(Subscription required) A Los Angeles County judge temporarily sealed filings in the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission's subpoena lawsuit while the court determines who holds the attorney-client privilege and whether County Counsel has a conflict. The underlying lawsuit seeks enforcement of three commission subpoenas for unredacted Sheriff's Department use-of-force records.

(Subscription required) A Los Angeles judge set two more social media addiction bellwether trials for 2027 as nearly 3,000 coordinated cases move forward and two minor plaintiffs prepare for trial next month.

Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has reversed an order awarding a San Diego criminal defense attorney primary physical custody of his son, holding that a judge erred in basing the decision largely on the child’s expressed desires and without focusing on whether the father had rebutted the statutory presumption of unfitness on the part of a litigant who has committed a domestic battery.

(Subscription required) After more than a decade handling traffic matters, Commissioner LaTonya S. Hadnot Prioleau brings patience to a courtroom where most defendants represent themselves and even familiar violations can produce surprises.