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State
Senate Candidate Allegedly Lied About
Law Background
(September 6, 2024)
Hochman
Reportedly Raises Over $2 Million
(September 6, 2024)
Developer’s
Petitions Against Rival Are Shielded
From Suit
(September 6, 2024)
Woman
Kidnapped, Shot, Validly Stated Claim
Against City
(September 6, 2024)
Reporting
Rules for Platforms Likely Violate
Constitution
(September 5, 2024)
Dissenter
Objects to Denial of Rehearing Where
Opinion Followed Mootness
(September 5, 2024)
L.A.
Times Must Pay $3.5 Million Fee Award in
FEHA Case
(September 4, 2024)
Six
Ninth Circuit Judges Bemoan Extension of
Liability Under Alien Tort Statute
(September 4, 2024)
Order
Recognizing Constitutional Claim Is Not
Appealable
(September 4, 2024)
Host
Not Liable to Overnight House Guest for
Stabbing of Her by Intruder—Appeals
Court
(September 4, 2024)
Judges,
Justices Receiving Lower Pay Than Law
Requires
(September 3, 2024)
Fee
for Optional Service Contract Is Not
Recoverable Under Lemon Law—C.A.
(September 3, 2024)
Harsher
Treatment of One-Strike Youths Is
Constitutional
(August 30, 2024)
Church
Cannot Oust Leadership Faction, Then Sue
Ejected Members’ Attorneys
(August 30, 2024)
Exception
to Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
Declared
(August 29, 2024)
Judge
Erred in Axing Suit on His Own Motion
Over Lawyer’s Fumbling, C.A. Declares
(August 29, 2024)
Salehi,
Koury Elected LASC Commissioners
(August 29, 2024)
Attorney
Faces Disciplinary Charges for Fruitless
Petitions
(August 29, 2024)
There’s
No ‘Justice’ Exception for Rule on New
Evidence
(August 28, 2024)
Linking
Defendant to High-Crime, Black Area Can
Violate Racial Justice Act—C.A.
(August 28, 2024)
C.A.
Upholds $2.4 Million Default Judgment
Against Mayweather
(August 28, 2024)
Court
Must Tell Sexual Offenders of Risk of
Commitment
(August 27, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Dismisses Misconduct Complaint
Against Chief Judge
(August 27, 2024)
Loose
Marijuana ‘Crumbs’ May Justify Vehicular
Search
(August 26, 2024)
C.A.
Lifts $40,000 Sanction Imposed Based on
Excessive Paperwork in Opposing Motion
(August 26, 2024)
Judge
Properly Did Not Decide if Cybercurrency
Is Security
(August 26, 2024)
Discovery
Sanctions May Be Predicated on Pattern
of Abuse
(August 23, 2024)
Fraudulent
Concealment Tort May Be Based on Conduct
Relating to Contract—S.C.
(August 23, 2024)
Allegedly
False Representations Are Not Shielded
by CDA
(August 23, 2024)
Beverly
Hills Lawyer Must Pay Mark Geragos,
Firm, $23,000 for Discovery Abuses—C.A.
(August 23, 2024)
Fee
Award Against Disability-Access Law Firm
Is Reversed
(August 22, 2024)
Non-Competition
Clause Is Not Per Se Invalid If Party
Only Sold Partial Business Interest
(August 22, 2024)
Arbitration
Contract With Instacart Does Not Cover
Grocer
(August 22, 2024)
C.A.
Warns O.C. District Attorney Over
Language in Brief
(August 21, 2024)
Legal
Aid Firm Not Disqualified by Virtue of
Basic Intake Conversation With Adverse
Party
(August 21, 2024)
Sovereign
Immunity Bars Suit Over Allegedly
Contaminated Shipyard
(August 21, 2024)
Conducting
Deficient Ancestry Inquiry Is Reversible
Error
(August 20, 2024)
Retired
Judge Lawrence W. Crispo, 90, Dies
(August 20, 2024)
Hochman
Responds to Cooley Withdrawing
Endorsement
(August 20, 2024)
Stalking
Statute Doesn’t Require Direct Contact
With Victim
(August 20, 2024)
Former
D.A. Cooley Withdraws Endorsement of
Hochman
(August 19, 2024)
California
Taxpayers Association Files Suit
Challenging Retroactive Tax Increase
(August 19, 2024)
Child
Online Privacy Act Likely Violates Free
Speech
(August 19, 2024)
Public
Employers Are Exempt From PAGA Penalty
Suits
(August 16, 2024)
Ex-Lawyer
for Pacquiao Properly Represented
Plaintiff in Suit Against Former
Client—C.A.
(August 16, 2024)
Teran
Is Being Paid a Salary While Awaiting
Felony Trial
(August 16, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Challenge to State’s
Election Laws
(August 16, 2024)
‘Ballot
Label’ Drafted by A.G.’s Office Won’t
Mislead Voters
(August 15, 2024)
Failure
to Raise ‘Obvious’ ‘Winner’ Argument
Constituted Ineffective Assistance of
Counsel
(August 15, 2024)
Liability
for High-Risk Stop Is ‘Clearly
Established’
(August 15, 2024)
C.A.
Mandates Resentencing Even if Extra Time
Stricken
(August 14, 2024)
Deputy
Files Retaliation Lawsuit Against
District Attorney George Gascón
(August 14, 2024)
Sentence
for Bribe-Taking Federal Agent Vacated
(August 14, 2024)
D.A.
Authorized to Issue Grand Jury Subpoena
at Any Time
(August 13, 2024)
No
False Claim Liability for Filing for
Cheaper Visas for Foreign Workers
(August 13, 2024)
Salehi,
Koury in Contention for
Commissionerships
(August 13, 2024)
Meta
Did Not Act for U.S. in Censoring
Vaccine Postings
(August 12, 2024)
Uber
Might Be Liable for Rape by Man Posing
As Authorized Driver—Ninth Circuit
(August 12, 2024)
Dissenter
Bemoans Watering Down of Materiality
Standard
(August 12, 2024)
Interpreter’s
Error at Hearing Resulted in
‘Fundamental Unfairness’
(August 12, 2024)
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The
Democratic
Supermajority
Isn’t Working
for California
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, September 5, 2024)
Bonta
Delivers a
Blow to Ballot
Measure
Transparency
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, September 3, 2024)
The
Double
Standard:
George Gascón
and the Case
of Diana Teran
By MICHELE HANISEE
(In
My Opinion,
August 22,
2024)
Storm
Clouds Grow
Over
California
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, August 21, 2024)
Kamala
and Tim Want
to Meet Me.
Gosh.
(Perspectives, August 20, 2024)
Basic
Income Schemes
Are Just
Welfare by
Another Name
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, August 13, 2024)
Californians
Must Reject
Costly Bond
Measures
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, July
30, 2024)
Newsom,
State High
Court Collude
to Crush Tax
Reform
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, July 2, 2024)
Claims
That
Legislature Is
Transparent
Are Bogus
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, June 26, 2024)
Professor’s
Evidence Does
Not Support
Allegations
Against
Hastings
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