(Subscription required) Starting Aug. 25, family law attorneys must file appellate documents electronically in Orange County Superior Court, replacing mail and walk-in submissions with a 24/7 digital portal. Self-represented parties may opt in voluntarily.

(Subscription required) The CARE Act arose from a historical need -- its policies, definitions and hearings warrant explanation as to illuminate its complex legal framework.

Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has concluded that where a lemon-law case was tried in Orange County, it was error for the judge, in awarding fees to the plaintiff’s Los Angeles lawyers, to set the amount at the relatively low average hourly rate charged by practitioners in Fresno County, basing the order on the defective vehicle having been purchased and serviced there.

(Subscription required) William J. Murray Jr., formerly of the 3rd District Court of Appeal, argues California's judicial oversight body waited too long to act, while denying his own delays in issuing rulings amounted to misconduct.