Senate Bill 707 (SB 707) introduces the most significant modernization of California’s Brown Act in decades. The law restructures teleconferencing rules, expands accessibility requirements, and applies new mandates to local agencies starting in 2026. www.jennifermcgrath.com/sb-707-open-...

California DMV releases proposed regulations allowing truck manufacturers to apply for permits to test and deploy heavy-duty autonomous vehicles on roadways and new requirements for light-duty autonomous vehicles. Public comment period ends Dec 18, 2025. www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/news-...

The California Privacy Protection Agency Board @calprivacy.bsky.social has issued a decision requiring a Nevada-based marketing firm to pay $56,600 in fines and past-due fees for failing to register as a data broker in violation of California’s Delete Act. cppa.ca.gov/announcement...

Attorneys can keep track of California court holidays, California Supreme Court oral argument dates & locations, and Judicial Council meeting dates with the 2026 Calendar from the California Judicial Branch.

The California Supreme Court’s work during the 2024–2025 court year took the justices around the state. The court heard oral argument in 52 cases and issued 45 written majority opinions.

The Material Contracts Corpus (MCC) is a useful publicly accessible dataset containing more than 1 million contracts filed by public companies with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 2000 and 2023. mcc.law.stanford.edu

New court related laws for 2025. Many new laws affecting California courts were enacted in 2024, with most taking effect in 2025. See a summary of the new laws. courts.ca.gov/system/files...

Numerous new California laws took effect in 2024. This is a list of the new laws which affect the courts or are of general interest to the judicial branch arranged by subject matter. See the full list at www.courts.ca.gov/documents/20...