Delaying the NextGen UBE, which stands for Uniform Bar Exam, until July 2027 would give the National Conference of Bar Examiners more time to test the exam technology, said Nachman Gutowski, president of the Association of Academic Support Professionals, …
Div. Four of the First District Court of Appeal has declared that a writ petition filed in Sacramento Superior Court by a manufacturer of commercial electric vehicles, contesting a government agency’s action in suspending it from a program under which …
A California state appeals court panel on Wednesday reaffirmed its earlier decision against an El Dorado County resident, ruling that a $23,000 county-issued fee he incurred while building a house on his property did not violate his constitutional rights.
Sacramento Superior Court Appoints Kelly Sullivan as Interim CEOMartin.Novitski Mon, 07/28/2025 - 15:08 Fromthecourts
The Court of Appeal for this district held yesterday that where a woman sought an increase in visitation rights with her daughter, it was not a due-process violation for the judge to instead remove the child from the custody of the father and turn her over …
County supervisors voted 4-0 to ask attorneys to draft a rule that would bar all law enforcement officers — including local sheriff deputies and federal immigration agents — from disguising their identity while working in unincorporated parts of the county …
(Subscription required) The agreement, signed in January, followed DOJ findings that from 2007 to 2016, OCSD and the Orange County District Attorney's Office used informants to illegally elicit statements from defendants.
(Subscription required) Starting Aug. 4, L.A. County Superior Court will let attorneys remotely monitor and join multiple same-day family law hearings at Stanley Mosk Courthouse using the new Courtroom Broadcast feature.
The Trump administration’s demand that states disclose personal information from tens of millions of low-income recipients of food stamps, including their home addresses and Social Security numbers, is both illegal and frightening, California and other …
(Subscription required) Ford’s RICO suit alleged that the lemon law lawyers billed “phantom legal fees” and in hundreds of lemon law cases, with at least 50% of the $100 million billed over the past decade fraudulently inflated. The dismissal motions, …
The Justice Department sued Page last month for allegedly not providing full records related to the removal of non-citizens from voter registration lists. The Justice Department alleged that Page did not maintain an accurate voter list in violation of the …
A federal appeals court panel heard arguments on Monday, July 28, but made no immediate ruling in the Trump administration’s bid for a stay of a temporary restraining order halting the government’s aggressive, month-long immigration dragnet across Southern …
Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence in People v. Dunn for the 2006 crimes described this way by the court: “High on methamphetamine and angry over the breakup of his marriage, defendant Aaron Norman Dunn sped down a busy …
States can prohibit puberty blockers and other gender-affirming care for transgender minors, the Supreme Court decided last month, a ruling upholding laws in about half the nation’s states. But a federal appeals court ruled Friday that states can allow …
A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected claims that California violated the free speech rights of doctors who teach continuing medical education courses by mandating that they include information on implicit bias.
Can youths who commit murder or other extremely violent crimes in California be sentenced to spend most of the rest of their lives in prison? The state Supreme Court will decide that issue — but without one of its usual participants, Attorney General Rob …
Students in a UC Berkeley program that enables students to gain insight and experience into professional environments got a front row seat to learn about careers in California's court system. On July 16 and 18, the Judicial Council hosted a group of …
The plan would give water agencies two potential pathways to comply with water quality goals — either a traditional regulatory approach based on limiting water withdrawals to maintain certain river flow levels, or an alternative approach supported by the …
(Subscription required) Pass rates on the February 2025 bar exam skyrocketed for students of California-accredited law schools, with success percentages at some campuses increasing by five- or even 10-fold, according to statistics released this month by …
(Subscription required) In a speech at the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference following a forceful dissent, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan called for greater transparency in emergency rulings and warned against vilifying judges.
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