(Subscription required) In her annual State of the Judiciary address to the Legislature, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said a disparity between judges' salaries and pay for attorneys employed by other state and local entities "jeopardizes the judicial branch's ability to attract and retain the best-qualified candidates."

A divided Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal on Friday vacated a $21 million judgment based on an arbitral award due to purported standing deficiencies not raised in the trial court, asserting that the rule that jurisdiction can be raised at any time takes precedence over principles concerning the limited judicial role in overseeing arbitration proceedings.

The Sixth District Court of Appeal has held that the Fourth Amendment precludes the admission of evidence obtained during an inventory search of a vehicle that was impounded solely due to the suspended status of the driver’s license and a concern that the defendant might drive off in the car after receiving a citation.

Div. Four of the First District Court of Appeal has served notice to self-represented lay parties that they, to the same extent as lawyers, are subject to monetary sanctions for providing false citations as the result of using artificial intelligence.