(Subscription required) After 30 years on the bench, Superior Court Commissioner Brad M. Fox draws on decades of criminal law experience to manage Torrance's Early Disposition Program, where dozens of misdemeanor cases can be resolved in a single morning.

(Subscription required) Two plaintiffs slated for the next round of Los Angeles bellwether trials against social media companies survived summary judgment, as a judge again rejected arguments from Meta that federal law and the First Amendment bar claims over allegedly addictive platform features.

The Supreme Court of California today announced six reappointments and two appointments to the State Bar of California's Board of Trustees and the Committee of Bar Examiners, all effective September 18. The Board of Trustees is the State Bar’s governing body that establishes the strategic direction for the agency and ensures that the organization is fulfilling its mission.

A major step forward for the region’s judicial infrastructure was marked recently as officials gathered to break ground on a new, permanent home for the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District. The ceremony, attended by Sunnyvale Mayor Larry Klein, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, and other judicial leaders, signals the start of construction on a transformative facility that will replace the court’s long-term leased space in downtown San Jose.