(Subscription required) A 1st District Court of Appeal panel sanctioned a Eureka attorney for filing an appellate brief containing fabricated quotations and other erroneous legal citations generated through the use of artificial intelligence, warning that lawyers remain personally responsible for verifying the accuracy of authorities cited in court filings.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett laid out in personal terms on Tuesday the reasons she said Congress should approve a roughly 10% annual budget increase for the U.S. Supreme Court to bolster security, telling lawmakers about threats that she and her family ​have recently faced.

In celebration of the council’s 100th anniversary, former California Chief Justices and Judicial Council Administrative Directors offered their perspectives on the importance of the council and its mission to enhance access to justice. Former California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye shares her thoughts on the successes and challenges of her tenure as part of the 100-year history of the council.

(Subscription required) Less than nine months after joining the State Bar Court, Judge Alison R. Worthington on Monday laid out a detailed roadmap for what could become one of the court's longest attorney discipline trials in recent years. She set a 35-day trial and imposed strict procedures designed to keep the sprawling disciplinary prosecution of four Downtown L.A. Law Group attorneys on schedule.