Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has held that a purported oral or implied joint venture agreement must be in writing in order to be enforced if the contractual terms cannot be performed within one year from its asserted inception.

This regulatory plan establishes enforceable water quality standards—such as flow requirements—to protect beneficial uses of water (including municipal, agriculture, and fish and wildlife) in the Bay‑Delta and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries. These waterbodies are an important source of drinking and agricultural water around the state.

Anyone who has been convicted of domestic violence can be permanently prohibited from possessing guns or ammunition under U.S. law, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

(Subscription required) The labor union representing state court workers, which has typically opposed blanket authority for remote courthouse appearances, has been open to extending the technology's use for several years, sources said.