California and 14 other states are suing the federal government to reverse a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that reduced the number of diseases children should be inoculated against from 17 to 11, calling it a departure …
Briefs and replies are piling up in the Kern River case pending review by the state Supreme Court. The court agreed to look at an appellate decision that tossed out an 2023 court order to keep water flowing in the river through Bakersfield. There are two …
Every 30 years since 1900, a new generation of Southern Californians faced a distinct water challenge. The first three generations met that challenge by developing a new imported water source and transporting it to Southern California. The last generation …
Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has held, in a case of first impression, that the failure to strictly comply with a regulation setting forth the steps that a private party must take before filing legal action under Proposition 65, a statute …
(Subscription required) The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay a record $2.75 million to resolve allegations it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act by failing to fully effectuate consumer requests to opt-out of the sale or sharing of their data …
(Subscription required) In a general civil courtroom where cases range from neighborhood disputes to nationally watched litigation, Judge Michael E. Whitaker treats every trial like a flight plan -- preparation first, departure on time.
(Subscription required) The judge in the social media addiction trial in Los Angeles struck one of the lead lawyers from the plaintiffs’ steering committee after he gave an interview on camera this week with the BBC and took a selfie from inside the …
Retired Administrative Presiding Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Daniel Kremer passed on February 17, 2026. Presiding Justice Kremer is a 1960 graduate of Stanford University with a degree in political science and a 1963 graduate of …
(Subscription required) Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved to fill a third of the nine vacancies on California’s courts of appeals, naming three justices to three districts across the state in a Thursday night announcement.
(Subscription required) AB 2109 by Assemblymember Diane Dixon, R-Newport Beach, would mandate that the state bar use the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ NextGen Uniform Bar Exam starting in 2029. Another bill by Dixon, AB 1651, would require the bar …
“Humboldt County has been particularly successful with its CARE Court implementation,” said Jacob Rosen, Eureka’s managing mental health clinician, during a report. “We have one of the highest referral volumes per capita amongst other counties. We’ve had …
(Subscription required) Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated three justices to the state Courts of Appeal and appointed seven Superior Court judges in five counties, continuing a reshaping of California's judiciary.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Upinder Kalra received a commendation yesterday from this district’s Court of Appeal based on his alertness in handling a default judgment proceeding. “This case provides an example of an attempted abuse of the default …
SAN FRANCISCO—The Judicial Council at its Feb. 20 meeting approved funding for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County to continue hosting a shared solution that sends automated text message notifications—such as hearing reminders—to court users in nine …
(Subscription required) During an online meeting Wednesday, members of the Law School Council said uncertainty surrounding the content and format of future bar exams is frustrating both students and professors.
The Trump administration has agreed not to cut off federal funds to the University of California while it appeals a judge’s ruling that said it had improperly withdrawn $600 million from the schools based on claims that they unduly favored racial and …
Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has reversed a $3.5 million wrongful death judgment awarded to the mother of a 19-year-old teenager killed by police during a traffic stop in Orange County due to the trial judge’s error in instructing the …
A financial elder abuse law that permits only prevailing plaintiffs to recover attorney fees does not bar the recovery of costs associated with defending against competing undue influence claims so long as the expenses are inextricably intertwined with …
Parties on both sides of a long-running debate over the California Public Utilities Commission’s controversial overhaul of rooftop solar regulations are anxiously awaiting a ruling from the state’s court of appeals. Depending on what conclusion the …
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is building an artificial intelligence accountability program as his office probes Elon Musk’s xAI over the generation of non-consensual sexually explicit images, he told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.
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