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Destruction
of Portions of Home by SWAT Team
Justified
(April 12, 2024)
Judge
Abused Discretion in Failing to
Hold Evidentiary Hearing on
New-Trial Motion
(April 12, 2024)
Superior
Court Complaint Is Not 'Filed' Until
File-Stamped
(April 11, 2024)
Judges
Keosian, Clover to Leave L.A.
Superior Court
(April 11, 2024)
Candidate
May Seek Multiple Offices in
Primary Election
(April 10, 2024)
Lie
Must Go to the Nature of the
Bargain to Support Mail-Fraud
Conviction
(April 10, 2024)
Newsom's Bid
to Shield Ex-Advisor's
Records Fails in C.A.
(April 9, 2024)
Belated
Claim That Juror Was Antagonist
to Defendant Reasonably Found
Implausible
(April 9, 2024)
Low
Sentence Is Presumptive If
Childhood Trauma 'Contributed,' Even
If Not 'Substantially,' to
Crime
(April 9, 2024)
Spouse
Eying Bid for DVRO May Make
Secret Recordings
(April 8, 2024)
'Not
Guilty by Reason of Insanity'
Judgment Can't Be
Modified Under Resentencing Law
(April 8, 2024)
Questionable
Conduct Ascribed to Ex-State Bar
Executive
(April 5, 2024)
DMV
Hearing Is Not Necessarily
Marred by Lack of Due Process
Based on Prospect
(April 5, 2024)
No
Liability for Injury From
Crumbling Hotel Shower Head
(April 4, 2024)
Once
Trial Court Shunts Case to
Arbitration, It Lacks Power to
Dismiss, C.A. Declares
(April 4, 2024)
Retired
Superior Court Judge Malcolm
Mackey, 94, Dies
(April 3, 2024)
Murder Convictions Upset Based
on Reading of Preliminary
Hearing Testimony—C.A.
(April 3, 2024)
Judge
Erred in Adding Prejudgment
Interest to Award
(April 2, 2024)
Law Allowing Local Governments
to Override Initiative-Based
Zoning Restrictions Upheld
(April 2, 2024)
Dujan,
Goldman Elected Commissioners
(April 2, 2024)
Letter
Sent by Loeb & Loeb Partner
Was Not Protected
(March 29, 2024)
Health
Care Power of Attorney Did Not
Authorize Agreement to Arbitrate
(March 29, 2024)
Dismissal
Upheld in RICO Suit Against
Garcetti, Others
(March 28, 2024)
Wife's
Moving to Guesthouse Does Not
Compel Conclusion Husband Was
Abusive—C.A.
(March 28, 2024)
Labor
Code's
Attorney-Fee Provision Trumps
CCP Section
(March 27, 2024)
C.A.
Decides 'Rare
Case'
in Which Restaurant Adequately
Alleged Loss Due to COVID-19
(March 27, 2024)
Stone
to Be Nominated as Court of
Appeal Justice
(March 27, 2024)
Claim
in 2020 of COVID-19 Cure Was Not
Securities Fraud
(March 26, 2024)
S.C.
Clarifies Wage Order for Ninth
Circuit
(March 26, 2024)
Attorneys
Not Entitled to Retain Full Flat
Fee Where Ethics Compelled Them
to Withdraw
(March 26, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Dumps Appeal Based on
Lawyer's
Duplicity
(March 25, 2024)
Amended
Felony-Murder Rule Does Not
Require Assisting in Actual
Killing
(March 25, 2024)
C.A.
Affirms Victory for Michelin in
Failure-to-Warn Case
(March 25, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Reinstates Suit Against
LAPD Over Shooting
(March 22, 2024)
Class
Action Against Meta to Proceed
(March 22, 2024)
Challenge
to Program Promoting Minority
Business Timely
(March 22, 2024)
Right
to One Continuance in DVRO Case
Is Inapplicable Where Response
Was Filed
(March 22, 2024)
ADDA
Backs Hochman for District
Attorney
(March 22, 2024)
Photographic
Lineup Was Not Unduly Suggestive
(March 21, 2024)
C.A.
Won't
Reverse Order Denying Change in
Support Order Based on Legal
Maxim
(March 21, 2024)
Terminating
Sanction Was Extreme for
Discovery Failure
(March 20, 2024)
Gascón
Recall Committee Dismisses
Lawsuit
(March 20, 2024)
Costs
of Metallica Concert
Postponements Were Excluded From
Coverage
(March 20, 2024)
YouTube,
Google Might Be Liable for
Cryptocurrency Scam
(March 19, 2024)
COVID-Inoculation
Requirement Did Not Violate
Confidentiality of Medical
Information Act—C.A.
(March 19, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Publicly Reprimands
Former U.S. Attorney
(March 18, 2024)
Deputies' Use
of Non-Lethal Bullets, Dog on
Unarmed Man Not Objectively
Unreasonable
(March 18, 2024)
Judge-Elect
Kimberly Repecka Expresses
Gratitude
(March 18, 2024)
Statutory
Name-Change May Include the Word ‘Bimbo’
(March 15, 2024)
Prosecution
for 1992 Slaying Is Not Barred Despite
Dismissal After Two Mistrials—C.A.
(March 15, 2024)
Repecka
Defeats Spear
(March 15, 2024)
Court
Must Give Notice of Where Habeas
Petition Is Sent
(March 15, 2024)
Challenger
Repecka
Appears to Have Defeated Judge Spear
(March 14, 2024)
Utility
Companies Must Bear Cost of Relocation
for Streetcar Project
(March 14, 2024)
Arbitration
Clause in Mobile Home Lease
Unconscionable
(March 14, 2024)
Warehouse
Worker Qualified as Transportation
Worker
(March 13, 2024)
School’s
Announcement of Pupil’s Expulsion Was
Not Protected Speech, C.A. Declares
(March 13, 2024)
Repecka’s
Lead Over Spear Is Increasing
(March 13, 2024)
C.A.
Clarifies Standards for Certificate of
Appealability
(March 13, 2024)
Commissioner
May Decide Application for TRO Without
Stipulation of Parties, C.A. Declares
(March 13, 2024)
Judge
Has Power to Make Interim Award of
Attorney Fees
(March 12, 2024)
Judge
Emily Spear Is Losing in Reelection Bid
(March 12, 2024)
C.A. Upholds Probation-Denial Despite
Defendant’s Youth at Time of Slaying
(March 12, 2024)
Immigration
Board Erred in Shunning Deportee’s
Evidence
(March 12, 2024)
Convictions
of ‘Crooked’ Disbarred Lawyer Layfield
Upheld
(March 11, 2024)
C.A.
Upholds Conviction for Kidnapping of
Inebriated Victim in Absence of Force,
Fear
(March 11, 2024)
S.F.
Giants Did Not Commit Alleged Labor Code
Violations
(March 11, 2024)
Official’s
Warning Was Not First Amendment
Retaliation
(March 8, 2024)
Judges
Beckloff, Groman, Palazuelos to Retire
(March 8, 2024)
Superior
Court Incumbents Fend Off Election
Challenges
(March 7, 2024)
Misdemeanor
During Probation Did Not Preclude
Sealing of Juvenile Records
(March 7, 2024)
Failure
to Notice, False Information Undermined
Immunity
(March 6, 2024)
Conviction
Does Not Require Knowledge Funds Were
Acquired Through Extortion
(March 6, 2024)
Putative
Class Action Against Google Properly
Dismissed
(March 6, 2024)
Denying
Out-of-Area Market Rates for Attorney
Fees Was Error
(March 6, 2024)
Recovery
Under Lemon Law Not Reduced by Credit
(March 5, 2024)
Conflict
Between State, Federal Law on Marijuana
Did Not Justify Abstention
(March 5, 2024)
Pundits
See Victories for Court Incumbents,
Brookens
(March 5, 2024)
Claims
Filed Five Years After Expulsion Are
Time-Barred
(March 4, 2024)
‘Facebook
Factors’ Apply in Testing Prosecution
Subpoena—C.A.
(March 4, 2024)
Judicial
Estoppel Bars Contesting Awardability of
Fees
(March 4, 2024)
Pundit
Predicts Outcome of Judicial, D.A. Races
(March 4, 2024)
C.A.
Declares Exception to Rule Laid Down in
S.C. Opinion
(March 1, 2024)
Cellular
Data Is Property for Purposes of
Conversion Claim, Ninth Circuit Holds
(March 1, 2024)
University
Did Not Promise Students In-Person
Instruction
(March 1, 2024)
Recusal
of Law Firm for Punitive Purpose Was
Improper
(February 29, 2024)
Contempt
Finding Based on Breach of Order That
Was Not ‘Clear and Definite’ Vacated
(February 29, 2024)
Limitations
Period for Survival Action Is Not
Extended
(February 29, 2024)
Additional Insured Must Be Notified of
Policy Cancellation
(February 28, 2024)
Past Acts of Abuse Sufficient to Renew
Elder Abuse Protective Order—C.A.
(February 28, 2024)
Superior Court Judge James R. Dunn, 86,
Dies
(February 28, 2024)
Doctrine of Transferred Intent Has Not
Been Abrogated
(February 28, 2024)
S.C.
Finds No Error in Denying Relief From
Jury Waiver
(February 27, 2024)
ADDA
Files Complaint Against Gascón Over
‘Outright Lies’ in Newspaper Interview
(February 27, 2024)
State
Agency’s Decision Does Not Bar Federal
Lawsuit
(February 27, 2024)
Identification
of Narcotics by Laser Device Is
Inadmissible
(February 26, 2024)
Denial
of Motion to Acquit in Criminal Case
Bars Malicious Prosecution Suit—C.A.
(February 26, 2024)
Chemerinsky
Says He Has ‘Most Cash on Hand’
(February 26, 2024)
School
District’s Actions After Girl Reported
Rape Reflected No ‘Deliberate
Indifference’
(February 26, 2024)
Arbitrator
in Fee Dispute Not Obliged to Disclose
Specialty
(February 23, 2024)
Settlement
of a Class Action Against Facebook for
$90 Million Over Privacy Breaches Stands
(February 23, 2024)
Candidate
Hochman Raises More Than $2 Million
(February 23, 2024)
Noncompliance
With Discovery Orders Justified Axing
Suit
(February 23, 2024)
Court
of Appeal Upholds Judgment Against
Online University
(February 22, 2024)
C.A.:
Civil Code §1717 Broadens Attorney Fee
Provision to Apply to ‘Entire Contract’
(February 22, 2024)
Dismissal
of Bellicose Juror Results in Conviction
Reversal
(February 22, 2024)
Expert
Testimony That Defendant Fired Shot Was
Improper
(February 21, 2024)
Membership
on Rural Advisory Council Rendered
Lawyer a Public Figure—C.A.
(February 21, 2024)
Write-In
Candidate Emerges for Superior Court
Seat
(February 21, 2024)
Eve-of-Trial
Departure of Lawyer Was Not
Prejudicial—C.A.
(February 20, 2024)
Order
That Motion for Attorney Fees Be Filed,
Heard Before Dismissal Was Improper
(February 20, 2024)
Shout
of ‘Don’t Let Cops In’ Rendered Search
Nonconsensual
(February 16, 2024)
City
Did Not Abuse Its Broad Discretion in
Competitive Bidding by Modifying Terms
(February 16, 2024)
Length
of Sentence Is Relevant to Public-Safety
Analysis
(February 16, 2024)
Court
of Appeal Takes Expansive View of
Racial Justice Act
(February 15, 2024)
C.A.
Finds ‘Public Interest’ Exception to
Enforceability of Releases
Inapplicable
(February 15, 2024)
Motion
to Compel Arbitration Properly
Denied Where Defendant Delayed in
Making Motion
(February 15, 2024)
Fee
Waiver in Agreement Didn’t Have
Prospective Effect
(February 14, 2024)
UCLA Not
Subject to Suit Under Unruh Act
(February 14, 2024)
Court
of Appeal Rejects A.G.’s Sentencing
Concession
(February 13, 2024)
Lawyer’s
Diversion of Funds From Trust Shocks
the Conscience—State Bar
(February 13, 2024)
Settlement
Is Enforceable Despite Some
Unresolved Details
(February 9, 2024)
Officer
Used Excessive Force in Shooting at
Mentally Ill Homeless Man—Ninth
Circuit
(February 9, 2024)
CJP
Accuses Judge of Anti-Semitic Slur,
Other Misconduct
(February 8, 2024)
C.A.
Reinstates Constructive Termination
Suit Against Archdiocese by
Assaulted Employee
(February 8, 2024)
Defendant
May Only Seek FEHA Costs by Noticed
Motion
(February 7, 2024)
City
Not Liable in Fatal Shooting of
Woman Believed to Be Fleeing
Felon—Ninth Circuit
(February 7, 2024)
Two
‘Friends With Benefits’ Lacked a
‘Dating Relationship’
(February 6, 2024)
C.A.
Restores Privacy Suit Based on
Revealing Plaintiff Had Not Received
COVID Shot
(February 6, 2024)
Suit
Restored Over Seizure of Two
Children From Home
(February 5, 2024)
Defendant
Didn’t Breach Consumer Laws by
Declining Return of Pillows Sold
Online
(February 5, 2024)
ADDA
Sues Gascón Over Denial of Its CPRA
Requests
(February 2, 2024)
C.A.
Thwarts Disbarred Lawyer in Effort
Judge Salkin Labeled ‘Gamesmanship’
(February 2, 2024)
C.A.
Affirms Judgment for Cerritos in
Action by Norwalk
(February 2, 2024)
C.A.
Won’t Restore $2.5 Million Suit
Against Clippers, West
(February 1, 2024)
Statute
Authorizing Recording ‘Entirety’ of
Examination of Insured Given Broad
Effect
(February 1, 2024)
One
Side of Campaign Mailer Might Be
Libelous, C.A. Says
(February 1, 2024)
O’Melveny
Fails to Get Bill-Padding
Allegations Stricken
(January 31, 2024)
Bacigalupo
Readies for Retirement From Bench
(January 31, 2024)
Five
Named to Los Angeles Superior Court
(January 31, 2024)
John McKinney
Is Overwhelming Favorite of Deputy
D.A.s
(January 30, 2024)
Conduct
Giving Rise to a Cause of Action
Doesn’t Instantly Create
‘Dispute’—C.A.
(January 30, 2024)
Officer
Was Culpable but Entitled to
Qualified Immunity
(January 29, 2024)
Authorized
‘Capacity’ of Child-Care Center Not
Gauged by Enrollment, C.A. Declares
(January 29, 2024)
O.C.
Man Must Pay Nevada Gambling Debts
(January 29, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Changes Name of Appellant to
‘Doe’; Opinion Was Already Released
With True Name
(January 29, 2024)
Decision
on Expert Testimony on Confessions
Stands
(January 26, 2024)
Man
Who Raped Child Qualifies for Sex
Offender De-Registration—C.A.
(January 26, 2024)
C.A.
Says That Emailing Invoice Is Not
‘Electronic Service’
(January 25, 2024)
Discovery
Sanction Against Deponent Barred
Once Motion to Compel Was Withdrawn
(January 25, 2024)
FBI
Must Purge Records of Searches of
Safe Deposit Boxes
(January 24, 2024)
C.A.
Rejects Exception to Rule on Second
Lis Pendens
(January 23, 2024)
Conviction
of Drug Peddler for Causing Death of
Customer Must Be Reversed—Ninth
Circuit
(January 23, 2024)
C.A.
Reinstates $11 Million Fraud Action
Against Buchalter
(January 22, 2024)
Retired
Judge Malcolm Mackey Reminisces
(January 22, 2024)
Trial
Courts Have No Inherent Power to
Strike PAGA Claims
(January 19, 2024)
No
Liability to Third Parties Based on
Failure to Warn Purchaser of Dog as
to Dangerousness
(January 19, 2024)
S.C.
Decision Doesn’t Alter Conclusion
That Immunity Applies
(January 18, 2024)
Change
in DVRA’s Attorney-Fee Provision Is
Retroactive, Court of Appeal
Declares
(January 18, 2024)
Child
Might Be Returned to Mother Who Is
Fugitive in Mexico
(January 17, 2024)
Judges
Hall, Nelson, Stern to Retire From
LASC
(January 17, 2024)
Hochman
Urges Firing of Blacknell as Chief
of Staff
(January 17, 2024)
Ninth
U.S. Circuit Reverses Decision It
Previously Affirmed
(January 16, 2024)
Banning
Probationer’s Use of Cellphone
Without Permission Is Reasonable
(January 16, 2024)
Website
Owner Has No Property Interest in
Image on Screen
(January 12, 2024)
Americana
at Brand Has No Liability to Man
Struck by Teenager Falling to His
Death—C.A.
(January 12, 2024)
DAVID
A. BERGER
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
RANDOLPH
M. HAMMOCK
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
RUTH ANN
KWAN
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
THOMAS
P. CACCIATORE
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
LLOYD
W. PELLMAN
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
V. AHDA
SANDS
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
Past
Failed Treatment Did Not Justify
Denial of Diversion
(January 11,2024)
C.A.
Rejects Allegations Against Judge
Kaddo
(January 11,2024)
L.A.
Superior Court Judge Richard J.
Burdge Dies
(January 11,2024)
Museum
in Madrid May Retain Painting Looted
by Nazis
(January 10, 2024)
District
Court May Not Enjoin Acts of State
Judges, Ninth Circuit Declares
(January 10, 2024)
No Abuse
of Discretion in Tossing $1.75
Million Verdict
(January 9, 2024)
Class
Must Be Certified in Challenge to
Ban on Employees Leaving Premises
During Breaks
(January 9, 2024)
Criminal
Lawyer’s Advice Did Not Violate
Racial Justice Act
(January 8, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Suit
Claiming Discrimination Against Rape
Victims
(January 8, 2024)
Expert
Testimony Wrongfully Barred at
Wrongful Death Trial
(January 5, 2024)
Trial
Court Must Order Compassionate
Release of Murderer Who Is
Debilitated, Moribund
(January 5, 2024)
Decision
in Probate Code §11700 Proceeding
Wasn’t Preclusive
(January 4, 2024)
Two
Warnings to Suspect Spawned Need to
Make Choice, Not Confusion, Ninth
Circuit Holds
(January 4, 2024)
Hochman
Reportedly Raises More Than $1.25
Million
(January 4, 2024)
C.A.
Upholds $24.3 Million Award to
Lawyer for Retaliation
(January 3, 2024)
Lawsuit
Reinstated Against Online
Propagators in Czech Republic of
Child Pornography
(January 3, 2024)
Judge
Amy Pellman Provides Reflections
(January 3, 2024)
Wife
Not Liable for Debts Linked to Husband’s
Crimes
(January 2, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Senior Judge: District Court
Failed to Abide by 2018 Panel’s Mandate
(January 2, 2024)
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