California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin H. Liu will be inducted into the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) this fall, in recognition of his contributions to social science, public policy, and public discourse.
(Subscription required) Nancy Black, who retires this month as founding counsel to California's Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics, reflected in an interview on the wide range of ethical concerns the committee has handled over her 15-year …
(Subscription required) Despite plenty of cynicism around the effectiveness of DEI, partners from ethnic minority backgrounds say that certain measures associated with it still highlighted valuable concepts like unconscious bias and made them feel ‘more …
The Court of Appeal for this district held Friday that a Labor Code section that exempts fleeting employment from the exclusive-remedy provision of the Workers Compensation Act does not apply simply because a worker was injured three days after going to …
(Subscription required) This ruling clarifies a critical area of law and reinforces the principle that California courts can consider tribal general welfare payments when determining income available for support regardless of their tax status under federal …
Media literacy – the ability to analyze, evaluate and create media content responsibly – is no longer an optional component of education but a necessity. As misinformation proliferates and social media platforms dominate communication, the need for robust …
Goodwin Liu is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California who previously served as a professor and associate dean at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. His academic expertise lies in constitutional and education law, and he …
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At the April 17 event, “Justice Kruger will discuss the experiences and decisions that shaped her path to the bench and answer general questions about the judiciary in a conversation facilitated by Drake Law Dean Roscoe Jones, Jr.”
(Subscription required) The union representing many of California's court-employed shorthand reporters is sponsoring legislation that would allow more electronic recording of certain case types but only if certain conditions are met.
The history of how the U.S. incarcerated more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent — most of them U.S. citizens like Ochi’s parents — during World War II is well-documented in museums and archives. But now civil rights activists and historians feel they …
When Joseph Grodin was a state Supreme Court justice 40 years ago, the court was a political lightning rod — at least for its rulings on criminal cases, particularly the death penalty. The court’s majority swung from liberal to conservative after the vote …
Nearly half of Americans say they don’t want news from generative artificial intelligence, according to a wide-ranging study from Poynter and the University of Minnesota on how audiences feel about AI. Twenty percent of people say publishers shouldn’t use …
Briefly addressing a Chancery Club reception for the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice said that not only is judicial independence important, but so is the freedom of lawyers to represent clients and cases without fear of retribution.
(Subscription required) Prosecutors say Judge Jeffrey Ferguson refused a plea deal involving prison time in the shooting death of his wife. As his retrial gets underway, they're considering using his emotional TV interviews to challenge his credibility …
Div. Five of this district’s Court of Appeal has held that a trial judge did not err in finding that unclean hands barred a corporation from recovering against its former accounting firm for malpractice where the ousted founder of the company had forged …
To address the problem, state lawmakers introduced a bill that would require operators of companion chatbot platforms to remind users at least every three hours that the virtual characters aren’t human. Platforms would also need to take other steps such as …
Preliminary crime data for 29 of California’s law enforcement agencies—representing close to one quarter of the state’s population—points toward broad decreases in violent and property crime in 2024. Aggravated assaults and robberies decreased by about 4% …
Some counties have filed far more theft cases while others have focused on felony charges for drug possession. Even among prosecutors who backed the law, approaches differ. Some instituted time limits for considering past crimes to avoid punishing people …
