Bloomberg Law has Trump Picks Flex Rising Influence on Largest US Appeals Court -- Trump has appointed 11 judges on the 29-seat Ninth Circuit. His picks have had an outsized voice although liberals still hold a narrow majority.
Law.com has What Was Behind the Circuits' SCOTUS Reversal Rates This Term?
The DJ has Rethinking application of the disentitlement doctrine in cases involving domestic violence (by H&L's Melissa Whalen and Sarah Fiskin) -- As California courts increasingly apply the disentitlement doctrine to family law disputes, it should never be used to strip domestic violence victims of restraining order protections simply because they failed to pay court-ordered attorney fees to their abuser.
The DJ's July 2026 monthly Discipline Report reports on the May 15 disbarment of John Charles Eastman and the May 29 suspension of Joseph Lawrence Dunn.
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