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Family

Understanding California DVROs: The challenge of subsequent restraining orders

Sep. 10, 2025
By Firdaus F. Dordi, Rosa Vaquera-Martinez

California's domestic violence law leaves unresolved questions about how courts should handle subsequent restraining orders wh...


Guide to Legal Writing, Appellate Practice

5 pointers for more persuasive appellate storytelling

Sep. 10, 2025
By Hayley MacMillen

The fact section of an appellate brief should provide relevant details that allow judges to draw their own conclusions; avoid ...


Letters

Flunk hate: Why racism deserves an F, not an A

Sep. 10, 2025
By Baruch C. Cohen

When a law student submits a paper advocating white supremacy and violence, the only appropriate academic response is to fail ...


The 9th Circuit will hear oral argument in Epic Games v. Apple, a case that could clarify whether corporate communicat...


Family

Entertainment mogul David Geffen has filed for divorce from David Armstrong after less than two years of marriage, and despite...


Military Law

In California, veterans facing criminal charges may receive treatment rather than incarceration through either collaborative c...


Civil Rights

The work of freedom never ends

Sep. 9, 2025
By Phyllis W. Cheng

From the landmark achievements of the 1957 civil rights legislation to ongoing debates over voting rights and workplace equity...


Civil Rights

On the 67th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the choice remains the same: justice for the vulnerable or power unch...


Civil Rights

Despite decades of protecting civil rights and implementing new policies and training initiatives, local police officers' effo...


Technology, Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory

California's data centers face a climate cooling dilemma

MCLE
Sep. 8, 2025
By Chang Kyoung (CK) Choi, Kyung-Bon Lee

California's booming data centers face a climate-driven "cooling dilemma," as rising heat, water scarcity, wildfires and strai...


Judges and Judiciary

Why not 49 years? And other observations...

Sep. 8, 2025
By Arthur Gilbert

Marking his 50th year as a judge, Justice Arthur Gilbert reflects with humor on numerology, celebrity and a chance encounter w...


Evidence

As schools return and court activity picks up, now is a great time for California attorneys to revisit key evidence principles...


Evidence

When experts speak truth without borrowing authority

Sep. 8, 2025
By Thomas V. Wynsma

The California Supreme Court, in People v. Lamb, narrows the scope of People v. Sanchez, holding that an expert...


Mediation in landlord-tenant disputes is an underused but growing tool that offers attorneys and clients faster, more affordab...


Constitutional Law

When 'thoughts and prayers' become policy

Sep. 5, 2025
By William Slomanson

The Arms Act may work for Congress, but not for the country - it remains a chief stumbling block to shielding Americans from t...


Law Office Management

Although technology has revolutionized how we practice law, there's something irreplaceable about the informal knowledge trans...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

As AI commoditizes the technical skills that have dominated legal education for over a century, lawyers are rediscovering what...


Constitutional Law

Why Congress must guard the power of the purse

Sep. 5, 2025
By John H. Minan

President Trump's sweeping claim of unilateral impoundment authority--already tested in Congress, the courts, and recent emerg...


Criminal, Constitutional Law

'Had so much fun' - the pursuit policy putting lives at risk

Sep. 5, 2025
By Robert L. Bastian Jr.

Calling high-speed chases "fun," federal officials have embraced a perilous pursuit policy that prizes the thrill of the chase...


Civil Litigation

At CAALA's 2025 convention in Las Vegas, trial lawyers found more than seminars -- they found camaraderie, recognition, faith ...


Litigation & Arbitration, California Supreme Court

California Supreme Court's Hohenshelt v. Superior Court ruling upholds arbitration fee deadlines while allowing...


Entertainment & Sports

From nuclear satire to political farce, these movies offer a prophetic lens on the dangers of Trump's leadership.


Immigration, Constitutional Law

Despite decades of government assurances that he was a U.S. citizen, Roberto Moncada was stripped of that status -- exposing h...


Criminal, Constitutional Law

Trump's executive orders targeting "cashless bail" could threaten to withhold federal funds from states like California, even ...


Family

Navigating the challenge of subsequent restraining orders under California's DVPA

Sep. 3, 2025
By Firdaus F. Dordi, Rosa Vaquera-Martinez

California's domestic violence law leaves unresolved questions about how courts should handle subsequent restraining orders wh...


Failing to promptly remit withheld payroll taxes is one of the most dangerous mistakes a business can make -- triggering perso...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Rights

Eviction is never just about housing -- it dismantles kitchens, neighborhoods, and stability itself, cascading into hunger, ho...


Consumer Protection Law

SB 825: Expanding state consumer financial protection

Sep. 2, 2025
By Robert S. McWhorter

California's Senate Bill 825 would expand the DFPI's enforcement authority over state-licensed financial institutions by elimi...


Government

Duke Nukem: COJA Calamity 1982

Sep. 2, 2025
By Benjamin G. Shatz, Jon B. Eisenberg

In a rare clash at a 1982 Commission on Judicial Appointments hearing, Governor-elect George Deukmejian blocked outgoing Gover...


Legal Education, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law

What to do with a racist law student?

Sep. 2, 2025
By Myron Moskovitz

Preston Damsky's capstone paper arguing for a white ethno-state earned the highest grade from Judge John L. Badalamenti, spark...