The contested rules require states to rapidly overhaul mail voting with new voter lists and bar-coded envelopes. The Supreme Court is expected to rule relatively quickly, given the emergency nature of the appeal.

The San Francisco district attorney’s office is looking to change California’s constitution, after a recent state Supreme Court decision, In re Kowalczyk, made it harder for the office to hold people charged with low-level offenses in jail before trial, DA Brooke Jenkins said on Tuesday morning.

Producers of “The Pitt” urged a California appeals court to overturn a ruling allowing Michael Crichton’s estate to pursue claims the medical drama borrowed heavily from “ER.”

(Subscription required) A settlement offer under Code of Civil Procedure Section 998 can alter the allocation of litigation costs and the economics of continuing a lawsuit through trial. But how much flexibility does a party have in structuring that offer? The California Supreme Court answered that question, unanimously rejecting a categorical rule that would invalidate a Section 998 offer simply because it gives the recipient a choice between two alternative, independent offers to settle.