When a prospective heir believes that others have unfairly interfered with the expected inheritance, is the proper venue to get those claims heard a civil court or probate court?
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.
