(Subscription required) While many attorneys denounced Trump's executive order threatening law firms that sue the federal government, some general counsel defended Paul Weiss for striking a deal with the administration -- seeing it as necessary risk management.

(Subscription required) A federal judge ruled Los Angeles misrepresented temporary encampment clean-ups as permanent reductions, violating a 2022 housing settlement, with further breach arguments set for Thursday.

(Subscription required) The bill backed by advocates for changes in the criminal justice system would ban flat-fee contracts for indigent defense in rural California counties, citing overwork, conflicts of interest and high incarceration rates. But the California District Attorneys Association says AB 690 threatens to create an uneven and costly system statewide.

Lench, who has served on the commission since 2019, succeeds college professor Michael Moodian, whose term ended Feb. 28. She has served on the Superior Court since 2002, an appointee of then-Gov. Gray Davis.