About one quarter of positions in Los Angeles County for court reporters, the officials who create and maintain verbatim records, are empty. As a result, Los Angeles County Superior Court has stopped providing reporters in family law and probate matters. But court officials and attorneys say that without records by court reporters—whose services in the private sector can cost litigants up to $4,000 per day—it’s almost impossible to appeal a case.

The rise of generative AI and “deepfakes” — or videos and pictures that use a person’s image in a false way — has led to the wide proliferation of unauthorized clips that can damage celebrities’ brands and businesses. Talent agency WME has inked a partnership with Loti, a Seattle-based firm that specializes in software used to flag unauthorized content posted on the internet that includes clients’ likenesses.

(Subscription required) The Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, who worked in the Conviction and Sentence Alternatives (CASA) program as a federal prosecutor, aims to address the same issues and assist children in dependency court.

(Subscription required) A proposed bill requiring California workplaces to establish a “right to disconnect” for employees who are off the clock could set the stage for a huge increase in workplace litigation and push start-ups to set up shop out of state, an employment attorney warned.