(Subscription required) The high court granted review on Wednesday in Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen Center, a suit involving a former staff member at the Sōtō Zen Buddhist church alleging unpaid regular, overtime and meal period wages.

Kings County farmers will have to pay an extraction fee after the state Supreme Court decided to stay out of the litigation.

Fake court cases. Made-up legal citations. A prosecutor who blamed it all on typos. California’s highest court just drew a line in the sand and lawyers who rely on AI without checking its work are now squarely in the crosshairs.

A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers has so far introduced 10 bills this year as part of an unprecedented legislative package aimed at confronting California’s permissive roadway safety laws.