Administrative/Regulatory, Cannabis
The 2025 California Legislative Session enacted major reforms to the state's cannabis and hemp laws -- including new hemp regu...
Probate, Wills, Estates & Trusts
California personal representatives must conduct diligent, country-specific searches to identify heirs abroad, since failure ...
Wills, Estates & Trusts, Probate
Wills, Estates & Trusts
In California trust litigation, determining whether a settlor's mental ability meets the lower testamentary standard or the hi...
California's new law allowing service of summons via email or electronic media, effective January 2026, modernizes civil proce...
California's diverse, high-value specialty crops are poorly served by federal farm subsidy programs designed for bulk row crop...
Technology, Data Privacy
AI can terrify or transform: it spreads misinformation and mimics humans, but with vigilance and responsible use, it drives in...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Effective commercial mediation requires recognizing and managing the human elements -- emotions, histories, biases and interpe...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California attorneys should brace for Phase 2 of the State Bar's Client Trust Account Protection Program (C-TAPP), which will ...
Civil Litigation
If the State Bar won't enforce oversight, the legal community must act to rein in high-volume, hedge-fund-backed "case mills" ...
Despite more than 20 years of mandatory harassment training in California, workplace sexual harassment complaints have risen s...
Military Law, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's new grooming and gender-neutral standards risk disproportionately affecting Black and fema...
An attorney used AI tools to cross-check his brief. The result: 21 fabricated citations, a $10,000 sanction, and California's ...
Technology, Intellectual Property
Ross Intelligence is appealing a Delaware court ruling that held its use of Thomson Reuters' copyrighted headnotes for AI trai...
In 2023, Fort Hood was renamed Fort Cavazos to honor Richard E. Cavazos, the first Hispanic four-star general and a decorated ...
Intellectual Property
The music industry's 1990s sampling battles mirror today's AI copyright disputes: both pit innovation against ownership, both ...
Consumer Protection Law
California's Honest Pricing Law and the FTC's Junk Fees Rule are forcing businesses to show all-in prices, driving costly syst...
Litigation & Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration promises speed and efficiency -- but too often delivers delays. Here's how attorneys can take control and move the...
Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court, Business Law
In the past year, the California Supreme Court has reshaped arbitration, contract liability, corporate governance and administ...
Vexatious litigants pose unique challenges for public entities when acting as defendants, since existing California statutes f...
The ongoing firings and suspensions following Charlie Kirk's assassination--including ABC's temporary removal of Jimmy Kimmel-...
A ransomware hack in The Good Wife's "Shiny Objects" episode offers real-world ethics lessons for lawyers navigating cybersecu...
Labor/Employment, Government
Assembly Bill 288, recently passed by the California Legislature and awaiting Governor Newsom's signature, empowers the state ...
With packaging making up over half of California's landfill waste, CalRecycle has launched a second attempt at rulemaking to i...
Conflicts of interest often arise in insurance defense when attorneys must balance the competing priorities of insurers and po...
The Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Trump to keep FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter out of her post while i...