(Subscription required) A coalition of major music publishers led by Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group is suing Anthropic for copyright infringement, armed with evidence from a parallel case they say reveals the AI company illegally downloaded more than 20,000 songs, lyrics, musical compositions and sheet music.

(Subscription required) The ruling addresses 19 felony charges and highlights research showing pretrial incarceration causes harm without improving public safety.

Div. Five of this district’s Court of Appeal has upheld a public-interest attorney-fee award of $1.5 million against the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, which runs 11 cemeteries throughout the county, relating to claims that the office deceptively categorized a fee in burial contracts as one dedicated to the “care” of the properties when in fact $80 million of the funds were allegedly used to resolve sexual abuse claims in 2007.

(Subscription required) The California Supreme Court left intact rulings that state election law preempts local charter provisions regulating access to the polls.