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Lawsuit Over Alleged Lies Told to Potential Client Is SLAPP
(August 28, 2025)

Ninth Circuit: Habeas Petition Asserting That Gun Enhancement Is Cruel, ‘Outdated’ Fails
(August 28, 2025)

Apparent Sole Participant May File New Resentencing Petition
(August 28, 2025)

C.A. Vacates Its Decision Ordering Resentencing
(August 28, 2025)

eBay’s ‘Daily Deals Program’ May Form Basis of Liability
(August 27, 2025)

Restitution May Include Costs of Repairing Auto a Month Before It Was Totaled—C.A.
(August 27, 2025)

Indigent Defendant Is Entitled to Lawyer at Vacatur Hearing
(August 27, 2025)

C.A. Affirms Restraining Order Against Ex-Professor Whose Identity It Conceals
(August 27, 2025)

Current Law Governs Whether Gang Priors Count as Strikes
(August 26, 2025)

Deputy D.A. Is Immune From Liability for Saying, Falsely, Man Had Been Convicted
(August 26, 2025)

Trump Takes Aim at Cashless Bail Jurisdictions Such as L.A.
(August 26, 2025)

Attorney General Is Not Necessarily Lawyer for State Agencies
(August 25, 2025)

Judge Erred in Denying Franklin Hearing—C.A.
(August 25, 2025)

Defendant Was Wrongfully Denied Opportunity to Testify
(August 25, 2025)

Acquittal of False Imprisonment Did Not Bar Conviction on Kidnapping Count—C.A.
(August 25, 2025)

Ignorance of Employer as to Wage Laws Is Not ‘Good Faith’
(August 22, 2025)

Judge May Not Be Appointed Public Defender
(August 22, 2025)

Judge Could Not Hike Sentence Imposed Five Years Earlier
(August 22, 2025)

Ninth Circuit Denies Stay in Lawsuit Over UC Funding
(August 22, 2025)

Royalty Agreement Is Not Perpetual Obligation Under Law
(August 21, 2025)

Son of Man With Diplomatic Immunity, Though Born in U.S., Is Not a Citizen—Ninth Circuit
(August 21, 2025)

Kawahara, Duron to Retire as Court Commissioners
(August 21, 2025)

Biggers Named to CJP
(August 21, 2025)

C.A. Reinstates Action Over Council Member’s Disclosures
(August 20, 2025)

Ninth Circuit Says First Step Credits May Be Applied to Reduce Supervised Release Time
(August 20, 2025)

Leadership of Democratic Party Unit Isn’t a ‘Public Issue’
(August 20, 2025)

No Fundamental Interest in Personal Waiver of Jury Right
(August 19, 2025)

Exclusion From Medical Residency Program By UC Constitutes ‘Employment Practice’
(August 19, 2025)

Evans Raises Venue Concern in Retrials of High-Profile
(August 19, 2025)

Fatal Collision in Florida Sparks White House Attack on Newsom
(August 19, 2025)

Fee Award Can Be Imposed on Defeated Elder-Abuse Plaintiff
(August 18, 2025)

ISP That Doesn’t Store or Link to Pirated Film Is Not Subject to Subpoena—Ninth Circuit
(August 18, 2025)

Ninth Circuit Judges Disagree Over ‘Propensity Evidence’
(August 18, 2025)

Some Nursing Home Neglect Claims Will Escape Arbitration
(August 15, 2025)

Charge of Threatening Motorist With Firearm Doesn’t Require Fear on Part of Victim—C.A.
(August 15, 2025)

Lawsuit Related to Hunter Biden’s Laptop to Proceed—C.A.
(August 15, 2025)

Churches Challenging Day Care Licensure Fail to State Claim
(August 15, 2025)

A.G.’s Office Says It Lacks Control of Agencies’ Documents
(August 14, 2025)

C.A. Says Criminal Restraining Orders May Only Cover Victims of Convicted Offenses
(August 14, 2025)

LGBTQ Indoctrination of School Children Is Protected Speech
(August 14, 2025)

Resentencing Law Doesn’t Tie Mental Problems to Crime
(August 13, 2025)

Ninth Circuit Revives Putative Class Action Over Concealed-Carry Gun Regulations
(August 13, 2025)

Error to Use State Disclosure Rule in U.S. Trade Secrets Case
(August 13, 2025)

State Law Governing Arbitration Fees Is Not Preempted
(August 12, 2025)

Sales of Fractional Interests in Life Settlements Fall Within Securities Act—Ninth Circuit
(August 12, 2025)

Telling Client to Violate Settlement Terms Is Protected
(August 12, 2025)

Nursing-Home Doctor Not ‘Caretaker’ Under Elder-Abuse Law
(August 11, 2025)

Ninth Circuit Revives Action Against Officer in Shooting of Stick-Wielding Homeless Man
(August 11, 2025)

Public Utilities’ Decisions No Longer Given ‘High Deference’
(August 8, 2025)

Supreme Court Lawyer Scherb Named to C.A.
(August 8, 2025)

$243 Million Judgment Against Disbarred Attorney Stands
(August 8, 2025)

Undercover Agents Pushing Waiver of Lawyer Is Not Coercion
(August 7, 2025)

Religious Group Not Liable for Denying Job on Ground Applicant Is Lesbian—Ninth Circuit
(August 7, 2025)

SEC May Condition Settlement on Non-Denial of Fault
(August 7, 2025)

Appeals Court Finds Choice-of-Forum Clause Unenforceable in Lemon-Law Case
(August 7, 2025)

UC Policy on Undocumented Hirees Violates State Law
(August 6, 2025)

C.A. Won’t Decide Whether ‘Necessity’ Defense in Escape Case Applies to Protection of Third Party
(August 6, 2025)

Hochman: No Decision Made on Prosecution of Perryman
(August 6, 2025)

‘High Probability of Death’ Is Not Required for Manslaughter
(August 6, 2025)

Suit Alleging Officers Framed Woman for Murder May Proceed
(August 6, 2025)

Open-Ended Remand Is Usual Remedy After Axing of Strike
(August 5, 2025)

Outside Salesperson Is ‘Exempt Employee’ for Purposes of Calculating Sick Pay—C.A.
(August 5, 2025)

C.A. Reinstates Action Trial Judge Declared to Be Frivolous
(August 5, 2025)

Ninth Circuit Revives Action Against Twitter Over Child Porn
(August 4, 2025)

Judge Abused His Discretion in Dismissing Case Because Prosecutor Was Late—C.A.
(August 4, 2025)

Ninth U.S. Circuit Stays Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of Trump Executive Order
(August 4, 2025)

MICRA’s Time Limit Does Not Apply to Ambulance Crash
(August 1, 2025)

C.A. Shields Identity of Appellant Who Filed Opposition to Motion for Secrecy Order
(August 1, 2025)

LAUSD’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Survives Scrutiny
(August 1, 2025)

No Racial Justice Claim Lies for Disparity in Enhancements
(July 31, 2025)

Ninth U.S. Circuit Won’t Take Expansive View of Bivens, Says Officers Shielded From Liability
(July 31, 2025)

Federal Government Must Turn Over Diversity Data to Media
(July 31, 2025)

Wiley Argues for Recklessness Rule in Resisting-Arrest Cases
(July 30, 2025)

Filing of Writ Petition in Sacramento Doesn’t Bar San Francisco Order to Obey Subpoenas
(July 30, 2025)

Attorney Selma Moidel Smith Dies at the Age of 106
(July 30, 2025)

Ninth Circuit Declines Relief in Kidnap-for-Ransom Case
(July 30, 2025)

No Error in Giving Custody to Mother Who Didn’t Seek It
(July 29, 2025)

Incidental Use of Drag Queen’s Likeness in Cartoon Is Not Misappropriation of Identity
(July 29, 2025)

Implicit-Bias Mandate in Medical Education Is Valid
(July 28, 2025)

Dismissal of Action Not Timely Brought to Trial Was Mandatory, Court of Appeal Declares
(July 28, 2025)

Trademark Claims Against Peloton Over Use of ‘Bike+’ Fail
(July 28, 2025)

Requiring Background Checks for Buying Bullets Is Invalid
(July 25, 2025)

C.A. Finds Disentitlement Doctrine Applies Based on Non-Litigation Misconduct
(July 25, 2025)

Dissenter Raps Rehearing Denial in Case Over Filing Fees
(July 25, 2025)

Prefiling Order Is Not Stayed While Underlying Case Is on Appeal—C.A.
(July 25, 2025)

Orange County Judge Short-Changed Attorneys in Fee Award
(July 24, 2025)

Apple’s Cloud Storage Plan Isn’t Misleading
(July 24, 2025)

A.G. Seeks to Place Juvenile Halls Under Receivership
(July 24, 2025)

Nonfungible Tokens Are Goods Worthy of Trademark Shields
(July 24, 2025)

Pre-Dispute Agreement to Cap Litigation Costs Is Enforceable
(July 23, 2025)

Comparing Defendant’s Appearance to That of Robber Depicted in Video Is Permissible
(July 23, 2025)

60-Day Period for Filing Notice of Appeal Wasn’t Triggered
(July 23, 2025)

Lack of Jury Right in Selected Forum Does Not Negate Clause
(July 22, 2025)

Asylum May Be Granted Even if Alien Can Reside in Safety in Native Country
(July 22, 2025)

Panel: ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy to Partially Resume
(July 22, 2025)

Males-Only Draft-Registration Requirement Is Constitutional
(July 21, 2025)

Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit Against Christian Corporation Properly Revived—C.A.
(July 21, 2025)

Court Wrongly Ended Parental Rights of Texas Mother
(July 21, 2025)

Party Challenging New Rent Control Law Fails To Show Facial Constitutional Violation—C.A.
(July 21, 2025)

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Will L.A. Taxpayers Be on the Hook for Olympic Costs?


By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, August 26, 2025)

The ‘Defenders of Democracy’ Oppose Transparency
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, August 20, 2025)

Sacramento Seeks to Raise Taxes to Fund Bullet Train

By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, August 5, 2025)

Both Parties Continue to Kick the Proverbial Can

By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, July 16, 2025)

AB 84 Is an Assault on Taxpayers and Students

By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, July 15, 2025)

When’s the Next Fight Over Taxpayer Rights?

By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, July 2, 2025)

San Francisco's Latest Ridiculous Idea: Taxing Driveways
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, June 25, 2025)

California Homeowners Take Another Hit

By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, June 10, 2025)

Newsom s Budget Proposal Is Seriously Unserious

By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, June 3, 2025)

Support the Save Proposition 13 Act of 2026
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, June 2, 2025)

We All Saw This Coming
By JON COUPAL
 
(In My Opinion, May 22, 2025)

The Avalanche Has Begun
By R. REX PARRIS
(In My Opinion, May 21, 2025)

Did the Legislature Forget the Pension Crisis?

By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion May 13, 2025)

California s Politicians Are Clueless
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, May 8, 2025)

Sales Tax Increases Slam the Middle Class
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, April 29, 2025)

Proposition 13 Protects Home Equity
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, April 25, 2025)

UCLA Study Criticizes Measure ULA Tax
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, April 15, 2025)

Sacramento Fails to Consider the Long-Term Consequences
By JON COUPAL

(In My Opinion, April 8, 2025)

How Transfer Taxes Steal Your Home Equity
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, April 3, 2025)

Commission on Judicial Performance Fails to Perform
(Editorial, March 27, 2025)

Mission Creep Inevitably Bites Taxpayers
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, March 26, 2025)

State Assembly Slams the Door on Dissenters
 By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion March 20, 2025)

How Property Owners Can Block New Fees
 By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion March 11, 2025)

Is It the End of the Line for the High-Speed Rail?
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion February 25, 2025)

Enough Is Enough
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, February 19, 2025)

Enough With the Special Sessions in Sacramento
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, February 11, 2025)

Loss of Influence May Prove to Be a Benefit
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, February 6, 2025)

Orwellian Doublespeak to Attack Prop. 13 Protections
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, January 30, 2025)

Wildfire Victims Are Still Protected by Prop. 13
By JON COUPAL

(In My Opinion, January 24, 2025)

George Turner, Newly Enrobed Judge, Is in Violation of Canon
By a Concerned Citizen
(In My Opinion, January 21, 2025)

Bridge (Toll) Over Troubled Water
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, January 21, 2025)

Effort Continues in 2025 to Restore Name of Hastings to Law School


By KRIS WHITTEN

(In My Opinion, January 10, 2025)

DOGE Presents a Chance to Cancel High-Speed Rail
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, January 7, 2025)

New Laws That Californians Need to Know About
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, December 31, 2024)

Kamala and Tim Want to Meet Me. Gosh.
(Perspectives, August 20, 2024)

Public Is Denied Information That Government Has No Right to Hide
(Perspectives, June 5, 2024)

C.A. Justices Irresponsibly Shield Identities of Sex-Offense Defendants
(Perspectives, April 23, 2024)

No, Weingart, All Minors Need Not Be Identified by Initials, Only
(Perspectives, November 28, 2023)

Judicial Candidate, Registered Democrat, Swears He s Not Democratic Party Member
(Perspectives, September 23, 2022)

May Judicial Candidates Tout Political Party Endorsements in Candidate Statements?
(Perspectives, September 22, 2022)

Should Judicial Candidates Get Away With Deception That Other Candidates Can t?
(Perspectives, September 20, 2022)

Elections Code Section on Ballot Designations Does Apply in Orange, San Diego Counties
(Perspectives, September 19, 2022)

Court of Appeal Wastes Its Time, Needlessly Accords Anonymity to Parties
(Perspectives, September 1, 2022)

It s Hogwash
(Perspectives, June 28, 2022)

Attorney Seeks, Gets, Federal Courts Shielding of Felon s Identity
(Perspectives, June 2, 2022)

Lawyer Seeks Self-Censoring of Report Because She Vouches for Client
(Perspectives, June 1, 2022)

Candidate McKay Is Aptly Described as Clueless Blunderer
(One Judge s View, May 12, 2022)

Gasc n Crosses the Line Again
(Perspectives, May 3, 2022)

Brickbats Tossed at Prosecutor in Long Beach Who Seeks Judgeship
(Perspectives, April 5, 2022)

Ineligible Candidate Seeks Election As Los Angeles City Attorney
(Perspectives, March 15, 2022)

Albert Robles, a Politico With Baggage, Seeks to Unseat Judge
(Perspectives, March 3, 2022)

Judicial Candidate Falsely Portrays Herself as a Deputy District Attorney
(Perspectives, February 28, 2022)

Court of Appeal Justices Swipe Property Belonging to the Public
(Perspectives, November 22, 2021)

If Park Has Won, LACBA Has Lost
(Perspectives, June 2, 2021)

A Lack of Commitment to Fairness Marks Ann I. Park s Tactics
(Perspectives, May 14, 2021)

A Penal System Based on Rehabilitation Was Tried; Failed; Was Dismantled
(Perspectives, February 17, 2021)

Posing as a Progressive, Gasc n, in Reality, Advocates Retrogression
(Perspectives, February 16, 2021)

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)

A Dog Named Charlie Is Dead. His Tormentor Goes Free
(Perspectives, August 11, 2020)

Looking Back on 31 Years-Plus in Law Practice

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By L. ERNESTINE FIELDS
(Reflections, July 30, 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)

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)

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)

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)

VIEWPOINT ARCHIVES

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By Roger M. Grace

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