2026 January

Using AI to elevate legal-writing advocacy

Lawyers who ignore AI risk becoming the Blockbuster Video of our profession. Here are practical applications, examples, and prompts for today’s litigators

Janet Gusdorff

2026 January

The three types of appeals and how to argue them

Your goals must be different, depending on if the case is a clear loser, a clear winner or a toss-up

Reid Ehrlich

2026 January

Small text, big consequences

How rideshare companies Uber and Lyft use exculpatory clauses to dodge liability

Spencer Lucas
Alec M. Clark

2026 January

Defeating motions to compel arbitration

Six questions ranging from jurisdiction of the court to unconscionability that may help you defeat the motion to arbitrate

Valerie T. McGinty

2026 January

How to leverage amicus curiae briefs in your cases

(And how to return the favor as amicus for others)

Ben Siminou

2026 January

Appeal from a Bench trial: Simplified statement-of-decision procedures coming soon

New law will revise California Rule of Court 3.1590, perhaps the most opaque rule ever issued by the Judicial Council

Herb Fox

2026 January

Consumer Attorneys of the Year honored at CAOC Award dinner

Craig Peters, Brian Gearinger and Joseph S. May recognized for civil rights verdict in police racism case

J.G. Preston

2026 January

Trial: It can be more than a monetary decision

Reclaiming our right to define the role of the plaintiff’s attorney

Eustace de Saint Phalle

2026 January

Profile: Vanessa Deniston

Employment attorney is named a Marin County Trial Lawyer of the Year for PI case

Jennifer McEntee

2026 January

Soul crushing

Responding to a catastrophic event within one’s professional community

Miles B. Cooper

2026 January