• Newsom faces final decisions on AI, social media bills

    Daily Journal
    September 3, 2026

    (Subscription required) Measures regulating children's use of AI chatbots, addictive online features and workplace surveillance are among hundreds of bills awaiting action.

  • Judge allows Catalina deer removal work to begin amid permit challenge

    Daily Journal
    September 3, 2026

    (Subscription required) The case challenges the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's decision to exempt the conservancy's Restoration Management Permit from California Environmental Quality Act review.

  • No Duty to Find Out What Caused Juror to Lose Impartiality

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    September 3, 2026

    Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal yesterday upheld, in a divided opinion, the first-degree murder conviction of a man who argued that his right to a fair trial was undermined by a judge’s failure to adequately investigate the circumstances surrounding a juror’s dismissal from the panel after deliberations had begun.

  • Use AI? New Rules, and Maybe a Law, Are on the Horizon for California Lawyers

    The Recorder
    September 3, 2026

    SB 574, sent to the governor with bipartisan votes in both houses last week, requires attorneys to disclose when they use ChatGPT, Claude or any other generative AI platform to produce court-submitted documents. Attorneys would also be required to ensure the accuracy of AI-generated materials and not to input any private client information into a nonconfidential AI tool.

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