The California Supreme Court held yesterday, in the first opinion to address the statutory scheme governing peremptory challenges as of 2021, that the law requires a party, in asserting certain enumerated behaviors on the part of a potential juror as the reason for excluding the person, to explain why the conduct matters in the case to be tried in order to defeat a presumption of bias. even if the highlighted actions are confirmed by the judge.

After several years of delays, legislation from two Bay Area lawmakers that is being called a landmark artificial intelligence transparency law by academics and advocates is set to go into effect Aug. 1. First passed in 2024, the law will require AI-generated content like images and videos to contain easily accessible embedded details about its origin and history that will help users to identify content that is AI-generated, along with providing users a free AI detection tool.

Arizona, California and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a proposal announced Friday by the federal government to stave off crisis in the beleaguered waterway.

Immigration law scams surged in the past year and a half, since the Trump administration’s crackdown resulted in thousands of new cases flooding the court system, attorneys and immigrant aid groups say.