The court on Wednesday will hear oral arguments on the legality of an initiative backed by business interests that strips the state Legislature and the governor of the ability to increase taxes and requires statewide voter approval.
California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero and the Judicial Council of California this week are honoring the public servants of California's judicial branch. Said California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero: "I want to thank all our dedicated …
(Subscription required) Members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee criticized state bar leaders' decision to give hefty pay raises to employees last year without seeking legislative approval, and money, first.
(Subscription required) The California Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case brought by more than 24,000 plaintiffs against the drugmaker. The claims depart from prior design defect arguments by alleging that the company’s delays in developing a new, …
Superior Court Judge Curtis Kin determined that SB 9 is unconstitutional because it doesn’t provide housing restricted for low-income residents, which he said was the law’s stated purpose. For now, it affects five cities: Redondo Beach, Carson, Torrance, …
Among the 42 jurisdictions that have reported February results thus far, 31 have a higher overall pass rate than in February of 2023 according to data, opens new tab compiled by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. That includes all 10 of the largest …
Bloomberg Law reporter Maia Spoto talks about why California’s Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment, or CARE, Courts, have had such an underwhelming start. We also hear from one of the judges helping to set up a CARE Court in Orange County, who …
Dr. Sunil Aggarwal says he has a right to prescribe psilocybin — the hallucinogenic compound in “magic mushrooms” — under state and federal “right to try” laws, which give terminal patients access to experimental drug therapies before they are approved by …
A California court ruled state laws cannot broadly override local control over development and zoning, finding one of the state’s most significant new zoning laws is unconstitutional.
Div. Four of this district’s Court of Appeal has held that a resentencing hearing is required where the jury was instructed on the natural and probable consequences doctrine of murder liability on the part of an aider and abettor—a now-retroactively- …
Two San Francisco Superior Court judges withstood election challenges this year from candidates who considerably outspent them. Four judges survived challenges from public defenders who ran against them in 2018.
Speaking at a TIME100 Talks conversation on Friday ahead of the White House Correspondents Dinner, a panel of experts with backgrounds in government, national security, and social justice expressed optimism that the U.S. government will finally “get it …
Measure C passed with 64% of the vote in 2020 but was challenged by the Alameda County Taxpayers Association and others, who said it needed two-thirds approval because it was a new tax. In a ruling Wednesday, the court said the measure was a citizen-led …
The ruling striking down Senate Bill 9 only applies to the five Southern California charter cities that were parties to the case: Redondo Beach, Whittier, Carson, Del Mar and Torrance. However, if the case is appealed, the appellate court’s ruling will …
The state appeals court found, in a 4-3 decision, that the judge who presided over Weinstein’s 2020 trial prejudiced his case by allowing four women who said Weinstein had assaulted them to serve as witnesses even though their allegations were not a part …
San Francisco police officers are issuing more traffic citations than in years past, reversing a precipitous decline in the number of tickets issued over the past decade, according to data from the city’s Police Department. The jump comes after two …
Update - March 26, 2024: Trinity Pacific Christian School in Ventura County has won the 2024 California Mock Trial Competition and will compete in the National High School Mock Trial Competition in May. See the full awards recipient list. Thousands of …
(Subscription required) Biden’s third nominee to the Central District, Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon, is a judge of the State Bar Court of California. Apr 24, 2024
Lawmakers, prosecutors urge California Supreme Court to overturn death penaltyKaren.Datangel Wed, 04/24/2024 - 10:36 NewsLink A state Supreme Court lawsuit claiming California’s death penalty law is incurably racist and should be overturned has drawn some …
The California Supreme Court held yesterday that Penal Code §136.1(b)(2), which prohibits the intimidation of a witness to a crime, does not apply to dissuading conduct after a criminal complaint has been filed, finding that the section does not support …
