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Court of Appeal Orders
Lowering of $300,000 Bail
(August 16,
2018)
C.A. Reverses Spousal Support
Award Because of Judge’s Math
Errors
(August 16,
2018)
Granting Costs Didn’t
Establish Litigant as
‘Prevailing Party’
(August 16,
2018)
Lawyer Not Bound by Contract
He Signed In Approving ‘As to
Form and Content’
(August 15,
2018)
Man Ticketed in Lancaster
Entitled By Statute to Trial
Closer to Home
(August 15,
2018)
Ninth Circuit: Border Patrol
Photo-Ban Case Can Go Forward
(August 15,
2018)
Justice Moore Provides
‘Don’ts’ in Drafting Appellate
Briefs
(August 15,
2018)
Pre-June 18 Lawsuits Based on
Now-Banned Additive Barred
(August 14,
2018)
Interest Rates Can Be
Unconscionable Even If Exempt
from Usury Statute—S.C.
(August 14,
2018)
Not All Officers Need
Acknowledge Chase Policy for
Agency Immunity
(August 14,
2018)
Supreme Court Denies Review in
Action Challenging Becerra’s
Eligibility
(August 14,
2018)
Law Firm’s Alleged Malpractice
No Defense to Fee Settlement
(August 13,
2018)
Judge Sandra A. Thompson,
Bench Officer for 35 Years,
Dies at Age 71
(August 13,
2018)
Early Terms Becerra’s Position
on Eligibility ‘Absurd,’
‘Nonsensical’
(August 13,
2018)
Can’t Deny Costs Based on
Losing Party’s Meager
Resources
(August 10,
2018)
Court Has Jurisdiction in
Action Brought by Man Deported
in Violation of Stay
(August 10,
2018)
Becerra’s Lawyer Says
Eligibility Challenge Is
‘Far-Fetched’
(August 10,
2018)
Perez Brings Challenge to
Ribons’ Nov. 6 Ballot
Designation
(August 9, 2018)
Challenge to Becerra’s
Eligibility for A.G. Post Goes
to State High Court
(August 9, 2018)
Federal Conviction Affirmed in
Massive Bid-Rigging Scheme
(August 9, 2018)
Mitigating Circumstances
Cannot Justify Term Lower Than
Mandatory Minimum
(August 9, 2018)
Officials Urging Witnesses to
Come Forth Doesn’t Constitute
‘Protection Promise’
(August 8, 2018)
Dismissal Sanction Imposed on
Inmate Who Threatened to Kill
Guards
(August 8, 2018)
Defendant’s Lawyers Not
Disqualified By Plaintiff’s
Payment of Prior Bill
(August 8, 2018)
Robles Must Pay for His Legal
Defense In Action by D.A.’s
Office
(August 7, 2018)
Former Employee May Amend
Complaint Based on Facts
Raised on Appeal
(August 7, 2018)
Microstamping, Other Handgun
Safety Laws Pass Muster
(August 6, 2018)
Hiring of Ill-Trained Masseur
Doesn’t Create Liability for
Sexual Assault
(August 6, 2018)
Arbitrator’s Nondisclosures
Require Vacating Award—C.A.
(August 6, 2018)
Defendants Lack Standing to
Seek Recusal Of Plaintiff’s
Lawyers in Privacy Case
(August 3, 2018)
72-Hour
Period for Paying Employee Who
Quits Not Triggered by
After-Hours Notice
(August 3, 2018)
Court Resuscitates Action
Claiming TV Show Breach
Copyright
(August 3, 2018)
C.A. Denies Writ in Challenge
to Becerra’s Eligibility for
Election as A.G.
(August 3, 2018)
Order Defunding Sanctuary
Cities Exceeded President’s
Authority
(August 2, 2018)
Summary Judgment for Golf
Course Reversed In Action by
Woman Stung by Yellowjackets
(August 2, 2018)
$100,000
Sufficient Attorney Fees for
Catalysts of Impound Rule
Change
(August 2, 2018)
Action May Be Based on False
Claim Price Is Discounted
(August 1, 2018)
Request of Jury to Watch
Defendant Walking, to Compare
to Video of Robber, Properly
Denied
(August 1, 2018)
Probation Condition Improperly
Impossed on U.S. Citizen
(August 1, 2018)
Safety Consultant Owed Duty to
Employees for Partial
Undertaking
(August 1, 2018)
County Justifiably Relied on
Claimant’s Representations As
to Timeliness—C.A.
(August 1, 2018)
Norton Simon Museum Can Keep
Nazi-Confiscated Paintings
(July 31, 2018)
Judges Miller, Loomis Slate
Retirements
(July 31, 2018)
Gail Ruderman Feuer Confirmed
as Court of Appeal Justice
(July 31, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Finds Against
Law Enforcement Officers
(July 30, 2018)
$2.1
Million Jury Award Must Fall;
Damages Were Speculative, New
Trial Should Have Been Granted
(July 30, 2018)
State Bar Should Not Routinely
Post ‘Consumer Alerts’ on
Lawyers
(July 27, 2018)
Employers Must Pay Their
Workers for Routinely
Performing Off-Clock Tasks
(July 27, 2018)
School Board Prayers Before
Pupils Unconstitutional
(July 26, 2018)
Suge Knight’s Killing of
Businessman Wasn’t
Foreseeable—Court of Appeal
(July 26, 2018)
Trump’s Utterances Didn’t
Require Voir Dire Queries on
Bias
(July 26, 2018)
Evidence Shows Man Would Face
Torture by Mexican Police
(July 25, 2018)
Settlement Agreement
Unlawfully Restricts Doctor’s
Practice Under California Law
(July 25, 2018)
Ex-Football Player Gets No
California Workers’
Compensation
(July 25, 2018)
Judge Can’t Be Bumped Based on
Administrative Role
(July 24, 2018)
Man Entitled to Trial on His
Request to Housing Authority
for Home Gym
(July 24, 2018)
Judge Groman to Receive
Judicial Council’s
Distinguished Service Award
(July 24, 2018)
Attorney’s Receipt of Client
Funds Not ‘Protected Activity’
(July 23, 2018)
Nora Manella Elevated to Post
of Court of Appeal Presiding
Justice
(July 23, 2018)
Brown Appoints Espinosa,
McKenzie to Los Angeles
Superior Court
(July 23, 2018)
Ninth U.S. Circuit Appoints
New Chief Mediator
(July 23, 2018)
LAPD Officers’ Dismissal for
Deadly Force Affirmed
(July 20, 2018)
Supreme Court Reverses Death
Penalty Based on Dismissal of
Venireman
(July 20, 2018)
Spousal Support Order of
$245,000 per Month Was
Sufficient
(July 20, 2018)
$3
Award for Mistaken Raid of
Home Was Adequate
(July 19, 2018)
Board of Supervisors Issues
Posthumous Tribute To Former
Public Defender Michael P.
Judge
(July 19, 2018)
Judge Rejects Bid to Bar
Becerra’s Name From Nov. 6
Ballot
(July 19, 2018)
Car Key, Swung Once, Was
Deadly Weapon—C.A.
(July 19, 2018)
Guilford, Saferstein to Be
Recognized by Judicial
Conference
(July 19, 2018)
Judge May Substitute RICO
Damages for Reversed Punitive
Damages
(July 19, 2018)
Michael P. Judge, County
Public Defender For Nearly 16
Years, Dies at Age 74
(July 18, 2018)
Discovery Sanctions Reversed,
Supporting Papers
Untimely—Court of Appeal
(July 18, 2018)
Disabled Veteran Entitled to
Full Child Support Credit for
Benefits
(July 18, 2018)
No ‘Deference’ to Jailors Who
Chained, Strip Searched
Inmates
(July 17, 2018)
Denial of Anti-SLAPP Motion
Sought by Mayweather Is
Partially Reversed
(July 17, 2018)
No Proposition 65 Warning for
Carcinogenic Chemical in
Cereal
(July 17, 2018)
Exception to Litigation Bars
Granting Anti-SLAPP
Motion—Court of Appeal
(July 16, 2018)
Judge Michael K. Kellogg
Slates Retirement
(July 16, 2018)
Deputy Sheriff Not Personally
Liable for $8 Million Judgment
(July 13, 2018)
Accused Child Molester’s
Counsel Should Have Argued
Miranda—C.A.
(July 13, 2018)
Rehearing En Banc Denied for
‘Blurred Lines’ Artists
(July 12, 2018)
DMV Immune for Terminating
Suspension of 93-Year Old
Woman’s Driving License
(July 12, 2018)
$331
Million Was Unlawfully
Diverted to General Fund
(July 11, 2018)
Senate Confirms Bennett as
Ninth Circuit Judge
(July 11, 2018)
Certificate of Probable Cause
Not Needed Where Law Is
Changed
(July 10, 2018)
Police Justified in Searching
Ex-Convict In High-Crime Area,
Appearing Nervous
(July 10, 2018)
Stuttering Prison Guard to
Keep $500,000 Jury Award
(July 10, 2018)
Action to Bar A.G. Becerra
From Nov. 6 Ballot Continues
(July 9, 2018)
Former Attorney Angela F.
Wallace Charged With $2
Million Fraud Scheme
(July 9, 2018)
Administrative Law Judge Was
Appropriately Fired for
Conflict
(July 9, 2018)
California Resale Royalties
Act Preempted Since 1978
(July 9, 2018)
Prenatal Toxic Exposure Claims
Tolled During Minority
(July 6, 2018)
Judge Had Good Cause to
Disbelieve Youth’s Account of
‘Unintentional’ Probation
Breach
(July 6, 2018)
Indigent Litigants Are
Entitled to Services of Court
Reporter
(July 6, 2018)
County Didn’t Skimp in Paying
on $1.85 Million Settlement
(July 5, 2018)
C.A. Imposes $16,000 Sanction
on Attorney For Appeal Based
on Irrelevant Statute
(July 5, 2018)
California Survivorship Law
Applies to Civil Rights Claims
(July 5, 2018)
Arbitration Properly Denied
Based on Verbiage In
Spanish-Language Version of
Handbook
(July
5, 2018)
Utility Company Did Not
Maliciously Start Butte
Wildfire
(July 5, 2018)
Manager Who Paid Wages to
Himself Entitled to Wage
Statements—C.A.
(July 5, 2018)
Court Cannot Order Yelp to
Remove Derisive Review
(July 3, 2018)
‘Personal
Beliefs’ Exemption Validly
Excised From Law Requiring
Pupil Vaccinations
(July 3, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Affirms $46
Million Award Against NCAA
(July 3, 2018)
Assault on Studio’s Fixed-Term
Contracts Not a SLAPP—Court of
Appeal
(July 3, 2018)
Couple Had ‘Separated’ Though
Living in Same House
(July 3, 2018)
Deputy PD Lawfully Arrested
for Blocking Police in
Photographing Her Client
(July 2, 2018)
Injury Was ‘Discovered’ When
Plaintiff Viewed Television
Commercial
(July 2, 2018)
California Time-Bar Applies to
Federal Trademark Infringement
(July 2, 2018)
Judge Meredith Jury Retires
From Bankruptcy Court
(July 2, 2018)
Gun Microstamping Law Valid
Even If Compliance Impossible
(June 29, 2018)
Paul Egly, Retired Superior
Court Judge Who Ordered School
Busing, Dies
(June 29, 2018)
College Tuition Paid for Son
by Debtor Not Fraudulent
Conveyance
(June 29, 2018)
Going-Coming Rule Exception
Inapplicable on Non-Work Day
(June 28, 2018)
Brown Appoints Four Democrats
to Los Angeles Superior Court
(June 28, 2018)
C.A.: School District Must Pay
$32,000 for Frivolous Appeal
(June 28, 2018)
C.A. Affirms Order to State
for Back Payments to Judges
(June 27, 2018)
Marriage Properly Annulled
Based On Fraud in
Inducement—C.A.
(June 27, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Vacates Bear
Killer’s Conviction
(June 27, 2018)
Supreme Court Overturns
153-Year-Old Preclusion Rule
(June 26, 2018)
Case of First Impression on
Sanctions To Be
Published—Court of Appeal
(June 26, 2018)
Memorial Services Slated for
Retired Judge Steven Ogden
(June 26, 2018)
Attorney Fees in Schedule Not
Presumptively Reasonable
(June 26, 2018)
Ex-Wife, Cut From Will, Still
Entitled to Life Insurance
Proceeds—C.A.
(June 26, 2018)
Employers Permitted to Round
Off Hours Worked
(June 26, 2018)
LAPD Sergeant’s Facebook
Posting Was Disciplinable
(June 25, 2018)
Judge Erred in Ordering
Disciplinary Charges Against
San Francisco Officers Dropped
(June 25, 2018)
Judge Properly Declined to
Block State’s Vote-by-Mail Law
(June 25, 2018)
Suit Against Lawyer Didn’t
Require Judicial Countenance
(June 22, 2018)
Veteran Jurist Sandy Kriegler
to Retire Next Week From Court
of Appeal
(June
22, 2018)
Discretionary Attorney Fees
Properly Awarded in Copyright
Case
(June 22, 2018)
Woman Fired During Maternity
Leave May Take Claim to Trial
(June 22, 2018)
C.A. Affirms Judgment Against
Starbucks for Discrimination
(June 22, 2018)
Attorney’s Extortive Threats
Not Shielded by Litigation
Privilege
(June 21, 2018)
Lawyer Can’t Be Monetarily
Sanctioned Where Client, Only,
Was the Subject of Motion
(June 21, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Clarifies DMCA’s
Restriction Against Metadata
Removal
(June 21, 2018)
Deceased Effectively Claimed
Illegitimate Son Though Not to
Wife, Family—C.A.
(June 21, 2018)
Pension-Slashing for Convicted
Public Employees Is Valid
(June 20, 2018)
Two Arbitration Awards—One in
Favor of Each Party—Must Be
Entered as Single Judgment
(June 20, 2018)
Improper Defendant Named in
Challenge to Fee for Jury
Trial
(June 20, 2018)
Arbitrator Properly Added
Language to Collective
Bargaining Agreement
(June 20, 2018)
Denial of Making Comment
Precludes Anti-SLAPP Motion
(June
20, 2018)
Chief Justice Names Jim Humes
Administrative Presiding
Justice
(June 20, 2018)
Judge Erred in Allowing
Long-Banned ‘Speaking Motion’
(June 19, 2018)
Retired Superior Court Judge
Steven Ogden Dies
(June 19, 2018)
Summary Judgment for Kohl’s in
Action for Restitution
Properly Granted
(June 19, 2018)
Jury Must Decide Whether Fatal
Police Shooting Justified
(June 18, 2018)
Governor Brown Elevates Peter
J. Siggins to Presiding
Justice
(June 18, 2018)
Concurrent Super Strike No Bar
to Marijuana Felony Reduction
(June 18, 2018)
Change of Plea Justified Where
Defendant Got New Information
(June 15, 2018)
Judge Was Under No Duty to
Disqualify Himself Based on
Testimony of Anti-Semitic
Remark
(June 15, 2018)
Retired Superior Court Judge
Richard G. Kolostian Dies
(June 15, 2018)
No Unemployment Pay for Family
In-Home Caretaker—C.A.
(June 15, 2018)
Trust Can Be Amended to Permit
Gift of John Muir Papers to
University
(June 14, 2018)
Court of Appeal Justice Nora
Manella Under Consideration
for P.J. Spot
(June 14, 2018)
California Judges Association
Decries Recall of Judge Aaron
Persky
(June 14, 2018)
Presiding Justice Norman L.
Epstein Slates Aug. 22
Retirement From Court of
Appeal
(June 13, 2018)
Court of Appeal Says Man Was
Entitled to O.R. Release May
21
(June 13, 2018)
Mandatory Minimum Probation
Term Can Be Shortened
(June 12, 2018)
Amending Complaint Does Not
Render Moot Appeal From Denial
of Anti-SLAPP Motion
(June 12, 2018)
No Need to List Nonmeritorious
Issues in Wende Brief
(June 11, 2018)
Judge Howard L. Halm Slates
Retirement
(June 11, 2018)
Ethics Committee Says Judges
May Give Talks Before
Specialty Bar Associations
(June 11, 2018)
Finding of Suitability for
Parole Forgives Prison Crime
(June 8, 2018)
Judge Gordon Gets Voting
Membership on Judicial
Council; Kelly Reappointed
(June 8, 2018)
Daehnke and Stevens Winding
Down Their Law Partnership
(June 8, 2018)
Prejudice to Black Defendant
Should Be Presumed Where It
Emerges Lawyer Was Racist
(June 8, 2018)
Amendariz, Davis, Gibbons,
Gilbertson, Segall, Spear
Elected
(June 7, 2018)
Injunction Against Indian
Tribe With Warring Factions
Was Appropriate
(June 7, 2018)
C.A.: Defendant, Purportedly
Nicknamed ‘Payday,’ Not
Prejudiced by Payday Bar in
Jury Room
(June 7, 2018)
Actual Notice to Class Member
of Settlement Inessential
(June 6, 2018)
Jury Must Decide Whether Green
Color On Ear Plugs Is
Protectible Trademark
(June 6, 2018)
Foreign Labor Conditions Need
Not Be Disclosed on Labels
(June 5, 2018)
Court Must Provide ‘Safe
Harbor’ Before Imposing
Sanctions for Improperly
Seeking Reconsideration
(June 5, 2018)
Committee for Judicial
Candidate Spear Belatedly
Files Its Financial Report
(June 5, 2018)
Troy Davis Is Highest-Financed
Candidate in Los Angeles
County Judicial Races
(June 4, 2018)
Governor Elevates Feuer to
Court of Appeal
(June 4, 2018)
Governor Appoints 10 Persons
to Los Angeles Superior Court
(June 4, 2018)
Colleagues Give Money to
Campaign Coffers of Challenged
Judge Malcolm Mackey
(June 1, 2018)
Judges House, Hess, Goldberg
to Retire
(June 1, 2018)
District Attorney May Not
Bring Statewide UCL
Action—C.A.
(June 1, 2018)
Order Conditioning Attendance
at Public Hearings Is Valid
(May 31, 2018)
C.A.: Judge Exceeded in
Authority in Ordering
Probationer to Stay Away From
Liquor
(May 31, 2018)
Candidate: Did Not Review
Slate Mailers With Falsehood
That She’s a ‘Prosecutor’
(May 30, 2018)
Candidate for Attorney General
Seeks Writ To Keep Becerra’s
Name Off Nov. 6 Ballot
(May 30, 2018)
Judge Must Take Fresh Look at
Sexual Harassment Case
(May 29, 2018)
District Attorney’s Office
Obtains a Judgment Removing
Carson Mayor From Second Post
(May 29, 2018)
ALJ, Prosecutor, Are in
Contest With Unemployed Lawyer
(Judicial
Elections, May 29, 2018)
Jones Brings Lawsuit Against
Campaign Rival Becerra
(May 25, 2018)
LACBA’s Shattuck-Price Award
to Be Bestowed on Pasternak,
Hennigan
(May 25, 2018)
Social Media Providers Must
Turn Over ‘Public’ Posts—S.C.
(May 25, 2018)
Lying to Pregnant Woman Can Be
a Violation of FEHA
(May 24, 2018)
Man Who Failed to Pay Charges
on Credit Card Entitled to
Attorney Fees, Costs—C.A.
(May 24, 2018)
‘Attorney/Mother’
Is Up Against State Bar Judge,
DDA
(Judicial
Elections, May 24, 2018)
S.C. Need Not Grant Hearings
in Disciplinary Cases
(May 23, 2018)
State Bar Exam Passage Rate
Plummets to 27.3 Percent
(May 22, 2018)
Insurer May Have Duty to
Defend, Indemnify In Action
Under California False Claims
Act
(May 22, 2018)
Officer Who Shot Fleeing Man
Entitled to Qualified Immunity
(May 21, 2018)
Candidate Davis Disavows
Responsibility for Error
(May 21, 2018)
Action May Proceed Based on
Alleged Falsity Of Claim That
Vitamin E Aids the Heart
(May 18, 2018)
Court of Appeal Reverses $5
Million Award To Actor Bruce
Willis Against Producer
(May 18, 2018)
Deputy D.A., Court
Commissioner Clash; City
Lawyer Also in Race
(Judicial
Elections, May 18, 2018)
General Yeager’s Malpractice
Action Not a SLAPP
(May 17, 2018)
Summary Judgment for Maker of
Face Powder Proper in Action
Alleging Asbestos Content
(May 17, 2018)
Judge Overturns California’s
End of Life Option Act
(May 16, 2018)
Pills Can Be Found to Be
Contraband Without Chemical
Test
(May 15, 2018)
Group Seeks Assisted Suicide
Law to Be Voided by Riverside
Judge
(May 15, 2018)
Judges Have Inherent Power to
Dismiss Far-Fetched Cases
(May 14, 2018)
$20
Million Judgment Against
Beverly Hills Schools Reversed
(May 11, 2018)
Unequal
Split of Appreciation in Asset
Partially Bought With Separate
Funds Improper—C.A.
(May 11, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Reaffirms
Decision Reinstating Action
Over False Advertising of
Wipes
(May 10, 2018)
Legal Community Bemoans Death
of Former Governor George
Deukmejian
(May 10, 2018)
Three Unsuccessful Candidates
in 2016 Races Make Another Try
(Judicial
Elections, May 10, 2018)
Urging Man Not to Pay Lawyer
Is Not Protected Conduct
(May 9, 2018)
No Duty to Mitigate Damages by
Relying on Medical Plan
(May 9, 2018)
Antitrust Action Against
Energy Drink Maker Fails
(May 8, 2018)
Man Committed No Crime by
Shouting at Officers, Refusing
to Come Out of House
(May 8, 2018)
LACBA Nominating Committee’s
Choice For Officer, Trustee
Spots Unopposed
(May 8, 2018)
Good Reason for Challenging
Juror Doesn’t Negate Bad One
(May 7, 2018)
Agreement to Pay ‘Actual
Restitution’ Entails Payments
to Victims of Dismissed Counts
(May 7, 2018)
Substantial Performance
Excuses Failure to File
Required Written Request
(May 7, 2018)
C.A. Affirms $723,746 Award
for Firing Employee on Medical
Leave
(May 4, 2018)
Judge Martinez Has Retired,
Judge Brandlin Will Leave the
Bench on June 1
(May 4, 2018)
Death of Judgment Debtor
Doesn’t Effect Viability of
Lien
(May 3, 2018)
Abandoned Car That Hit Utility
Pole Didn’t Justify Rousting
Vehicle Owner From Bed
(May 3, 2018)
Action May Proceed Against
Ex-Player, Now Lawyer, for
Alleged Fraud
(May 2, 2018)
Action by Homeless Man Over
Seizure of Healthy-Looking
Birds May Proceed
(May 2, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Holds Action by
Ex-Skater, Gold Medalist Is
Barred by Res Judicata
(May 1, 2018)
Judge Appropriately Dumped
Retained Counsel In Criminal
Case Over Defendant’s Protest
(May 1, 2018)
LAPD Officers May Not Pursue
Overtime Claims in Class
Actions
(May 1, 2018)
Fraud Action Against Attorney
Girardi, Others, Is
Time-Barred
(April 30, 2018)
$1.7
Million Attorney Fee Award
Proper in Trademark Case
(April 27, 2018)
Lawyer
Had No Standing to Contest
Allegation of Error—Court of
Appeal
(April 27, 2018)
Receipt
of Confidential Brief
Invalidates Arbitration Award
(April 26, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Conviction of
Participant in Massive Drug
Conspiracy
(April 26, 2018)
Relinquishing Surviving Cause
of Action Bars Fee-Shifting
(April 25, 2018)
Retainer Agreement Applicable
to Particular Matter Can Be
Orally Modified to Apply to
All Cases—C.A.
(April 25, 2018)
Prosecutor Arguing Against
Recommended Sentence Did Not
Affect ‘Substantial Rights’ of
Defendant
(April 25, 2018)
Retiree/Volunteer Pro Tem Is
Dark Horse in Fight With Two
Government Lawyers
(Judicial
Elections, April 25, 2018)
Ninth Circuit: Animals Not
Statutorily Authorized to
Bring Copyright Actions
(April 24, 2018)
City Ordinance Banning
Fluoridation of Water Supply
Preempted by Statute
(April 24, 2018)
Two Male DDAs Compete With
Female ‘Attorney at Law’
(Judicial
Elections, April 24, 2018)
Wife Slapping Husband Didn’t
Call for Restraining Order
(April 23, 2018)
Cannot Arrest Juvenile for
Truancy
(April 23, 2018)
State Must Accept Foreign
Agency’s Determination on
Carcinogens
(April 20, 2018)
CJP Slates Hearing for
Ex-Judge Who Is Running for
A.G. for After Primary
(April 20, 2018)
Wiretap Evidence Can’t Be Used
to Justify Firing Deputy
(April 19, 2018)
Bendix, Moor Confirmed as
Justices of Second District
Court of Appeal
(April 19, 2018)
Plaintiff May Dismiss at Last
Minute, Blocking Attorney Fee
Award
(April 18, 2018)
Man Lost Ownership Interest by
Lying That He Had None—Court
of Appeal
(April 18, 2018)
Production Studio Properly
Approved for ‘Open Space’ Area
(April 18, 2018)
Lawyer’s Ignorance of Law Was
No Basis for Relief From
Default
(April 17, 2018)
Nonappearance at Hearing Is
Not Necessarily A Failure to
Exhaust Administrative
Remedies
(April 17, 2018)
Hospitals Can’t Collect $11.2
Million From Blue Shield
(April 17, 2018)
Libel Action Brought by Real
Estate Salesperson Who Runs
‘Miss Seal Beach’ Beauty
Pageant Not a SLAPP
(April 17, 2018)
Self-Representation Can’t Be
Ended Based on Incompetence
(April 17, 2018)
Lawyer’s Neglectfulness Does
Not Constitute ‘Abandonment’
(April 16, 2018)
Former Sheriff’s Deputy Fails
in Effort to Show Acquittal on
One Count Bars Retrial on
Another
(April 16, 2018)
Whittier Courthouse to Reopen
May 21
(April 16, 2018)
Two City Prosecutors, One
Deputy DA, Do Battle
(Judicial
Elections, April 16, 2018)
C.A. Disguises Identity of
Plaintiff Who Seeks Renewal of
Elder-Abuse Restraining Order
(April 13, 2018)
Causation in Case Involving an
Accident Is ‘Even More
Tenuous’ Than in Palsgraf
(April 13, 2018)
Ronald F. Brot Nominated as
LACBA’s President-Elect
(April 13, 2018)
C.A. Disallows §170.6
Challenge Following Refiling
of Charges
(April 12, 2018)
California Statute Requiring
Posting of Names of ‘Top 500’
Delinquent Taxpayers Is
Constitutional
(April 12, 2018)
Chief
Justice Calls for Court Rule
Precluding Secret Settlements
of Claims Against Judges
(April 11, 2018)
CFO
Who Paid Attorney $10,000 to
File Company’s Bankruptcy
Papers Must Repay Sum to
Estate
(April 11, 2018)
Two
Prosecutors With Disparate
Backgrounds in Office Compete
(Judicial
Elections, April 11, 2018)
Lower Pay for Woman Is Not
Justified Based on Her Salary
in Prior Job
(April 10, 2018)
Judge Czuleger to Teach in
Albania Under Fulbright
Specialist Grant
(April 10, 2018)
Court of Appeal Evinces
Exasperation Over Frivolous
Appeal, Imposes Sanctions
(April 10, 2018)
Rumors Are Rampant in Contest
Between Two Prosecutors
(Judicial
Elections, April 10, 2018)
Can’t Deport Felon Without
Considering Mental Illness
(April 9, 2018)
Case Properly Tried in Yolo
County Though Defendant
Committed No Acts There
(April 9, 2018)
Litigant Not Prevailing Party
Based on Securing Undeserved
Benefit
(April 6, 2018)
Taxpayer Has Standing to Seek
Invalidation Of Contract Based
on Conflict of Interest
(April 6, 2018)
Telling of Sex Life of
Husband, Girlfriend Not
‘Protected’
(April 5, 2018)
Funeral Service Scheduled for
April 13 for Armand Arabian
(April 5, 2018)
Prosecutor, Criminal Defense
Lawyer Clash in Two-Person
Race
(Judicial
Elections, April 5, 2018)
Discretionary Immunity Bars
Liability for ‘Gassing’
Inmates
(April 4, 2018)
California High Court Upholds
Taking DNA From Arson Suspect
(April 3, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Judges Speak of
Reinhardt With Admiration,
Affection
(April 3, 2018)
S.C. Does Not Abridge Rights
in Adopting Bar Discipline
(April 2, 2018)
Warrantless Entry Justified
Though Specific Person Said to
Be in Jeopardy Was Found to Be
Safe
(April 2, 2018)
Retired Supreme Court Justice
Arabian Dies
(March 30, 2018)
Candidate Diamond Loses Ballot
Designation As ‘Police
Commissioner’; Found
Misleading
(March 30, 2018)
LACBA Forgives $4.5 Million in
CJF’s Indebtedness
(March 30, 2018)
Candidate Cannot Use Ballot
Designation Of ‘Consumer
Protection Attorney’
(March 29, 2018)
Can’t Aggregate Sanctions
Under $5,000 To Meet
Appealability Standard
(March 29, 2018)
Court Commissioner, 63,
Competes With Deputy District
Attorney, 36
(Judicial
Elections, March 29, 2018)
Judicial Candidate Won’t
Respond to Queries Concerning
His Designation as
‘Arbitrator’
(March 28, 2018)
Ex-Priest’s Request for
Removal From Sex Offender
Registry Properly Denied
(March 28, 2018)
Anti-SLAPP Motion Must Be
Granted In Action by Olivia de
Havilland
(March 27, 2018)
Urban Outfitters Did Not
Breach Law by Seeking
Customers’ ZIP Codes
(March 27, 2018)
Long-Time Prosecutor Vies With
Court Commissioner
(Judicial
Elections, March 27, 2018)
Registrar Recorder Approves
Use of ‘Mother’ as Ballot
Designation
(March 26, 2018)
Lytton Savings Building May Be
Demolished
(March 26, 2018)
S.C. Limits Anti-SLAPP Motions
to New Claims
(March 23, 2018)
Colleges Have Duty to Protect
Students From Foreseeable
Violence
(March 23, 2018)
Judges Elected in 2012 Subject
to Reduced Benefits
(March 22, 2018)
Burbank Police Chief Denies
Having Endorsed Diamond for
Judgeship
(March 22, 2018)
Cities May Bar Phone Poles
Based on Aesthetics
(March 21, 2018)
Judge Was Justified in
Sanctioning Lawyer Who
Pretended to Be ‘Local’
Counsel
(March 21, 2018)
Unemployed Judicial Candidate:
Ballot Designation Is Proper
(March 20, 2018)
Foreign Companies With No
Connections to California
Should Be Accorded Forum
(March 19, 2018)
Candidate Cole to Challenge
Ballot Title Of State Bar
Court Judge Armendariz
(March 19, 2018)
Burbank’s Chief of Police
Disputes Judicial Candidate’s
Stance
(March 16, 2018)
Elwood Lui, as Special Master,
Calls for Boost in State Bar
Dues
(March 16, 2018)
‘Safe
Harbor’ Provision Protects
Infringing Website
(March 15, 2018)
Judicial Candidate Loses
Ballot Designation Identifying
Him as U.S. Air Force Captain
(March 15, 2018)
Actions Over ‘Made in U.S.A.’
Label Were Properly Dismissed
(March 14, 2018)
Starbucks
Doesn’t Cheat Purchasers of
Iced Drinks
(March 13, 2018)
Punching
Disabled 76-Year-Old Man Who
Resisted Handcuffing Was
Unjustified
(March 13, 2018)
Field of Superior Court
Candidates Closes at 28
(March 12, 2018)
Noncustodial Parent With
Home-Visitation Right Must
Provide Her Address to Former
Spouse
(March 12, 2018)
Restraining Order Against
Lawyer Nearing City Council
President Wesson Is Valid
(March 9, 2018)
Suspended Attorney Philip
Layfield Charged With Mail
Fraud
(March 9, 2018)
Court of Appeal Largely
Decides Against Lawyer In
Three of Four Appeals, on Same
Day
(March 8, 2018)
Change in Law on Crossing the
Street Is Retroactive
(March 7, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Revives $20
Million Suit Against Estate of
Heller Ehrman
(March 7, 2018)
Services Set for John Henning,
Retired Superior Court Judge
(March 7, 2018)
Dissolved
Law Firm Has No Property
Interest in Its Cases
(March 6, 2018)
Wrongfully Convicted Man’s
Action Against City of Modesto
Fails
(March 6, 2018)
Support Order Runs Afoul of
U.S. Supreme Court Decision
(March 6, 2018)
Celebration to Be Held of Life
of Kenneth Ofgang
(March 6, 2018)
C.A. Reinstates Action to
Declare DMV Hearings Unlawful
(March 5, 2018)
Movie ‘Elysium’ Was Not
Infringement On Plaintiff’s
Copyrighted Screenplay
(March 5, 2018)
School Employee’s Protest of
‘Police Brutality’ Not
Protected
(March 2, 2018)
Retired Judge Henning Dies Two
Days After Reaching 80
(March 2, 2018)
More Women Being Appointed to
Bench Than Men—Brown
(March 2, 2018)
LACBA Urges Depublication of
C.A. Opinion
(March 1, 2018)
Brown Appoints Bendix, Moor,
to Appeals Court
(February 28,
2018)
Allegations in Complaint
Govern in Anti-SLAPP
Hearing—C.A.
(February 28,
2018)
50
Year-to-Life Juvenile
Sentences For Nonhomicides
Barred—S.C.
(February 27,
2018)
C.A. Upholds 135-Year-to-Life
Sentence for Child Molester
Not Cruel or Unusual
(February 27,
2018)
No Liability for Fatal
Shooting of Woman With Knife
(February 27,
2018)
No Jurisdiction to Dismiss
Case for Lack of Jurisdiction
(February 26,
2018)
Obscure Woodland Hills
Attorney Challenges Veteran
Jurist
(Judicial
Elections, February 26, 2018)
ALJ McKay’s Election Challenge
to Judge Escalante Abandoned
(February 23,
2018)
HBO’s ‘Ballers’ Is Not an
Infringement
(February 23,
2018)
Parties May Render Award of
Attorney Fees Discretionary
(February 22,
2018)
Lawful Residency May Be Denied
to Daughter of Child Molester
(February 21,
2018)
Ninth Circuit Affirms 33-Month
Sentence For Con Man Who
Fleeced Investors
(February 21,
2018)
C.A. Affirms Decision Barring
Tiger Sanctuary Near Malibu
(February 21,
2018)
Ninth Circuit Won’t Reinstate
Professor’s Retaliation Action
(February 20,
2018)
Administrative Law Judge
Challenges Newly Appointed
Judge
(Judicial
Elections, February 20, 2018)
Bankruptcy Plan Approval
Doesn’t Have Broad Effect
(February 16,
2018)
Funeral Services Scheduled for
Jacob Adajian, 81, Retired Los
Angeles Superior Court Judge
(February 16,
2018)
No
Relief for Woman Who Sued
Party, In Place of One With
Similar Name
(February 15,
2018)
Ordinance
Barring Evictions During
School Year of Students and
Families, Teachers, Not
Preempted
(February 15,
2018)
Ninth Circuit Affirms
Convictions of Sheriff’s
Deputies
(February 14,
2018)
Vandal May Be Ordered to
Reimburse Victim For Cost of
Home Security System—C.A.
(February 14,
2018)
Field of Superior Court
Candidates Closes at 31
(February 13,
2018)
Untimely Notice of Appeal Must
Be Accepted Because Lawyer Who
Said He Would File It was Busy
(February 13,
2018)
Firing Probationary Officer
for Adultery Is Impermissible
(February 12,
2018)
Field of Superior Court
Candidates Burgeons to 25
(February 12,
2018)
Two
Additional Candidates Enter
Superior Court Races
(February 9,
2018)
Action
Against Factory Under UCL May
Proceed; No Preemption by
Federal Law—S.C.
(February 9,
2018)
Newly Appointed Judge
Escalante Draws Election
Challenge
(February 8,
2018)
Funeral Services Scheduled for
Ross M. Klein, 63, Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge
(February 8,
2018)
Four Contests Develop for
Superior Court Open Seats
(February 7,
2018)
Bill Introduced Imposing Sales
Tax on Legal Services Received
by Businesses
(February 7,
2018)
Judge Marmaro Won’t Seek
Reelection, Creating Eighth
Open Seat
(February 6,
2018)
Buckley: Judges Will Rally
Behind Mackey
(February 6,
2018)
Judge Mackey Draws Election
Challenger
(February 5,
2018)
Ninth Circuit Reverses Order
to FBI to Disclose Records
(February 2,
2018)
Christian E. Markey Jr.,
Retired Judge, Bar Leader, USC
Counsel, Dies at 88
(February 2,
2018)
Can’t Blame Twitter for Fatal
Shooting By ISIS Agent in
Jordan
(February 1,
2018)
Lawyer Asserts C.A. Defied Due
Process by Authorizing Relief
Unsought by Party
(February 1,
2018)
Judge Christine Ewell to
Retire, Creating Sixth Open
Seat
(January 31,
2018)
Judge Michael Johnson Slates
Retirement
(January 31,
2018)
‘All
Is Well’ Is Theme of ‘Person
of the Year’ Dinner
(January 30,
2018)
Coletta, Cole, Take Out Papers
to Run for Judgeships
(January 30,
2018)
$350,000
Bail Is Excessive If Defendant
Can’t Raise It
(January 29,
2018)
LACBA Agrees to Act on
Proposals Put Forth by Council
of Sections
(January 26,
2018)
Lawrence Fried Liebenbaum,
Former Chair of LACBA’s
Conference Delegation, Is
Remembered
(January 26,
2018)
Saladino Loses Bid for
Reinstatement as County
Counsel
(January 25,
2018)
Trial Court Must Probe Reason
for Inmate’s Non-Appearance by
Telephone—C.A.
(January 25,
2018)
Job Applicant Must Abide by
Arbitration Agreement
(January
24, 2018)
Tinkham Named Interim County
Public Defender
(January 24,
2018)
Superior Court Judge Nelson’s
Retirement Will Create a Third
Confirmed Open Seat
(January 24,
2018)
Executor
of Kerkorian Estate May Oppose
Widow’s Petition
(January
23, 2018)
Superior Court Judge Mark G.
Nelson Sr. Says He Won’t Seek
Reelection This Year
(January 23,
2018)
C.A. Rebuffs Friedman’s Attack
on MICRA Attorney-Fee Limits
(January 23,
2018)
Ninth Circuit Withdraws 2015
Opinion, Reverses Result
(January 22,
2018)
U.S. District Court Announces
Death Of Retired Magistrate
Judge Nakazato
(January 22,
2018)
Portions of Government
Surveillance Manual Are
Privileged
(January
19, 2018)
Nicole Tinkham Expected to Be
Named Interim County Public
Defender
(January 19,
2018)
Commerce Clause Not Implicated
in Personal Loan Transaction
(January 19,
2018)
Report of Attempted Suicide
Justified Warrantless Entry
(January 18,
2018)
Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye
Appoints Lui As Administrative
Presiding Justice
(January 18,
2018)
Ninth Circuit Upholds
California Statute
Criminalizing Prostitution
(January 18,
2018)
Court of Appeal: Privacy
Action Lies Where One Party
Did Not Know Call Was Recorded
(January 18,
2018)
C.A.: Denial of Leave to Amend
Is No Bar To Good-Faith
Repleading
(January 17,
2018)
Effort to Skirt Tavern Owner
Immunity For DUI Accident
Fails in C.A.
(January 17,
2018)
Probation Condition Not
Breached Where No Time Limit
Set
(January 17,
2018)
Action Against
Actress/‘Heiress’ Not a
SLAPP—Court of Appeal
(January 16,
2018)
Judge Lesley C. Green Slates
Retirement From Los Angeles
Superior Court
(January 16,
2018)
C.A. Gives Guidance on
Employee Handbook Provisos
(January 12,
2018)
Ninth Circuit Skirts Issue of
Jurisdiction In Action Over
Sale of Riverboat
(January 12,
2018)
SUSAN WESTERBERG PRAGER:
Lawyer, Educator,
Administrator Leads
Southwestern
(Person of the
Year, January 12, 2018)
DANIEL J. BUCKLEY: Top-Notch
Lawyer Becomes Stellar
Presiding Judge
(Person of the
Year, January 12, 2018)
MICHAEL E. MEYER: An Impish,
Principled Lawyer Who Heads
the County Bar
(Person of the
Year, January 12, 2018)
Actor Again Loses an Appeal
Over Bar on Defamation Action
(January 11,
2018)
Candidates Coletta, Cole Stake
Out Los Angeles Superior Court
Seats
(January 10,
2018)
Restraining Order in Juvenile
Delinquency Case Required
Notice and Hearing to Offender
(January 10,
2018)
Ninth U.S. Circuit Skirts Two
of Its Earlier Opinions
(January 9,
2018)
Judge Donna F. Goldstein Won’t
Seek Reelection
(January 9,
2018)
Court of Appeal Rejects
Attorney General’s Concession
of Error
(January 9,
2018)
C.A. Affirms Judgment in
Former Columnist’s Lawsuit
Against the Los Angeles Times
(January 8,
2018)
Law Firm Improperly Used
Privileged Memo, But
Disqualification Was Not
Warranted
(January 8,
2018)
Lawyer Who Abandoned Client
Not Liable for Damages
(January 5,
2018)
25-Year-to-Life
Term Upheld for Sex Offender
Who Failed to Report His
Address Change
(January 5,
2018)
Canada’s Attorney General
Loses Her Case in C.A.
(January 4,
2018)
Bill Would Bar Secrecy
Provisos in Settlements Where
Allegations Involve Sexual
Misconduct
(January 4,
2018)
Plaintiffs May Impose
Surcharge on Customers Who Pay
by Credit Card
(January 4,
2018)
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Suit
Over Wrongful Arrest
(January 3,
2018)
Restaurant Chain Shows No
Basis for Challenge To $8,000
Award to Paraplegic Customer
(January 3,
2018)
Plaintiff Settling Own Claims
Can’t Maintain PAGA Action
(January 2,
2018)
Second 2018 Open Seat Is
Confirmed; Judge Carol H. Rehm
to Retire
(January 2,
2018)
C.A. Reverses Disqualification
of Lawyer, Saying He Caused No
Harm
(January 2,
2018)
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