(Subscription required) The case challenges the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's decision to exempt the conservancy's Restoration Management Permit from California Environmental Quality Act review.

Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal yesterday upheld, in a divided opinion, the first-degree murder conviction of a man who argued that his right to a fair trial was undermined by a judge’s failure to adequately investigate the circumstances surrounding a juror’s dismissal from the panel after deliberations had begun.

SB 574, sent to the governor with bipartisan votes in both houses last week, requires attorneys to disclose when they use ChatGPT, Claude or any other generative AI platform to produce court-submitted documents. Attorneys would also be required to ensure the accuracy of AI-generated materials and not to input any private client information into a nonconfidential AI tool.

(Subscription required) After nearly two decades as a public defender, Tsang is drawing on lessons about humanity, patience and consequences in her Long Beach family law courtroom.