(Subscription required) Former Orange County Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro admitted Monday to defrauding California's workers' compensation system through a medical corporation he secretly operated while serving as a prosecutor.

(Subscription required) With Los Angeles County's massive juvenile sexual abuse settlement still being allocated, a judge has ordered dozens of private foster-care abuse lawsuits to move toward trial, warning that global settlement delays will not suspend statutory deadlines.

“Understanding the Role of the Judiciary in Our Democracy” is the focus of the Saturday, January 17^th AAUW Nevada County Branch program. Guest speakers are Judge Kelly Babineau, Judge Kent Kellegrew, and Judge Jane York Punneo, who will speak on the roles and the importance of the judiciary in American democracy.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a $2.4 billion bankruptcy settlement for the Boy Scouts of America, rejecting an appeal from a group of childhood sex-abuse victims who said the deal unlawfully blocked them from suing groups that ran local scouting programs.