Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has held that a trial judge erred in granting a motion for partial judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to the willful intent element required for an award of treble damages in a case asserting a claim …
Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has held that the statute authorizing military service diversion—a process allowing for the dismissal of charges upon the completion of a program—only requires defendants facing misdemeanor charges to show …
(Subscription required) After 12 years presiding over felony trials in Compton, Judge Sean D. Coen now oversees long preliminary hearings in downtown Los Angeles -- often sharing lunch, cases, and courtroom philosophy with his father, fellow Superior Court …
Civil Ex Parte and MSJ/MSA Procedure Changes Effective September 15, 2025Karen.Datangel Wed, 09/03/2025 - 16:57 Fromthecourts
(Subscription required) Earlier this year, the American Bar Association released its 2024 Legal Technology Survey Report, the study found that 30% of legal professionals are already utilizing AI tools, as compared to 11% in 2023, 12% in 2022 and 10% in …
Launched in 2023, the CARE Court program allows people to petition a court to order treatment is for someone experiencing psychosis. CalMatters requested data from every county and found these six things.
In the most-comprehensive look yet at whether people are using Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court, we found that far fewer Californians are enrolled in the mental health program than he projected.
(Subscription required) After years of avoiding dissent, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero has issued four in 2025, sharply criticizing the court's liberal bloc in major criminal rulings.
Div. Three of the Court of Appeal for this district held Friday that the prosecution of a man on one count of wrongful diversion of construction funds, instituted in 2007, must come to an end.
Throughout Constitution Month in September, courts across the state will partner with K-12 schools and community organizations to bring judges into classrooms, host courthouse visits, and provide civic learning resources for educators and students. The …
The California Supreme Court is taking more time to decide fewer cases, and its majority opinions are getting longer. In the past, when the court was writing shorter majority opinions it did so faster and produced more of them. The current condition in …
(Subscription required) The Commission on Judicial Performance said in a public admonishment released Thursday that Superior Court Judge Enrique Monguia "committed multiple instances of misconduct" over a 4½-year period. Commissioners found that …
A law firm that rendered services to trust beneficiaries under a contingency fee agreement providing that it would receive 40% of the gross recovery, and was unpaid, had no causes of action against the trustee or the lawyer and the law firm he retained, …
(Subscription required) The high court on Thursday reversed the death penalty for Jason Alejandro Aguirre, citing a 2021 law requiring stricter proof of gang activity, but left his murder and attempted murder convictions intact.
Superior Court of Los Angeles County to Deliver Record on Appeal Transcripts Electronically in Civil, Family Law and Probate Appeals Beginning Sept. 8, 2025Karen.Datangel Thu, 08/28/2025 - 16:26 Fromthecourts
As in last week’s ruling, the court rejected the Republicans’ second lawsuit only two days after it was filed, without even requesting counter-arguments from Newsom, and with no explanation of its reasons. There was no indication of a dissent by any of …
This event will overview Joseph Raymond Grodin’s jurisprudence as a justice on the Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court, his legal scholarship, and the historical and legal significance of the 1986 retention election.
Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has vacated an April 24 opinion reversing an order denying resentencing under Penal Code §1172.75 and remanding the case to the Orange Superior Court after the Office of Attorney General came upon …
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed the dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by an inmate serving 25 years to life in prison on an enhancement for the intentional firing of a weapon that resulted in death, …
A divided California Supreme Court held yesterday, in a 4-3 decision, that, for all non-final judgments, whether a prior conviction for a gang-related offense will qualify as a “strike” depends on current statutory definitions enacted in 2022 to narrow …
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