The California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) invites public comment on a draft formal opinion addressing when former mentors in the California Judicial Mentor Program (CJMP) must disclose a past mentorship or disqualify themselves if a former mentee appears before them.

(Subscription required) While California law school deans want the state bar to adopt the National Conference of Bar Examiners' NextGen exam, some at the agency are watching with interest as Nevada prepares to launch its own test.

The Court of Appeal has reversed a portion of a judgment against the City of Norwalk in an action for catastrophic injuries suffered by a passenger on a bus who hit her head on a metal seat frame and dropped to the floor when the driver suddenly started up while she was walking to the front, holding that a $1.6 million award for future medical costs, stemming in part from expert testimony that was based on three phone calls, cannot stand.

Div. One of the First District Court of Appeal held yesterday that a trial judge erred in finding that the ordinary meaning of “pursuit” applies to a statute providing immunity from liability for collisions caused by suspects fleeing from police if the law enforcement agency has adopted a written policy on safe conduct for vehicular chases, saying that the technical definition provided in the internal plan controls.