(Subscription required) A 1st District Court of Appeal panel issued an order April 10 temporarily staying the penalty imposed by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman after Raju was found in contempt for ignoring a court order to accept new clients. Raju's office claimed unsustainable workloads prevented it from accepting new clients, arguing that inadequate counsel would threaten defendants' constitutional due process rights.

(Subscription required) California’s state bar over the last two weeks has filed disciplinary charges against two lawyers—and reached a settlement with a third—accused of submitting false, AI-generated content in court filings. The state bar announced Monday that prosecutors are pursuing related charges against two additional attorneys.

(Subscription required) John Shepard Wiley Jr., the associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Eight, is a prose pro. The former Los Angeles County Superior Court judge appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the Second District in 2018 writes with a strong voice, eschews footnotes and champions succinctness. 

District attorneys throughout California are pushing for legislative reforms that would tighten up the requirements under which a judge can grant mental health diversion. Defense attorneys argue that the bill would make it too difficult for defendants to receive diversion, destroying a mostly successful program.