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In Leon v. County of Riverside, the Supreme court is expected to decide whether immunity under Government Code section 821.6 is limited to actions for malicious prosecution. In People v. Lewis, the court will decide whether a defendant can be convicted of …
(Subscription required) Greg Jacob testified at John Eastman's disciplinary hearing that the former Trump adviser's legal theories about blocking Joe Biden's election had no legal merit.
(Subscription required) Visitors to Justice Herbert I. Levy's chambers are greeted by splashes of red, orange and green, and by the exuberant personality of the longest-serving current justice on the 5th District Court of Appeal. "I've always …
The California Supreme Court has approved a new rule of professional conduct, rule 8.3 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct, that requires California attorneys to report any lawyer who commits a criminal act, engages in fraud, misappropriates …
(Subscription required) Eastman, appearing at the state bar courthouse in Los Angeles, testified in response to various questions that he couldn’t recall the specifics of events that occurred in late 2020, or that he respected and trusted the attorneys …
(Subscription required) The Assembly Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that aims to create 26 more superior court judge positions in California, where there are already 110 vacancies, but budgetary concerns are a likely roadblock to …
(Subscription required) Adams never regretted leaving his music career when he followed his father, the late Thomas Adams Sr., into the law. After a seven-year stint as a sole practitioner in Santa Barbara, and four years as a municipal court commissioner …
A State Bar Court judge is denying requests by news media organizations for extended coverage of the June 30 disbarment hearing in the case of former Chapman University School of Law Dean John Eastman, accused of a role in igniting the Jan. 6, 2021 …
I also had questions for Justice Kruger: whether, when she wrote memos to Justice Stevens, she was aware that they might become public; and what her reaction was to seeing her memo discussed by election law experts. Finally, I had questions for Justice …
The California Supreme Court has recently agreed to hear the case on People’s Park. This objective review by the judicial branch of the win by People’s Park supporters in the Court of Appeal calls into question the motivations of both the executive and …
To further illustrate the problem, the Eastern District has one judge for every 1,362,552 residents. Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, says that is “by far the highest in the state of California.” Now Costa and two other colleagues — fellow Democrat Doris Matsui …
54,789 youth lived in California's foster care system in January 2022—and according to the California Child Welfare Indicators Project, less than 10% of those kids could be reunified with their families. As the supervising judge of Santa Clara County…
The webcast can be viewed live starting at 10:00 a.m. here. SAN FRANCISCO—The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold a public hearing on June 23 starting at 10 a.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom—located on the fourth floor of 350 McAllister Street …
(Subscription required) Pitts, 42, has been an attorney at the Altshuler Berzon firm since 2009, representing workers, unions and consumers. His cases, the firm said, included a successful filing with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing in support of the …
Retired judges who allege they were discriminated against in a temporary assignment program on the basis of age lost another bid to disqualify a jurist based on his spouse’s job as a member of the Judicial Council. Jun 15, 2023
Supreme Court closed Monday for JuneteenthMartin.Novitski Thu, 06/15/2023 - 09:10 NewsLink On Monday, for the first time, the Supreme Court and all other state courts will be closed for Juneteenth. It is a state and judicial holiday. It was made a holiday …
(Subscription required) AB 81, dubbed the California Indian Child Welfare Act, would harmonize the state’s Family, Probate and the Welfare and Institutions codes with the federal law. This includes the rules determining when someone can be considered “an …
The Supreme Court today approved Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for recommendations to commute the life without parole sentences of Tyson Atlas and Martin Loftis. The recommendations are constitutionally required before a governor can grant clemency to …
(Subscription required) "They're totally independent and don't have the baggage of how they thought about the case previously. ... As a result, you get questions that might not have occurred to you before," said Christopher Hu of Horvitz …
(Subscription required) On Wednesday, the California Health and Human Services Agency announced major amendments were added to a bill that would allow it to grant extensions to counties to implement the CARE Court Community Assistance, Recovery and …
