As a California trial court judge who just retired after serving for 30 years, it was particularly disheartening to read some of the recent comments from San Francisco’s elected district attorney, Brooke Jenkins. She not only disagreed with a lawful judicial ruling, but she chose to blame almost the entire county’s judiciary for jeopardizing public safety. 

Div. Seven of this district’s Court of Appeal has held that a trial judge improperly issued a permanent injunction barring the state Attorney General’s Office from enforcing two statutes—which, when taken together, were found to amount to unconstitutional prior restraints on speech—where the need for relief was not pled and proven by the plaintiffs.

The Court of Appeal for this district held yesterday that if a Los Angeles Superior Court judge did grant summary judgment to defendants in an employment discrimination case based solely on the lack opposition papers, as the plaintiff alleges, there was no error, disagreeing with precedent.

(Subscription required) Amid mounting criticism, the California State Bar Board of Trustees is considering severing its contract with Meazure Learning, the company behind the disastrous February bar exam. With the California Supreme Court mandating an in-person exam in July, the board now faces logistical and financial hurdles in accommodating test takers.