• How Law Schools Fared on California's July 2025 Bar Exam

    The Recorder
    January 8, 2026

    (Subscription required) Cohorts of graduates from six law schools recorded 100% pass rates on California’s July 2025 bar exam, a reflection of the overall bump in success on the summer test and continued dominance by alumni of American Bar Association-approved institutions.

  • Judicial Profile: Los Angeles County Judge Danielle Colón O'Sullivan

    Daily Journal
    January 8, 2026

    (Subscription required) A defining moment as a teenager helped shape Judge Danielle Colón O'Sullivan's belief that justice depends not just on outcomes, but on whether people feel seen, heard and respected in the process.

  • How Californians can use a new state website to block hundreds of data brokers

    CalMatters
    January 8, 2026

    The system, known as the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, has been in the works for years, mandated by a 2023 law known as the Delete Act. Under it and previous laws, data brokers must register with the state and enable consumers to tell brokers to stop tracking them and selling their information. 

  • Two-Part Test Controls if Nonprofit ‘Volunteer’ Is Due Wages

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    January 8, 2026

    Div. Five of the First District Court of Appeal has held that a trial judge erred in ordering judgment to be entered in favor of The Salvation Army in a putative wage class action based on a determination that participants in the group’s rehabilitation program, who were required to perform “work therapy” relating to the entity’s collection and sale of donated goods, were exempt volunteers solely because there was no compensation agreement between the parties.