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Lawyer
Says He’s Challenging Walgren Based on
Bias
(February 4, 2026)
Newsom
Appoints One to LASC
(February 4, 2026)
Counsel
Cited for Not Following Local Rule About
Bankruptcy
(February 4, 2026)
State
Bar Urges Disbarment of Oakland Lawyer
Over Profane, Racially-Charged Remarks
( February 4, 2026)
Self-Styled
‘Radical’ Lawyer Challenges Judge
Walgren
(February
3, 2026)
C.A.
Says Former UCLA Doctor’s Conviction Is
Undermined Due to Undisclosed Jury Note
(February
3, 2026)
Tiny,
Fuzzy Font Is Insufficient to Annul
Arbitration Contract
(February
3, 2026)
Arbitral
Immunity Extends to False Advertising,
Over-Billing
(February 2, 2026)
C.A.
Says Remote Rental Car Company Is Not
Liable for Member’s Drunken Collision
(February 2, 2026)
$1.5
Million Fee Award Against L.A.
Archbishop Is Upheld
(February 2, 2026)
California’s
Switchblade Ban Survives Facial
Challenge
(February 2, 2026)
Open
Container Offense Requires Handy, Usable
Cannabis
(January 30, 2026)
Two
Attorneys Stake Out Superior Court Seats
(January 30, 2026)
$1.5
Million Fee Award Against L.A.
Archbishop Is Upheld
(January 30, 2026)
Judge
May Disregard Arbitration Agreements in
Class Action
(January 29, 2026)
School
District Is Not Liable for Student’s
Off-Campus Suicide, C.A. Declares
(January 29, 2026)
Conditioning
CCP §998 Offer on Insurer’s Consent Is
Valid
(January 29, 2026)
Order
Affirmed in Case Where Judge Accused
Lawyer of Lyin
(January 28, 2026)
C.A.
Revives Lawsuit Seeking to Hold Realtor
Liable for Not Disclosing Rezoning
Possibility
(January 28, 2026)
Dissenter
Accuses Majority of Ignoring Insurer’s
Conflict
(January 28, 2026)
Paez
Argues Majority Doesn’t Grasp Potential
of Torture Looms If Man Is Deported
(January 28, 2026)
State
Bar Ponders Admission Exam Without
California Section
(January 27, 2026)
Successor
Liability Might Apply Despite Gap In
Ownership of Bar/Restaurant—C.A.
(January 27, 2026)
METNEWS
‘Person of the Year’ Awards Presented at
Dinner
(January 27, 2026)
Claim
Against Governmental Entity Need Not Be
Filed Before Suing Under FEHA—C.A.
(January 27, 2026)
Cal
State Must Collectively Bargain Over
Vaccine Changes
(January 27, 2026)
Judge
Who Didn’t Preside at Trial Wrongly
Acted on Motion
(January
26, 2026)
L.A.
Superior Court Judge Brandolino to
Retire
(January
26, 2026)
Discovery
Sanctions on Wife Are Not Unjust Due to
Husband’s Domestic Abuse Record—C.A.
(January
26, 2026)
Telling
Shooter to Bring Gun to Fight
Insufficient for Murder
(January
26, 2026)
Administration
Takes Credit for Plummeting Number of
Homicides in Major U.S. Cities
(January
26, 2026)
No
Injury Required to Sue Under Consumer
Credit-Check Law
(January 23, 2026)
Law
Prevents Cities From Regulating Hours of
Street Vendors Differently From
Stores—C.A.
(January 23, 2026)
Spouse
Not Bound by Separation Date in Her Own
Pleading
(January 23, 2026)
C.A.
Refiles Opinion to Lend Parties
Anonymity, Using Initials
(January 22, 2026)
C.A.:
Denial of Bond Request in Derivative
Suit Does Not Bar Cost Award to
Prevailing Party
(January 22, 2026)
Lawyer
Sanctioned for Filing ‘Totally’
Meritless Writ Petition
(January 22, 2026)
Default
Judgment Snatched From Law Firm
(January 22, 2026)
Judge
May Not Compel P.D. to Handle Habeas
Corpus Petition
(January 21, 2026)
CJP
Accuses LASC Judge Robert Draper of Bias
(January 21, 2026)
Action
Alleging ‘Idea Theft’ by Tucker Carlson
Rightly Axed
(January 21, 2026)
No
Error in Axing of RNC’s Suit Alleging
Gmail Hid Emails
(January 20, 2026)
O.C.
Lawyer Rightly Sanctioned for Violating
Order in Client’s Family Law Case—C.A.
(January 20, 2026)
Plaintiff’s
Claim of Sandbagging by Judge, Defendant
Rejected
(January 20, 2026)
Declaration
of Past Errors May Be Available Under
CPRA
(January 16, 2026)
S.C.
Decision Not to Depublish Brown Act Case
Prompts Groban to Urge Clarifying
Legislation
(January 16, 2026)
Third-Party
Gag Order Was Properly Imposed on
Microsoft
(January 16, 2026)
Rescission
of Settlement of Labor Claims Requires
Refund
(January 16, 2026)
Parolees
May Be Entitled to Resentencing Relief
After Release
(January 15, 2026)
C.A.
Panel Bares Identity of Appellant Who
Litigated in Superior Court as ‘Mr. BW’
(January 15, 2026)
Judge
Erred in Placing Constraint on Public
Records Release
(January 15, 2026)
Notice
of Availability to Pay Judgment Halts
Interest Accrual
(January 14, 2026)
Employer
Barring Muslim Head Covering Wasn’t
Religious Discrimination
(January 14, 2026)
Precedent
Creating Exception to Plain-Error Rule
Overruled
(January 14, 2026)
New
Trial Warranted Due to Defendant
‘Dodging’ Discovery
(January 13, 2026)
Non-Testimony
at Parole-Revocation Hearing by Beating
Victim Was Justified—Ninth Circuit
(January 13, 2026)
In-Court
Identification Not Tainted by Earlier
‘Suggestions’
(January 13, 2026)
Fees
May Follow Prevailing on Motion to
Appoint Arbitrator
(January 12, 2026)
Ninth
Circuit: Class Certification Stands in
Case Over Nestlé’s
‘Sustainability’Labels
(January 12, 2026)
Fees
Due for ‘Unauthorized’ Settlement Signed
After Firing
(January 9, 2025)
Settlement
of Class Action Against Hyundai, Kia
Properly Approved by Central District
Judge
(January 9, 2025)
Claims
Based on Apple’s Refusal to Share Watch
Data Fail
(January 9, 2025)
Two-Part
Test Controls if Nonprofit ‘Volunteer’
Is Due Wages
(January 8, 2025)
Orange
Superior Court Judge to Plead Guilty to
Mail Fraud in Workers’ Compensation
Scheme
(January 8, 2025)
Photos
of Fetus That Was Killed Along With
Mother Not Unduly Prejudicial, C.A.
Holds
(January 8, 2025)
Retroactive
Records-Sealing to Hide Identity
Properly Denied
(January 7, 2026)
No
Constitutional Issue With Commissioners
Deciding Bail at Revocation
Hearings—C.A.
(January 7, 2026)
Judge’s
Critiques Do Not Undermine Judgment of
Conviction
(January 7, 2026)
Parents
May Bear Some Blame for Coach’s Abuse of
Minor
(January 6, 2026)
C.A.
Revives Claims Against Petroleum Firm
Alleging Failure to Warn of Climate Harm
(January 6, 2026)
Case
Improperly Dismissed Based on Lawyer’s
Misconduct
(January 6, 2026)
Judges
Rap Rehearing Denial in Federal
Staffing-Cuts Case
(January 6, 2026)
C.A.
Strikes Award of Fees for Services of
Lawyer/Spouse
(January 5, 2026)
Challenge
to City’s Residency Requirement for
Cannabis Dispensers Properly Dismissed
(January 5, 2026)
Ban
on Open-Carrying of Weapons in Large
Counties Is Invalid
(January 5, 2026)
Proposition
36 Doesn’t Bar Pretrial Mental Health
Diversion
(January 2, 2026)
Reconsideration
of Another Judge’s Decision Required in
Light of New Case, C.A. Holds
(January 2, 2026)
Resentencing
Need Not Result in ‘Meaningful
Modification’
(January 2, 2026)
Case
Against Ex-White House Official Survives
SLAPP Test
(December 31, 2025)
Army
Had Justification in Discharging Alien
Who Married Citizen to Avoid Deportation
(December 31, 2025)
Remarks
After Trial May Be Sufficient to Deny
Resentencing
(December 31, 2025)
Ability-to-Pay
Hearing Not Required Before Imposing
Fines
(December 30, 2025)
C.A.
Imposes $3,000 Sanction for False Notice
of Settlement, Other Breach of Duties
(December 30, 2025)
Dissenters
Rap Rehearing Denial Over Implicit Bias
Mandate
(December 30, 2025)
Ex-Public
Employee Will Not Be Stripped of Pension
Right
(December 29, 2025)
C.A.
Reverses Judgment Because Plaintiff
Didn’t Contest on Appeal Assertion That
It Is Void
(December 29, 2025)
Lease
of Federal Land to Private School
Rightly Voided
(December 26, 2025)
Party
Is Obliged to Adhere to Court Rule, Not
Be Misguided by Judge’s Statement—Ninth
Circuit
(December 26, 2025)
Sexual
Misconduct Claims Don’t Come Under
Federal Act
(December 26, 2025)
Judge
Erred in Applying Offset to Award Under
Lemon Law
(December 24, 2025)
Newsom
Appoints Four to L.A. Superior Court
(December 24, 2025)
CCP
§473(b)’s Discretionary Relief Applies
to Absence at Trial
(December 24, 2025)
$14
Million Judgment Vacated Due to Late
Expert Disclosure
(December 23, 2025)
Precedential
Value of Decision Does Not Survive
Gutting by Supreme Court, C.A. Declares
(December 23, 2025)
CCP
§473(b)’s Discretionary Relief Applies
to Absence at Trial
(December 23, 2025)
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Why
Does
California
Even Bother
With A Budget?
By
JON COUPAL
(California Commentary, January 27, 2026)
California’s
Cost of Living
Illustrated
By
JON COUPAL
(California Commentary, January 22, 2026)
Blue
States Seem to
Have a Fraud
Problem
By
JON COUPAL
(California Commentary, January 21, 2026)
Cal/OSHA:
a Den of
Miscreants
(Perspectives, January 13, 2026)
Santa
Jarvis’ Annual
Naughty and
Nice List
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, December 31, 2025)
Joan
Dempsey Klein: She Was a Leader, a Trailblazer, an
Inspiration
(Viewpoint, September 30, 2025)
Robert H.
Philibosian:
Leader,
Servant,
Mentor,
Friend; A Man
of Vision and
Action
(Viewpoint, September 29, 2025)
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
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)
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