Pretrial release is the general practice, while detention before conviction is intended to be limited under the law. The Supreme Court has noted that monetary conditions of release must be set at a reasonable amount. A California bail case involving Gerald Kowalczyk examined the practice of setting bail beyond an individual’s ability to pay, resulting in the accused remaining incarcerated before trial.

The California Supreme Court ruled plaintiffs can bring lawsuits regarding medical record data breaches without proving who actually viewed the information. But the court nonetheless sidelined a lawsuit from a student who tried to sue an educational contractor for allegedly losing track of his personal information in a data breach.

One year after flood damage forced sections of the Shasta County Superior Courthouse to close, court officials say the building has reopened and daily operations have returned to normal, though some repairs are still underway.

The Third District Court of Appeal held yesterday that a defendant’s speedy trial rights were violated where the case was called on the last day of the statutory window and the judge heard multiple motions in limine but put jury selection over for the next day due to a new court policy to not summon potential panelists on Mondays.