Presiding Justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal's 6th Division, Arthur Gilbert offers wit and wisdom from his decades on the bench, guidance on best appellate practices, and an explanation of how he's maintained his mirthful monthly Daily Journal column for nearly 30 years.

For the first time, Cal. Supreme Court says black market goods have "fair" market value, for purposes of Prop 47 valuation, explains Laura Arnold (Riverside County Dep. Public Defender); Matthew Blackburn (Diamond McCarthy) details a critical SCOTUS fight over patent venue that's attracted more than 30 high-profile amici

Josh Patashnik (Munger, Tolles & Olson) explains the 9th Circuit's significant determination that Winters rights apply to groundwater; Jeffrey Aaron (Office of the Federal Public Defender) describes a narrow evidence rule exception SCOTUS has created allowing impeachment of verdicts influenced by jurors' racial animus.

Vikram Amar (Dean, University of Illinois College of Law) and David Dorsen (Of Counsel, Sedgwick LLP, and author of The Unexpected Scalia: A Conservative Justice's Liberal Opinions dissect the Gorsuch confirmation hearings: their partisan rancor, frustrating paucity of substance, and potential generational impact

Luke Wake (NFIB Small Bus. Legal Center) argues why plaintiffs' claims in a pending Cal. Supreme Court employment case stretch Labor Code "day of rest" protections too far; Will Jay Pirkey (Dep. City Atty, LA) explains how the court's recent decision in Perry v. Bakewell Hawthorne LLC makes untimely expert disclosure more likely to torpedo your summary judgment defense

Tony François (Pacific Legal Foundation) discusses Monday's state high court ruling that clarified procedural elements of the California Endangered Species Act, settling an area of administrative law Francois described in an amicus brief as 'in disarray' after a convoluted intermediate court decision.

Gary Kinder, noted legal writing instructor, founder of the editing software WordRake, and New York Times bestselling author of the true crime classic Victim: The Other Side of Murder, visits to share his thoughts on how attorneys can make their writing more compelling, concise, and effective

Veteran immigration attorney Carl Shusterman, with experience as an INS trial attorney and more than 30 years at his eponymous firm, joins the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion about the many aspects of immigration policy beginning and soon to change under President Trump

Anna-Rose Mathieson (California Appellate Law Group) discusses U.S. Supreme Court arguments over disparaging trademarks and free speech in Lee v. Tam; John Whitesides (Angelo, Kilday & Kilduff) chats qualified immunity and interlocutory appeals, after a terse Supreme Court reversal critiques lower courts' consistent misapplication of the doctrine.

Neal Marder (Akin Gump) explains the Ninth Circuit's decision that administrative feasibility is not a prerequisite for class certification; Laura Reathaford (Venable), Richard Bridgford and Mike Artinian (Bridgford, Gleason & Artinian) debate the CASC's new bright-line rule regarding on-call employee rest breaks.