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C.A.
Orders Release of Manson Follower Leslie
Van Houten
(May 31, 2023)
C.A.
Directs Admission of Will to Probate
Lacking Signatures of Two Witnesses
(May 31, 2023)
Cooley
Irked Over D.A.’s Bid to Disqualify
Victims’ Lawyer
(May 31, 2023)
Ballots-by-Mail
May Be Scanned Before Election Day
(May 30, 2023)
C.A.
Says Suit Can’t Be Maintained Against
Water District Wiped Out of Existence
(May 30, 2023)
Sanctions
Justified for Negligent Spoilation of
Evidence
(May 26, 2023)
C.A.
Upholds Constitutionality of Term Limit
That Voters Rescinded Two Years Later
(May 26, 2023)
Appeal
From Tax Bill Can Result in Boosted
Amount—C.A.
(May 25, 2023)
Man
Who Received Profit-Sharing Payments for
Services Can’t Sue for Unpaid Wages
(May 25, 2023)
Negligent
Driving of Ambulance Does Not Invoke
MICRA’s Time Limitation—C.A.
(May 25, 2023)
California
High Court Erred in Upholding Death
Sentence
(May 24, 2023)
Order
Denying Anti-SLAPP Motion Reversed in
Suit Against Comic Book Writer/Artist
(May 24, 2023)
Challenge
to Judge Not Always Subject to Time
Constraints
(May 23, 2023)
Currey
Nominated as C.A. Presiding Justice;
Zukin Named to Associate Justice Post
(May 23, 2023)
Senior
U.S. District Court Judge Ronald S.W.
Lew, 81, Dies
(May 23, 2023)
Straying
From CCP Proviso Causes Conviction
Reversal
(May 22, 2023)
Holder
of Trademark ‘Smart Walkie Talkie’ Not
Due Damages for Use of Those Words As
Mere Descriptor
(May 22, 2023)
Order
Disqualifying All Prosecutors in
District Unjustified
(May 19, 2023)
Lawyer
Can’t Collect Attorney Fees From
Defendant in CFCA Action That Settles
Plaintiff With No Fee-Award
(May 19, 2023)
Judge Is Reversed Without Considering
Alternative Basis
(May 18, 2023)
Rope, Box Cutter Were ‘Dangerous
Weapons’ Though Not Used in Committing
Crime
(May 18, 2023)
Crowd
Management Company Not Liable for Man’s
Beating
(May 17, 2023)
Statutory
Three-Year Period for Effecting Service
Not Extended Due to Emergency
Orders—C.A.
(May 17, 2023)
City
Had Right to Get Rid of Its Statue of
Father Serra
(May 16, 2023)
Deputy
District Attorney Sam Abourched Is
Running for Los Angeles Superior Court
(May 16, 2023)
Judge
Chilton to Retire From Superior Court
(May 16, 2023)
Owners
of Building Might Be Liable to Daredevil
Tenant
(May 15, 2023)
U.S.
Supreme Court’s 2022 Decision on Right
to Bear Arms Doesn’t Apply to Ex-Felons
(May 15, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Revives Lawsuit Alleging Coerced
Confession
(May 15, 2023)
Varying
Statutory Tests for Worker’s Status Are
Permissible
(May 12, 2023)
C.A.
Says Judge Abused Discretion in Barring
Testimony Because Lawyer Was Tardy
(May 12, 2023)
C.A.
Scuttles Order Granting Waters’s
Anti-SLAPP Motion
(May 11, 2023)
LAUSD
Faces Possible Liability for Injury to
Student Accidentally Shot by
Classmate—C.A.
(May 11, 2023)
Lie
in Anticipation of Litigation Is
Protected Conduct—C.A.
(May 10, 2023)
Justices
Decide Appeal From Order by Judge Who
Was Powerless to Follow Directive in
2022 Opinion
(May 10, 2023)
Pro
Per Fails to Show That Peeved Judge Was
Disqualified
(May 9, 2023)
Victory
by American Airlines in Suit Over
Alleged Age Discrimination Is Affirmed
(May 9, 2023)
‘Animal
Exclusion’ Does Not Exclude Duty to
Defend
(May 8, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Requires Resentencing of Man Who
Orchestrated Courthouse Bombing
(May 8, 2023)
Opinion
on Strict Liability for Debt Collectors
Resurfaces
(May 5, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Will Reconsider Its Denial of
Qualified Immunity to Officer in
Shooting
(May 5, 2023)
Preliminary
Injunction Sought by Kennedy Jr.
Properly Denied
(May 5, 2023)
Attack
on Abstract of Federal Judgment Was a
SLAPP
(May 4, 2023)
C.A.
Restores Student’s Suit Against Regents
( May 4, 2023)
Judge
Ongkeko to Retire
(May 4, 2023)
FEHA
Does Not Require Permission for
Telecommuting
(May 3, 2023)
Force
Majeure Lease Provision Didn’t Excuse
Non-Payment of Rent During Pandemic —
C.A.
(May 3, 2023)
Syna
N. Dennis Elected LASC Commissioner
(May 3, 2023)
Catholic
School Might Be Vulnerable to Age-Bias
Suit
(May 2, 2023)
Force
Majeure Lease Provision Didn’t Excuse
Non-Payment of Rent During Pandemic —
C.A.
(May 2, 2023)
Gross
Inaccuracy in Claim Against City Was
Akin to Failure to File a Claim, Barring
Suit—C.A.
(May 2, 2023)
California’s
Ban on Assault Weapons Is Constitutional
(May 1, 2023)
C.A.
Restores Action Against Veterinarian
Based on Pain to Cat He Euthanized
(May 1, 2023)
Insured Claiming Covid Damage Must Prove
Specific Harm
(April 28, 2023)
Malicious Prosecution Action Doesn’t Lie
Based on Warrantless Arrest, Alone—C.A.
(April 28, 2023)
Threat
to Sue Complainer Can Be Civil Rights
Violation
(April 27, 2023)
C.A.
Affirms Order to Nephew of Decedent to
Give Up Monies Taken From Bank Account
(April 27, 2023)
Jurist
Says His Opinion Conferred ‘Significant
Benefit’
(April 27, 2023)
Tribes
Not Eligible for Attorney Fees Under CCP
§1021.5
(April 26, 2023)
Right
to Pursue PAGA Action Does Not Pass to
Plaintiff’s Estate; Must Be Dismissed
(April 26, 2023)
Apple
Prevails in Ninth Circuit in Antitrust
Case Against It
(April 25, 2023)
Judge
Craig Mitchell Is Probable Candidate for
Los Angeles County District Attorney
(April 25, 2023)
Procedurally
Unconscionable Contract Is Enforceable
(April 24, 2023)
Judges
Strobel, Green Set Retirement Dates
(April 24, 2023)
Plaintiff’s
Contention She Obtained Void Judgment
Rejected
(April 24, 2023)
Summary
Judgment Proper in Suits Over Diabetes
Drug
(April 21, 2023)
C.A.
Delineates Differing Standards for
Granting Judgments NOV, New Trial
(April 21, 2023)
Amazon
Drivers Can’t Be Forced to Arbitrate
Spying Claims
(April 20, 2023)
Bankruptcy
Trustee Can’t Gain Party Status In
Family Law Case in Bid to Assume Asset
(April 20, 2023)
State
Bar Board of Trustees Told to Submit
Updates on Internal Conflict Rules
(April 20, 2023)
‘I
Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!’ Spray Is
Not Mislabeled
(April 19, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Action by
Lawyer Raising Issues Decided in State
Court
(April 19, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Judge: High Court Utterance Is
Confusing
(April 18, 2023)
Adams,
Mori, Cody Confirmed As C.A. Justices
(April 18, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Call by A.G.’s Office to
Decide Appeal From Habeas Grant Despite
Mootness
(April 18, 2023)
Courts
Have No Power to Bar Deportation of
Ex-Convict
(April 17, 2023)
C.A.
Affirms Amputee’s Conviction for Assault
(April 17, 2023)
A.G.’s
Office ‘Unredacts’ Allegations Against
Amazon
(April 17, 2023)
Auditor
Calls for $24 Increase in Active Bar
Members’ Dues
(April 14, 2023)
S.C.
Orders Publication of Opinion Declaring
No Exception to 120-Day Rule Under CCP
§36
(April 14, 2023)
County
Has Failed to Fix What’s Wrong at
Juvenile Halls
(April 13, 2023)
No
Need to Inquire As to Indian Ancestry of
Child Taken Into Protected Custody Under
Warrant
(April 13, 2023)
CCP
§998 Applies Where Case Settled for Less
Than Offer
(April 12, 2023)
C.A.
Reinstates Taxpayers’ Suit Challenging
Program for Collection of DNA Samples
(April 12, 2023)
C.A.
Restores Suit Alleging Electric Scooters
Are Nuisance
(April 11,2023)
Connolly
Asks That Bid to Bar Lowenthal From
Resentencing Proceeding Be Sent Out of
County
(April 11, 2023)
Horn-Honking
in Support of Protest Is Not Protected
(April 10, 2023)
Man
Who Said He Was ‘Amenable’ to Bench
Trial Didn’t Waive Right to Jury—Ninth
Circuit
(April 10, 2023)
Judge
Connolly Seeks Disqualification of Judge
Lowenthal
(April 7, 2023)
Court
Won’t Block Extradition of Peru’s
Ex-President
(April 6, 2023)
Judge
Lacked Power to Reassemble Jurors to
Determine If Allegation of Prior Was
Valid
(April 6, 2023)
Ford
Can’t Invoke Arbitration Clause in Sales
Contract
(April 5, 2023)
ADDA
Hails Withdrawal of Motion to
‘Depopulate’ Los Angeles County Jails
(April 5, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Reinstates Challenge to State’s
Loyalty Oath
(April 4, 2023)
Hochman
Announces Candidacy for L.A. D.A.
(April 4, 2023)
Civil
Code §47 Covers News Story on
Unpublished Decision
(April 3, 2023)
Newsom
Chooses Alameda Resident Martinez for
Court of Appeal Spot in Los Angeles
(April 3, 2023)
L.A.
Wins a Battle in War Over New Burbank
Terminal
(March 30, 2023)
Bress
Questions Why Ninth Circuit Permits
Appeals From Anti-SLAPP Motion Denials
(March 30, 2023)
City
Not Liable for Unsanitary Conditions at
Its Building
(March 29, 2023)
Funeral
Service Set for Jurist Norman L. Epstein
(March 29, 2023)
Act
Penalizing Chartered Cities That Tax
Groceries Is Invalid
(March 29, 2023)
A
Judge Tells of Plans, Reflects on 20
Years on the Bench
(March 29, 2023)
‘Good
Cause’ Isn’t Needed for
Suppression-Hearing Delay
(March 28, 2023)
Hatami
to Announce Bid to Unseat Gascón
(March 28, 2023)
Retired
Court of Appeal Presiding Justice
Epstein, 89, Dies
(March 27, 2023)
Logan:
Gascón Recall Backers Turned In Bogus
Signatures
(March 24, 2023)
Judges
Shapiro, Dabney Set Official Dates for
Retirement From Los Angeles Superior
Court
(March 24, 2023)
Mother
Had No Right to Admission of Secret
Recordings
(March 24, 2023)
Avenatti’s
First Wife Must Turn Over $717,723,
Artwork
(March 23, 2023)
ADDA
Links Up With Civilian Mariners’ Union
(March 23, 2023)
Law
Firm’s Use of Pilfered Emails Justifies
Disqualification
(March 22, 2023)
Action
by Attorney Seeking Determination of His
Share of Settlement Not a SLAPP—C.A.
(March 22, 2023)
No
Comment on Axing of Suit Based on Lawyer
Misconduct
(March 22, 2023)
Judge
Improperly Conditioned Seeking of
Modification
(March 21, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Challenge to Order
Denying Compassionate Release
(March 21, 2023)
Judges
Elect Montgomery LASC Commissioner
(March 21, 2023)
Uber’s
Suit Challenging Worker-Classification
Law Revived
(March 20, 2023)
Mother’s
Desire to Change Name of Child Over
Father’s Objection Justified Order
(March 20, 2023)
Attorney
Who Wins Fees Can’t Be Liable for
Malpractice
(March 17, 2023)
Former
State Bar Court Judge Talcott Dies
(March 17, 2023)
Gascón
Cancels Meeting With ADDA Leaders
(March 17, 2023)
Insurer
Might Be Liable in Talent Agency’s $5
Million Suit
(March 16, 2023)
Two
C.A. Holdings in a Single Case Come in
One Opinion, Another in Separate Opinion
(March 16, 2023)
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