New Children’s Waiting Room Opens at Family Justice Center Courthouse in San JoseKaren.Datangel Wed, 04/23/2025 - 10:48 Fromthecourts
At 20,105 square miles, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous United States by area. Spread throughout the county, in places often populated with more mountains and desert than people, the area’s 2 million residents sometimes must …
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Minnesota asking to revive the state’s ban on gun-carry permits for young adults. The justices also left in place a ban on guns at the University of Michigan, declining to hear an appeal from a man who …
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Friday that the Sixth Amendment rights of a criminal defendant—who spoke a rare language requiring a remote translator—were not violated by the fact that his only conversation with his attorney occurred in the …
(Subscription required) Los Angeles County claims the facility complies with staffing requirements and that its closure would put both the public and vulnerable youths at risk. The petition also accuses the state of misapplying local standards instead of …
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, held yesterday that a district court in California erroneously dismissed, for lack of jurisdiction, an action brought by a resident of the state against a Canadian company, Shopify, and two …
Approved by the Judicial Council on May 17, 2024, the program aims to expand the number of certified court interpreter employees by reimbursing training costs and examination fees for aspiring interpreters. This initiative marks a progressive effort to …
The San Francisco federal judge who previously ordered the rehiring of 16,000 federal workers who had been fired by the Trump administration told federal agencies Friday to notify the workers that they had not been fired for poor performance — as claimed …
On April 14, the local judges announced that they appointed Kathryn “Kate” Bieker to serve as court executive officer, clerk of the court and jury commissioner Bieker’s appointment follows the retirement of Brenda L. McCormick, who has served in those …
(Subscription required) A divided U.S. Supreme Court temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting additional Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act after civil rights lawyers warned that government planes were planning to take off …
One of the cases is Taking Offense v. State of California, which by our count is the second oldest non-capital case on the court’s docket. When review was granted, it looked like the court would decide a hot-button issue — “Did the Court of Appeal err in …
(Subscription required) Superior Court Judge Michael Carrozzo was accused of using court resources to help a judicial assistant who would later become his wife.
Stanislaus County officials have announced the launch of the California Court Interpreter Workforce Pilot Program, approved previously by the Judicial Council. This pilot program aims to increase the number of court interpreter employees in the courts by …
Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held yesterday that an anti-SLAPP motion was properly granted to court-appointed lawyers and therapists, who were sued by a mother claiming that their “decision” to restrict her supervision of her children …
SAN FRANCISCO—The Judicial Council at its April 25 business meeting will consider revising its model for measuring court workload and assessing trial court staffing needs based on findings from a 2024 time study conducted in 19 courts across the state. The …
The state Supreme Court granted Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request on Wednesday for a posthumous pardon for Army Sgt. Richard Penry of Petaluma, who was awarded the presidential Medal of Honor in 1971 for rescuing 23 fellow soldiers in Vietnam, then was convicted …
The Supreme Court today said it will answer this question posed by the Ninth Circuit in Pitt v. Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company: “Do California Insurance Code §§ 10113.71 and 10113.72 apply to life insurance policies originally issued or …
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that a website’s display of an already checked box, next to a notation indicating that the user agrees to the company’s hyperlinked terms of service, failed to bind consumers because the company did …
(Subscription required) Laws have largely failed to prevent AI generated impersonations and technology companies aren't helping.
Joseph Grodin, a Berkeley resident for over half a century and a California Supreme Court justice ousted from the court for opposing the death penalty, died Sunday at 94.
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