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  • C.A. Says Kern D.A. Lacks Authority to Appeal Alameda Superior Court Resentencing Order

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    October 1, 2026

    Div. One of the First District Court of Appeal held yesterday that Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer lacks authority to appeal a resentencing order entered in Alameda Superior Court that resulted in the early release of a convicted killer where the local prosecutor in that jurisdiction and the Attorney General each declined to challenge the decision.

  • Paramount-Warner Bros. merger wins final court approval

    Daily Journal
    October 1, 2026

    (Subscription required) An Oakland federal judge approved Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery over objections from advocacy groups, cementing a deal with 12 state attorneys general that requires no studio or cable-network divestitures.

    Related: Associated Press

  • Los Angeles court seeks attorneys to serve as temporary judges

    Daily Journal
    October 1, 2026

    (Subscription required) Attorneys who have been members of the State Bar of California for at least 10 years are eligible to apply. The deadline is Dec. 1.

  • Newsom Signs First-of-Its-Kind Bill Governing Lawyer AI Use

    Bloomberg Law
    October 1, 2026

    (Subscription required) California has enacted first-in-the-nation legislation to regulate attorneys’ use of generative artificial intelligence tools in their work, banning them from delegating the practice of law to AI and restricting their entry of confidential or personal information into AI tools.