(Subscription required) Bradley Heppner typed his defense strategy into a chat window. Thirty-one documents later, the prosecution had them. A federal decision reframes what lawyers must tell their clients, and what legislatures must decide.

(Subscription required) California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the order, which gives the U.S. Postal Service and the Department of Homeland Security unprecedented power to decide who can cast ballots, violates the rights of states and Congress to conduct elections.

(Subscription required) Los Angeles Superior Court sunsets its personal injury hub, shifting cases back to independent calendar courts as attorneys welcome single-judge oversight despite concerns about workload and long-term sustainability of the system.

The Sixth District Court of Appeal has held that the “consumer expectations test” for determining if a product is defective does not apply in a case where a woman exited a car, leaving her fob inside, her two-and-a-half year old son climbed in, starting the vehicle, which then rammed into the mother, causing severe injuries.