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Labor/Employment, Environmental & Energy

Trucks in limbo: California's ZEV rules under legal challenge

Aug. 28, 2025
By Julie A. Cress, Sterling Marchand

Four big truck makers are suing California over its zero-emission rules, saying they're stuck between state mandates and feder...


Appellate Practice

These five essential steps guide attorneys and clients through the early stages of a California appeal, from evaluating whethe...


Construction, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Construction projects often involve multiple contracts with different dispute resolution clauses, and California law allows at...


Land Use, Constitutional Law

In California's high-risk disaster areas, public agencies can generally justify using eminent domain to repair, replace, or re...


Law Office Management

After exploring why plaintiff firms should embrace AI, we now turn to how automation can streamline workflows from initial cla...


Real Estate/Development

AB 130 hits HOAs where it hurts

Aug. 27, 2025
By Dyanne L. Peters

AB 130 unexpectedly amended California law to cap HOA fines at $100, significantly limiting associations' ability to enforce r...


Constitutional Law

No end run around the constitution

Aug. 27, 2025
By Michael M. Berger

The North Carolina Supreme Court held in Town of Apex v. Rubin that if a government's attempted taking of private pro...


Directing settlement payments to charity can reduce a plaintiff's taxable income in some cases, but IRS rules, legal fees, and...


Three leading trial lawyer organizations have joined forces to champion civility in the legal profession, showing that respect...


New Jersey's layered PFAS settlement secures long-term funding for cleanup and remediation, offering a potential blueprint for...


California's SB 1107 raises auto liability minimums for the first time since 1967, boosting victim protection but likely incre...


Securities

FINRA Forward is a comprehensive reform initiative aimed at modernizing FINRA rules, strengthening collaboration with member f...


Constitutional Law

President Trump's military deployment in Washington, D.C., pushes the limits of federal authority and raises serious constitut...


Criminal, Administrative/Regulatory

California crime victims remain largely unaware of new rights and resources under AB 2499 after the Attorney General's office ...


Administrative/Regulatory

Proposed California regulations favoring tribal casinos could shut down longstanding cardrooms, threatening thousands of jobs ...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Sharing sensitive info with AI like ChatGPT isn't privileged -- lawyers and clients risk discovery and breaching confidentiali...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

A recent sanctions order underscores how unverified citations provided by artificial intelligence tools can trigger severe con...


Space Law, Administrative/Regulatory

US space operations in the 'gray zone'

MCLE
Aug. 22, 2025
By Dorn McGrath, Michael Beckwith

Rising launch activity at Vandenberg Space Force Base has sparked legal disputes between SpaceX and the California Coastal Com...


Consumer Protection Law, Banking

Small business owners who fall victim to unauthorized withdrawals have just 24 hours to fight back under the National Automate...


Data Privacy

Data brokers have broken the CCPA

Aug. 21, 2025
By Anita Taff-Rice

Study from UC Irvine finds 43% of data brokers ignore requests to delete personal data and the other half use the law to gathe...


Technology, Labor/Employment

AI and the shifting landscape of exempt employee classification

Aug. 21, 2025
By Brett C. Bartlett, Phillip J. Ebsworth

Artificial intelligence is increasingly reshaping employees' duties and workflows across industries, creating efficiency gains...


Wills, Estates & Trusts, Tax

With nearly one in four Californians owning digital assets, trust and estate fiduciaries need a new playbook to manage concent...


Criminal, Civil Procedure

Parallel proceedings, conflicting rules: Managing civil and criminal exposure

MCLE
Aug. 21, 2025
By Reza Torkzadeh, Allen P. Wilkinson

When civil and criminal cases overlap, conflicting rules create high-stakes risks. Here's how lawyers can navigate parallel pr...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Billable hours are dying - here's what's replacing them

Aug. 20, 2025
By Jonathan Littrell

Value-based pricing offers a compelling alternative -- tying fees to results rather than time, rewarding lawyers for deliverin...


Securities, Banking

The law brings long-awaited clarity to stablecoins but leaves banks, fintechs and regulators facing unresolved legal and ove...


Intellectual Property, Civil Procedure

Judge dismantles SAD strategy in IP mass joinder cases

Aug. 20, 2025
By Milord A. Keshishian

Judge Kness's Eicher Motors opinion unravels the "Schedule A" litigation model, finding that mass joinder TROs and ex ...


Intellectual Property

Once a niche subject, art law has grown over the past half century into a recognized legal discipline shaping disputes over ow...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Administrative/Regulatory

Building compliant partnerships in the content creator economy

Aug. 20, 2025
By Tisha Morris, Nyanza Shaw

How the rapidly growing $500 billion content creator economy is reshaping the entertainment industry, creating complex legal n...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Civil Rights

Most Californians can't get legal help and the consequences are deadly

Aug. 19, 2025
By Diego Cartagena, David A. Lash

The California State Bar's 2024 Justice Gap Study reveals a worsening crisis in civil legal access, with 70% of households fac...


Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Late trial legend Gerry Spence, renowned for his mastery of fear, truth, and justice in the courtroom, leaves a timeless legac...