(Subscription required) Assembly Bill 2125, which originally dealt with the state Air Resources Board until amendments were introduced last month, would apply to justices who wrote reversed opinions as well as colleagues who concurred with them. It would also allow litigants to disqualify, or “paper,” judges on trial courts’ appeals panels.

(Subscription required) The L.A. Alliance for Human Rights had requested a penalty of $6.4 million for noncompliance, but both sides stipulated and resolved the issue, they said. The judge said the money could be better spent providing shelter for homeless people.

(Subscription required) A proposed California bill aims to provide victims of doxing a private cause of action against their attacker, providing specified damages and authorizing courts to order equitable relief. The move has been welcomed by an attorney who said there has been a lack of criminal prosecutions for doxing under existing legislation.

Martin J. Jenkins ’77, California Supreme Court Associate Justice and former Judicial Appointments Secretary to California Gov. Gavin Newsom ’89, will be the keynote speaker at Santa Clara University’s 173rd commencement ceremony on June 15.