California teens will be barred from “addictive” social media products and limited in their interactions with chatbots under two of the 13 bills signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom today to protect kids online. The law on addictive social media may be the most controversial. It will require social media companies to either stop offering “addictive” tools like infinite scroll and autoplay to users under 16 or to keep those users off their platforms entirely. 

(Subscription required) After more than a decade handling traffic matters, Commissioner LaTonya S. Hadnot Prioleau brings patience to a courtroom where most defendants represent themselves and even familiar violations can produce surprises.

The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles’ appeal regarding its lawsuit challenging the eviction threshold of the City of Los Angeles.

The Sixth District Court of Appeal has held that while an anti-SLAPP motion was properly granted in connection with allegations a woman made about her brother in an action to have a domestic violence retaining order imposed on him, videos posted on YouTube, accessible by the public, containing those accusations are not protected speech.