(Subscription required) Supporters say the measure will spare victims from repeated testimony, while legislative analysts note potential due process concerns.

Div. Two of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has held that a public educational district may be liable for harm occurring off-campus and unrelated to officially sanctioned activities, despite a California law providing immunity for conduct occurring “when [a] pupil is not on school property,” if the plaintiff can point to an on-site negligent act that led to her injuries.

(Subscription required) The Judicial Council on Friday will consider $3.2 billion in trial court funding, a new budget strategy that drops priority rankings and millions of dollars in technology investments.

(Subscription required) The percentage of U.S. federal civil cases filed by self-represented litigants hit 16.8% in 2025, marking a jump from the 2005-2022 average of 11%, and many of these more recent pro se cases involve AI-generated filings. Experts say courts must act, or the mounting caseloads will add even more strain to a judiciary already fatigued by growing workloads and underfunding.