Court Reporter Shortage – media coverage

Journalism focused on or citing our petition to the CA Supreme Court related to civil litigants’ right to a verbatim record includes:

• Publications after the CA Supreme Court accepted the case
  • Scott Schwebke, “Effort to address fallout from court reporter shortage moves to Supreme Court,” The Orange County Register, March 3, 2025.
  • Viji Sundaram, “California Supreme Court to Hear Court Reporter Shortage Case,” San Francisco Public Press, March 1, 2025.
  • Cheryl Miller, “California High Court Names Legislature Real Party in Interest in Court Reporter Suit,” Law.com, February 20, 2025.
  • Craig Anderson, “California Supreme Court challenges ban on electronic court recordings,” Daily Journal,” February 21, 2025.
  • Bonnie Eslinger, “California Justices Accept Court Reporter Shortage Case,” Law 360, February 21, 2025.
• Publications related to our December, 2025 petition
  • Brian Joseph, “Court reporters and the new front in the way over electronic recording,” Capitol Weekly, January 6, 2025.
  • Robert Salonga, “Legal aid groups sue to get California Supreme Court to expand electronic recording for civil cases,” The Mercury News, December 14, 2024.
  • Viji Sundaram, “Trial Courts Sued, Accused of Hampering Domestic Violence Survivors’ Ability to Appeal Rulings,” San Francisco Public Press, December 13, 2024.
  • Connor Sheets, “California courts sued over failure to ensure transcripts in millions of hearings,” Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2024.
  • Jack Needham, “Less restrictive electronic court reporting sought“. Daily Journal, December 11, 2024.
  • Traci Rockefeller Cusack, “California Lawyers Association Submits Amicus Letter Supporting Petition Addressing the State’s Court Reporter Shortage“. Sacramento Press, December 10, 2024.
  • Jack Karp, “Covington Helps Take Calif. Court Reporter Shortage To Court“. Law 360, December 5, 2024.
  • Maia Spoto, “California Court Reporter Crisis Escalated to State’s Top Court“. Bloomberg Law News, December 5, 2024.
  • Cheryl Miller, “Lawsuit Asks California Supreme Court to Expand Use of Electronic Case Recording“. Law.com, December 5, 2024.
  • Attorney At Law Magazine – Talk of the Town
    • “California Lawyers Association Submits Amicus Letter Supporting Petition Challenging the Constitutionality of California’s Limitation on the Use of Electronic Recordings,” December 10, 2024.
    • “Legal Aid Organizations Sue Superior Courts of Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, and San Diego to Protect Constitutional Rights of Low-Income Litigants,” December 4, 2024.