President Donald Trump escalated his war against sanctuary policies on Monday in a lawsuit blaming alleged “rioting, looting and vandalism” in Los Angeles on the city’s refusal to allow its police to enforce immigration law or cooperate with federal agents. The suit comes two months after a judge barred Trump’s administration from denying federal funds to sanctuary cities, and five years after the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s challenge to California’s sanctuary law.

(Subscription required) Sacramento judges upheld Attorney General Bonta's right to hire outside counsel, while attorneys working for the state secured a one-year delay on Gov. Gavin Newsom's return-to-office order.

Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held Friday that a party who has become aware that an opponent’s attorney has been involuntarily placed on inactive status due to disciplinary proceedings is obligated to give notice to the other side, critiquing the opposing lawyers, the State Bar, and the trial court to for failing to inform the affected client before rulings were made to her detriment.

A State Bar rule that prohibits inactive licensees from acting as mediators and arbitrators—while non-attorneys may do so—does not violate the equal protection clauses of the state or federal constitutions, Div. Four of this district’s Court of Appeal held Thursday.