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Intellectual Property

Moral rights and the Vaillancourt Fountain

MCLE
Oct. 28, 2025
By Simon J. Frankel

Fifty years after its completion, San Francisco's massive Brutalist Vaillancourt Fountain faces removal as part of a plaza red...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights

October's National Disability Employment Awareness Month should prompt Big Law to examine how its practices continue to margin...


Torts/Personal Injury

On Oct. 11, California enacted SB 37 to crack down on misleading attorney advertising -- giving consumers the right to sue ove...


Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Bridging the divide: Why can't we get along?

Oct. 27, 2025
By Marc Alan Fong

Amid an increasingly fractured political climate fueled by outrage and absolutism, restoring democracy's health depends on cit...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation

Trial preparation isn't wasted when cases settle at the last minute -- it's exactly what forces those settlements to happen.


California voters have long wielded influence over insurance regulation through ballot initiatives, from Proposition 103's swe...


Once limited mostly to defamation and media cases, California's anti-SLAPP statute (Code Civ. Proc. § 425.16) has expanded int...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Regret and reimagination in art and mediation

Oct. 24, 2025
By Greg Derin

Sargent's Portrait of Madame X shows how revision reveals growth -- a reminder that, in mediation as in art, change ca...


Answer first, click never: The new rules of AI content and search

Oct. 24, 2025
By Jennifer O'Donnell, Ioana Good

As the digital landscape rapidly evolves, law firms that ignore how AI is transforming online search risk becoming invisible t...


Letters

Make family court mediation accessible to everyone

Oct. 24, 2025
By Eugene M. Hyman

Mediation works - if you can afford a lawyer. Most Californians can't.


In California, cross-cultural couples -- particularly those with Iranian or Muslim heritage -- can honor both an Islamic Mahr ...


Real Estate/Development

Cash for keys agreements can offer landlords with properties in rent-controlled jurisdictions flexibility, but failure to foll...


Torts/Personal Injury

Jurors may apply the law as instructed, but rising ticket prices and advancing surveillance are shaping a new expectation: tha...


Strict compliance with procedural rules is critical -- common mistakes in child and spousal support cases can render orders in...


Data Privacy

CCPA legal update series Part 2: CCPA finalizes cybersecurity audit rules

Oct. 23, 2025
By Sarah L. Bruno, Grace D. Wiley

California's newly finalized CCPA regulations now require certain high-revenue or high-data-volume companies to conduct and ce...


Tax, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

As more plaintiffs look to sell their legal claims, the quirky tax rules around such transfers make early tax advice crucial.


Constitutional Law

On Nov. 4, California voters must choose between approving gerrymandered maps drawn by the Legislature or rejecting them and r...


Torts/Personal Injury, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation

The allegations of widespread fraud in Los Angeles County sexual abuse claims demand immediate, independent action from experi...


Torts/Personal Injury, Government, Civil Procedure

The widespread allegations of fraudulent sexual abuse claims in Los Angeles County demand continued independent review to prot...


Torts/Personal Injury, Evidence, Civil Litigation

The high cost of junk science verdicts in Los Angeles

Oct. 22, 2025
By Lauren Sheets Jarrell

A billion-dollar Los Angeles verdict over baby powder and mesothelioma underscores how junk science, aggressive trial lawyer a...


Entertainment & Sports, Contracts

Recent judicial decisions and evolving NIL policies have effectively ended NCAA amateurism, creating a new labor market for co...


Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The 9th Circuit clarifies that prior media reports and earlier lawsuits won't automatically block whistleblower claims unless ...


Consumer Protection Law

Old law, new risks: Navigating California's Shine the Light law

Oct. 21, 2025
By Wynter L. Deagle, Samuel Hyams-Millard

Businesses across industries are facing a surge in "Shine the Light" law requests under California Civil Code §1798.83, exposi...


Civil Procedure, Appellate Practice

Whether it's titling a notice correctly or complying with strict timing rules, California's appeal deadlines demand precision.


Constitutional Law

Amid "No Kings" protests over his authoritarian tactics, Trump's March 22 directive to punish lawyers challenging his policies...


Health Care & Hospital Law

Doctors shouldn't have to choose between their oath and their jobs

Oct. 20, 2025
By Christian R. Jagusch, Katherine Hazen

A recent lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court, Harrison v. Dignity Health, exposes how legal ...


Securities, Environmental & Energy, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory

California's climate reporting rules are about to get real

Oct. 20, 2025
By Maureen F. Gorsen, Caleb J. Bowers

The California Air Resources Board released a preliminary list of in-scope entities and draft guidance on the state's mandator...


Technology, Insurance

Insuring the age of AI

Oct. 20, 2025
By Richard DeNatale

As AI transforms business risks, the insurance industry faces growing uncertainty over whether existing cyber policies will co...


Environmental & Energy

The EPA's proposal to gut greenhouse gas reporting would sideline nearly all sectors, leaving a gaping hole in climate account...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Ethics of preparing legal opinions for third parties

MCLE
Oct. 20, 2025
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair

Lawyers asked to prepare evaluations for third-party use in California must carefully navigate potential liability, confidenti...