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Labor/Employment

Former government lawyers face unique ethical challenges under Rule of Professional Conduct 1.11, which extends broader confid...


Environmental & Energy

In City and County of San Francisco v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Contracts

The Labor Commission, by misinterpreting the TAA, has left the communities of personal managers, attorneys, producers, publici...


Seventeen attorneys are seeking the disqualification of Judge Mary Ann Murphy, but based on her track record, she is known to ...


Technology, International Law

As the gaming industry evolves from physical sales to digital platforms, developers must navigate an intricate web of internat...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights

Despite California's mandated implicit bias training, little progress has been made in addressing systemic discrimination affe...


Law Practice

Lawyers who actively maintain relationships with clients through proactive communication, education, and follow-up are more li...


Technology, Insurance

Growing pains: The first 25 years of cyber insurance

Mar. 27, 2025
By Richard DeNatale

Cyber insurance has experienced rapid growth, market volatility, and evolving risks, and has not yet developed into a mature m...


Mergers & Acquisitions, Contracts

Tariffs in flux: M&A deals at risk in 2025

Mar. 27, 2025
By Scott M. Wornow

Amid tariff uncertainty and market chaos, thoughtless 'copy and paste' M&A approaches will prove problematic as standard c...


LA Fires, Insurance

California and Florida's differing responses to the insurance crisis show how crucial oversight and transparency are for prote...


Constitutional Law

The Kelo issues won't go away

Mar. 26, 2025
By Michael M. Berger

The Rhode Island case SCLS Realty v. Town of Johnston brings the issue of "pretext" back into the spotlight, as prope...


Judges and Judiciary

Public criticism of judges undermines justice

Mar. 26, 2025
By Richard Alexander, Eugene M. Hyman

Publicly criticizing individual judges, as seen in the case of San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, harms judicial ...


Labor/Employment

Legal specialization, while essential for excellence, often stifles the curiosity needed to understand clients deeply and unco...


Torts/Personal Injury

Montoya ruling shifts the burden on causation in medical malpractice and beyond

Mar. 25, 2025
By Benjamin T. Ikuta, Michael J. Jeandron

Montoya v. Superior Court places the causation burden on the defense when a negligent omission results in missing evi...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

The arbitration discovery thicket of SB 940

Mar. 25, 2025
By Gary Nadler, Louise A. LaMothe

California's new Senate Bill 940, effective January 1, 2025, expands discovery rights in arbitration, aligning them with Calif...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Inside the Ninth Circuit's en banc process

MCLE
Mar. 26, 2025
By Johanna Schiavoni

A recent program hosted by the Ninth Circuit provided insights into the complexities of the Ninth Circuit's en banc process, c...


International Law

The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), starting in 2023, targets carbon-heavy imports like steel and cement, pres...


The appellate court's decision to uphold a trial judge's ruling in In Re M.V. illuminates the broad discretion judges ...


Judge VanDyke's video raises concerns about the intersection of judicial conduct, public safety, and rhetoric in the ongoing g...


Constitutional Law

As we honor Patrick Henry's call for liberty, we face modern threats to judicial and legal independence; it's our duty to defe...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights

Expanding the concept of diversity beyond race to include other important factors can continue to build diverse and inclusive ...


Trump's executive orders targeting law firms threaten the legal profession, stifle political opposition, and limit rights enfo...


Civil Rights

Extending Patrick Henry's call for freedom to autonomous sentient beings

Mar. 24, 2025
By Paul A. Bacigalupo, Theresa J. Macellaro

Patrick Henry's cry for liberty lives on in the fight to free Billy and Tina, two elephants at the LA Zoo, as advocates demand...


Native Americans

Give me liberty (and tribal sovereignty)

Mar. 24, 2025
By Mark Vezzola

Tribal governments balance sovereignty, democracy and individual rights through elections, judicial systems and hiring prefere...


Military Law

When they say the quiet parts out loud

Mar. 24, 2025
By Thomas J. Umberg

The firing of top military lawyers by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, seen as an attack on the rule of law, signals a dange...


Patrick Henry's call for liberty, which has long symbolized freedom for some, must be reexamined in light of its historical im...


The erosion of property rights, once fundamental to personal liberty, has led to widespread government overreach.


Constitutional Law

Give me liberty or give me death: How the Second Amendment delivers both, fueling mass incarceration and widening the societal...


Environmental & Energy

 Patrick Henry's call to overthrow tyranny echoes today as we confront the climate crisis fueled by fossil fuels, demanding bo...


Civil Rights

Thinking about freedom during women's history month

Mar. 24, 2025
By Debra R. Schoenberg

The American experiment is ongoing and imperfect, as history shows - from Patrick Henry's fiery call for freedom to the long, ...