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The question arises whether universities should provide warnings about potential liability alongside their legally mandated st...


Administrative/Regulatory, Environmental & Energy, Land Use

Social noise is not an environmental impact

Sep. 26, 2023
By Brandon Kline

Thanks to Assembly Bill 1307, UC Berkeley’s student housing initiative, and similar projects that faced public scrutiny, can p...


Torts/Personal Injury

Everything is “inherent” when understanding a public entity’s duty to warn for hazardous recreational activities. Several rece...


Guide to Legal Writing

13 essential principles for advanced legal writers

Sep. 25, 2023
By Steven B. Katz

If you can, banish the fact section completely and discuss pertinent facts in the proper level of detail in the argument. Orga...


Constitutional Law, Government

Senate Bill 2 eliminates the good cause requirement for the issuance of said permit to carry, and whose counterpart version in...


Administrative/Regulatory

Wronged investors may struggle to recover their losses as government agencies primarily focus on prosecuting wrongdoers rather...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

The hybrid mediation format is evolving as the hybrid setting becomes more common.


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Technology

Revolutionizing Dispute Resolution

Sep. 22, 2023
By David Coher, Jeffery Daar

Recent years have witnessed a rapid transformation in how disputes are mediated and arbitrated, with new technologies and othe...


Technology

The lowdown on AI (not written by AI, just I)

Sep. 22, 2023
By Relani Belous

It is likely that a human without AI may be swapped out for one with it.


Law Practice

Three key components to a healthy law firm

Sep. 22, 2023
By Corey Castillo, Joshua Driskell

When it comes to fostering a healthy firm culture, it’s all about supporting favorable behaviors that not only support today’s...


Civil Litigation

Music’s biggest star can teach some lessons to the defense bar.


Law Practice, Technology

As advisors, attorneys can help organizations identify what laws apply based on the nature of the data involved, what AI polic...


Revised in 2023, Family Code 6344 allows a family court to order attorney’s fees in favor of the prevailing party in a domesti...


Administrative/Regulatory

A litigious first half of the year for the False Claims Act

Sep. 21, 2023
By James L. Zelenay Jr., José E. Madrid

Unique to the FCA's structure is the right of private citizens - often referred to as "relators" or "whistleblowers" - to purs...


Civil Litigation, Technology

There are safeguards that can be put into place to protect against AI-created misinformation or misleading the judge or jury a...


Administrative/Regulatory, Government

The Government Transparency Act is good medicine

Sep. 21, 2023
By Jerry Flanagan, Ryan Mellino

Resistance to disclosure sometimes coincides with investigations into malfeasance by public officials. Often, resistance to di...


Administrative/Regulatory, Data Privacy

New SEC rules may have prompted MGM Resorts’ next day report of expected millions in losses from ongoing cyberattack.


Law Practice

It will shock you at how different your relationship is with your client when they know you are actually listening to them. Th...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court

"When is an acquittal not an acquittal?"

Sep. 20, 2023
By Brian M. Hoffstadt

The United States Supreme Court will confront, next term, how the bar against double jeopardy applies when a jury’s verdicts a...


Constitutional Law

In defense of live hearings

Sep. 20, 2023
By Teri Sabraw Block

A growing body of scientific evidence shows that participants in virtual hearings perceive testimony by videoconference marked...


Civil Rights, Constitutional Law

California and Florida have conflicting laws about gender-affirming care. The divide will likely be resolved by the conservati...


Bringing in business is about meeting, connecting, and learning about people and their needs. From that foundation, you can de...


Schools may also have an affirmative duty to identify those students who are being or have been bullied, harassed, hazed, or s...


Intellectual Property

The artist, the spouse, and breach of fiduciary duty

Sep. 19, 2023
By Scott J. Nord, Karra Ideozu

Copyright law seeks to protect an individual’s freedom of expression. Ordering a sale of artistic property would seemingly def...


Contracts

Boilerplate car leases fail to advise the customer that if their car is in an insured accident and is totaled, the customer wi...


Many people serving long sentences are also part of an aging population that is far less likely to reoffend, and costly to kee...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary

I don’t want to spoil the party, but . . .

Sep. 19, 2023
By Laura W. Halgren

If judges were to avoid all bar association events that were sponsored by law firms, their absence would adversely affect the ...


Implementing a statewide training program within schools across California can potentially save hundreds to thousands of victims.


Administrative/Regulatory, Corporate

Final rules issued by the agency are a clarion call to action on the importance of advising business units on the necessity an...


Cannabis

Beyond rescheduling: reimagining cannabis policy for a more just society

MCLE
Sep. 18, 2023
By Allison B. Margolin, Warren Arndt

Although the rhetoric around rescheduling marijuana is a positive sign, the notion of rescheduling cannabis to a lower schedul...