With humility and curiosity, we ask better questions to guide clients towards solutions that make sense for them. In a world w...

Establishing Cultural Competency is necessary for any judicial officer presiding over family law matters to protect against we...

In Catrina E. White v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2023-77 (June 21, 2023), Tax Court Judge Paris looks at when unpaid ren...

We are more biased than we realize and these blind spots can make us contribute to injustices without having any intention of ...

Cultural Competency in Family Law Practice (CCFLP) has its genesis in a seed planted by Fred Glassman fifteen years ago. As th...

The lack of legal support and certainty around the effect of the Builder’s Remedy, combined with the likelihood that cities wi...

A Rule 59 motion for a new trial in Carroll II v. Trump was recently denied. In rejecting the motion, Judge Kaplan expl...

America’s long love affair with dams has left us with around 44,000 dams over 15 feet in height, and a great deal more under t...

Sharing office spaces can be beneficial, but it demands a commitment to professionalism and confidentiality.

The bar is arguing that Eastman conspired with Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results with the purpose of ...

In 2023 the world is firmly in the era of “big data” and the LASC is no exception. Our court is awash in vast oceans of data. ...

Decision-making styles have various pluses and minuses. While not necessarily gender-linked, in general, transparency is alway...

By any measure, this is an incredibly swift response by the agency to new technology. Although AI remains at nascent stages, t...

We invite the California Legislature to revisit Penal Code 261.5 in compliance with caljic 10.65, and Anderson, and to make th...

In response to the public’s concerns, the White House announced on Friday that several major technology companies have committ...

Paul Kiesel and Jeffrey Koncius of Kiesel Law LLP discover that generative artificial intelligence responds better to polite r...

The reasoning employed in Adolph, and the potential outcomes it allows, may run afoul of higher federal law, namely the...

Although there is a procedure to make a complaint about federal court judges, there is no mechanism to make a complaint about ...

Employers will not be able to escape PAGA liability simply by resolving individual Labor Code violations in arbitration. Thus,...

California uses a comparative analysis to see if you have closer connections to another state. Some people who leave have unre...

There is reason to believe that additional arbitration carve-outs – for race, religion, disability and other forms of harassme...

Employers should review and consider modifying their arbitration agreements to conform to the Adolph decision. They sho...

That Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights probe is no surprise. The hospital, and many others across t...

An item’s price tag is clearly an out-of-court statement. But must it be true in order to be relevant proof of the item’s valu...

Starting in March of this year, DWR began releasing findings regarding the adequacy of critically overdraft basins’ GSPs and a...

On July 11, the DOJ advised counsel for both Trump and Carroll that it will no longer represent Trump (Carroll I, 590 F. Supp....

A well-timed mediation will present the best opportunity to resolve the case. Conversely, an ill-timed mediation can sometimes...

Bail rulings are often difficult and impact many lives, but using a checklist as a guide makes them easier to make correctly a...

We live in an interconnected world. To ensure accountability and protect the rights of individuals, state courts must exercise...