Benjamin Shatz (Manatt) reviews Monday's CASC habeas ruling in Maas v. Superior Court, an appeal the court heard on its own motion; David Balabanian (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius) offers advice on how to write your best brief

Kirk Jenkins (Sedgwick LLP) discusses his firm's new blog quantitatively analyzing 16 years of state appellate rulings; Luke Wake (NFIB Small Bus. Legal Center) addresses the limits of administrative power, after CASC arguments in Assn. of CA Ins. Companies v. Dave Jones

William Meronek (Riverside Cnty. Pub. Def.) discusses Harris v. Sup. Ct., and why successful Prop 47 petitions shouldn't re-open prosecutions; Professor Richard Marcus (UC Hastings Law) chats Picasso, French remedies, and foreign law in the Ninth Circuit

Michael Singer (Cohelan Khoury & Singer) voices CAFA concerns as the 9th Circuit applies state labor standards to "call-in" shifts; Neal Marder (Akin Gump) discusses Brazil v. Dole and potentially wider liability for companies labeling foods "All Natural."

Ian Fein (Orrick) chats the Ninth Circuit's new review standard for FOIA appeals after ALDF v. FDA; Prof. Scott Dodson (UC Hastings) discusses his recent book The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as SCOTUS' new term opens

Kiran Seldon (Seyfarth Shaw) chats on-call rest breaks after CASC arguments in Augustus v. ABM; John Cannon (Stradling) considers the 9th's SEC v. Jensen and expansion of CEO/CFO liability after financial restatements

Attorney Jamie Lee Williams (Electronic Frontier Foundation) advocates for en banc review in a broad computer fraud ruling, Facebook v. Power Ventures; Jeffrey Melching (Rutan & Tucker) chats a state appellate ruling of first impression, considering the value of municipal aesthetics

Laura Reathaford (Venable LLP) on conflicting class action waiver jurisprudence after Morris v. Ernst & Young; Ben Feuer (Cal. App. Law Grp.) concludes our summer SCOTUS series, previewing NLRB v. SW General

M.C. Sungaila (Haynes & Boone) chats CASC arguments over take-home asbestos liability; Anna-Rose Mathieson (Cal. App. Law Grp.) continues our SCOTUS preview series, with Rodriguez v. Jennings

Sharon Arkin (Arkin Law Firm) chats specific jurisdiction after Monday's Bristol-Myers CASC ruling; Michael Newman (Hinshaw & Culbertson) on a hotel worker wage order escaping NLRA preemption; and Gerry Mooney (Rutan & Tucker) on quiet title actions of void ab initio deeds