Community News, Alternative Dispute Resolution
The CLA Litigation Section California Supreme Court Review: February 2023
Given the pervasiveness of illegal cannabis operations throughout California, the Court's upcoming decision in Wheeler ...
Technology, Criminal
The People vs. ChatGPT?
Can an AI program commit a fraud? Can it get its human overseers in trouble?
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
The increase in fertility clinic misconduct not only puts patients at risk, but also undermines the public’s trust in the indu...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
Given a circuit split, plaintiffs seeking to recover for infringements occurring more than three years from suing currently ha...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Attorneys should be aware of the discrepancy between California and federal attorney-client privilege standards when advising ...
Securities
Game On
SEC steps up enforcement in Activision Blizzard settlement.
Government
Commute them all
Government
To combat illegal evictions, we need to ensure that people know their rights and have access to civil legal services.
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Five tips for reinventing yourself professionally
How to navigate and embrace change.
The next generation of competing ChatGPT’s will be writing judicial opinions, and we probably… no, more likely, will not know ...
International Law
CIAW is set to take place March 13-17, with nearly all of the events in Downtown Los Angeles (and the events can also be watch...
Labor/Employment
So is this the end of the line for California’s efforts to limit or abolish mandatory employment arbitration? The state could ...
Intellectual Property, Ediscovery
The decision, which favored California instead of New York’s delayed discovery approach, increases the likelihood that the Sup...
International Law, Civil Litigation
A key milestone on California's road to being an international arbitration innovator was a legislative breakthrough. On Jan. 1...
International Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Cross-border technology disputes typically are high value, and often involve trade secrets or other forms of proprietary infor...
Labor/Employment
A California court of appeal held it was not bound by SCOTUS’ ruling.
International Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the industry in 2023 is whether international arbitration can adapt sufficiently to remai...
Intellectual Property
As it stands, there is currently no clear answer to whether AI-generated art qualifies for copyright protection.
International Law
As a measure of the growth of international arbitration in California this is the second year the California Lawyers Associati...
Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law
Insurance considerations in maximizing medical expenses
When a plaintiff chooses to be treated outside of the available insurance plan, that person is in the same position as an unin...
Tax, Government
Tax season is upon us, but the Pink Tax is not
AB 1287 is a stride forward in gender-based price discrimination, and consumers should see a big adjustment when shopping for ...
Government
Requests for public records are choking some agencies and costing taxpayers billions of dollars.
Torts/Personal Injury, Ediscovery
Even seemingly ordinary negligence cases should be investigated immediately or referred to counsel with the experience, time, ...
This was always about J&J wanting litigation advantage. This was about protecting J&J‘s brand. This was about stopping...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
A serial litigant’s intent to return may not be rejected “simply because” he is a serial litigant who brings numerous ADA cases.
Judges and Judiciary
Biased judges can undermine justice
When a judge’s unconscious or implicit biases affect decisions and actions in court, they can compromise the fair and impartia...
Civil Litigation
Frequency analysis in settlement
Frequency analysis gives the mediator a variety of ways to tweak the numbers to suggest to the parties that their gut estimate...
Government
It’s a bird, it’s a plane… It’s a super statute
Sometimes, the potential clash between new Legislature-enacted laws and prior voter initiatives is obvious, and the Legislatur...
Health and safety receiverships are a legal remedy to repair major nuisance properties and increase affordable housing.