(Subscription required) The four-week trial, featuring plaintiffs Monica Kent and Deborah Schultz, two women who got ovarian cancer, is the first from among talcum powder lawsuits coordinated in California’s state courts and could be a harbinger for similar trials in 2026.

Through the program, students learn firsthand how the judicial system works and why civic understanding matters. It’s designed to make civic education accessible to every school by bringing local judges to campus — giving students who can’t travel to a courthouse the opportunity to experience the judicial process up close.

(Subscription required) U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston sent the California's emissions dispute back to the Eastern District of California, finding the case belongs where most key parties and evidence are located.

Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held Monday that Code of Civil Procedure sections authorizing monetary sanctions for opposing a meritorious discovery motion provide a basis for the trial judge to require a party who unsuccessfully appealed an order compelling production of documents to pay the respondent’s attorney fees on appeal.