Anyone who has been convicted of domestic violence can be permanently prohibited from possessing guns or ammunition under U.S. law, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

(Subscription required) The labor union representing state court workers, which has typically opposed blanket authority for remote courthouse appearances, has been open to extending the technology's use for several years, sources said.

Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held yesterday that a trial attorney is not rendered “ineffective” due to the imposition of a “temporary suspension” of his license to practice law for purported noncompliance with the State Bar’s relatively new client trust account reporting requirements.

Suppression of the fruits of a warrantless search of cellphone was not required where the device had belonged to a man who had been slain and police officers believed that the decedent’s mother now owned the instrument and that her consent sufficed, the Sixth District Court of Appeal has held.