Div. Three of the First District Court of Appeal held Friday that a trial judge erred in finding that a Texas-based radiologist, who contracted with a San Diego-based company to analyze imaging studies generated in multiple states at his Houston-area home, is on the hook for California taxes as a “a sole proprietorship which carries on a unitary business…within and without the state” under §17951-4(c) of Title 18 of the Code of Regulations.

(Subscription required) Los Angeles Supervising Family Law Judge Shelley L. Kaufman is reshaping one of the nation's largest court divisions with a focus on practical outcomes, accessibility for litigants, and a steady, no-nonsense approach to complex disputes. 

The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortions are provided across the nation. The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor.

With the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs declining toward critically low levels, negotiators for California, Arizona and Nevada announced a new water-saving plan for the next two years. Representatives of the three states said in a written statement Friday night that their plan aims to “stabilize the Colorado River through 2028.” It will require larger cuts in water use than they had pledged previously in talks with other states and the federal government.