A San Diego County judge ruled against the Carlsbad condo owner who tried to convert his garage into a rental unit over the objections of his homeowners association. The ruling brings to an end — at least for now — a year-long legal tussle centered on whether state housing law written to make it harder for locals to reject new developments also applies to all homeowners associations.

A judge in a marital-dissolution case may whittle down an award of attorney fees based on equitable considerations despite the spouses having contractually agreed that the prevailing party in a dispute would be entitled a reasonable amount to cover lawyer bills, Div. Six of the Court of Appeal for this district held on Friday.

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s admissions data collection for public universities in 17 states, delivering a major blow to his crackdown on the use of race in college admissions.

(Subscription required) Bradley Heppner typed his defense strategy into a chat window. Thirty-one documents later, the prosecution had them. A federal decision reframes what lawyers must tell their clients, and what legislatures must decide.