Div. Three of the Court of Appeal for this district yesterday imposed a $10,000 sanction on a lawyer for use of fabricated legal authority in his briefs, resulting from reliance on artificial intelligence, and issued a warning to the bar to avoid similar misconduct.

A serial killer who was convicted of eight murders in the course of robberies and given eight death sentences is ineligible for resentencing under Penal Code §1172.75 because his appeal is pending before the California Supreme Court, Div. Four of the Court of Appeal for this district has determined.

Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring September 15 to October 15, 2025, as “Latino Heritage Month,” and released a video with First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom commemorating the observance.

(Subscription required) A Second District Court of Appeal, Division Three panel wrote Friday that 21 of 23 case quotations appellant counsel Amir Mostafavi of Mostafavi Law Group included in his opening brief in Noland v. Land of The Free were fake. The reply brief contained "many more" errors, the court said.