(Subscription required) A federal jury in Arizona awarded the $8.5 million on Thursday to Jaylynn Dean, who alleged her Uber driver raped her on a ride in 2023.

(Subscription required) Judge Elaine Lu found that the juror's use of a laptop spreadsheet -- and allegations he took notes home -- improperly introduced outside analysis into deliberations. The jury had been prepared to award $1.4 million to Start and $69,000 to CA Labs.

The Superior Court of Alameda County this week launched an expanded pretrial services program which means that people who have been charged, but not convicted of a crime, will be connected with caseworkers and direct links to social services. 

(Subscription required) Sacramento Judge Richard C. Miadich, a former political law partner and FPPC chair, is applying lessons from decades of campaign battles to a fast-paced law and motion assignment amid a new "civil home courts" experiment.