Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated three Black women — Justice Rashida Adams and Judges Denise Hippach and Juliet Macaulay — to serve on the California Courts of Appeal. Justices Adams, Hippach and Juliet Macaulay are among eight appellate court nominees recently announced by Newsom. The governor also appointed nine Superior Court judges across five counties.

Throughout Constitution Month in September, judges and educators will work together to bring quality civic learning opportunities to students in California’s public schools.

Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal yesterday held that a second motion to compel arbitration, which points to language in an additional agreement not cited in the first request, qualifies as a renewal of an earlier bid under a Civil Code section requiring “subsequent applications for the same order” to be accompanied by an affidavit, highlighting that it is the relief sought, and not the ground asserted, that governs.

(Subscription required) Legal observers say Meta's agreement with state attorneys general will not bind individual plaintiffs, but the company's commitment to new safeguards could reshape arguments in thousands of pending cases.