FCPA enforcement with renewed focus -- reminding businesses that this once-dorm...

After nearly a decade of treating every adviser conflict as material, the SEC may be changing course -- offering potential rel...

The rise of AI-enabled cyberattacks, exemplified by North Korea's fraudulent IT worker scheme, underscores the need for compan...

From Halloween to New Year's, America's four major holidays form a deliberate cultural scaffold that lifts a diverse nation fr...

The evolution of the legal profession over recent decades -- marked by gains in diversity and technology but a troubling decli...

Liability insurers' use of catch-all language in Intellectual Property and Habitability exclusions -- designed to eliminate co...

Chinese court proceedings share fundamental principles with U.S. courts -- from presumption of innocence to contract law doctr...

Jonathan Demson, a quietly brilliant and fiercely dedicated solo appellate attorney who handled over 400 cases, argued four ti...

A year after California passed SB 976 to curb minors' social-media addiction, a wave of First Amendment lawsuits from tech gia...

A new Second Amendment Rights Section within the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division marks a dramatic shift in federal ...

A $10,000 sanctions case revealed how deeply generative AI unsettles the legal system. The passion it inspires isn't new. Plat...

President Trump's pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted of trafficking over 400 tons o...