• Daily fantasy sports betting is illegal in California, AG says

    San Francisco Chronicle
    July 4, 2025

    Gambling on sports events is illegal in California, except for betting on horses at racetracks. And gambling on fantasy sports games is just as illegal, Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday.

    Related: Daily Journal

  • Ninth Circuit Declines to Revive Suit Over Prison Stabbing

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    July 3, 2025

    The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that qualified immunity protects prison officials from liability over a stabbing that followed a decision to transfer an inmate—who had previously knifed another convict that he believed to be a child molester and was accused of planning another similar attack ten years later—to a unit used to house sex offenders and other “sensitive” prisoners.

  • Immigration Board Erred in Finding Relief for Abused Spouse Inapplicable Due to Annulment

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    July 3, 2025

    A divided panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in finding a petitioner statutorily ineligible for relief from deportation—under a law allowing cancellation of immigration proceedings for a party who has suffered abuse at the hands of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident “spouse”—based on the fact that the marriage at issue had been legally annulled.

  • [U.S.] Supreme Court will decide whether states can ban transgender athletes

    San Francisco Chronicle
    July 3, 2025

    After allowing states to ban transgender medical care for minors, the Supreme Court agreed Thursday to decide whether states can exclude transgender females from girls’ and women’s sports teams. The ruling, due by next summer, could clear the way for President Donald Trump to require the sports bans in California and other states that oppose them.

    Related: National Law Journal, Los Angeles Times