Chevron U.S.A. v. Plaquemines Parish may look at first glance like a “sleepy” case. The justices will simply decide whether a Louisiana community’s lawsuit against the energy giant should be heard in state or federal court. But this procedural question could affect other lawsuits targeting industries including energy, firearms, beef and more.

(Subscription required) Close-knit legal and behavioral health networks may be helping rural counties implement California's new mental health court more quickly than major metros.

(Subscription required) Plaintiffs' attorneys are increasingly sidestepping arbitration by filing so-called "headless" PAGA cases that omit individual claims -- a strategy that has produced a sharp split among California's appellate courts. Now the state Supreme Court has stepped in on its own motion to resolve whether workers may pursue non-individual PAGA claims without filing on their own behalf.

Research has shown that many young adults aging out of the [foster care] system can easily lose, or struggle to find, stable housing. While there are nonprofits able to help, leaders of those groups say cooperation has sometimes been lacking. As result, staffers representing 40-plus organizations have been meeting for more than a year about how to work together seamlessly.