(Subscription required) Judge Doreen B. Boxer describes how civil cases take shape over time, with motions in limine offering key insight, as she reflects on her transition from family law to complex litigation. 

(Subscription required) Courts nationwide remain uncertain about how aggressively to pursue formal discipline for attorneys using "hallucinations" generated from artificial intelligence tools, even as attorneys continue to face sanctions for filing briefs with fabricated or misstated citations.

A San Diego County judge ruled against the Carlsbad condo owner who tried to convert his garage into a rental unit over the objections of his homeowners association. The ruling brings to an end — at least for now — a year-long legal tussle centered on whether state housing law written to make it harder for locals to reject new developments also applies to all homeowners associations.

A judge in a marital-dissolution case may whittle down an award of attorney fees based on equitable considerations despite the spouses having contractually agreed that the prevailing party in a dispute would be entitled a reasonable amount to cover lawyer bills, Div. Six of the Court of Appeal for this district held on Friday.