One of the cases is Taking Offense v. State of California, which by our count is the second oldest non-capital case on the court’s docket. When review was granted, it looked like the court would decide a hot-button issue — “Did the Court of Appeal err in …
(Subscription required) Superior Court Judge Michael Carrozzo was accused of using court resources to help a judicial assistant who would later become his wife.
Stanislaus County officials have announced the launch of the California Court Interpreter Workforce Pilot Program, approved previously by the Judicial Council. This pilot program aims to increase the number of court interpreter employees in the courts by …
Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held yesterday that an anti-SLAPP motion was properly granted to court-appointed lawyers and therapists, who were sued by a mother claiming that their “decision” to restrict her supervision of her children …
SAN FRANCISCO—The Judicial Council at its April 25 business meeting will consider revising its model for measuring court workload and assessing trial court staffing needs based on findings from a 2024 time study conducted in 19 courts across the state. The …
The state Supreme Court granted Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request on Wednesday for a posthumous pardon for Army Sgt. Richard Penry of Petaluma, who was awarded the presidential Medal of Honor in 1971 for rescuing 23 fellow soldiers in Vietnam, then was convicted …
The Supreme Court today said it will answer this question posed by the Ninth Circuit in Pitt v. Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company: “Do California Insurance Code §§ 10113.71 and 10113.72 apply to life insurance policies originally issued or …
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that a website’s display of an already checked box, next to a notation indicating that the user agrees to the company’s hyperlinked terms of service, failed to bind consumers because the company did …
(Subscription required) Laws have largely failed to prevent AI generated impersonations and technology companies aren't helping.
Joseph Grodin, a Berkeley resident for over half a century and a California Supreme Court justice ousted from the court for opposing the death penalty, died Sunday at 94.
California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin H. Liu will be inducted into the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) this fall, in recognition of his contributions to social science, public policy, and public discourse.
(Subscription required) Nancy Black, who retires this month as founding counsel to California's Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics, reflected in an interview on the wide range of ethical concerns the committee has handled over her 15-year …
(Subscription required) Despite plenty of cynicism around the effectiveness of DEI, partners from ethnic minority backgrounds say that certain measures associated with it still highlighted valuable concepts like unconscious bias and made them feel ‘more …
The Court of Appeal for this district held Friday that a Labor Code section that exempts fleeting employment from the exclusive-remedy provision of the Workers Compensation Act does not apply simply because a worker was injured three days after going to …
(Subscription required) This ruling clarifies a critical area of law and reinforces the principle that California courts can consider tribal general welfare payments when determining income available for support regardless of their tax status under federal …
Media literacy – the ability to analyze, evaluate and create media content responsibly – is no longer an optional component of education but a necessity. As misinformation proliferates and social media platforms dominate communication, the need for robust …
Goodwin Liu is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California who previously served as a professor and associate dean at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. His academic expertise lies in constitutional and education law, and he …
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At the April 17 event, “Justice Kruger will discuss the experiences and decisions that shaped her path to the bench and answer general questions about the judiciary in a conversation facilitated by Drake Law Dean Roscoe Jones, Jr.”
