Andrew Do, the former Orange County supervisor who took more than $550,000 in bribes over COVID-relief money meant to buy meals for needy, elderly constituents, was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison. “I just do not believe a sentence anything less than the maximum reflects the seriousness of the crime,” said U.S. District Judge James Selna. “Public corruption brings damage far beyond the monetary loss to the county.”

(Subscription required) Twenty-seven percent of respondents to a Wolters Kluwer survey handle entity management with spreadsheets or even paper archives. The report paints a picture of legal departments caught between two realities—one group moving toward digital maturity and strategic alignment, and another struggling with outdated processes and insufficient tech investment.

The suit by Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office on behalf of state education officials and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration was triggered by last week’s threat from President Donald Trump to withhold all federal aid to public schools in the state — more than $8 billion a year — after a transgender athete, AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley High School, won two events at the state high school track meet.

We advised counsel to file something with the court before the remittitur issues in the lead case if the lead case opinion is generally unfavorable, but there’s nonetheless good reason that the adverse Court of Appeal decision in their case should not stand despite the lead-case opinion.