Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held yesterday that a trial judge erred in denying an employer’s motion to compel arbitration of claims based on a 2022 federal law providing that a party asserting sexual harassment claims may opt-out of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, saying that the jurist wrongly looked only to whether the plaintiff filed her complaint after the law’s enactment and did not consider when the underlying dispute arose.

A summons and complaint in an action seeking past-due rent from former commercial tenants, who had vacated the premises, were properly served by leaving them not at the address specified in the lease for delivery of notices, but at one of the defendants’ remaining places of business, Div. Seven of this district’s Court of Appeal has held.

A prosecutor’s comment in closing argument to a jury that the accused had the ability to subpoena witnesses and present evidence, just as she did, was not an impermissible effort to shift the burden of proof to the defendant, Div. One of the First District Court of Appeal has held in upholding a conviction on gun charges.

Imperial County Judges' visits through the Judges in the Classroom program has introduced students to the structure of the California court system, the constitutional role of judges, and the importance of civic participation in a democratic society