Labor/Employment, Environmental & Energy
Trucks in limbo: California's ZEV rules under legal challenge
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
Before you appeal: The critical pre-appeal checklist
By Kent Toland
These five essential steps guide attorneys and clients through the early stages of a California appeal, from evaluating whethe...
Construction, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Untangling the Web: Managing single project multi-track dispute resolution
By Keri Katz
Construction projects often involve multiple contracts with different dispute resolution clauses, and California law allows at...
Land Use, Constitutional Law
Eminent domain and infrastructure planning in California's high-risk natural disaster areas
By Bradford B. Kuhn, Jillian Friess Leivas
In California's high-risk disaster areas, public agencies can generally justify using eminent domain to repair, replace, or re...
Law Office Management
Modern tools, better practice: Tech in law firm management
By Danny Abir
After exploring why plaintiff firms should embrace AI, we now turn to how automation can streamline workflows from initial cla...
AB 130 unexpectedly amended California law to cap HOA fines at $100, significantly limiting associations' ability to enforce r...
The North Carolina Supreme Court held in Town of Apex v. Rubin that if a government's attempted taking of private pro...
Tax
Charity or tax trap? Navigating the hidden pitfalls of legal settlements
By Robert W. Wood
Directing settlement payments to charity can reduce a plaintiff's taxable income in some cases, but IRS rules, legal fees, and...
Building bridges for the future of civility: A joint effort by ASCDC, CAALA and ABOTA
By Lisa Collinson, Martin Aarons
Three leading trial lawyer organizations have joined forces to champion civility in the legal profession, showing that respect...
Environmental & Energy
Fighting forever chemicals: What California can learn from New Jersey's PFAS settlement blueprint
By Roberto Escobar
New Jersey's layered PFAS settlement secures long-term funding for cleanup and remediation, offering a potential blueprint for...
Insurance
Double the coverage, double the caution: California's auto insurance shake-up
By Yosi Yahoudai
California's SB 1107 raises auto liability minimums for the first time since 1967, boosting victim protection but likely incre...
Securities
FINRA Forward initiative targets modernization, compliance and cybersecurity
By Esther E. Cho, Connor Trafton
FINRA Forward is a comprehensive reform initiative aimed at modernizing FINRA rules, strengthening collaboration with member f...
Constitutional Law
Why Trump's use of troops in D.C. should alarm every American city
By William Rothbard
President Trump's military deployment in Washington, D.C., pushes the limits of federal authority and raises serious constitut...
Criminal, Administrative/Regulatory
The attorney general, funding excuses, and the half-finished victims' card
By Antonio R. Sarabia II
California crime victims remain largely unaware of new rights and resources under AB 2499 after the Attorney General's office ...
Administrative/Regulatory
The high stakes of tribal casino rulemaking for California cities
By Juan Garza
Proposed California regulations favoring tribal casinos could shut down longstanding cardrooms, threatening thousands of jobs ...
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
AI chats aren't privileged: What California lawyers need to do now
By Usama Kahf
Sharing sensitive info with AI like ChatGPT isn't privileged -- lawyers and clients risk discovery and breaching confidentiali...
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Alabama case shows how AI shortcuts can be a fast track to sanctions
By Laura W. Halgren
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'
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
NACHA's 24-hour rule puts small businesses at risk of financial ruin
By Jayne T. Kaplan
Small business owners who fall victim to unauthorized withdrawals have just 24 hours to fight back under the National Automate...
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
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
5 critical steps for administering trusts and estates with cryptocurrency holdings
By John ("J.D.") Rees
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
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
By Jonathan Littrell
Value-based pricing offers a compelling alternative -- tying fees to results rather than time, rewarding lawyers for deliverin...
Securities, Banking
Stablecoins gain clarity under GENIUS Act as legal questions linger for banks and fintechs
By Moorari Shah, Maxwell Earp-Thomas
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
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
How 'art law' went from niche curiosity to legal mainstream
By Simon J. Frankel
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
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
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
Legendary trial lawyer Gerry Spence leaves lessons for courtroom and beyond
By Leonid M. Zilberman
Late trial legend Gerry Spence, renowned for his mastery of fear, truth, and justice in the courtroom, leaves a timeless legac...