Los Angeles County Superior Court Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner, center, issued a general order Thursday allowing electronic recording devices in more court proceedings due to a court reporter ...

Late last year, the Ohio Supreme Court, in an order written by Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy, confirmed that the right to record and photograph trial court proceedings is not the exclusive right of ...

In a decision on Sept. 12, a federal judge in California ruled that the press and public have a First Amendment right of access to military court proceedings and related records and that “[t]he ...

Accused assassin of Charlie Kirk appeared remotely in court Monday for hearing on media access to his capital murder case ...

Two legal aid groups asked the California Supreme Court on Wednesday to authorize the expanded use of electronic recording across the state's trial courts, opening a new front in the ongoing battle ...

Grappling with a critical shortage of court reporters, the chief judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court system issued an order Thursday, Sept. 5, allowing electronic recording in some proceedings, ...

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In an attempt to combat the disproportionate harm that a statewide court reporter shortage is having on low-income litigants, Los Angeles County’s top judge cleared the way Thursday for electronic ...