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Entertainment & Sports, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Negotiating Hollywood deals and mediating disputes rely on the same timeless principles: do your homework, build relationships...


Military Law

Military bases previously renamed to remove Confederate associations have been renamed again to their original surnames, now h...


The NIL era has created a complex marketplace where college athletes, franchises and lawyers must collaborate across sports, f...


Recent California legislation expands public and oversight access to peace officer personnel records while maintaining confide...


Tax

83(b) goes digital: Quirks founders should know before clicking 'submit'

Dec. 4, 2025
By Nicholas F. Frey, Riley O'Brien

The IRS has launched electronic filing for § 83(b) elections via Form 15620, allowing founders and service providers to submit...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Meteoric rise of deepfake AI-generated content creates risks for attorneys.


Most plaintiffs in contingent fee cases must report the entire settlement as income under Commissioner v. Banks, even ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Alternative Dispute Resolution

ABA Opinion 518 restricts how mediators can use the mediator's proposal but makes lawyers responsible for enforcing the bounda...


Guide to Legal Writing, Appellate Practice

Effective appellate brief conclusions should be short, precise and relief-focused, balancing the functional purpose of stating...


Civil Litigation

Despite equal ability, Black and Latino students are routinely denied early algebra access -- turning a curricular choice into...


Torts/Personal Injury, Real Estate/Development

Landlords can't paint over danger: Hidden black mold is a legal, health crisis

Dec. 2, 2025
By Yosi Yahoudai, Alexander B. Boris

California law requires landlords to remediate hidden black mold (Stachybotrys chartarum) and structural decay rather than mer...


Judges and Judiciary

The beginning

Dec. 1, 2025
By Arthur Gilbert

In his final column as a sitting justice, Arthur Gilbert reflects on five decades of judicial service, the colleagues and staf...


The Racial Justice Act promises to root out racial bias in California's criminal justice system, but that promise will remain ...


Torts/Personal Injury, Immigration

California is facing a dual crisis as the engineered stone silicosis epidemic among immigrant workers grows -- now over 435 co...


Administrative/Regulatory

Just as USDA acted to sustain WIC, it could -- within statutory bounds -- lawfully consider similar tools to bolster SNAP's co...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Caging the AI beast

Dec. 1, 2025
By Myron Moskovitz

False AI citations are rising, and the court must act with a rule holding lawyers accountable.


Judges and Judiciary, Constitutional Law

Attacks on federal judges are putting our democracy at risk

Dec. 1, 2025
By Joseph W. Cotchett Jr.

Republican lawmakers' escalating attacks on federal judges reflect a broader campaign to intimidate the judiciary, threatening...


Law Office Management

10 facts about client trust accounting

Nov. 26, 2025
By Christine C. Rosskopf

Mismanaging client funds -- through commingling, overdrafts, or poor recordkeeping--is the fastest route to serious State Bar ...


Environmental & Energy

Oilfield reuse: What about the property owners?

Nov. 26, 2025
By Michael M. Berger

Plans to convert Baldwin Hills from oil production to parks or housing overlook the constitutionally protected property rights...


Constitutional Law

Pardon the corruption

Nov. 26, 2025
By William Rothbard

Donald Trump has weaponized the Constitution's sole unchecked presidential power -- the pardon -- to reward allies, inhibit fo...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

After 44 years in litigation and mediation, the most effective briefs aren't courtroom arguments -- they're practical tools th...


The proliferation of state-level antitrust review

Nov. 26, 2025
By Thasos A. Athens, Kyle W. Mach



Data lockups reignite classic antitrust fights in modern tech

Nov. 26, 2025
By Claire D. Hausman, Adam B. Wolfson


A California divorce decree is binding throughout the U.S., but enforcing it abroad -- particularly in countries like Iran -- ...


Letters

Section 170.6 should stick to its plain meaning

Nov. 25, 2025
By Lawrence P. Riff

I thank Mr. Bruce M. Brusavich for his thoughtful letter but maintain that section 170.6 is often used for purposes beyond its...


Tax

IRS rules give lawyers leeway on qualified settlement fund setup

Nov. 25, 2025
By Robert W. Wood, Alex Z. Brown

The QSF regulations give claimants and their counsel broad flexibility -- there's no requirement to use a trust, but rather th...


Judges and Judiciary

Judges can enhance fairness and public trust by using respectful, clear and compassionate communication to humanize courtroom ...


Legal History / Judicial History

The history of justice in America

Nov. 24, 2025
By Roland M. Koncan

For centuries, Lady Justice's scales have favored wealthy white men, leaving everyone else to wait for true fairness.


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Noland v. Land of the Free makes clear: AI can assist, but lawyers remain fully accountable for every word they file.