Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has held that a ban on filing charges that could have been brought during an earlier prosecution does not preclude a criminal complaint accusing a man of violating a Penal Code section relating to large-capacity magazines where similar counts were dismissed in an earlier case in the interests of justice due to a since-vacated federal decision declaring the law unconstitutional.

(Subscription required) San Bernardino Superior Court Commissioner Margaret Beare draws on years in dependency and mental health law to ensure litigants -- particularly those representing themselves -- have a meaningful opportunity to present their case. 

(Subscription required) The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had reached a $400 million settlement with TikTok on Friday, resolving two-year claims that the short-form video app giant and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, breached federal children's privacy laws. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act bars operators of websites and online services from collecting the personal information of minors under the age of 13 without obtaining parental consent.

(Subscription required) The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed California's challenge to a federal ghost-gun rule, holding the state and Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence lacked standing to attack a federal agency provision they said leaves a loophole for assembling untraceable weapons at home.