• State Bar May Delay Release of February Exam Results

    The Recorder
    April 29, 2025

    (Subscription required) In an email to applicants, the bar's admissions office noted that the agency has not yet filed its response to the California's Supreme Court April 24 order for information on how and why artificial intelligence was used to develop some of the questions on the February test.

    Related: ABA Journal, New York Times

  • Judicial Profile: Sonoma County Judge Lynnette Brown

    Daily Journal
    April 29, 2025

    (Subscription required) Overcoming early hardships and a career dedicated to criminal defense work, Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Lynnette D. Brown is earning respect for her poise, legal acumen, and commitment to fairness after one year on the bench.

  • Commentary | California’s battle over data privacy and algorithm protections reaches a crossroads

    CalMatters
    April 29, 2025

    This month, the privacy board proposed substantially narrower privacy regulations, including deleting specific protections — like the example above — surrounding criminal justice, education, essential goods like food, and employment matters if they were made by automated decisions. 

  • Unions, cities, nonprofits sue to block Trump workforce cuts

    Reuters
    April 29, 2025

    The complaint filed on Monday in San Francisco federal court said the "large-scale reductions in force" that Trump ordered federal agency chiefs to implement on February 11 lacked Congressional approval, and violated the U.S. Constitution's separation of powers.