Effective January 1, 2026, Senate Bill 37 (SB 37) took effect and updated the rules governing how attorneys may advertise their services. Although the law modernizes some aspects of the advertising framework to reflect today’s digital landscape, the fundamental prohibitions remain largely the same: attorney advertising still may not be false, misleading, or deceptive. What has changed is how broadly the law now defines “advertising” and how aggressively it can be enforced.
Today’s massive shopping centers, where consumers can find everything from wedding gowns and jewelry to electronics, furniture, fast food, and much more, have largely replaced the Main Street shops in many communities. But have they also evolved to become their communities’ public squares, where political and social issues are freely debated?
Arbitration is intended to be a quicker, less costly alternative to courtroom litigation. But what happens when one party in a dispute seems to want to pursue the matter in court, only to profess a desire to arbitrate years after the complaint was first filed? That was the question presented to the California Court of Appeal by a recent case (Sierra Pacific Industries Wage and Hour Cases).
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4 of this year, contains hundreds of provisions in its 1,000-plus pages, but some of its most significant impacts are on tax rules that affect high-net-worth individuals and families.
Anyone seeking medical treatment in America’s healthcare system is likely to be asked to sign an arbitration agreement, regardless of whether they need a minor procedure or major surgery. Arbitration promises a faster, less costly, and more private way to resolve disputes between patients and their medical providers than traditional litigation – while foregoing some of the legal safeguards available to disputants in a court of law.
One of the advantages of owning a condominium rather than a single-family home is that repairs to common areas are handled by the homeowner’s association. But what happens if the HOA ignores that responsibility?
