The State Bar of California said on Thursday that it has hired a consulting firm to review the scoring of its February bar exam, adding to the millions the organization has spent to clean up a mess from the botched test rollout.

(Subscription required) In response to news reports raising four-year-old allegations about a judge's treatment of women attorneys, the San Francisco Superior Court publicized a letter it received two years ago from the Commission on Judicial Performance saying it found no basis for action against the judge.

(Subscription required) Federal Judge Jon Tigar consolidated three class actions against Meazure Learning for a faulty California Bar Exam platform, appointing interim lead counsel to address test-takers' disrupted exams and potential career delays.

(Subscription required) The California Supreme Court in Escamilla v. Vannucci clarified that the one-year statute of limitations under Code of Civil Procedure § 340.6 applies only to claims by clients or intended beneficiaries against attorneys, while claims by non-clients--such as third-party malicious prosecution actions--are governed by the statute of limitations for the underlying cause of action.