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Tort Action Against Casselman’s Law Firm
Not a SLAPP—Court of Appeal
(September 22, 2017)
Gatorade Company Settles With State Over
‘Anti-Water’ Videogame, ‘Bolt!’
(September 22, 2017)
Showing Jurors Photos of Charles Manson
Wasn’t Misconduct—Court of Appeal
(September 21, 2017)
Federal Judge Beverly Reid O’Connell Is
in Coma, in ‘Stable’ Condition
(September 21, 2017)
Was No ‘Conspiracy’ Against High Profile
Lawyer Kay—C.A.
(September 21, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Blocks Ordinance Requiring
Warning in Soda Ads
(September 20, 2017)
Judge Erred in Refusing Continuance to
Abandoned Clients—Appeals Court
(September 20, 2017)
Lawyer’s Mistake Was Excusable Because
Rival Also Befuddled
(September 20, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Revives Action Over
Copycat TV Show
(September 19, 2017)
Exclusion of Public From Voir Dire
Requires Reversal
(September 19, 2017)
No Liability for Negligently Imposing
Mental Health Hold
(September
19, 2017)
Trial Court Had Power to Vacate Judgment
After Dismissal of Appeal
(September 18, 2017)
Judicial Elections Reform Bill Goes to
Governor
(September 18, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Panel Reinstates State Ban
on Foie Gras
(September 18, 2017)
State High Court Seeks Input on Bar Exam
Scores
(September 18, 2017)
Adverse Employment Action May Be Based
on ‘Political’ Factors
(September 15, 2017)
Judicial Election Reform Bill Nears
Final Passage
(September 15, 2017)
C.A. Orders Immediate Release of
‘Illegally’ Incarcerated Man
(September 15, 2017)
C.A. Upholds Anti-SLAPP Order in Favor
of Trotter, JAMS
(September 14, 2017)
Ninth U.S. Circuit Affirms Dismissal of
Action Against Facebook for Blocking
Page in India
(September 14, 2017)
C.A. Reinstates Suit Seeking to
Establish Rock Hudson As Father
(September 13, 2017)
C.A.: Disabled Man Properly Denied Entry
To Market With Untrained Service Dog
(September 13, 2017)
MICRA Inapplicable to Patient Who
Tripped on Scale
(September 12, 2017)
C.A. Questions Whether Wende
Applies to Appeals From Resentencing
Denials
(September 12, 2017)
Judge Must Explain Mechanisms of Jury
for Waiver to Be Valid
(September 12, 2017)
Man Denied Gun Permit Has No §1983 Cause
of Action
(September 11, 2017)
Ninth
Circuit Reinstates Action Against
Medical Examiner
(September 8, 2017)
Blood Alcohol Evidence Excludable If
Driver Didn’t Consent to Test
(September 8, 2017)
Federal Prosecutor Ryan Bounds Nominated
to Ninth Circuit
(September 8, 2017)
Man Who Sued Under ‘Lemon Law’ Must Pay
BMW $19,129
(September 7, 2017)
State Bar Trustees: No Preference on
Proposal To Lower Required Bar
Examination Score
(September 7, 2017)
Guilty Plea at Retrial Doesn’t Bar Suit
Over Initial Conviction
(September 7, 2017)
Consumers Won’t Have to Arbitrate Action
Over ‘Zombie Cookies’
(September 6, 2017)
Non-Testimonial Inculpatory Statements
of Co-Defendants Are Now Admissible
(September
6, 2017)
Hot Air Balloon Operator Isn’t a ‘Common
Carrier’—C.A.
(September 5, 2017)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Conviction of Former
Undersheriff Paul Tanaka
(September 1, 2017)
Harassment Restraining Order Against
Director In City Attorney’s Office
Denied to Deputy
(September
1, 2017)
Access to License-Plate Data May Be
Possible, S.C. Rules
(September 1, 2017)
C.A. Upholds $3.8 Million Award Against
Tobacco Company
(August 31, 2017)
Value of Item Is the Price Marked, Plus
Sales Tax—Court of Appeal
(August 31, 2017)
Word ‘Socialize’ in Condition of
Probation Is Too Broad
(August 30, 2017)
One-Year Period for Complaining to DFEH
Began on Last Day of Employment—C.A.
(August 30, 2017)
Non-Lawyer LaBran Reappointed To State
Bar Board of Trustees
(August 30, 2017)
Man Who Bilked Investors Must Be
Resentenced
(August 29, 2017)
Voters May Enact Local Taxes at Special
Elections
(August 29, 2017)
High Court Opinion Refers to a Party as
‘Doe 1’
(August 29, 2017\)
First Amendment Coalition Entitled to
Attorney Fees
(August 28, 2017)
Bar
the Press From LACBA Board of Trustees
Meetings
(August 25, 2017)
C.A.
Justices Affirm Dismissal of Action
Alleging the Gap Engaged in Consumer
Flimflamming
(August 25, 2017)
C.A.
Reverses Convictions Because Juror Had
Been Victim’s School Teacher
(August 24, 2017)
Insurance
Doesn’t Cover Lakers in Lawsuit Over
Their Automatic Dialing at Games
(August 24, 2017)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms $250 Sanction for
Bad-Faith Tactic
(August 24, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Affirms $8.5 Million
Settlement in Google Case
(August 23, 2017)
Restitutionary Fine Is Not Akin to
Disgorgement in a Civil Case
(August 23, 2017)
C.A. Rejects Assault on Federal ‘Dual
Sovereignty Doctrine’
(August 23, 2017)
Alien’s Use of False Identity, Birth
Certificate, Might Be Forgivable
(August 22, 2017)
Appeals Court Orders New Hearing Without
Specifying Any Flaw in First Hearing
(August 22, 2017)
Parties Can’t Remove District Court
Suits to Bankruptcy Court
(August
22, 2017)
C.A. Finds Justification for Controlling
Probationer’s Place of Residence
(August 22, 2017)
Absence of Defendant From Resentencing
Hearing Harmless—C.A.
(August
22, 2017)
Typographical Errors in Complaint Can
Lead to Liability
(August 21, 2017)
Lawyers Seek Disqualification of Judge
Without Viable Grounds—C.A.
(August 21, 2017)
No Showing Judge Real Is Biased Against
Yagman’s Ex-Wife
(August 18, 2017)
State Bar President James P. Fox Is
Appointed by High Court to New Term on
Board of Trustees
(August 18, 2017)
Judge Can’t Order Deletion of
Convictions From Website
(August 17, 2017)
Unwanted Electronic Communications
Justified Three-Year Protective Order
(August 17, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Upholds San Francisco
Billboard Ordinance
(August 17, 2017)
Judge Is Banished From Case After Five
Efforts
(August 16, 2017)
No Error in Replacing Appointed Counsel
Over Criminal Defendant’s Objection
(August 16, 2017)
Website Inaccuracy Might Breach Fair
Credit Reporting Act
(August 16, 2017)
Judge Must Justify Secrecy of ‘Does’ in
Fetal Research Case
(August 15, 2017)
Court of Appeal Orders Publication of
Case Affirming Trial Court’s Dictum
(August 15, 2017)
C.A. Hands Victory to Airbnb in Tenants’
Challenge
(August 14, 2017)
Son
in Disrepute Loses in Claim to Share of
Parents’ Fortune
(August 11, 2017)
City Attorney’s Human Relations Director
Ordered to Stay 10 Yards From Deputy
(August 11, 2017)
Panel Upsets Sanctions Award Against
Lawyer, Clients
(August 11, 2017)
Kewalramani Takes Office As U.S.
Magistrate Judge
(August 11, 2017)
Singer’s Action Against Facebook Was a
SLAPP
(August 10, 2017)
Restitution Order May Be Based on
Estimate, Not Bill, Court of Appeal Says
(August 10, 2017)
C.A. Orders New Trustees of Herbalife
Founder’s Fortune
(August 9, 2017)
Appeal by B.H. Unified School District
Is Premature
(August 9, 2017)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms $42 Million Judgment
Against Safeway
(August 8, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Finds Klausner’s Rulings
‘Illogical’
(August 8, 2017)
D.A.’s Office Seeks Inquiry on Possible
Conflicts
(August 7, 2017)
Action Against Beverly Hills Timely, but
Meritless
(August 7, 2017)
Lamps Plus Must Arbitrate Class Action
by Employees
(August 4, 2017)
C.A. Reverses First Degree Murder
Conviction
(August 4, 2017)
C.A. Approves Lifetime Sex Registration
for Minors
(August 3, 2017)
High Court Decision Barring Arbitration
of PAGA Claims Doesn’t Affect Wages Suit
(August 3, 2017)
Brazile to Replace Buckley on Judicial
Council
(August 3, 2017)
Dismissed Class Action Against Vitamin
Shoppe to Continue
(August 2, 2017)
Court of Appeal Won’t Order
Reinstatement Of Medical Doctor’s
Unrestricted License
(August 2, 2017)
Defendant
Can’t View Witness’s Sealed Juvenile
Records
(August 1, 2017)
C.A.
Rejects Inventive Argument by Store
Robber
(August 1, 2017)
Plaintiff in Action Against Buchalter,
Sedgwick Faulted Over Conflict
(July 31, 2017)
C.A. Remands Case, Expressing
Bewilderment As to What the Parties Are
Contending
(July 31, 2017)
State Bar Court Puts Former Contra Costa
DA on Interim Suspension
(July 31, 2017)
C.A.
Affirms Defense Judgment in Last of
Lockheed Cases
(July 28, 2017)
Court of Appeal Affirms Summary Judgment
Without Examining Merits
(July 28, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Reverses Conviction for
Illegal Reentry
(July 28, 2017)
C.A. Shows Deference to Deceased
Lawyer—Withholds Identity
(July 28, 2017)
Judge Bowick Issued Improper Turnover
Order to Nuns
(July 27, 2017)
LACBA’s President Meyer Wins Support for
Seeking Contract to Provide Free Legal
Help
(July 27, 2017)
Judges Must Exercise Caution in Dealing
With Vendors
(July 27, 2017)
Three New Health Care Litigators Join
Buchalter In Los Angeles
(July 27, 2017)
Lawsuit Over Labeling of Websites Was a
SLAPP
(July 26, 2017)
Basic Speed Law Can Apply to Driving
Unsafely
(July 26, 2017)
C.A. Says Argument Was Raised Too Late,
but Considers Its Merits
(July 26, 2017)
Lawyer Gets No Fee Though Client
Received Benefit
(July 25, 2017)
Judges May Again Get Paid for Performing
Marriage Ceremonies on Weekends,
Holidays
(July 25, 2017)
Hospital Must Pay Though Patient Wasn’t
Harmed—C.A.
(July 25, 2017)
Rick Cohen Resigns as LACBA’s Interim
CEO
(July 24, 2017)
C.A.
Upholds Order to Sterling’s Former
Girlfriend
(July 21, 2017)
Parents Need Not Be Blameworthy to Lose
Custody
(July 21, 2017)
Plaintiff Might Be Able to Unmask
Anonymous Critics
(July 20, 2017)
Minority Shareholder Can’t Gain Access
to Attorney Bills—Court of Appeal
(July 20, 2017)
C.A. Reverses Denial of Law Firm’s
Anti-SLAPP Motion
(July 19, 2017)
Judicial Elections Reform Bill, SB 235,
Heads for Assembly Floor
(July 19, 2017)
Firing of Campus Police Officer Was
Justified—C.A.
(July 19,
2017)
Board Didn’t Breach Patients’ Privacy
Rights
(July 18, 2017)
Napa Superior Court Judge Agrees To
Resign and Receive CJP Censure
(July 18, 2017)
Colantuono Chosen as New State Bar
President
(July 17, 2017)
C.A. Says Twitter’s Tweet Wasn’t
Tortious
(July 17, 2017)
Meyer
Pledges End to Secrecy in LACBA
(July 14, 2017)
No Reversal Based on Judge Reading
Tweets on Case
(July 14, 2017)
LACBA’s CEO Says Subsidizing Charitable
Efforts Must End
(July 13, 2017)
C.A. Says It Doesn’t Know Officers’ True
Names
(July 13, 2017)
LACBA Releases Detailed Financial
Information
(July 12, 2017)
Court of Appeal Finds Injunction Against
Sheriff’s Department Inadequate
(July 12, 2017)
Presiding Judge’s Guidelines Didn’t Have
Force of Law
(July 11, 2017)
The Word ‘Sex’ Isn’t Ambiguous, C.A.
Declares
(July 11, 2017)
Court Reinstates Action Over Painting
Looted by Nazis
(July 11, 2017)
Wrongful Shooting Case Against Pasadena
to Proceed
(July 10, 2017)
Affidavit of Fault From Out-of-State
Lawyer Suffices
(July 10, 2017)
Police Have No Privacy Rights At Scene
of Raid—C.A.
(July 7, 2017)
Resentencing of Youth Requires Notice,
Hearing, Court of Appeal Rules
(July 7, 2017)
Man Accused of Murder Must Be
Released—C.A.
(July 6, 2017)
Doctors Summoned Into Operating Room
Protected by ‘Good Samaritan’ Law
(July 6, 2017)
Puncture of Underground Storage Unit
Wasn’t an Insured ‘Collapse’
(July 6, 2017)
Court of Appeal Upholds Firing of LAPD
Officer for Lying
(July 5, 2017)
Ninth Circuit: One Movie on Shakespeare
Doesn’t Violate Copyright on Another
(July 5, 2017)
African American Male Robbery Defendant
Wasn’t Prejudiced By Barring Mention of
Publicized Police Shootings
(July 5, 2017’)
C.A. Reverses Order That Lecherous
Deputy Be Fired
(July 3,
2017)
Courts
of Appeal Have Strayed From 1978 S.C.
Holding
(June 30, 2017’)
Judge Leland H. Tipton Sets July 31
Retirement
(June 30, 2017)
C.A. Panel Withdraws Threat to
Appellants’ Counsel
(June 29, 2017)
Gretchen Nelson Appointed to Judicial
Council
(June 29, 2017)
State Bar Needs to Improve Its Financial
Policies
(June 28, 2017)
C.A. Holds BB Gun Was ‘Deadly Weapon’
Although Victim Was Across the Street
(June 28, 2017)
Independent Contractor May Be Subject to
Conflicts Law
(June 27, 2017)
Ninth U.S. Circuit Won’t Interfere With
Denial of State Bar Admission
(June 27, 2017)
Ex-Husband Doesn’t Get Rental Properties
Restored
(June 26, 2017)
Convictions of Bell Scandal Figure
Reversed On Five Counts of
Misappropriation
(June 26, 2017)
Employment Discrimination Judgment for
Employer Reversed
(June 23, 2017)
Court of Appeal Decides to Publish Its
Opinion On Los Angeles County
Jail-Beatings Invoices
(June 23, 2017)
No Merit to Action Against Sheppard
Mullin—C.A.
(June 22, 2017)
Terrence Howard Must Adhere To
Settlement Agreement
(June 22, 2017)
California’s Impounding Law Is
Unconstitutional
(June 22, 2017)
‘Direct
Supplier’ Might Include Indirect
Supplier
(June 21, 2017)
C.A. Takes Narrow View of ‘Going and
Coming’ Rule
(June 21, 2017)
Supervisors Authorize $3 Million
Agreement for Legal Defense of Illegal
Aliens
(June 21, 2017)
Wife’s Statement Exonerating Spouse
Properly Barred
(June 20, 2017)
Blank Space in Plea Form Causes Slash in
Fine
(June 20, 2017)
Board’s Tie Vote Did Not Constitute
Non-Decision
(June 19, 2017)
Wife-Beater Who Was Deported Had Right
to Child-Reunification Services—C.A.
(June 19, 2017)
Results
of LACBA’s March Election Are Certified
(June 16, 2017)
Small Amount of Drugs in Man’s
Possession Rebuts Notion He Intended to
Sell—C.A.
(June 16, 2017)
C.A. Asks Supreme Court to Decide ‘Fee’
vs. ‘Fine’ Issue
(June 16, 2017)
County Might Be Liable for Killing of
Woman by Dogs
(June 15, 2017)
C.A. Affirms 53 Years to Life Sentence
for Assaults
(June 15, 2017)
Judge to Block LACBA Election if a
Plaintiff Is Challenged
(June 14, 2017)
Landlords Liable for Telling of Tenant’s
Plight
(June 14, 2017)
Press Denied Records Thought to Reflect
Racist Messages
(June 13, 2017)
C.A. Upholds Beck’s Firing of Officer
Who Used Official Resources to Locate
Woman He Fancied
(June 13, 2017)
C.A. Partially Reverses Despite Filing
of Wende Brief
(June 13, 2017)
Judge Aviva K. Bobb Had No Need to Make
Disclosure
(June 12, 2017)
Panel Threatens Sanctions for
Challenging Sentences
(June 12, 2017)
C.A.
Affirms Attorney’s Vexatious Litigant
Status
(June 9, 2017)
Proposition 57 Is Not Retroactive—Court
(June 9, 2017)
Plaintiffs Invoke Maxim in Urging
Validation of Election
(June 8, 2017)
C.A. Panel Divided on Requisites for Faretta
Waiver
(June 8, 2017)
Habeas Corpus Petition Filed in 2010 to
Be Considered
(June 7, 2017)
Citizen Need Not Be Property Owner to
Challenge Spending
(June 6, 2017)
Attorney Is Expected to Be Aware That
Court Reporters Aren’t Provided—C.A.
(June 6, 2017)
ACLU to Receive New Hearing on
Jail-Beatings Invoices
(June 6, 2017)
C.A. Upholds $6.5 Million Fine for
Online Trickery
(June 5, 2017)
LACBA’s CEO to Draw Lower Pay Than
Suchil
(June 5, 2017)
LACBA Says Bylaws Were Validly Amended
in Closed Session
(June 2, 2017)
CJP Admonishes Judge Over Facebook
Election Post
(June 1, 2017)
Court Rules En Banc That Routine
Shackling Of Pretrial Detainees Is
Unconstitutional
(June 1, 2017)
Order Denying Renewed Motion Not
Appealable—C.A.
(May 31, 2017)
City of Los Angeles Loses Two Appeals in
FHA Cases
(May 30, 2017)
S.C.
Rejects Taxpayer Suit as Means to
Enforce Penal Laws
(May 26, 2017)
Charter City May Not Extend Parking Tax
to UC Campus, Court of Appeal Rules
(May 26, 2017)
S.C. Will Not Review Anti-SLAPP Ruling
in Favor of Facebook
(May 25, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Finds Equitable Tolling,
Revives Suit Against Chinese Firm
(May 25, 2017)
Judicial Candidate Designations Bill
Passes State Senate
(May 24, 2017)
Superior Court Judge Stuart Rice to Helm
CJA
(May 24, 2017)
C.A. to Hold Special Session To Honor
Presiding Justice Richard Schauer
(May 24, 2017)
Plaintiffs Seek Order to LACBA Chief to
Perform Duty
(May 23, 2017)
Governor Brown Names 23 Trial Judges,
Including Nine in Los Angeles County
(May 23, 2017)
Paul Turner Memorial Scheduled for Next
Week
(May 23, 2017)
C.A. Presiding Justice Paul Turner Dies
(May 22, 2017’)
LACBA Renominates February Nominees;
Lawsuit Nonetheless Continues
(May 22, 2017)
S.C.
Agrees to Decide Whether Pandora Must
Pay Performers
(May 19, 2017)
C.A. Denies Fees to Lawyer Who Prevailed
In Suit Over Defects in His Home
(May 19, 2017)
C.A. Expands Prefiling Order Against
Disbarred Attorney
(May 18, 2017)
Judge Hammock Jokes About LACBA Dispute
(May 18, 2017)
Judge Chalfant Denies TRO in Action
Against LACBA
(May 17, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Rejects ‘Genericide’
Challenge Seeking Cancellation of Google
Trademark
(May 17, 2017)
Corporate Partner Paul Wassgren Joins
DLA Piper in Los Angeles
(May 17, 2017)
LACBA Sued Over Election-Results
Nullification
(May 16, 2017)
Less Than 35 Percent of Applicants Pass
February 2017 State Bar Exam
(May 16, 2017)
Immunity Protects Deputy From Suit Over
Shooting—Court
(May 15, 2017)
C.A. Upholds Dismissal of Claims for
Damage to Lawyer’s Home as Untimely
(May 15, 2017)
Another Section Condemns LACBA’s
Election Action
(May 12, 2017)
High Court to Hear Privacy Challenge to
Child Abuse Reporting Law
(May 12, 2017)
Retired Presiding Justice Schauer Dies
(May 11, 2017)
C.A. Says Man’s Intent to Create Trust
for Elderly Stepmother Must Be Honored
(May 11, 2017)
Ninth Circuit to Hear ‘Data Throttling’
Dispute En Banc
(May 10, 2017)
Bill to Regulate Judicial Ballot
Designations, SB235, Advances in
California Senate
(May 10, 2017)
S.C. Clarifies Employers’ Duties Under
‘Day of Rest’ Statutes
(May 9, 2017)
Court of Appeal Orders Review of Plans
to Demolish College Buildings
(May 9, 2017)
Court Orders In Camera Review in
Economic Spying Case
(May 8, 2017)
S.C.
Takes Restrictive View of Anti-SLAPP Law
(May 5,
2017)
C.A. Upholds Anti-SLAPP Ruling in Suit
Against Journalists
(May 4,
2017)
Court of Appeal Rejects Immunity Defense
In Suit by Child Hit by Errant Golf Ball
(May 4,
2017)
C.A. Rejects Teacher’s Suit Against
LAUSD, Hospital
(May 3,
2017)
Judicial Elections Reform Bill Advances
in Senate
(May 3,
2017)
Ethics Committee: Judges Should Not
Serve on Charter School Boards
(May 3,
2017)
S.C. Approves Prosecutorial Ethics
Changes, in Part
(May 2,
2017)
C.A. Upholds Medical Board’s Right to
Subpoena Psychiatrist’s Records
(May 2,
2017)
C.A. Reinstates Bid to Move Bicycle
Accident Suit to Canada
(May 1,
2017)
Author of ‘Killer Inside Me’ Screenplay
Has No Right to Remake—Court of Appeal
(May 1,
2017)
Los Angeles County Bar Trustees
Invalidate Elections
(April
28, 2017)
LACBA Endorses Judicial Elections Reform
Bill
(April
28, 2017)
S.C. Declines to Review Contractual Jury
Waiver Issue
(April
27, 2017)
State Bar Names Bay Area Prosecutor to
Chief Trial Counsel Post
(April
25, 2017)
C.A. Upholds Rulings in Dispute Over Sex
Toy Companies
(April
26, 2017)
Panel Revives Claims Over Disabled
Access to Flyaway
(April
25, 2017)
Supreme Court Orders New Sentencing for
Defendant Who Killed at 16
(April
25, 2017)
Court Declines to Grant En Banc Review
of Travel Ban
(April
24, 2017)
Lawsuit Against Union by Fired Employee
No SLAPP, Court of Appeal Rules
(April
24, 2017)
Juror’s Racially Charged ‘Experiment’
Results in Reversal
(April
21, 2017)
Funeral Services Set for Judge John
Noonan Jr.
(April
21, 2017)
C.A. Upholds Firm’s Disqualification
Over Email Handling
(April
20, 2017)
Courtrooms to Close as Family Law
Management System Implemented
(April
20, 2017)
Panel Upholds Award of ‘Fees-on-Fees’
Under Statute
(April
19, 2017)
Court of Appeal Invalidates Support
Order Against Debtor’s Medical
Corporation
(April
19, 2017)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence in Van Nuys
Stabbing Murder
(April
18, 2017)
Court Says Consolidated Case Not ‘Mass
Action’ Under CAFA
(April
17, 2017)
Judge Teresa Sanchez-Gordon to Retire
After 20 Years on Trial Bench
(April
17, 2017)
Federal Agent Not Immune From Suit for
‘Degrading’ Treatment of Elderly Woman
(April
14, 2017)
Mandatory Relief Statute Does Not Apply
to Failure to File Administrative
Record—C.A.
(April
14, 2017)
C.A. Upholds San Diego’s Voter-Approved
Pension Overhaul
(April
13, 2017)
S.C. Declines Review of Ruling Tossing
Ban on Grand Jury Police Shooting Probes
(April
13, 2017)
LASD, Baca Properly Granted Summary
Judgment
(April
12, 2017)
Pro Per Lawyer Who Failed to Participate
in Malpractice Trial Is Denied a
Reversal
(April
12, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Overturns Parents’
Judgment Against U.S.
(April
11, 2017)
Denial of Civil Jury Trial Reviewable by
Writ, State High Court Unanimously Rules
(April
11, 2017)
Court Revives Suit Over LiveJournal’s
Use of Celebrity Photos
(April
10, 2017)
Court of Appeal Affirms Sanctions Award
Against Nonparty Deponents
(April
10, 2017)
High Court Upholds Denial of Reciprocal
Attorney Fees
(April
7, 2017)
Amendment to Bare-Bones Complaint Did
Not Relate Back—C.A.
(April
7, 2017)
C.A. Upholds Mallano Class Action
Ruling, Says State Owes Judges Millions
(April
6, 2017)
C.A. Allows Campground Injury Suit to Go
Forward
(April
6, 2017)
Man Sentenced Without Lawyer Not
Entitled to Reversal
(April
5, 2017)
Retired Judge Lillian M. Stevens Dies at
87
(April
5, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Accuses Insurer of Acting
in Self Interest
(April
4, 2017)
Los Angeles County Law Library to
Auction Books From 17th, 18th Centuries
(April
4, 2017)
Debtor’s Interest in Jointly Held Realty
Subject to Creditor’s Claim
(April
3, 2017)
State High Court to Weigh Choice of Law
in Suit Over Arizona Tour Bus Rollover
(April
3, 2017)
S.C.: EIR for Coastal Homes Project Was
Inadequate
(March
31, 2017)
Justice Richard Aldrich to Retire From
C.A.
( March
31, 2017)
Former LACBA President John ‘Jack’ Quinn
Dies at 84
(March
31, 2017)
LACBA Chief Executive Clark Brown to
Retire
( March
31, 2017)
Panel Revives Tattooer’s Challenge to
Long Beach Zoning
(March
30, 2017)
Retired Justice Betty Barry-Deal Dies at
95
(March
30, 2017)
C.A. Tosses Part of Ex-Fiancee’s Suit
Against Mayweather
(March
29, 2017)
Court Rejects American Apparel Founder’s
Defamation Suit Against Hedge Fund
(March
29, 2017)
$12
Million Judgment Upheld Based on
Inadequate Record
(March
28, 2017)
Los Angeles County Bar Association to
Probe Possible Leak From Nominating
Panel
(March
28, 2017)
C.A. Again Upholds Deputy P.D.’s
Driver’s License Suspension
(March
27, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Revives Action Against
Company Sending Unwanted Text Messages
(March
27, 2017)
S.C. Adopts Broad Interpretation of
‘Shoplifting’
(March
24, 2017)
Kabateck Unopposed for Post of LACBA
President-Elect
(March
24, 2017)
Stealing From Coin-Operated Machine Was
‘Shoplifting’
(March
23, 2017)
Kabateck, Jensen, Lam Expected to Be
Unopposed For County Bar Association
Officer Positions
(March
23, 2017)
Officer Who Socialized With Murder
Suspect Loses Benefits
(March
22, 2017)
No Right to Provide TV Shows Over the
Internet
(March
22, 2017)
Court of Appeal Tosses Suit Over
Hospital Workers’ Meal Periods
(March
22, 2017)
Court Upholds $5.8 Million Award in
Asbestos Case
(March
21, 2017)
Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for
Former Plumber Who Killed Ex-Girlfriend
(March
21, 2017)
C.A. Orders Review of Jason Patric
Custody Ruling
(March
20, 2017)
State Supreme Court Declines to Review
CJP Admonishment of Judge Clarke
(March
20, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Judge Slams ‘Personal
Attacks’ on Jurists
(March
17, 2017)
C.A. Revives Challenge to Forfeiture
Proceedings
(March
17, 2017)
Ex-Attorney General Van de Kamp Dies at
81
(March
16, 2017)
Supervisors Approve Payment for Deputy
P.D.’s Defense
(March
15, 2017)
Court of Appeal Rejects Privilege Claim
in Libel Suit by Charles Schwab
(March
15, 2017)
C.A. Rejects Class Action Over Tax on
Diabetic Supplies
(March
14, 2017)
Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to
$200,000 Attorney Fee Award Against
LAUSD
(March
14, 2017)
C.A. Approves Comparative Fault in
Lawyer Malpractice
(March
13, 2017)
Services Scheduled for Retired Justice
Curry
(March
13, 2017)
C.A. Throws Out $12 Million Judgment
Against Caltrans
(March
10, 2017)
Dependency Detention Hearing Not
‘Contested’ Under Code of Civil
Procedure §170.6—C.A.
(March
10, 2017)
Justice
Kathryn Werdegar to Retire This Summer
(March
9, 2017)
Ninth
Circuit, Sitting En
Banc, Overturns Gay Man’s Deportation to
Mexico
(March
9, 2017)
Supervisors
Again Postpone Action on Public Defender
Funding Request
(March
9, 2017)
Ninth Circuit
Revives Damages Award to Sculptor
(March
8, 2017)
Superior
Court Commissioner Rebecca Omens Slates
Retirement From Bench
(March
8, 2017)
Minor Not
Necessarily Entitled to Late Claim
Relief—S.C.
(March
7, 2017)
Taxpayer’s
Suit Challenges State’s Use of Counsel
Outside Attorney General’s Office
(March
7, 2017)
Discovery
Rules Apply to Public Records
Litigation—C.A.
(March
6, 2017)
S.C. to
Decide Whether Ex-Producer’s Suit
Against CNN Was a SLAPP
(March
6, 2017)
‘Trailblazers’
Hailed at Senior Lawyers, IALA Dinner
(March
6, 2017)
Officials’
Private Emails May Be Public
Records—S.C.
(March
3, 2017)
Motion to
Withdraw Triggered Time to Sue Attorneys
for Malpractice—C.A.
(March
3, 2017)
Bench’s
Diversity Continues Slow, but Steady,
Increase
(March
2, 2017)
C.A.
Overturns $30 Million Arbitration Award
(March
2, 2017)
Committee
Backs Kabateck
as LACBA President-Elect
(March
1, 2017)
Nearly 40
Percent of Brown Judicial Appointees
Have Been Women, Annual Report Says
(March
1, 2017)
Court of
Appeal Clarifies Time Limit for Election
Contest
(March
1, 2017)
Supervisors
Again Postpone Action on Public Defender
Funding Request
(March
1, 2017)
Public
Defender: Deputy’s Conduct Appears
‘Questionable’
(February
28, 2017)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence in Prison Murder
(February
28, 2017)
C.A. Says
Church’s Suit Against Donor Was a SLAPP
(February
27, 2017)
Two Judges,
Commissioner Slate Retirements
(February
27, 2017)
State Bar
Charges Carmen Trutanich
With Suppressing Evidence in Murder Case
(February
24, 2017)
Ex-Federal
Prosecutor John Early Named U.S.
Magistrate Judge for Central District
(February
24, 2017)
Youth
Leagues Must Search Backgrounds of
Coaches—C.A.
(February
23, 2017)
Becerra Urges
Review of Ruling Striking Down Ban on
Grand Jury Police Shooting Probes
(February
23, 2017)
Court of
Appeal Upholds Dismissal of Suit by
Poker Players
(February
22, 2017)
Brown
Reappoints Michael Moodian
to CJP
(February
22, 2017)
Public Defender
Accused of Lying to County Supervisors
(February
21, 2017)
C.A.
Rejects Joint Venture Theory in Suit by
Wildfire Victim Against San Diego
Lawyers
(February
21, 2017)
Company Can’t
Sue Competitors Over Wage Violations
(February
17, 2017)
State High
Court Agrees to Decide Whether Underpaid
Worker Can Sue ADP
(February
17, 2017)
Lawyer’s
Defamation Suit Against Facebook Held
SLAPP
(February
16, 2017)
Court of
Appeal Holds a Life Sentence for
Voluntary Manslaughter Unconstitutional
(February
16, 2017)
C.A.
Largely Upholds Verdict in Police
Recruits’ Bias Suit
(February
15, 2017)
Supervisors
Approve $15,000 Payment for Deputy
P.D.’s State Bar Defense
(February
15, 2017)
Fresno
Sheriff Exonerates Anthony Capozzi,
Ex-State Bar President, in Smuggling
Probe
(February
14, 2017)
C.A. Upholds
Rent Control Waivers of Rights
(February 14, 2017)
Elwood Lui in Line for
Appointment as Div. Two’s Presiding
Justice
(February 13, 2017)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Suit Against Bush,
Cheney and Others Over Iraq War
(February 13, 2017)
C.A. Rules
Statute Requires Strict Adherence to
‘Right to Repair’ Deadlines
(February 13, 2017)
Ninth U.S.
Circuit Panel Rejects Trump Travel Ban
(February 10, 2017)
Court of
Appeal Affirms Order Tossing Suit
Against Actor Marlon Wayans as SLAPP
(February 10, 2017)
C.A.
Reinstates Suit Over Brokerage
Commission
(February 9, 2017)
Court Revives
Suit Against Metrolink
Over Equestrian’s Death on Railroad
Bridge
(February 9, 2017)
C.A. Declines
to Apply Arbitration Clause to Labor
Claims
(February 8, 2017)
Court
Rejects Claims Against Trustees of
Church of Pastor Convicted of Embezzling
(February 8, 2017)
Retired
Ventura Judge Dies in Apparent-Murder
Suicide
(February 7, 2017)
Presiding
Justice Roger W. Boren Retires After 33
Years on Bench
(February 7, 2017)
Company’s
Suit Against Ex-Executive’s Attorney
Held SLAPP
(February 6, 2017)
C.A.
Upholds Dismissal of Claim Against
Ambulance Firm
(February
3, 2017)
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge
to Voter-Approved Death Penalty Measure
(February
3, 2017)
Court of Appeal Tosses Part of Judgment
in Loan Dispute
(February
2, 2017)
Remembrance Set for Charles Scarlett,
Retired Superior Court Judge
(February
2, 2017)
Services in San Rafael Sunday for
Retired District Judge William W.
Schwarzer
(February
2, 2017)
C.A. Rejects Beneficiary’s Claim for
‘Opportunities Lost’
(February
1, 2017)
Ethics Committee Seeks Comment on
Whether Judges Can Own Marijuana
Businesses
(February
1, 2017)
Suit Over Anti-Domestic Violence Speech
Held SLAPP
(January
31, 2017)
Los Angeles Superior Court to Require
Electronic Filing for Probate Cases
(January
31, 2017)
29th
Annual ‘Persons of the Year’ Dinner Held
(Persons of the Year,
January 31, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Dissenters Blast
Overturning of Conviction
(January
30, 2017)
Retired Ninth Circuit Judge Norris Dies
at 89
(January
30, 2017)
‘Trail’
Immunity Bars Suit by Man Hit by Golf
Ball—C.A.
(January
27, 2017)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence for Parolee
in Oakland Robbery-Murder
(January
27, 2017)
Panel Overturns Debt Collection Class
Action Settlement
(January
26, 2017)
C.A. Overturns Suspension, Fine Imposed
on Quarter Horse Trainer De La Torre
(January
26, 2017)
C.A. Rules for School District in Fight
Over Zoning
(January
25, 2017)
Court of Appeal Rules Irrigation
District Is Not a ‘Municipal
Corporation’
(January
25, 2017)
S.C. Overturns Lower Court Holdings on
Insurance Rule
(January
24, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Rejection of
Claims by Alleged ‘Copyright Troll’
(January
24, 2017)
Ninth Circuit Rejects Yagman Challenge
to L.A.’s Parking Citation Process
(January
23, 2017)
Appeals
Court Orders New Trial in Tour Bus
Rollover Suit
(January
20, 2017)
S.C.
Says Time Limit for Affidavits
Supporting Motion for New Trial Not
Jurisdictional
(January
20, 2017)
C.A.
Revives Alta Dena Heirs’ Suit Against
Buchalter Nemer
(January
19, 2017)
Senior
U.S. District Judge Robert Timlin Dies
(January
19, 2017)
C.A.
Affirms Suspension of Drugstore’s Liquor
License
(January
18, 2017)
Court:
Teen Seeking Extended Foster Care Did
Not Waive Therapist Privilege
(January
18, 2017)
C.A.
Upholds Deputy P.D.’s Driver’s License
Suspension
(January
17, 2017)
Standing
by Truck Containing Baseball Bat Does
Not Constitute Possession of Billy
(
January 17, 2017)
Ninth
Circuit Revives Consumers’ Action
Against Apple
(January
13, 2017)
C.A.
Derides Appellant’s Contention, Tone of
Brief
(January
13, 2017)
Allegations
About Architect of Massive Fraud
Privileged
(January
12, 2017)
Legislature
Can’t
Bar Grand Jury Probes Into Fatal Police
Shootings—C.A.
(January
12, 2017)
JOHN
CHIANG: Trained in Law, His Background
Is in Politics
(Person
of the Year, January 12, 2017)
MARC
STAENBERG: Onetime Auto Racer and
Entertainment Lawyer Guides ‘Active and
Activist’ Bar Association
(Person
of the Year, January 12, 2017)
ALAN
SKOBIN: A Man Defined by Work, Family
and Public Service
(Person
of the Year, January 12, 2017)
Decision
to Retry Former Sheriff Baca Is
Questioned
(January
11, 2017)
Courts
to Receive $3.6 Billion Under Brown’s
Proposed Budget
(January
11, 2017)
Ninth
Circuit Judges Divided on California
Time Bar
(January
10, 2017)
C.A.
Orders Judge to Consider
Trial-by-Telephone
(January
10, 2017)
Court
of Appeal Says $12.7 Million Award Was
Excessive
(January
9, 2017)
Anti-SLAPP Not Dependent on Subject
Matter Jurisdiction
(January
6, 2017)
WalMart-Backed Initiative Violated Brown
Act—Court of Appeal
(January
6, 2017)
Lessor Barred From Regaining Possession
of Unit
(January
5, 2017)
Dismissal of Drug Charges Against Pilot
Doesn’t Bar Yanking Aircraft Certificate
(January
5, 2017)
C.A. Imposes $15,000 Sanction for
Frivolous Appeal
(January
5, 2017)
No Need to Show Feasible Means of
Identifying Class
(January
4, 2017)
Public Defender Ronald L. Brown Retires
(January
4, 2017)
Kenealy Becomes Acting Attorney General
(January
4, 2017)
PAGA Claim Is Not Subject to Arbitration
Clause—C.A.
(January
4, 2017)
Entering Laundry Room Through Window to
Steal Coins Is Not ‘Shoplifting’—C.A.
(January
4, 2017)
Ninth Circuit: Real Imposed Unlawful
Sentence
(January
4, 2017)
No Immunity for Majority of Jail
Officers In Fatal Maricopa County
Beating
(January
3, 2017)
DWP Pay-for-No-Work Case Returns to S.C.
(January
3, 2017)
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