The Court of Appeal for this district held yesterday that in determining whether someone, acting in pro per, has lost five “litigations” in the past seven years—qualifying that person for adjudication as a “vexatious litigant”—a denial of a petition for review in the California Supreme Court is to be counted.

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Ahead of the nation’s birthday, Pew Research Center identified some prominent trends across key areas of American life: demographics, work, family and economics.

A Los Angeles County jury found that both Meta and Google were liable for negligence in the first bellwether trial over whether the companies deliberately designed their social media platforms in ways that harmfully addicted children and teens.