On July 18, 2025, the California Judicial Council approved a landmark framework governing the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the state’s judicial branch. California is one of the first and the largest court systems in the United States to adopt such a sweeping GenAI regulation framework across the nation.

(Subscription required) In a request for emergency relief filed Thursday, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer urged the high court to lift a California federal judge's order stopping ICE's use of a generalized, profiling strategy to detain suspected unauthorized migrants in the Los Angeles-area.

(Subscription required) A California ethics panel clarified when ex-prosecutor judges must recuse from Racial Justice Act cases, emphasizing impartiality while allowing participation if no direct conflict or appearance of bias exists.

(Subscription required) Sacramento County Judge Lauri A. Damrell tentatively ruled that a new California law giving tribes the right to sue cardrooms over "house-banked" games is preempted by federal law, dismissing a decades-long dispute under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.