(Subscription required) A published ruling holds that sheriff's officials cannot independently settle disciplinary appeals before the county Civil Service Commission without proper authorization, even when the agreements would reduce discipline and return deputies to work.

(Subscription required) Justices appeared divided over whether employees can pursue representative claims under the Private Attorneys General Act while disclaiming individual claims that could be sent to arbitration.

(Subscription required) A Los Angeles judge postponed the first Eaton Fire bellwether trial by six weeks but rejected Southern California Edison's request for a nearly five-month delay, finding that the utility had failed to justify additional months of discovery.

(Subscription required) The State Bar is urging a judge to reject attorney Paul R. Kiesel's bid to subpoena more than a decade of records from the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, the Department of Water and Power, and law firms involved in the DWP billing scandal, arguing that the discovery would be excessive and largely duplicative.