Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Workplace bullying in big law is a persistent issue that's far from new
By Erin Gordon
A new report reveals that nearly a quarter of attorneys last year were victims of workplace bullying, with women, racial minor...
Judges and Judiciary, Family, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Between a rock and a hard place
By Scott M. Gordon , Jessica C. Kronstadt
Cardona v. Soto (2024) No. A167089: Judges face difficulties in balancing due process and protecting children from trau...
Boeing is facing severe issues at its El Segundo satellite unit, with allegations of misconduct, safety violations, and retali...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediate now, not six months from now
By Sidney Kanazawa
The pandemic has shown that Zoom can help parties see each other as collaborators, rather than enemies, and can help them reac...
Insurance
New wildfire rules aim to ignite coverage in high-risk areas
By Shanti Eagle
California is rolling out a new insurance regulation aimed at strengthening and stabilizing the marketplace. As the most signi...
Criminal
Operation Trojan Shield may be clever, but is it outrageous?
By Rachel L. Fiset , Jeremy Masys
Operation Trojan Shield, an FBI initiative, created the encrypted messaging app Anom to monitor criminal communications -- sp...
Constitutional Law
Supreme Court fails to acknowledge its part in America's homelessness problem
By Mark Miller
The Supreme Court's historical decisions on property rights have significantly contributed to the homelessness crisis in Amer...
Environmental & Energy
Quiet Communities sue EPA over 40 years of noise neglect
By Monica S. Hammer
The EPA hasn't updated safe noise levels since 1974. Congress stopped funding the Noise Control Act in 1982, which the EPA say...
Criminal, Civil Procedure
When justice goes MIA: An officer's fight for her Marsy's Law rights
By Steve Twist
San Luis Obispo District Attorney Dan Dow has filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandate to the California Court of Appeal, claimi...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Newsom's surprise veto of PBM regulation bill is a call for patience
By Hassan Shaikh
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed Senate Bill 966, allowing for more restraint and reflection during a period of hyperac...
Entertainment & Sports
Leveraging NIL to inspire better classes of future NBA players
By Frank N. Darras
NIL deals may give young athletes a false sense of prestige, leading them to leave college early and underperform in professio...
Torts/Personal Injury, Construction
General contractor and project owner held liable after worker attacked on job site
By Garret D. Murai
In Degala v. John Stewart Company, a construction worker sued the general contractor and project owner for negligence a...
Exploring the intersection of modern biometric technologies and Christian beliefs, particularly the fear of these technologies...
Consumer Protection Law
California's Lemon Law has been gutted, leading to a significant erosion of consumer rights
By Joseph A. Kaufman
California's recent legislative changes have significantly weakened the state's lemon law, shifting the burden of dealing with...
Government, Criminal
California's dirty secret: Clean-record deals kept bad cops on the job
By K. Chike Odiwe
California's use of clean-record agreements to conceal the police misconduct of hundreds of officers is an egregious practice ...
The Performance Ladder consists of four steps: Self-Knowledge, Content, Connection, and Flow, aimed at contextualizing the ele...
The stereotype of Irish drunkenness in an article published on Oct. 4 is unacceptable, and highlights the double standard comp...
Civil Rights
California's 'ban' on legacy admissions: Much ado about ... very little?
By Emily C. Barbour
California's AB 1780 aims to ban legacy and donor preferences in admissions for private colleges and universities that receive...
Intellectual Property
Copyright trolls exploit the threat of litigation to extract quick settlements
By John H. Minan
Contemporary reports indicate that copyright trolling undermines the purpose of copyright law, prompting calls for Congress to...
Constitutional Law
The death of the 2nd Amendment: Part II - Scalia's reasoning in Heller
By Myron Moskovitz
Justice Antonin Scalia asserts that the right to bear arms refers to individual rights and not collective rights tied to stat...
Legal Education, Judges and Judiciary, Guide to Legal Writing
I know the way to San Jose
By Arthur Gilbert
Arthur Gilbert first encountered Bernie Witkin's work during law school, finding it a valuable resource when he struggled to u...
Family
The pyramid of power: Understanding Iranian family dynamics
By Abbas Hadjian
The roles and cultural expectations of Iranian families operate within a well-defined hierarchical framework, with the father ...
Technology, Government
Governor vetoes AI safety bill - what happens now?
By Timothy Spangler
By opting for a wait-and-see approach, California has declined to take the lead in shaping AI governance, allowing private int...
Military Law
How the VA turned its back on incarcerated veterans
By Eileen C. Moore
The VA enacted a regulation in 1999 that formally excluded incarcerated veterans from receiving VA medical care, significantly...
New York City's governance reflects a power dynamic influenced by upstate interests, highlighted by the current tensions betwe...
Civil Litigation
Anti-SLAPP statutes: From shield to sword
By Christopher Frost , Nicholas Lauber
While anti-SLAPP protections are essential for safeguarding public participation rights, the authors of the statute underestim...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Tackling the legal profession's toxic talk
By Victor E. Bianchini
Incivility in the legal profession is a persistent issue that traditional remedies have failed to resolve. A more holistic app...
Labor/Employment
Set in concrete? The NLRB's Cemex ruling and the future of labor arbitration
By Christopher David Ruiz Cameron
The Cemex may offer a new path to union representation and access to voluntary labor arbitration by establishing a new ...
U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
EEOC urges 9th Circuit for clarification on SCOTUS' new discrimination standards
By Christopher M. Pardo , Veronica A. Torrejón
The EEOC has requested the Ninth Circuit to use the Xu v. Lightsmyth Technologies, Inc. case to clarify the Supreme Cou...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Understanding commercial legal finance for clients and lawyers
By G. Andrew Lundberg
Legal finance promotes economic efficiency and fairness by leveling the playing field for claimants needing court access, desp...