(Subscription required) California’s state bar over the last two weeks has filed disciplinary charges against two lawyers—and reached a settlement with a third—accused of submitting false, AI-generated content in court filings. The state bar announced Monday that prosecutors are pursuing related charges against two additional attorneys.

(Subscription required) John Shepard Wiley Jr., the associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Eight, is a prose pro. The former Los Angeles County Superior Court judge appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the Second District in 2018 writes with a strong voice, eschews footnotes and champions succinctness. 

District attorneys throughout California are pushing for legislative reforms that would tighten up the requirements under which a judge can grant mental health diversion. Defense attorneys argue that the bill would make it too difficult for defendants to receive diversion, destroying a mostly successful program.

The Court of Appeal for this district has reinstated a cause of action for nuisance against the City of Los Angeles for cutting the power line to a building in southeast Los Angeles, despite bills for electrical services being paid up-to-date, allegedly causing the property to become unrentable and depriving the owner of the benefits of a five-year lease that had been expected to soon go into effect with the operator of a cannabis business.