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Requestor of Electronic Records Can’t Be
Charged Editing Costs
(May 29, 2020)
USC Denied Right of Confrontation to
Boermeester, Ex-Football Player Accused
of Battering Girlfriend
(May 29, 2020)
Statute Tolled Until Substitution of
Attorney Form Is Signed
(May 28, 2020)
Operator of a Waterslide Is a Common
Carrier, Owing Heightened Duty of Care,
C.A. Holds
(May 28, 2020)
Tenants’ Conduct Not Ascribable to
Policy-Holding Lessor
(May 27, 2020)
Japanese Law Properly Applied in Action
in U.S. Court for Central District of
California
(May 26, 2020)
Court of Appeal Orders Dismissal of
Charges Against Ex-Assessor Noguez
(May 26, 2020)
Anti-SLAPP Motion Properly Denied in
Lawsuit Brought by Richard Simmons
(May 26, 2020)
‘Safe
Harbor’ Provision Doesn’t Apply to
Anti-SLAPP Fees
(May 22, 2020)
Testimony
Recalling Company Name and Logo on
Invoices Not Hearsay as to Identity of
Supplier
(May 22, 2020)
Order
Denying Attorney Fees in Election Writ
Case Reversed
(May 21, 2020)
Court
of Appeal Imposes $15,000 Sanction for
Appealing Dismissal of Farcical Lawsuit
( May 21, 2020)
Appeal Spawns Three Opinions on Issue
Related to Dueñas Ruling
(May 20, 2020)
Legal Malpractice Action Properly Axed
In Light of Lack of Expert Testimony
(May 20, 2020)
NCAA May Not Require Cap on Benefits to
Student Athletes
(May 19, 2020)
Judge Erred in Conditioning Intervention
On Waiving CCP §1021.5 Attorney Fees
(May 19, 2020)
$52
Million Award in Attorney Fees, Expenses
Must Fall
(May 18, 2020)
Economic Damages Wrongly Cut From $1.8
Million to $460,000
(May 15, 2020)
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Matthew
Gary Draws Public Admonishment From CJP
(May 15, 2020)
Summary Judgment for Government Proper
In Reagan Courthouse Slip-and-Fall Case
(May 15, 2020)
C.A. Affirms Award of More Than $3.7
Million Against Lawyer
(May 14, 2020)
Judge’s Disallowance of Single
Interrogatory Results in Reversal of
Summary Judgment
(May 14, 2020)
Argument Heard That a Day in Jail
Doesn’t Toll Statute
(May 13, 2020)
Jury Instruction Comporting With 1867
Decision Of State High Court Is Valid,
but Lacks Clarity
(May 13, 2020)
Judicial Officers Are Expected to Use
Face Coverings
(May 12, 2020)
Mere 26.8 Percent of Applicants Pass
February State Bar Exam
(May 12, 2020)
California Law Precludes Pre-Foreclosure
Suits Challenging Mortgage-Holder’s
Standing
(May 12, 2020)
Bank Not Liable to One Depositor Cheated
by Another
(May 11, 2020)
Rule That Taxpayer Must ‘Pay First,’
Then Sue, Can’t Be Skirted
(May 8, 2020)
Consultant for Lacey Lambastes Gascón
Over Campaign Fundraising Email
(May 8, 2020)
No Liability for Fatal Police
ShootingWhere Vape Device Looked Like
Gun
(May 7, 2020’)
Court of Appeal Imposes $1,100 Sanction
On Attorney Citing Unpublished Case
(May 7, 2020)
Conviction Reversed Based on Denial of
Confrontation Right
(May 6, 2020)
Putative Class Action Against Apple
Inc.Over Devices’s Memory Reinstated
(May 6, 2020)
Clarification May Be Sought of Possible
Refusal to Talk
(May 5, 2020)
Judgment Creditor May Add Alter Ego As
Debtor Through New Action
(May 5, 2020)
‘Compassionate Relief’ Is Compulsory
Where Requisites Met
(May 4, 2020)
Woman Had No Cause of Action Based on
Loss of Late Husband’s Sperm—C.A.
(May 4, 2020)
Defendant Gets No Jury Trial Though
Civil Penalties Sought
(May 1, 2020)
Court of Appeal Gives Third Victory To
Stuttering Prison Guard
(May 1, 2020)
Emergency State Rule Prescribing $0 Bail
Is Not Mandatory
(April 30, 2020)
Chief Justice Issues Order Extending
Delay Of Criminal Trials to Total of 90
Days
(April 30, 2020)
Agreement Precluding Appeal of a
‘Judgment’ Applies to Court’s Final
‘Order’ in Case
(April 30, 2020)
Court Research Attorneys Exempt From
MCLE Requirements
(April 29, 2020)
DeCasas, Washington, Weller Appointed To
Los Angeles Superior Court Seats
(April 29, 2020)
Ninth Circuit Panel Questions
Reasonableness of Precedent
(April 29, 2020)
Pandemic Forces Postponement of Bar Exam
to September
(April 28, 2020)
Police Officer Justly Fired for Driving
To Work Under Influence of Drugs
(April 28, 2020)
Appeals Court Mandates Release of
Murderer Dying of Cancer
(April 27, 2020)
Lawyer Wasn’t Incompetent Based on
Failure to Seek Ability-to-Pay Hearing
(April 27, 2020)
C.A.
Reverses $13 Million Judgment Based on
Judge’s Partiality
(April 24, 2020)
Riverside-Based C.A. Panel Permits
Dismissal After Opinion Is Issued
(April 24, 2020)
Attorney-Fee Award in ‘Lemon Law’ Case
Need Not Be Pared
(April 23, 2020)
Qualified Immunity Properly Denied
Deputy Who Had Dog Hold Surrendering
Suspect
(April 23, 2020)
Family That Doesn’t Qualify for Asylum
Might Be Able to Avoid Deportation
(April 23,
2020)
Liability May Be Predicated on
‘Self-Defamation’—C.A.
(April 22, 2020)
Witness Intimidation Justified Yanking
Pro Per Privilege
(April 21, 2020)
Judgment Barring Use of ‘Comic Con’
Stands
(April 21, 2020)
Public School Principal’s Threat to
Parent Is Nonactionable
(April 20, 2020)
Three-Year Delay in Charging Man After
His Arrest Wasn’t Speedy-Trial Denial
(April 20, 2020)
Attorneys Must Accept Electronic Service
(April 20, 2020)
No Mandatory Relief Under CCP §473(b)
From Voluntary Dismissal
(April 17, 2020)
Plaintiff Suing for Defamation Is Not
Entitled To Sealing of Allegations
Giving Rise to Suit
(April 17, 2020)
Presiding Judge Extends Moratorium on
Trials to May 12
(April 16, 2020)
CCP §473(b) Mandatory Relief Not
Available Where Client Caused Entry of
Default—C.A.
(April 16, 2020)
Action Against Debt Collector Under
California Law Barred
(April 15, 2020)
Plaintiff Whose Suit Caused Changes In
Labels Gets No Attorney Fees
(April 15, 2020)
S.D. Deputy Sheriffs Unable to Disprove
Ex-Inmate’s Account Can’t Avoid Trial
(April 15, 2020)
Supervisors Asked to Pay Wrongfully
Detained Man $2.8 Million
(April 14, 2020)
Lawyer Who Assailed Former Assistant in
Postings Not Liable
(April 13, 2020)
Brazile Sees Possible Resumption of
Trials in Criminal Cases in June; Civil
Cases Later
(April 13, 2020)
Inmate’s Good Conduct Can Establish
Basis for Expungement
(April 10, 2020)
Brazile Announces Stepped Up Use of
Remote Technology During Crisis
(April 10, 2020)
Woman, by Appealing, Draws Attention to
Perception She’s Dishonest
(April 10, 2020)
C.A. Affirms Order Changing Surname of
Child Born Out of Wedlock to Father’s
(April 10, 2020)
Judge Lacked Power to Order End to
‘Blanket Shackling’
(April 9, 2020)
Former LACBA President Michael E. Meyer
Joins Glaser Weil’s Real Estate
Department
(April 9, 2020)
Statute Starts Running When Treatment
Has Ill Effect
(April 9, 2020)
Wrongful Death Suit Against San Diego,
Officers, to Proceed
(April 8, 2020)
C.A. Won’t Disturb Order Forbidding
Supplying Trial Transcript to Inmate
(April 8, 2020)
Judicial Council Takes Temporary
Emergency Actions
(April 7, 2020)
Wearing Face Covers in Courthouses Is
Encouraged, Presiding Judge Says
(April 7, 2020)
Woman’s Effort to Maintain Alienation of
Affection Suit Fails
(April 7, 2020)
$2.6
Million Judgment for Injured Actress Is
Voided
(April 6, 2020)
2006
Default Judgment Improperly Vacated In
2018 Based on Misperceived Flaw—C.A.
(April 6, 2020)
Hague Convention Doesn’t Bar Private
Accords on Service
(April 3, 2020)
Slashing Fee Award to 28 Percent of
Amount Claimed Was Warranted
(April 3, 2020)
Criminal Trials, Preliminary Hearings,
Arraignments, Continued Until May 29
(April 3, 2020)
Noncommercial Use of Dead Girl’s Name,
Likeness Not Tortious
(April 2, 2020)
Officer’s Warning That It Would ‘Look
Worse’ If Omitted Fact Came Out Later
Was Proper
(April 2, 2020)
Toy Parodying Jack Daniel’s Bottle
Improperly Barred
(April 1, 2020)
Judgment Debt Is Dischargeable Where
Portion Attributable to Fraud Uncertain
(April 1, 2020)
Chief Justice Issues Further Statewide
Emergency Order
(April 1, 2020)
Possession of Child Pornography
Justifies Ending Custody
(March 31, 2020)
Opinion Reversing Blancarte to Be
Published—C.A.
(March 31, 2020)
Action Properly Dismissed Against Locals
Deterring Beach Access
(March 30, 2020)
Man
Who Was Bullied at Asylum Hearing Gets
Remand
(March 27, 2020)
Commissioner
Erred in Denying Continuance to Man
Scheduled for Spinal Surgery—C.A.
( March 27, 2020)
State
Judgment Has Preclusive Effect in
Bankruptcy Proceeding
(March 27, 2020)
Total
Ban on Contacting Marine Corps Was
Invalid, Order Must Be Pared
( March 27, 2020)
MICRA Cap Properly Applied to
Unsupervised Assistants
(March 26, 2020)
Hearing Slated in Case of Child-Slayer
Who Seeks Release As Death Approaches
(March 26, 2020)
Client’s Acknowledgement of
Fee-Splitting Is Not ‘Consent’
(March 25, 2020)
John G. Davies, 90, Retired Judge Of
U.S. District Court, Dies
(March 25, 2020)
Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye Halts Jury
Trials Statewide for 60 Days
(March 25, 2020)
Panel Ponders Whether Reversal Is
Required Based on Ouster of Juror
(March 25, 2020)
Chartered City May Hold Elections in
Odd-Numbered Year
(March 24, 2020)
Sylmar Courthouse Ordered Closed for
Three Days
(March 24, 2020)
Retired Judge Burt Pines, Wife
Extricated From Morocco
(March 23, 2020)
Superior Court Clerks’ Offices Are
Closed for Duration
(March 23, 2020)
Restitution Properly Ordered in Full
Amount Taken, Not Limited to Defendant’s
Share
(March 23, 2020)
C.A. Restores Slander Claim Based on
Beating Allegation
(March 23, 2020)
Prosecutor Whose Father Was Victim of
Embezzlement, As Was He, Breached Ethics
in Urging FBI Probe
(March 23, 2020)
Moratorium Declared on Traffic, Other
Infraction Hearings
(March 20, 2020)
Retired L.A. Superior Court Judge Burt
Pines, Wife, Karen Pines, Stranded in
Morocco
(March 20, 2020)
Officers Have Duty to Get Treatment for
Ill Arrestee
(March 19, 2020)
C.A. Refers Lawyer for Possible Action
By State Bar Though He’s Disbarred
(March 19, 2020)
State High Court Expands Mandatory
E-Filing
(March 19, 2020)
Brazile Declares Moratorium on Trials
Until April 16
(March 18, 2020)
Malicious Prosecution Action May Proceed
Over Challenge to ‘Made-in-USA’ Labels
(March 18, 2020)
Suit Against Disney for Character-Theft
Was Properly Axed
(March 17, 2020)
Father Is Not Liable for Conduct
Committed By Adult Son He Financially
Supports
(March 17, 2020)
Courts Respond to Coronavirus Crisis
(March 17, 2020)
Chevron Not Liable for Harm to Victims
of Hussein’s Terrorism
(March 16, 2020)
Employee
Settling Individual Claims May Maintain
PAGA Suit
(March 13, 2020)
Right to ‘Demand’ Arbitration Doesn’t
Mean Power to Compel It—C.A.
(March 13, 2020)
Penalties Improperly Imposed Based on
Employer Not Doing Impossible
(March 13, 2020)
Judge Was Powerless to Issue
Postjudgment Order
(March 12, 2020)
$1.7
Million Award to Attorney General In
Attorney Fees, Costs Was Proper
(March 12, 2020)
DVRO Can Be Based on Yelp Review of
Ex-Wife, Email
(March 11, 2020)
Nonprofit Chartered Schools Are Not
Exempt From County Property Taxes,
Assessments
(March 11, 2020)
Judgment for Led Zeppelin Band Must Be
Reinstated
(March 10, 2020)
State Unit Properly Sanctioned for
Delayed Compliance With Orders
(March 9, 2020)
Justice Raphael Sees No Reason to Decide
Moot Appeal Lacking Public Interest
(March 9, 2020)
Unilateral Mistake of Fact Doesn’t
Justify Rescission—C.A.
(March 6, 2020)
Father Not Entitled to Reunification
Services Based on Not Inflicting
Physical Harm
(March 6, 2020)
Highest Spending Candidate Fails to Win
Superior Court Seat
(March 5, 2020)
Murder Conviction Must Fall Because
Hearsay Was Admitted
(March 4, 2020)
Ninth Circuit Approves Settlement of
Class Action Against Facebook
(March 4, 2020)
Identity Theft Conviction Can’t Be
Lowered to Misdemeanor
(March 3, 2020)
County Not Liable for Failure to Remove
Child From Foster Home Despite Peril
(March 3, 2020)
Judge Erred in Granting MSJ Based on
Technicality
(February 28, 2020)
Woman’s Pay in Past Job Is No Defense To
Unequal Salary in Present Position
(February 28, 2020)
Educator, Prosecutor, Immigration
Attorney Do Battle
(Judicial Elections,
February 28, 2020)
YouTube Is Private Entity Not
Constrained by First Amendment
(February 27, 2020)
Judge Erred in Awarding Contractor
Moneys Expended on Project Taken Away
From It
(February 27, 2020)
Officers Entitled to Qualified Immunity
in Forced-Confession Case
(February 26, 2020)
Liability for Injuries Can’t Be Based on
Educated Guess as to Maker, Seller
(February 26, 2020)
Becerra
Blasts Ninth Circuit’s Opinion on
Abortion Referrals
(February 25, 2020)
Prosecutor,
Fired Deputy City Attorney, Private
Practitioner Seek Judgeship
(Judicial Elections,
February 25, 2020)
Michigan Man Subject to Personal
Jurisdiction in California
(February 24, 2020)
Action Against D.A.’s Investigators Must
Be Reinstated
(February 21, 2020)
Brazile Accepts Award from Bar Groups
(February 21, 2020)
Action by Fan Hit by Foul Ball in
Stadium Is Reinstated
(February 20, 2020)
Prosecutor Wages Low-Spending Campaign
Against High-Financed Lawyer
(Judicial Elections,
February 20, 2020)
Action Against Samsung Over Smart TVs
Must Be Reinstated
(February 19, 2020)
4-1
City Council Vote Did Not Amount To
Required Five-Sevenths—C.A.
(February 19, 2020)
Deputy District Attorney Is in Uphill
Battle With Deputy Attorney General
(Judicial Elections,
February 19, 2020)
Lawyer’s Suit for Wrongful Handcuffing
of Her May Proceed
(February 18, 2020)
Party Cannot Obtain Summary Judgment
Through Motion Under CCP §1008(a)
(February 18, 2020)
Shinn’s Faulty Representation Requires
Habeas Relief in Case of 1983 Slaying
(February 14, 2020)
Harper Alleges Diamond Is in Violation
of Court Directive
(February 13, 2020)
Claims Against Amazon.com Not Barred
Which Arose After Prior Suit Was Settled
(February 13, 2020)
Warning on Label Precludes Action Over
Daughter’s Suicide
(February 12, 2020)
Judge Daniel P. Ramirez to Retire From
Los Angeles Superior Court
(February 12, 2020)
Provision for Rent Boost for Holdover
Tenant Not a Penalty
(February 11, 2020)
Owner of Rights to ‘Piranha’ Films
Didn’t Cheat Former Lawyer Promised
Producer Role
(February 10, 2020)
Officer Entitled to Immunity in
Connection With 2010 Arrest
(February 10, 2020)
‘No
Sugar Added’ on Label Doesn’t Imply
Competing Products Do Have Additive
(February 7, 2020)
Officer’s Training in Behavioral
Analysis Doesn’t Justify Search Based on
Hunch
(February 7, 2020)
Governor Issues Posthumous Pardon Of
Civil Rights Leader Rustin
(February 6, 2020)
Discrimination Lawsuit Against CNN by
Man Fired for Plagiarism May Proceed
(February 6, 2020)
Appeals Court Decides Controversy on
Narrow Statutory Ground
(February 6, 2020)
Prison Sentence of Nearly 20 Years for
Fraud to Stand
(February 5, 2020)
Burden of Proof Improperly Shifted From
Proponent of DVRO to Accused Party
(February 5, 2020)
Philibosian Urges Reelection of Lacey;
Brazile Thanks Baca
(Persons of the Year,
February 4, 2020)
C.A. Rejects Becerra’s Stance on Release
of Police-Conduct Records
(January 31, 2020)
Judge Properly Granted Lacey’s Petition
to Oust Mayor From Board
(January 30, 2020)
Operator of Gym Not Liable for Death of
Man While Exercising
(January 29, 2020)
Action
Against Sheppard Mullin Barred by
Release of Claims
(January 28, 2020)
Implied-in-Fact
Attorney-Client Relationship Might
Exist, Court of Appeal Declares
(January 28, 2020)
Two
Private Practitioners Stage
Lackadaisical Fight Against Prosecutor
(Judicial Elections,
January 28, 2020)
Tolling Statute Applies to Absences, Not
Non-Residency
(January 27, 2020)
Judge Kalin Erred in Awarding $27
Million Where Complaint Sought $5
Million
(January 27, 2020)
Disinherited Beneficiaries Have Standing
to Challenge Trust
(January 24, 2020)
Ninth Circuit Panel Members Differ Over
Permissibility of Assuming Standing
(January 24, 2020)
Failure to File Return to Habeas
Petition Obviates Need for Evidence
(January 23, 2020)
Moreno, Espinoza Are Among Appointees to
Committee on Revision of the Penal Code
(January 23, 2020)
Teacher Cannot Be Fired Due to Improper
Social Media Post
(January 23, 2020)
Government’s Operation of Child
Pornography Site Not ‘Outrageous’
(January 22, 2020)
Teri L. Jackson Confirmed as Justice Of
First District Court of Appeal
(January 22, 2020)
Media’s Right to Timely Access New
Filings Is Not Unfettered
(January 21, 2020)
Change in Law Insufficient to Justify
Reopening Voluntarily Dismissed Suit
Against Drug-Maker
(January 21, 2020)
Arbitrator Had Authority to Impose
Sanctions Under CCP §128.5
(January 21, 2020)
RONALD F. BROT: He Seeks to Do for LACBA
What He Did for Himself: Make a Comeback
After Rocky Times
(Persons of the Year,
January 17, 2020)
KEVIN BRAZILE: Inept
High School Student Shines As Lawyer,
Judge, Court Leader
(Persons of the Year,
January 17, 2020)
SELMA MOIDEL SMITH: Attorney and
Composer, She Is Known As a ‘Renaissance
Woman’
(Persons of the Year,
January 17, 2020)
Man’s Bankruptcy Doesn’t Erase His Debt
to Cheated Investors
(January 17, 2020)
Teachers Without Summer Classes Might Be
Entitled to Unemployment Pay
(January 17, 2020)
Ninth Circuit Tosses Murder Conviction
Tainted by Lawyer’s Racism
(January 16, 2020)
Law Requiring Redistricting Commission
for L.A. County Is Valid
(January 15, 2020)
Automobile Thief’s Recidivism Doesn’t
Justify Electronic-Search Condition of
Probation
(January 15, 2020)
Superior Court Candidate Claims
Endorsement of Rival
(January 14, 2020)
Abe Khan Sets March 1 Retirement From
Los Angeles Superior Court
(January 14, 2020)
Two Private Practitioners, One Deputy
District Attorney, Do Battle
(Judicial Elections,
January 14, 2020)
‘Sanctuary
State’ Statute Is Binding on Chartered
Cities
(January 13, 2020)
Mandatory
Relief Statute Must Be Restricted to
Defaults, Dismissals
(January 10, 2020)
Contempt Adjudication Against State
Improper Where Based on Refusal to
Violate Statute
(January 10, 2020)
C.A. Reaffirms View That Action Over
Album Cover Is a SLAPP
(January 9, 2020)
Malicious Prosecution Action Lies
Against Airline Based on Allegations to
Officials Following Flight
(January 9, 2020)
C.A. Blocks Prosecutions for Felony
Child Endangerment
(January 8, 2020)
Woman Convicted of Stabbing Husband
Can’t Sue on Ground That Drug Caused
Conduct
(January 8, 2020)
Forcing Robbery Victim to Back Up Four
Steps Not Kidnapping
(January 7, 2020)
Lawyers Not Entitled to Nearly $1
Million Sought for Recovery of Experts’
Fees
(January 7, 2020)
Judge Katherine Mader Retires From Los
Angeles Superior Court
(January 7, 2020)
CJP Masters Find Allegations Against
Johnson Are Established
(January 6, 2020)
Childhood Sex Abuse Actions Against
Jackson’s Companies Are Revived
(January 6, 2020)
C.A. Declares Fraud Action Is Subject to
Anti-SLAPP Motion
(January 3, 2020)
Investor Gains, Loses, Gains, Loses $62
Million Judgment
(Jan. 2, 2020)
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