• Court of Appeal Takes Expansive View of Racial Justice Act

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    February 15, 2024

    Testimony by a police officer, which the judge believed, that he was unaware of the race of the occupant of a car when he signaled for the driver to stop, did not justify denial of a motion under the Racial Justice Act of 2020, Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held yesterday, finding that the possibility of “implicit bias” was not properly taken into account.

  • Opinion | If You Have a Loved One Experiencing Severe Mental Illness, We Can Help

    Westside Today
    February 15, 2024

    Family members, roommates, clinicians, and others can start the process by filing a petition that refers an individual for help. If they meet the criteria for CARE Court, a team of experts will work with them to create a plan that’s made to fit their specific needs. CARE Court participants and the people who care for them can get services in their community that support their recovery and well-being.

  • Oracle agrees to pay $25M to settle California gender pay discrimination suit

    San Francisco Chronicle
    February 14, 2024

    Oracle Corp. has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a suit by 4,000 California women who held technology jobs and said the software giant paid them less than men who did the same work.

  • Two OpenAI book lawsuits partially dismissed by California court

    The Guardian
    February 14, 2024

    The cases, led by comedian Sarah Silverman and novelist Paul Tremblay, alleged that OpenAI unlawfully used their books to train the large language model underlying artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, which produces human-like text in response to prompts.