(Subscription required) The electronic filing portal will allow attorneys to submit motions, petitions and responses online rather than in person. Presiding Judge Sheila F. Hanson said the system is intended to improve access and efficiency as courts contend with staffing shortages and budget constraints.

(Subscription required) During the recent social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl banned smart glasses in her court and ordered that any recordings be destroyed after a team of people from Meta arrived wearing Ray Ban-Meta AI glasses.

The misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter case was thrown out on April 23, after a court hearing where the victim’s widow read an impact statement, court records show. The Alameda County District Attorney’s office wanted to charge the 52-year-old Alameda woman with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, but when they filed the case on March 17, the statute of limitations had already expired, Judge Cara Sandberg.

The State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees on Thursday ‌unanimously voted to start using the NextGen bar exam in July 2028, when the current version of the national bar exam will no longer be available. The California Supreme Court must still approve the recommendation, which appears likely after ​it ordered the State Bar to return to elements of the national test last year.