Officials said the state’s Bureau of Field Enforcement, which regulates child labor and wage and hour laws, is developing plans to conduct joint operations with an existing agricultural enforcement task force assigned to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA.

(Subscription required) In a long-running dispute over coastal development, justices pressed attorneys on both sides about jurisdiction, delay, and whether recent amendments to San Luis Obispo County's Local Coastal Program have rendered the case effectively moot.

Ninth U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke penned a concurring opinion to an immigration decision, released yesterday, calling the court’s jurisprudence in asylum cases a “mess” in need of U.S. Supreme Court intervention.

(Subscription required) A California appeals court sanctioned attorney Fahim Farivar for submitting an inaccurate brief with AI hallmarks, stressing attorneys' responsibility for accuracy and forwarding the opinion to the State Bar.