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  • Guidance by California appellate courts on the Legislature and its legislative process, Part 1

    Capitol Weekly
    May 16, 2025

    The California Government Code provides for aspects of the Legislature and the legislative process in this state. There have been many court decisions over the past century interpreting key provisions of the Government Code. The following cases highlight some of the key decisions interpreting these statutory provisions.

  • LPSD Publisher Wins Lawsuit Over Police Drone Videos

    LaPrensa.org
    May 17, 2025

    A San Diego Superior Court Judge today issued a final ruling in a four-year-old case that now requires police departments to release some videos captured by their police drones, a first-in-the-nation legal ruling that sets a new precedent for public access to law enforcement records.

  • Justice Liu Tells UC Law SF Graduates That Their Courage Will Shape the Future

    UC Law SF
    May 16, 2025

    “You are advocates. You are defenders. You are officers of the court, guardians of the rule of law—with the fate of our democracy in your hands,” Liu told 410 graduates at UC Law SF’s 144th Commencement Ceremony, held May 12 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.

  • 'Facilities emergency' keeping Shasta County courthouse closed

    Redding Record Searchlight
    May 16, 2025

    Shasta County's $175 million Superior Court building in Redding, which abruptly closed early this week after being damaged by a water leak, will not reopen on Monday, May 19, as had been announced.

    Related: Action News Now

  • Column | AI v. Judicial transparency

    Daily Journal
    May 19, 2025

    (Subscription required) AI tools risk undermining judicial legitimacy by offering conclusions without transparent reasoning--but troubling evidence shows that some human judges also fail to consistently apply legal principles, especially in emotionally charged "bad guy" cases, suggesting that AI may sometimes deliver more impartial outcomes.

  • Ninth Circuit: Judge May Dismiss Action Based on Failure to File Court-Ordered Opposition to Motion

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    May 19, 2025

    The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the granting of a motion to dismiss an action with prejudice, without considering the merits, based on the plaintiffs’ disregard of an order to file opposition.

  • Awoniyi honored as Judge of the Year, reflects on milestone and identity

    Daily Journal
    May 19, 2025

    (Subscription required) Presiding Judge Bunmi O. Awoniyi of Sacramento County Superior Court was named Judge of the Year by the county bar association Thursday, marking the culmination of a tenure that reshaped the bench and welcomed a new courthouse.

  • C.A. Orders Prisons to Revise Personal Property Rules

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    May 19, 2025

    The Fifth District Court of Appeal has declared that items that are available to general-population female prison inmates that are not gender-specific—such as tweezers, robes, earrings and alarm clocks—must also be accessible to their male counterparts under compulsion of the equal-protection provisions of the state and federal constitutions.