(Subscription required) A childhood fascination with his mother's court-reporting work helped set Judge Charlie L. Hill Jr. on a path through employment law, LAUSD and eventually the bench.

(Subscription required) If approved, the changes would take effect Jan. 1 and include two new rules and four amendments, according to the court's Rules and Forms Committee.

(Subscription required) Legal experts say Meta's $16.7 billion settlement could weaken key defenses in hundreds of pending cases while positioning the company as an industry leader on teen safety.

According to recent analysis of industry trends, the number of court reporters in the U.S. has declined 21 percent over the last decade. Matt Riley, executive director of the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers, says this isn’t just a matter of a labor shortage, but “a growing constitutional crisis.”