While the labor board doesn’t track incidents of AI-generated “phantom” citations in filings, De La Torre said anecdotally there has been an increase in fabricated legal statements in filings submitted to the agency.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that the right of confrontation by accusers was not breached by virtue of the government’s non-production as a witness at a parole revocation hearing the woman whom the defendant was accused of having beaten.

(Subscription required) Former Orange County Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro admitted Monday to defrauding California's workers' compensation system through a medical corporation he secretly operated while serving as a prosecutor.

(Subscription required) With Los Angeles County's massive juvenile sexual abuse settlement still being allocated, a judge has ordered dozens of private foster-care abuse lawsuits to move toward trial, warning that global settlement delays will not suspend statutory deadlines.