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Possession
of Child Porn Admissible in Rape Case
(September 28, 2020)
Judicial
Council to Devote $25 Million to
Technology
(September 28, 2020)
Allegations
of Substandard Care by Dentist Were Not
Protected—C.A.
(September 28, 2020)
Candidate
Says Rival Capitalizes on Ginsburg’s
Death
(September 25, 2020)
IRS
Special Agent Who Cheated on Taxes Not
Prejudiced by Barring of Testimony
(September 25, 2020)
State
Employer Can’t Boost Discipline That Is
Final—C.A.
(September 25, 2020)
LACBA
Opposes Federal Agents at Demonstration
Sites
(September 24, 2020)
Expert
Testimony ‘Usurped’ Role of Jury, Trial
Judge—Appeals Court
(September 24, 2020)
California
Escrow Interest Statute Preempted by
Federal Law
(September 23, 2020)
Indian
Band Lost Tribal Sovereign Immunity by
Voluntarily Litigating in District Court
(September 23, 2020)
Mother
Who Struck Baby, Who Died, Might Get New
Sentence
(September 22, 2020)
Officers’
Conduct Was Reasonable in Shootout With
Fleeing Felon—C.A.
(September 22, 2020)
Judge
Gilbert M. Lopez to Retire Oct. 23 After
25-Year Career on the Bench
(September 22, 2020)
Lawyer,
Slammed for Insulting Bench Officer,
Seeks Aid
(September 21, 2020)
Workers’
Compensation Exclusive Remedy Where
Death Caused by On-Job Imbibing
(September 21, 2020)
C.A.
Eschews Literal Reading of Judge-Dinging
Statute
(September 18, 2020)
Lawyer’s
Own Personal-Injury Action Was Properly
Bumped
(September 18, 2020)
Single
Racial Slur by Co-Worker Insufficient
for FEHA Suit
(September 18, 2020)
Male
Inmate Claiming Gender Bias Can’t Sue
Under Unruh Act
(September 17, 2020)
Man
Who Completed Drug Program Not Entitled
to Sealing of Records
(September 17, 2020)
Judge
May Declare Lack of Jurisdiction Without
a Hearing
(September 16, 2020)
Attorney
Fees Under Trade Secrets Act Belong to
Attorney, Not Client—C.A.
(September 16, 2020)
Insurer
Might Be Liable for Loss Not Covered by
Policy
(September 15, 2020)
Johnson,
Miguda-Armstead to Retire From Los
Angeles Superior Court Judgeships
(September 15, 2020)
Italian
American Lawyers Association to Stage
‘New York Street Fair’
(September 15, 2020)
Automatic
Renewal Law Confers No Private Cause of
Action
(September 14, 2020)
Ninth
Circuit Vacates Two Injunctions Against
ICE Agents in Central District
(September 14, 2020)
Retaining
Unfounded Abuse Reports in Database Is
Justified
(September 11, 2020)
Jessner,
Rice to Compete for Position of Superior
Court Assistant Presiding Judge
(September 11, 2020)
Plaintiff
Has Initial Burden in Access Action
Under ADA
(September 10, 2020)
No
Attorney Fees for Bakery That Prevailed
in Action Over Same-Sex Wedding Cakes
(September 10, 2020)
Unincorporated
Association Qualifies for CCP §1021.5
Fees
(September 10, 2020)
No
Constitutional Violation in
‘Winner-Take-All’ Voting System
(September 9, 2020)
C.A.
Files Redacted Opinion, Full Version is
Sealed; Security Concerns Are Cited
(September 9, 2020)
Ninth
Circuit to Consider Instituting
Conditional Reversals
(September 8, 2020)
No
Clear Error in District Court’s Order
for Arbitration of Dispute With Uber
(September 8, 2020)
Independent
Review Should Be Conducted in
Resentencing Bid
(September 4, 2020)
‘Hobbs
& Shaw’ Dispute Not Related To ‘Fast
& Furious’ Contracts—C.A.
(September 4, 2020)
Attorney
Improperly Obtained Default Without
Telling Ex-Client’s New Lawyer
(September 3, 2020)
Two
Improper Remarks by Co-Worker Don’t Give
Rise to FEHA Action Against Employer
(September 3, 2020)
Six
Judges Balk at No En Banc Review of
Border-Search Ruling
(September 3, 2020)
Man
Has No Claim Based on FBI Agent’s
Conduct Outside U.S.
(September 2, 2020)
Law
Firm Not Bound by Client’s Agreement to
Arbitrate Claims With Litigation Broker
(September 2, 2020)
Justice
Johnson Asks High Court to Review Ouster
Order
(September 1, 2020)
Screenwriters
Have No Entitlement to Damages Where Any
Loss Would Be Speculative—C.A.
(September 1, 2020)
A.G.’s Office Seeks En Banc Review of
Second Amendment Case
(August 31, 2020)
Husband
Must Compensate Wife for Losses From
Unauthorized Deals
(August 31, 2020)
Checking
In on Neighbor Was ‘Active Law
Enforcement Service’
(August 28, 2020)
County
Can’t Classify All Actions on Well
Permits as Ministerial—S.C.
(August 28, 2020)
Late-Discovery
Rule Inapplicable in Suit Against
Unlicensed Contractor
(August 27, 2020)
Employee
Who Received Office Handbook Is Bound
by Arbitration Clause—C.A.
(August 27, 2020)
U.S.
Criminal Laws Were Validly Applied to
Man Residing in U.K
(August 27, 2020)
Contemporaneous
Representation of Parties Wasn’t
‘Protected’
(August 26, 2020)
C.A.
Limits CCP §170.6 Challenge Following
Reversal, Remand
(August 26, 2020)
Suit
Against Officials Over DWP Overcharges
Properly Axed
(August 26, 2020)
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Disabled
May Sue Uber Under ADA Without
Downloading App
(August 25,
2020)
Jurisdiction Exists in Central
District in Action Over
Saudi’s Shares of Stock
(August 25,
2020)
State
High Court Overturns Death
Sentence for Scott Peterson
(August 25,
2020)
Prison
Gender-Discrimination Suit
Gets Intermediate Scrutiny
(August 24,
2020)
Attorney
Precluded From Raising Any
Issues on Appeal Based on
Violation of Rule
(August 24,
2020)
Expert
Testimony in Wrongful Death
Suit Improperly Tossed—C.A.
(August 21,
2020)
Over-Prescriber
of Drugs Wasn’t Prejudiced by
Evidence of Deaths of Three
Patients
(August 21,
2020)
Starbucks
Not Liable for Injury From
Spilled Scalding Tea
(August 20,
2020)
Mitchell
Silberberg Persuades Court of
Appeal Shareholders Bound by
Arbitration Clause
(August 20,
2020)
Voluntary
Settlement Was Not Enough to
Support Malicious Prosecution
Claim—Appeals Court
(August 20,
2020)
Negligence
Claim Against Gay-Bashing
Pastor Not a SLAPP
(August 19,
2020)
C.A.
Justice Laurie D. Zelon to
Retire Aug. 31
(August 19,
2020)
Alan
H. Friedenthal Dies at Age 64
(August 19,
2020)
Golden
State Warriors Must Pay for
Arena Renovations—C.A.
(August 19,
2020)
Heirs
of Jewish Woman Forced by
Nazis to Part With Painting
Can’t Recover It
(August 18,
2020)
Statutory
Damages Are Limited to $500
Per Lawsuit Against Nursing
Homes
(August 18,
2020)
California
Ban on High-Capacity Firearms
Magazines Is Invalid
(August 17,
2020)
$2
Million Punitive Damages Award
to Fired Employee Not
Excessive—C.A.
(August 17,
2020)
Facebook
Isn’t Copyright Infringer by
Not Removing Posting
(August 17,
2020)
C.A.
Declares Strict Products
Liability Applies to Amazon
(August 14,
2020)
Suit
by African Americans for Whom
Bank Would Not Set Up Account
Is Reinstated
(August 14,
2020)
S.C.
Sidesteps Validity of Subpoena
Served on Facebook, Inc.
(August 14,
2020)
Plaintiff Failed to Show
Retaliation, Not Gossiping,
Caused Ouster As Fire Chief
(August 14,
2020)
Counselor’s Facebook Posts
Constituted ‘Immoral Conduct’
(August 13,
2020)
C.A. Reinstates Action
Alleging Improprieties by
Orange County Criminal Justice
Officials
(August 13,
2020)
Brazile:
No Civil Jury Trials to Be
Held This Calendar Year
(August 12,
2020)
Restraining
Order Against City Council
‘Gadfly’ Survives First
Amendment Challenge
(August 12,
2020)
No Apportionment of Liability
Among Intentional Tortfeasors
(August 11,
2020)
Disbarred Lawyer Alan Broidy
Pleads Guilty to
Transportation of Stolen
Property
(August 11,
2020)
Court Retains Power to Order
Vaccinations of Dependent
Children
(August 10,
2020)
Attorney General’s Office
Comes to Aid of Woman Charged
With Infanticide
(August 10,
2020)
Former D.A. Steve Cooley Slams
Prosecution of David Lacey
(August 7, 2020)
Edmund Clarke Jr. to Retire
Sept. 24 From Los Angeles
Superior Court
(August 7, 2020)
County Ordinance Restricting
Growing of Marijuana Plant
Doesn’t Justify Seizure
(August 7, 2020)
Inmate Convicted of Murder May
Not File Habeas Petition
(August 7, 2020)
Ninth Circuit Resuscitates
Fred Segal Trademark Case
(August 6, 2020)
Agreement to Pay Full Amount
Claimed Was Unenforceable
Penalty—C.A.
(August 6, 2020 )
Warning
Sign Insulated BevMo! From
‘Bait-and-Switch’ Liability
(August 5, 2020)
Inducing Cancellation of
At-Will Contract Might Be
Tortious
(August 4, 2020)
More Than $555,000 Spent on
Reuben’s Failed L.A. Superior
Court Campaign
(August 4, 2020)
Ninth Circuit Affirms
Dismissal of Lawsuit for
Defamation by Daniels Against
Trump
(August 3, 2020)
Man Who Sped at 103 mph,
Causing Fatal Crash, Wins New
Sentencing
(August 3, 2020)
Four-Year Delay in Seeking
Coram Nobis Relief Requires
Denial
(July 31, 2020)
C.A. Says That 9-Month Stay
‘Likely’ Prevented Discovery
of Doe’s Identity During That
Time
(July 31, 2020)
Sexual Harassment Claim
Revived in Suit by Judd
Against Weinstein
(July 30, 2020)
Plaintiff’s Win Bobs From
$24.3 Million to $5.4
Million—Now $17 Million
(July 30, 2020)
Desire
to Thwart ‘Code of Silence’
Justified Firing of Deputy
(July 29, 2020)
Woman
Who Was Listed as ‘Additional
Driver’in Fiancé’s Policy Was
Covered in Mishap
(July 29, 2020)
Lemon Law’ Plaintiff Might Be
Able to Recoup Renewal Fees
(July 28, 2020)
Request for Statement of
Decision Not ‘Made’ Unless
Clerk’s Office Sends Notice of
Filing
(July 28, 2020)
Italian American Lawyers
Association Won’t Suspend Its
Meetings Because of Epidemic
(July 28, 2020)
C.A. Reinstates Invasion of
Privacy Action Against Bird
Manella
(July 27, 2020)
Drug Companies Fail to Show
Injury From New
‘Pay-for-Delay’ Law—Ninth
Circuit
(July 27, 2020)
Lawyer’s Conduct in Pursuing
ADA-Based Claim Questionable
(July 24, 2020)
Screenplay Similar Enough to
‘Pirates’ Movie To Survive
Disney’s Motion to Dismiss
(July 24, 2020)
Community Property Presumption
Applies to Joint Tenancy
(July 24, 2020)
Ninth Circuit Won’t Order
Unsealing of Judicial Opinion
(July 23, 2020)
Fatal Shooting of a Man Who
Sped at Officers, Outside
Their Cars, Justified
(July 23, 2020)
City’s Overtime Parking
Penalties Subject to Excessive
Fines Clause
(July 23, 2020)
Employment Agreement Requiring
Arbitration Not Unconscionable
(July 22, 2020)
Marvin M. Lager, Los Angeles
Judge for 25 Years, Dies at
Age 66
(July 22, 2020)
No Assumption of Risk Where
Defendant Breached Ordinance
(July 21, 2020)
No En Banc Rehearing in Case
in Which State Secrets Defense
Is Denied FBI
(July 21, 2020)
Insurer’s Action for Indemnity
Against Law Firm Not a SLAPP
(July 20, 2020)
High Court Extends
Redistricting Deadlines
(July 20, 2020)
Filling Out Form on Behalf of
Others Wasn’t Unauthorized
Practice
(July 20, 2020)
Jury Instruction Didn’t Cure
Brady Violation
(July 20, 2020)
Eminent Domain Procedure
Inapplicable to Inverse
Condemnation
(July 17, 2020)
Ninth Circuit Affirms
$700,000-Plus Award Against
Boeing in Racial Harassment
Suit
(July 17, 2020)
Parties’ Intent at Time of
Signing MSA Determines
Enforceability
(July 17, 2020)
C.A. Affirms Attorney-Fee
Award Not Boosted by
Multiplier
(July 16, 2020)
Ninth Circuit Affirms $1.5
Million Award Based on
Unauthorized Broadcasts of 11
Tunes
(July 16, 2020)
Judicial Immunity Applies to
Out-of-Court Defamation of
Lawyer
(July 15, 2020)
Federal Jurisdiction Over
Class Action Grounded on
‘Reasonably Possible’ Total
Recovery
(July 15, 2020)
No Seventh Amendment Right to
Jury Exists in Action
for Penalties Under UCL, FAL
(July 15, 2020)
Disapproval of DOJ Conditions
on Local Funding Reaffirmed
(July 14, 2020)
Anti-SLAPP Motion Does Not Lie
to Request for Domestic
Violence Restraining Order
(July 14, 2020)
Judge Erred in Granting TRO
Against Enforcing Newsom’s
Order
(July 13, 2020)
Prosecution of Marijuana
Growers Properly Barred Based
on Their Compliance With
California Law
(July 13, 2020)
Santa Monica’s At-Large
Election System Is Valid
(July 10, 2020)
FOIA Request by Man Convicted
of Murders Properly Spurned by
ICE Based on Sealing
(July 10, 2020)
Paragraph Mandating
Arbitration Valid Though Not
Initialed
(July 9, 2020)
Headline Expert’s Declaration
Didn’t Say Enough to Justify
Summary Judgment—C.A.
(July 9, 2020)
Search of Automobile Was
Proper Based on Tip to 911
Line
(July 8, 2020)
Los
Angeles Superior Court Extends
Grace Period for Paying
Tickets
(July 8, 2020)
C.A.
Finds Brief Filed by Former
Attorney to Be Inadequate
(July 7, 2020)
ADDA Calls Upon Gascón To
Release Personnel Files
(July 7, 2020)
DVPA Order Doesn’t Require
Finding of Probable Future
Danger
(July 6, 2020)
Judicial Officer Had No Duty
to Hear Argument Against
Granting Father Overnight
Visits—C.A.
(July 6, 2020)
Proposition 13 Did Not
Diminish Local Voters’
Initiative Powers
(July 2, 2020)
C.A. Says Notice From County
Was Confusing As to Date
Administrative Decision Was
Final
(July 2, 2020)
District Court Properly
Approved No-Money Class
Settlement
(July 1, 2020)
Inmate Who Chose Not to Attend
Court Hearing Wrongfully
Divested of Pro Per
Status—C.A.
(July 1, 2020)
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Don’t
Want Federal Agents in Your
City or Town?
By Frank V.
Zerunyan
(In
My Opinion September 15, 2020)
Wrong
Again, George
By MICHELE HANISEE
(In My Opinion, September 8,
2020)
Consumers:
Beware of Instacart! D.A.’s
Office, Please Take Note
(Perspectives,
September 3,
2020)
Xavier
Becerra: Doing a Job That
Isn’t the One He’s Paid to Do
(Perspectives,
September 1, 2020)
State
and Local Elected Officials
Are Now on Notice
By JON
COUPAL
(In My Opinion, August
25, 2020)
Where Does
Newsom Stand on Split Roll?
By JON
COUPAL
(In My
Opinion, August 14, 2020)
A
Dog Named Charlie Is Dead. His
Tormentor Goes Free
(Perspectives,
August 11, 2020)
Becerra Can’t Be Trusted When
Naming Propositions
By JON
COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, August 6, 2020)
Looking
Back on 31 Years-Plus in Law
Practice
By L. ERNESTINE FIELDS
(Reflections,
July 30, 2020)
Gascón’s Illegal Retaliation
Costs Taxpayers $400,000
By ERIC W. SIDDALL
(In
My Opinion, July 29, 2020)
Proposition 19 Is Latest
Assault on Taxpayers
By JON
COUPAL
(In My
Opinion, July 24,
2020)
When the State Becomes the
Pusher
By JON
COUPAL
(In My Opinion, July 23,
2020)
Proposition 13 Is Still
Working, Reject
Proposition 15
By JON
COUPAL
(In My Opinion, July 21,
2020)
State’s Ongoing Fight Over
Pension Obligation Bonds
By JON
COUPAL
(In My Opinion, June 16,
2020)
It’s Not the Time to Gut
Proposition 13 and Raise
Taxes
By JON
COUPAL
(In My Opinion, June 9,
2020)
Heroes Act Only Rewards
Bad Behavior, Poor
Governance
By JON
COUPAL
(In My Opinion, June 2,
2020)
President Trump Should Let
Sheriff Baca Go Home
(Editorial, April 29,
2020)
Nine
Endorsed for Los Angeles
Superior Court
(Editorial, March 2,
2020)
Five Endorsed for Superior
Court Judgeships
(Editorial, February
20, 2020)
[X]Jackie
Lacey
(Editorial,
February 11, 2020)
Former Sheriff Leroy D.
Baca Deserves a
Presidential Pardon
(Editorial,
January 31, 2020)
Three
Are Endorsed for the Los
Angeles Superior Court
(Editorial,
January 28, 2020)
[X]Adan
Montalban
(Editorial,
January 23, 2020)
The ‘Judge Mike Cummins’
Scam: This Is the Time for
Use of Inherent Powers
(Perspectives,
December 10, 2019)
Candidate David D. Diamond
Is at It Again
(Perspectives,
December 4, 2019)
‘Judge
Mike Cummins’ Is Unfit for
Service on Los Angeles
Superior Court
(Editorial,
December 3, 2019)
Los
Angeles County Bar
Association Leaders, Units
Respond to State Bar
‘Access’ Proposal
(The
Legal Community, October 2, 2019)
Returning
to Courtroom 16 at the
Spring Street Courthouse
By
J. STEPHEN
CZULEGER
(Special
Feature, August 29, 2019)
The Art of Craft Breweries
By RALPH
BARAT SALTSMAN, STEPHEN
WARREN SOLOMON
and STEPHEN ALLEN JAMIESON
(The Legal
Community, August 20,
2019)
‘Secretization’
Continues: Court of Appeal
Extends Anonymity to Drunk
Driver
(Perspectives,
May 2, 2019)
Supervisors
Should Probe Order to Kill
Protective Dog
(Editorial,
March 11, 2018)
Coletta,
Michel, Cho, Perez
Endorsed for Superior
Court
(Editorial,
November 5, 2018)
State
High Court Takes Look at
Duty of Loyalty Toward a
Client and Attorney Fees
By
THOMAS EDWARD WALL
(The
Legal Community,
October
4, 2018)
Parents of Appeals
Court Justices
Should Have Taught
Their Kids Better
Manners
(Perspectives,
October 2, 2018)
If
She Gets to, I Do
Too!
Candidate Asserts in
Writ Petition
(Perspectives,
August 22, 2018)
Candidate
Seeks to Skirt New
Law Curbing
Misleading Ballot
Designations
(Editorial,
August 21, 2018)
Courts
of Appeal Seek to
‘Secretize’ Public
Matters
(Perspectives,
July 18, 2018)
A
District Court Judge
Defies U.S. Supreme
Court Precedent
(Perspectives,
July 17, 2018)
AB2185
Would Permit Civil
Defendants to Waive
the Public’s Right
to Know
(Perspectives,
July 10, 2018)
Consitutional
Law: Taxes, Guns
& Privacy: We
Need A Pardon!
By
RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN AND
STEPHEN WARREN
SOLOMON
(The
Legal Community,
May
23,
2018)
Candidate
Says She’s Pleased
L.A. Times Endorsed
Her Opponent
(Perspectives,
May 21, 2018)
Registrar-Recorder
Refuses to Accede to
a Judge’s
Determination
(Perspectives,
April 3, 2018)
More
Candidates Try to
Get by With Bogus
Ballot Designations
(Perspectives,
March 14, 2018)
New
Law on Ballot
Designations Doesn’t
Stop Shenanigans
(Perspectives,
March 13, 2018)
County
Squanders Funds in
Defense of Lawyer
Who Acts Like a Brat
(Perspectives,
October 16, 2017)
LACBA’s
Interim CEO
Misinforms Trustees,
Calls for Imprudent
Action
(Perspectives,
July 19, 2017)
Should
LACBA Encourage
People Not to Hire
Lawyers?
(Perspectives,
July 18, 2017)
Civil
Rights: The CIA,
Torture, the State
Supreme Court and
the Fate of
Independent
Contactors
By
THOMAS EDWARD WALL
(The
Legal Community,
June
15, 2017)
LACBA-Gate
Puts Spotlight on
Good Guys, Bad Guys
(Perspectives,
May 30, 2017)
Stevens,
Brown Need to
Explain…If They Can
(Perspectives,
May 25, 2017)
Secret
Task Force Produces
Secret Report;
Secret Committee
Makes Nominations
(Perspectives,
May 16, 2017)
Wrongdoing
in LACBA: Schemers
Slate New Election
(Perspectives,
May 5, 2017)
SB
235—Judicial
Elections Reform
Bill—Seen as
Worthwhile
(Letters
to a Senator, April 28,
2017)
Civil
Rights: Marijuana Is
Here to Stay
By STEPHEN WARREN
SOLOMON, STEPHEN
ALLEN JAMIESON,
RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN, R. BRUCE
EVANS, RYAN M. KROLL
AND JENNIFER L. ODEN
(The
Legal Community,
February 16, 2017)
Elwood
Lui:
Following in the
Footsteps of David Yaffe
(Perspectives,
February 14, 2017)
Acting
PD Seeks to Fool the
Board of Supervisors
(Perspectives,
February 10, 2017)
Lawyers
Seek to Justify
Shielding of
Identities of
Cheerleaders/Litigants
(Perspectives,
January 19, 2017)
LACBA
Censors Report
Critical of LACBA
By
WILLIAM
L. WINSLOW
(Viewpoint, March 4,
2016)
Government
Regulation: Court
of Appeal Shines
Light on Liquor
Licensing
By
RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN, STEPHEN
WARREN SOLOMON
and STEPHEN ALLEN
JAMIESON
(The
Legal Community,
October 20,
2015)
Chinese
Americans Face a
Challenging Road
to Admission
By
NOWLAND C. HONG
(The
Legal Community,
September 17,
2015)
A House
for Equal Justice,
From Design to
Completion
By
ELIZABETH
R. FEFFER
(Feature,
June 18,
2015)
Recalling the
Days When the
Judges Cracked
Down on Vice in
Hollywood
By
SANDY
KRIEGLER
(Feature,
December 1, 2014)
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