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Labor/Employment, Technology

Employers may see the trade-off as an opportunity to trim budgets by eliminating jobs that can be done faster and cheaper by A...


Civilian structures lose their protected status under international law when they are used for military functions. Secretary o...


Civil Rights, Constitutional Law

Chino Valley Unified School District’s policy and other similar ones target transgender and nonbinary students, in violation o...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations

Letter: Building civility means tackling bias one complaint at a time

Nov. 9, 2023
By George Cardona, Leah Wilson

The State Bar Board of Trustees recently approved and staff have submitted to the Supreme Court for its review several import...


Native Americans in the armed forces

Nov. 9, 2023
By Eileen C. Moore


Government, Native Americans

Collectively, Assembly Bills 226 and 389 represent a substantial legislative response to the shortcomings of the UC and CSU Sy...


Government, Labor/Employment

NLRB rules to broaden joint employer definition

Nov. 8, 2023
By Krista Mitzel, Sheedeh Lytz

With the recent broadening of the joint employer definition, employers can now be liable for employees, even if they don’t dir...


Intellectual Property, Technology

The intersection of AI and trademarks may include rights holders seeking to select marks using machine- generated output, uses...


Torts/Personal Injury

Can Google Maps be held liable for negligence?

Nov. 8, 2023
By Shain Wasser

The death of a man who followed outdated Google Map directions poses the question of whether GPS technology should be consider...


Government, Technology

While this is a positive step overall, the executive order lacks detail, and delegates the majority of AI rulemaking to existi...


Government, Immigration

Business leaders confronted with managing growing labor shortages and low domestic workforce participation numbers feel the br...


Constitutional Law

If it ain’t broke, why fix it?


Environmental & Energy, Government

The rippling implications of stringent climate disclosure laws

Nov. 7, 2023
By Matthew Morton, Annemargaret Connolly

California Gov. Newsom signs bills establishing corporate climate disclosure standards, while questioning the feasibility of t...


Civil Procedure

'Superior to what?' A brief explication of complication

MCLE
Nov. 7, 2023
By Benjamin G. Shatz

Today’s California court system is the largest in the United States, with some California appellate districts having larger po...


Environmental & Energy, Government

Carbon reduction claims require broad new disclosures

Nov. 7, 2023
By Peter Hsiao, David Lang

This article provides an overview of the disclosure requirements of AB 1305, the steps companies doing business in California ...


Judges and Judiciary

FACTS

Nov. 6, 2023
By Arthur Gilbert

It is redundant to refer to facts as true. It is illogical to refer to facts as false. If they are false, they are not facts. ...


California considers custody of children as a matter of public policy. It is closely legislated and diligently enforced. As a ...


Securities, U.S. Supreme Court

At stake is not just the SEC’s power to enforce federal securities law in administrative proceedings, but decades of precedent...


Labor/Employment

The compliance pitfalls of the Workplace Violence Prevention Law

Nov. 6, 2023
By Rachel L. Conn, Andrea Chavez

The new law requires virtually all employers to implement a workplace violence prevention plan by July 1, 2024, and expands th...


State Bar & Bar Associations

Can the State Bar of California, despite its reluctance, issue a statement condemning atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel?


Law Practice

Closure is a myth

Nov. 6, 2023
By Matt Sahak

There is a fundamental difference between legal resolution and emotional healing. While a court judgment or settlement may res...


Letters, Torts/Personal Injury

Many trial lawyers did not see an end to fair and just jury verdicts. Instead, we realized that trial lawyers needed to stop r...


Government, Intellectual Property, Technology

What distinguishes the NO FAKES Act from many of the right of publicity statutes currently in place in various states is that ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Incivility can cost you

Nov. 3, 2023
By Denise Madigan

The appeals court noted that the trial court did not have to find that the plaintiff’s counsel’s comments or behavior directly...


Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law

Come fly with us – if it’s not moot

Nov. 3, 2023
By Alyssa D. Bell, Martin J. Cristopher Santos

Voluntary cessation in No-Fly-List cases: Will the Supreme Court let a more lenient standard for the government fly?


Government, Labor/Employment

California passes new noncompete legislation

Nov. 3, 2023
By Julia Y. Trankiem, Michael Pearlson

Attempting to enforce noncompete agreements within California may expose current and former employers to liability.


Constitutional Law, Criminal

Although Penal Code section 679.026(b) requires that victims be told of their right to counsel, it does not specify who must t...


For now, President Biden’s executive order lays a promising foundation for AI oversight, but lacks the enforcement teeth to co...


California Courts of Appeal, Wills, Estates & Trusts

Appellate ruling limits appearances by trustees and executors in pro per

MCLE
Nov. 2, 2023
By Mark J. Phillips, Jake V. Phillips

The recent case of Sanchez v. Peralta (filed 8/9/23, Sixth Appellate District) brings new clarity to the ability of fid...


Intellectual Property

Navigating the innovation maze

Nov. 2, 2023
By Puya Partow-Navid

Opting for patents or trade secrets for your intellectual property come with distinct legal implications and protective scopes.