(Subscription required) Finding the statute unambiguous, a Northern District magistrate judge ruled that Section 632.7 does not require consent to record calls when one party uses a VoIP system instead of a landline, cordless phone or cellphone.

A proposed modification to an existing facility qualifies for an exemption to the statutory scheme requiring an administrative evaluation of a project’s environmental impacts if the proposal involves “negligible or no expansion” to the use of the property, regardless of any ecological effects caused by the changes, the California Supreme Court held yesterday.

The California Supreme Court held yesterday that a defendant is not entitled to share credit for time spent in custody awaiting resolution of five separate cases across all matters simply because he enters a global plea and is sentenced to concurrent terms at a single sentencing hearing, resolving a split among the courts of appeal as to how to interpret the governing statutory scheme.

Hawaii’s attempt to restrict firearms in stores, hotels and other business establishments in the state was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, a ruling that also applies to a similar law in California.