The Court of Appeal for this district has reversed an order denying an anti-SLAPP motion in an action by a man who was producer/creator/writer of children’s television programs who claims to have been falsely portrayed, by implication, as a sexual child abuser in a five-part documentary, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” aired in 2024 on Warner Brothers’ Investigation Discovery cable network and streamed on HBO Max.

On Aug. 10, the court held that when an indigent litigant requests an official record and establishes an inability to pay for a private reporter, the trial court must provide one — and if a live stenographer is unavailable, an electronic recording is required.

(Subscription required) The 9th Circuit asked California's high court to decide whether USAA may charge enlisted servicemembers higher auto insurance rates than officers -- and whether consumers can recover damages when the rates were approved by the insurance commissioner.

(Subscription required) The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will let stand an order requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build housing for disabled and mentally ill veterans in Los Angeles. The panel agreed with a class of veterans that the VA violated Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act by denying them “meaningful access” to their healthcare.