A brief and low-key Supreme Court decision on federal protections for transgender students may have also been a signal of uncertainty for one of the court’s most important, and surprising, civil rights rulings of recent years: the 2020 decision that a …
Shasta County Court Executive Officer Melissa Fowler-Bradley has been honored with the highest possible recognition for her work in the administration of justice in California. She has been recognized by the state Judicial Council with a Distinguished …
The California Supreme Court, on Aug. 14, declined to review an objection by plaintiffs in the Kern River lawsuit to a lower court’s ruling that paused an order requiring water flows through Bakersfield. That means the 5th District Court of Appeal will …
The California Supreme Court held yesterday that an inadequate inquiry by a child welfare agency as to the possible Indigenous American ancestry of a dependent child under the California Indian Child Welfare Act requires conditional reversal of a juvenile …
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills that aim to make it easier to prosecute retail theft. He’s asking voters to reject a ballot measure that would impose even tougher penalties.
The Supreme Court on Friday kept on hold in roughly half the country new regulations about sex discrimination in education, rejecting a Biden administration request. The court voted 5-4, with conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch joining the three liberal …
A severe shortage of court reporters in the Los Angeles Superior Court system is leaving thousands of self-represented civil litigants without verbatim records of their proceedings, making it virtually impossible to appeal their cases, according to a new …
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that portions of recent legislation that require Internet content providers to prepare a report, for review by the state, which identifies any risk of “material detriment to children that arise from [ …
Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero launched a task force this summer to evaluate a technology poised to impact nearly every part of our lives, including California courts—generative artificial intelligence (AI). “Generative AI brings great promise, but our …
In People v. Walker, the Supreme Court today interprets Penal Code section 1385(c), which provides that any of nine “mitigating circumstances . . . weighs greatly in favor of dismissing [an earlier imposed sentence] enhancement, unless the court finds that …
In a unanimous ruling, the court said thousands of hospital employees at Alameda Health System are not protected by state laws requiring daily meal and rest breaks for private employees. And in the same ruling, the justices said the Private Attorneys …
Despite concerns about copyright issues, the State Bar of California and Kaplan Exam Services signed an agreement allowing the company best known for test prep to create multiple-choice, essays and performance test questions for a California Bar Exam for …
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that the complaint by a fair-election advocacy group and several congressional candidates who lost elections in 2020 failed to adequately allege that the state’s election laws and regulations violate …
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The Supreme Court today announced that, when it returns to the courtroom next month after its traditional summer oral argument hiatus, it will hear only three cases. Two of them are on our list of old cases.
The California Supreme Court declined Wednesday to review the case of a man convicted of stabbing his wife, whose body was found in a closet at their North Hollywood apartment.
The State Bar of California has finalized a $8.25 million deal with test prep company Kaplan Exam Services to produce the state’s bar exam for the next five years, the attorney licensing body said on Tuesday.
The Third District Court of Appeal has held that a “ballot label” drafted by the Office of Attorney General adequately informs voters of the nature of Proposition 5—which would allow passage of certain local bond measures by a 55 percent vote—rejecting a …
The Judicial Council of California today announced three recipients of its 2024 Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes people and organizations for their extraordinary leadership and contributions to the administration of justice in California. This …
In a setback for anti-tax groups, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday that the November ballot label for a measure that would allow some local tax increases to be approved by 55% of the voters does not have to say that current law requires two-thirds voter …
