(Subscription required) The 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 3, reversed Orange County Judge Kimberley A. Knill, who had sanctioned attorney William L. Buus the maximum $1,500, referring him to the State Bar because his client's New York-based …
Div. Seven of this district’s Court of Appeal has held that a party petitioning to set aside a judgment entered in a divorce proceeding, under a Family Code section allowing such relief in the event of “mental incapacity,” must show a mental deficit that …
A First Appellate District panel overturned a judge's finding in favor of the city in 2023 and agreed with the owner that Lot 18 of the parcel is a lawfully separate piece of land under the state's 1974 Subdivision Map Act. The panel ordered the …
(Subscription required) Minor's counsel holds a unique position within the legal system. Unlike attorneys who represent parents or other parties, we are appointed by the court to champion the best interests of the child. This role is pivotal in …
Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has reversed an order to a lawyer/business executive to relinquish a firearm—a command the justices said a family law judge had no authority to issue—but spurned the party’s request to invalidate a …
The Judicial Council’s Court Facilities Advisory Committee (JCC) approved the USDA National Forest Service Office location at 631 Coyote Street in Nevada City as the preferred site for a new courthouse. The design-build phase for a new courthouse — …
The series’ final event, held Oct. 31, featured Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu discussing the role of federal courts — particularly the U.S. Supreme Court — in protecting democracy. With longer life …
A series of planned actions and tools intended to reduce and offset potential impacts to fish species are linked to the new permit. They include tidal marsh and floodplain restoration projects supporting spawning, better fish passage in essential migration …
That technique—often known as a “headless PAGA” case—is a bid to avoid forced arbitration by skipping individual claims in favor of filing a case only on behalf of an employee group. It was bolstered by a state appeals court’s Balderas v. Fresh Start …
We eagerly support the Forest Service site for the new Courthouse and avoid diluting the community’s enthusiasm for that decision by deferring any discussion of a back up selection unless it becomes necessary.
The State Bar’s Annual Diversity Report Card released last month highlights the demographic composition of California’s 2023 attorney population and, for the first time, analyzes changing trends in demographic representation since 2019. The report also …
A tax on thousands of vacant apartment units in San Francisco, approved by the city’s voters two years ago to make more housing available to would-be tenants, has been struck down by a judge. Approved by 54% of the voters in November 2022, the measure was …
The Judicial Council’s Court Facilities Advisory Committee will consider the two finalist sites for the new courthouse: USDA National Forest Service Office location and the parcels at the corner of Highway 49 and Cement Hill Road, during their Nov. 5 …
A defendant who pled guilty to two felonies, successfully petitioned the court to dismiss the case against him after he completed probation, and then filed a motion to withdraw his plea—under a statute permitting the request if the defendant did not …
Some Siskiyou County Asian Americans who were cited or fined after allowing water trucks to fill on their properties and be distributed elsewhere, in violation of a county zoning ordinance, are calling out the county officials' enforcement of the rule …
Two state agencies have filed an amicus letter in the ongoing litigation between the Indian Wells Valley Water District and the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority, stating that the appellate court should review and rule on the case, and do so in …
(Subscription required) Los Angeles County Superior Court facilities in downtown Los Angeles will be closed Friday for the Dodgers' victory parade. The federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles will remain open with a few matters scheduled to be heard …
The California Supreme Court held yesterday resolved ambiguity in a statute, holding that the refund-or-replace remedy provided for in California’s “lemon law”—requiring automakers to provide a substitute vehicle or to pay restitution for the purchase of a …
This November, the public will witness happy tears, cheers, and beaming smiles from children and parents of newly formed or reunited families in California courtrooms as the state recognizes Court Adoption and Permanency Month. During this annual event, …
Native American children in California’s foster care system are frequently placed in non-relative, non-native homes. Although the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, ensuring child welfare agencies investigate ancestry, contested …
