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The high-profile legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over alleged misconduct during "It Ends With Us" could h...


Judges and Judiciary

Informal discovery conferences in California courts

MCLE
Jan. 27, 2025
By Stuart M. Rice

The sunsetting of California's informal discovery conference (IDC) legislation and how judges can still employ their inherent ...


Securities

Compensation clawbacks: The initial disclosures

Jan. 27, 2025
By Mark A. Borges

The implementation of Section 10D clawback rules has begun to reshape executive compensation policies, as companies navigate d...


Securities

Clawbacks: Grabbing more than the basics

Jan. 27, 2025
By Allison C. Handy

New SEC rules require companies to adopt clawback policies for executive compensation, but many firms are going beyond the man...


Torts/Personal Injury

National tort reform is coming

Jan. 27, 2025
By Richard Alexander

Florida's recent insurance reforms, including limits on contingency fees, changes to comparative fault, and restrictions on la...


Technology, Data Privacy, Constitutional Law

President Donald Trump's TikTok proposal seeks to ease U.S.-China tensions, restore confidence, and foster innovation, while a...


Immigration, Constitutional Law

A federal judge swiftly blocked President Trump's Executive Order banning birthright citizenship yesterday, calling it "blatan...


Probate

The Newell decision confirms that a petition challenging trust amendments and claiming a constructive trust can justify...


Tax, LA Fires

Tax triage for LA fire victims

MCLE
Jan. 24, 2025
By Robert W. Wood, Alex Z. Brown

Navigating the tax implications of insurance proceeds after a wildfire can be complex, but there are mechanisms in place--like...


LA Fires, Insurance

Insurance survival guide for modern disasters

Jan. 24, 2025
By Selwyn D. Whitehead

Unpacking the essentials of insurance, highlighting its critical role in mitigating risks and financial uncertainty amid the i...


California is at a critical moment in shaping AI regulation, with recent developments highlighting the need for a comprehensiv...


Wills, Estates & Trusts

Top five trusts and estates cases of 2024

Jan. 23, 2025
By Ciarán O’Sullivan

In a year that reshaped California trust and estate law, five pivotal cases from 2024 delivered significant changes with far-r...


Technology, Law Practice

AI is transforming legal practice by enhancing real-time depositions, improving case evaluation, and streamlining document rev...


Environmental & Energy, Consumer Protection Law

Recent class action lawsuits targeting chocolate products revive questions about the use of embedded Proposition 65 allegations.


LA Fires, Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Canon 4D limits financial aid for judges during the LA fires, allowing assistance from disaster relief, personal relationships...


Technology

In response to the California State Bar's guidance on the ethical use of Generative AI in legal pleadings, a California attorn...


California Supreme Court

May the 'initial inquiry' be with you

Jan. 22, 2025
By Brian M. Hoffstadt

In In re Dezi C., 16 Cal.5th 1112 (2024), the California Supreme Court "retconned" the standard for an adequate initi...


The Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo marks a significant shift in administrative law ...


Civil Procedure

The Judicial Council of California introduced on Jan. 1 a revised Request for Dismissal form (CIV-110), which now includes an ...


California's new "Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act," SB 399, banning mandatory workplace meetings on political, r...


Military Law, Civil Rights

In a historic decision on the 80th anniversary of the Port Chicago explosion, the U.S. Navy exonerated 256 African American sa...


Constitutional Law

Despite efforts by Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber to overturn Huntington Beach's voter identi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Whose dollar, whose dream? Navigating third-party payor ethics

MCLE
Jan. 21, 2025
By Andrew Browning, Farah Khaled

When representing a client while accepting payment from a third party, CRPC Rule 1.8.6 requires informed written consent, pres...


Law Practice

Why are briefs called 'briefs?'

Jan. 21, 2025
By Myron Moskovitz

The term "briefs" in appellate courts, once reflecting concise submissions, has evolved into lengthy documents due to the grow...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Skilled negotiators achieve better outcomes and greater satisfaction in mediation by entering a "flow state," where intense fo...


Before Jan. 7, Southern California's idyllic neighborhoods were beloved for their beauty and charm, but the recent wildfires h...


Litigation & Arbitration

Limits on arbitral remedies under the CAA and FAA

Jan. 17, 2025
By Claude M. Stern

Arbitrators have broad discretion to craft remedies, but they must align with the contract's essence; explicit limits in agree...


LA Fires, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

In the wake of the LA disaster, unscrupulous law firms are exploiting vulnerable fire victims with false promises of guarantee...


Government

The second-term curse: Will Donald Trump defy history?

Jan. 17, 2025
By Michael A. Genovese

The so-called "second-term curse" has plagued many U.S. presidents, and for Donald Trump, breaking from past patterns of self-...


LA Fires, Insurance

The Los Angeles wildfires mark the first large-scale test of recently enacted California insurance regulations designed to pro...