(Subscription required) After more than a decade handling traffic matters, Commissioner LaTonya S. Hadnot Prioleau brings patience to a courtroom where most defendants represent themselves and even familiar violations can produce surprises.

The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles’ appeal regarding its lawsuit challenging the eviction threshold of the City of Los Angeles.

The Sixth District Court of Appeal has held that while an anti-SLAPP motion was properly granted in connection with allegations a woman made about her brother in an action to have a domestic violence retaining order imposed on him, videos posted on YouTube, accessible by the public, containing those accusations are not protected speech.

The contested rules require states to rapidly overhaul mail voting with new voter lists and bar-coded envelopes. The Supreme Court is expected to rule relatively quickly, given the emergency nature of the appeal.