The California Supreme Court on Thursday approved a proposed set of qualification standards for experts involved in developing California’s Bar Exam, but the court modified the proposal to tighten the eligibility requirements for those responsible for question accuracy, content validation, and score setting.

A judge did not abuse his discretion in permitting the parents of a man fatally shot by police to file a late claim against a governmental entity, Div. Two of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has determined, saying that while it was a “serious” error on the part of a law firm to send papers to the wrong city, it was not an “unreasonable” one.

The Court of Appeal for this district yesterday upheld the validity of a voter-enacted tax in the City of Santa Barbara on video services, holding that it does not violate a federal statute that bars “discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.”

(Subscription required) An appeals court reversed an arbitration order, holding BMW could not enforce a dealership arbitration clause against a consumer's Song-Beverly warranty claims, vacating the arbitration award and judgment, and remanding the case for further trial court proceedings.