SCOCA year in review

The Judicial Council has posted Year in Review: California Supreme Court -- Highlights and key statistics from the 2024–2025 court year:

• The court heard oral argument in all three of its traditional courtrooms—sitting in Sacramento for the first time since 2020—and conducted a special oral argument session in Fresno.
• The court heard oral argument in 52 cases and issued 45 written majority opinions during the September 2024–August 2025 court year
• The court received 6,003 filings, including 3,542 petitions for review, and resolved 5,844 filings, including 3,379 petitions for review.

On the federal side, see Chief Justice Names Conference Committee Chairs

And Bloomberg Law has Word-Limit Snag Means Curtain Seller Can’t Shed Patent Loss -- An appellate legal team’s violation of a word-limit rule leaves its client, a seller of hookless shower curtains, liable for patent infringement damages, the Federal Circuit ruled, even as the court wiped out liability for a fellow defendant who sold a nearly identical product.