(Subscription required) Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl ordered Matthew Bergman, of the Social Media Victims Law Center, to pay $1,100 as a sanction for taking a selfie and conducting a Zoom interview with BBC from inside the courthouse.

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón, and Speaker of the Assembly Robert Rivas convened following Chief Justice Guerrero’s fourth State of the Judiciary address to highlight the enduring importance of the nation’s founding ideals and affirming their shared commitment to those principles.

(Subscription required) In her annual State of the Judiciary address to the Legislature, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said a disparity between judges' salaries and pay for attorneys employed by other state and local entities "jeopardizes the judicial branch's ability to attract and retain the best-qualified candidates."

A divided Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal on Friday vacated a $21 million judgment based on an arbitral award due to purported standing deficiencies not raised in the trial court, asserting that the rule that jurisdiction can be raised at any time takes precedence over principles concerning the limited judicial role in overseeing arbitration proceedings.