The Third District Court of Appeal held yesterday that a California law providing that a health facility “shall prevent” the unlawful disclosure of patients’ medical information does not impose a strict liability standard such that the company may be held …
The court of appeals said 21 of 23 quotes in an opening brief were fake. State authorities are scrambling to grapple with widespread use of artificial intelligence.
Div. Three of this district’s Court of Appeal has held that a robber, who pled guilty to first-degree murder relating to the death of a purported co-conspirator a few months after the California Supreme Court announced that a defendant accused of a …
The Third District Court of Appeal has held that Kaiser Foundation Hospitals failed to establish the existence of an agreement to arbitrate a dispute over the group’s provision of so-called “gender affirming care” to influencer Chloe Cole, who has since …
The Third District Court of Appeal has declared that an award of attorney fees was properly denied a man who defeated a city’s efforts to have him held in contempt of court for violating a workplace violence restraining order by placing two posts on his …
Media interested in attending the session are asked to contact merrill.balassone@jud.ca.gov The California Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Monterey on October 8, in what will be the court’s third annual outreach session under Chief Justice …
Building on the success of previous Constitution Day programs, the Court has expanded its efforts to a full month of outreach. In partnership with educators, schools, and the Santa Clara County Office of Education, judges and justice partners will deliver …
A California Court of Appeal panel recently ruled that an employer faces liability to an employee who complained of a co-worker’s offsite and off-duty sexual harassment if the employee proves the employer’s response to the complaint created a hostile …
The board’s outgoing chair, Kern County Deputy District Attorney Brandon Stallings, and its incoming chair, José Cisneros, a non-lawyer who is treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, said in a joint statement: “Laura’s exceptional leadership and …
(Subscription required) Two judges in the Northern District of California recently issued groundbreaking summary judgment rulings regarding whether an artificial intelligence company’s scraping and ingestion of copyrighted works to train its LLMs qualified …
(Subscription required) Los Angeles Superior Court announced a 2025-2028 strategic plan to enhance access, reallocate resources using data, modernize services, and improve public trust through tech upgrades and user-focused innovations.
Brett Alldredge, a retired Tulare County judge, was dismayed when San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said earlier this year that most of the city’s judges didn’t take drug crimes seriously. Former San Francisco Judge Suzanne Bolanos was upset …
(Subscription required) The governor's 15 trial-court appointments span Alameda, Contra Costa, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Orange, Riverside (2), San Bernardino, San Francisco (2), Santa Cruz and Siskiyou, reflecting broad criminal, civil and …
To Judge Eric Fleming, team sport dynamics are an apt metaphor for youth rehabilitation. The players are defendants ages 18 to 24. These are “high risk, high need” young adults getting a shot at having their charges dismissed — if they can make it through …
(Subscription required) Enderton-Speed is the director of the Leadership Support Services Office at the Judicial Council of California. She is expected to start her new position on Nov. 3.
Read the full news release via the State Bar of California. The State Bar of California Board of Trustees on Thursday announced its appointment of Laura Enderton-Speed as the State Bar’s next Executive Director. Enderton-Speed has been at the Judicial …
A former Vallejo police captain disclosed in 2020 that some officers who had shot suspects were bending one tip of their seven-pointed badge for each shooting, and said he had been fired for reporting it. The police organization nevertheless argued that …
(Subscription required) One hundred former California judges, most of them retired from the state's 58 trial courts, signed a "Declaration of Judicial Independence." The declaration is a public call to protect judicial officers and court …
(Subscription required) California Supreme Court Justices Goodwin H. Liu and Kelli M. Evans dissented more than 60 times each in the 2024-25 term over the court's refusal to review criminal cases, fueling a sharp rise in recorded dissents and …
(Subscription required) Judge Kelly Babineau, the first in her family to attend college, built her career as a public defender before moving into family law. Colleagues praise her work ethic, adaptability, and commitment to giving every case the attention …
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