Arthur Gilbert, who served as presiding justice of Div. Six of this district’s Court of Appeal from Nov. 9, 1999, until last Jan. 1, has hailed the nomination by Gov. Gavin Newsom of Terri Cody as successor.

The Court of Appeal for this district has held that a woman who sued the City of West Hollywood before it turned down her claim or it was denied by operation of law, then dismissed her action without prejudice when it became clear that she had not acted in compliance with statute, could not cure the defect by refiling the lawsuit after the requisite waiting period expired.

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero joined judges, court administrators, and locally elected officials on May 29 to commemorate the new Hall of Justice courthouse for the Superior Court of Sonoma County.

A pair of Orange County immigration attorneys received temporary suspensions after the court discovered they used generative AI to write briefs that included “multiple nonexistent cases, misattributed quotations, and gross misrepresentations.”