A California Supreme Court ruling set a sharper boundary around what can be considered an “open container” of cannabis in a vehicle. The court ruled that the cannabis product must be rolled or otherwise ready to consume in order to meet a similar standard that is applied to alcohol during traffic stops.
 

(Subscription required) A coalition of major music publishers led by Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group is suing Anthropic for copyright infringement, armed with evidence from a parallel case they say reveals the AI company illegally downloaded more than 20,000 songs, lyrics, musical compositions and sheet music.

(Subscription required) The ruling addresses 19 felony charges and highlights research showing pretrial incarceration causes harm without improving public safety.

Div. Five of this district’s Court of Appeal has upheld a public-interest attorney-fee award of $1.5 million against the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, which runs 11 cemeteries throughout the county, relating to claims that the office deceptively categorized a fee in burial contracts as one dedicated to the “care” of the properties when in fact $80 million of the funds were allegedly used to resolve sexual abuse claims in 2007.