As is true with all successful lawyers at the top, Ivette Pena works very long hours and is available 24/7 for the latest brea...

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Though years-long in the making, reforms to expedite judicial review of certain infrastructure projects has finally arrived.

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Federal circuits have come up with a variety of interpretations of the state-created danger doctrine, but the Ninth Circuit re...

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Mr. Trump was simply following advice given to him by his attorneys. He was following their advice and the text of his positio...

Is the “truth” revealed in an appellate court decision always applied retroactively? No. Courts refuse to apply decisions retr...

Judges, like most of us, like to clear out cases that are time-consuming and aren't going anywhere. In Jones, the distr...

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The federal government paid almost $1 million to settle a military sexual assault lawsuit even though it is immune from being ...

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During the early 1900s, sporadic violence had erupted between west coast shipping companies and longshoremen, but the companie...

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

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Make the brief short, even though it takes a longer time to write. Use Ockham’s razor and cut, cut, and then cut some more. If...

The Freelance Worker Protections Ordinance went into effect a little over a month ago. Businesses should pay the Ordinance the...

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