Depositions in California-filed lawsuits would be presumptively limited to one seven-hour day under legislation recently introduced in the state Assembly, which would conform state civil procedure law with federal rules.

A Florida federal judge has dismissed 27 consolidated copyright infringement cases that allege illegal downloading of digital files of pornographic films involving some 3,500 John Doe defendants because plaintiffs attorney Terik Hasmi is not an admitted attorney in the state of Florida.

Concluding that the state of Ohio can be trusted — barely — not to bungle an upcoming execution, a federal judge has rejected convicted killer Mark Wiles’ plea to stay his sentence of death by lethal injection. Wiles argued that the state of Ohio does not understand its execution protocol and cannot implement it properly.

Pennsylvania prosecutors may have to turn over psychological treatment records of several individuals accusing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky of sexual abuse, criminal defense attorneys said. Following an order Tuesday, the state has one week to show the court why the records are privileged.

The foreman of a jury that convicted firearms maker Glock’s former GC and chief operating officer of racketeering and theft said the jury believed the state’s star witness — a former Glock executive who said he collaborated with the defendant — because the defense didn’t cross-examine him and did nothing to refute his testimony.