(Subscription required) The growing ethical and privacy risks of AI chatbots, including their potential to manipulate emotions and behaviors, highlight the need for stronger legal protections to prevent misuse and ensure user safety.
Thousands of students all over the state have donned their best suits and public speaking skills as they acted out various roles in the courtroom. Now it’s time to see who takes top honors. After weeks of competition, students from 32 California counties …
By a recent dereliction of duty, the Supreme Court has demonstrated that sometimes the proper regret about judicial activism is that there is too little of it. The court refused to hear a case that would have allowed it to clarify a doctrine that has …
Amazon, ride-sharing apps, travel companies, and retail giants such as Staples and Target have engaged in the practice, which can set different prices for customers based on factors including internet browsing data or where they live. In one recent example …
(Subscription required) San Francisco Public Defender wins first Racial Justice Act motion in the county, reducing felonies to misdemeanors after judge finds implicit bias in police testimony, potentially paving the way for more motions.
A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration’s plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding that cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage.
Div. Two of the Fourth District Court of Appeal yesterday granted a petition for a writ of mandate commanding the San Bernardino Superior Court to vacate its order that a plaintiff in a personal injury action divulge in discovery whether her attorneys …
(Subscription required) Beginning March 14, court users can make secure, remote payments for various services in Civil and Probate matters, offering convenience and eliminating the need to visit the Clerk's Office.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the conviction and 20-year prison sentence of a man who plotted with fellow inmates—who turned out to be FBI informants—to hire a hitman to kill and torture a federal judge, two prosecutors, and two …
On Monday, the Supreme Court said the case should be reconsidered under a California law passed last year that aims to strengthen the claims of Holocaust survivors and their families seeking to recover stolen art. In doing so, the justices overturned …
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by 19 Republican-led states led by Alabama to block five Democratic-led states from pursuing lawsuits accusing major oil companies of deceiving the public about the role fossil fuels have played in causing …
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a free-speech challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy,” counseling that seeks to dissuade people from identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. California has a similar law.
The legislation that would formally recognize the Tule River Tribe's reserved water rights from Democratic U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff advanced through the Senate Committee of Indian Affairs by voice vote on Friday. The bill will now go …
(Subscription required) The ranks of trial court judges who describe themselves as Latino or Hispanic dropped by five between 2023 and 2024, according to figures released by the state.
The State Bar of California has launched an independent investigation into the disastrous rollout of its February bar exam, a newly designed test that was riddled with technical and logistical failures. This decision follows a wave of frustration expressed …
(Subscription required) The California Court of Appeal's ruling in R.D. v. Superior Court (People) limits the remedies available under the Racial Justice Act (RJA), holding that dismissal of charges is not required for violations, potentially weakening …
(Subscription required) The brother of Sheryl Rosen voiced support for Orange County Judge Jeffrey Ferguson on Monday, saying the fatal shooting was accidental. The statement was released just before a judge declared a mistrial after nine days of jury …
California courts are making a trip to the courthouse a little more comfortable for an important segment of the population: nursing mothers. The judicial branch recently added 32 new public lactation spaces in courthouses around the state, with plans to …
The State Bar of California on Wednesday launched an independent investigation of its February bar exam, a newly created test that was marred by widespread technical and logistical problems.
A Fremont law that makes it a crime to camp in public or help a homeless person do so violates the rights of unhoused people and those seeking to assist them, according to a newly filed lawsuit.
