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Depositions in Writing

January 4, 2026 4:30 amJanuary 4, 2026 4:31 am

Code of Civil Procedure Part 4, Title 4, Chapter 11 deals with depositions by written questions under the Civil Discovery Act. Section 2028.010 allows any party to obtain discovery by taking a deposition by written questions instead of by oral...

California’s Open-Carry Gun Ban Struck Down by Ninth Circuit

January 3, 2026 5:14 pmJanuary 3, 2026 5:14 pm

California lawmakers and governor Newsom were once again smacked down, this time by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that the state’s open-carry ban violates the Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.” This isn’t the first...

Scope of Civil Discovery

January 3, 2026 4:37 pmJanuary 3, 2026 4:37 pm

Part 4, Title 4, Chapter 2 deals with the scope of discovery under the Civil Discovery Act. Article 1 provides general provisions. Section 2017.010 allows any party to obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the...

Affidavits in California

January 3, 2026 5:00 amJanuary 3, 2026 5:01 am

Part 4, Title 3, Chapter 3, Article 2 deals with affidavits and the manner of production of evidence in this state. Section 2009 provides that an affidavit may be used to verify a pleading or a paper in a special...

Statewide Child Support Registry

January 2, 2026 2:00 pmJanuary 2, 2026 2:01 pm

Division 17, Chapter 1, Article 4 deals with the Statewide Registry for Child Support under the Department of Child Support Services. Section 17390 contains a legislative finding and declaration that there is no single statewide database containing statistical data regarding...

Arizona Senator Revives Bill Requiring Hospitals To Check Immigration Status

January 2, 2026 12:19 pmJanuary 2, 2026 12:20 pm

Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-LD7) has reintroduced legislation that would require hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status during medical intake, according to reporting from Arizona Family and state legislative records. The proposal, filed for the 2026 legislative...

DOJ Halts California’s Unconstitutional Mask Ban on ICE Agents

January 2, 2026 11:48 amJanuary 5, 2026 8:00 am

The U.S. Department of Justice has successfully paused enforcement of California’s controversial “No Secret Police Act” (SB 627), a law championed by State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) that sought to prohibit law enforcement officers—including federal ICE agents—from wearing face...