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2014
Ninth
Circuit Revives Injunction Bid in Suit Over ‘POM’
Trademark
(December
31, 2014)
Appeals
Court Changes Its Mind for Second Time on
Publication of
Electronic-Signature Opinion
(December
31, 2014)
CJP
Charges Tulare Judge With Improper Conduct Toward
Clerk
(December
30, 2014)
Philanthropist
Alba Witkin Dies of Cardiac Arrest at 95
(
December 30, 2014)
City
Attorney Feuer Expresses Glee Over Decision
Upholding ‘Special Order 7’
(
December 30, 2014)
C.A. Rejects Effort to Avoid Reciprocal Fees
Statute
(December
29, 2014)
E-Mail Correspondence With Attorneys Held
Non-Privileged
(December
29, 2014)
Lack
of Expert Testimony Required Judgment for
Lawyer—C.A.
(December
26, 2014)
Brown Names Nine, Including Three in Los Angeles,
to Superior Courts
(December
26, 2014)
C.A. Bars Public Works Contractor’s Access to
Retention Funds
(December
24, 2014)
Services Pending for Justice Orville Armstrong
(December
24, 2014)
Panel Confirms Kruger, Completing Supreme Court
(December
23, 2014)
Court of Appeal Says Mediation Confidentiality
Does Not Apply to Family Law Financial Disclosures
(December
23, 2014)
Ninth Circuit Holds Anti-Whaling Activists in
Contempt
(December
22, 2014)
C.A. Upholds Adding Lawyer to Ex-Employee’s
Judgment
(December
22, 2014)
Disputed Nativity Scene in Indiana Will Stay Up
Until Dec. 26
(December
22, 2014)
C.A.
Declares Homebuilder Indemnification Clause
Unconscionable
(December
19, 2014)
Supreme Court to Decide Extent of Rescission
Remedy For Backdating of Auto Sales Finance
Contracts
(December
19, 2014)
Unilever Dismisses Suit Over Labeling of ‘Just
Mayo’
(December
19, 2014)
C.A. Clarifies Review Standard in Three-Strikes
Resentence Cases
(December
18, 2014)
Ninth Circuit Judges Reappoint Judge Bluebond
(December
18, 2014)
Litigant Waited Too Long to Raise Conflict Issue,
C.A. Rules
(December
17, 2014)
Chief Justice Names Chin to Seat on Judicial
Council
(December
17, 2014)
Doctor Gets No Offset Against MICRA-Capped
Award—S.C.
(December
16, 2014)
Panel Rejects Appeals by Disgraced Ex-Supervisor
and Aide
(December
16, 2014)
C.A. Upholds Award to Girls Molested by Carlsbad
Teacher
(December
15, 2014)
Brown Names 11 to Superior Court Judgeships
(December
15, 2014)
S.C. Orders Hearing on Bid to Boot Prosecutor From
Death Case
(December
12, 2014)
Divided Court of Appeal Panel Allows Hundreds of
Countrywide Claims to Be Joined in Single Action
(December
12, 2014)
Can’t Require Return of Privileged Documents
Provided Under PRA
(December
11, 2014)
No Liability for Death of Intoxicated Girl CHP
Officers Allowed to Wander Highway on Foot at
Night—C.A.
(December
11, 2014)
S.C. Denies Latest Bid for Release of ‘Manson
Girl’
(December
11, 2014)
Judicial Commission Confirms C.A. Appointments
(December
11, 2014)
Peace Officer Not Entitled to Appeal Assignment
Transfer—C.A.
(December
10, 2014)
C.A. Says Threats Charge May Be Based on Hand
Gestures
(December
10, 2014)
S.C. Orders New Hearing on Jury Misconduct in
Murder Trial
(December
9, 2014)
C.A. Quickly Pulls Publication Order on Opinion
(December
9, 2014)
Court of Appeal Revives Suit Against County Over
Auto Rollover
(December
8, 2014)
Appellate Panel Allows Suit Against Malibu
Restaurant Over Fatal Crash Involving Patron
(December
8, 2014)
C.A. Reverses Order to Parole Man Convicted 1985
Double Murder
(December
5, 2014)
Prosecutor’s Misuse of “Reasonable Doubt’ Diagram
Requires New Trial, Supreme Court Rules
(December
5, 2014)
Appeals Court Strikes Down Part of State’s Law on
DNA Testing
(December
4, 2014)
C.A. Faults Disqualified Judge for Signing Order
(December
4, 2014)
Court of Appeal Denies Bid for Resentencing of
Hostage-Taker
(December
3, 2014)
Condemned Inmate Charles Richardson Dies of
Natural Causes
(December
3, 2014)
Text of Remarks by Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim
McDonnell
(December
3, 2014)
C.A. Allows Writ-Challenge to UI Benefits
Determination
(December
2, 2014)
Arbitration Can Be Compelled in Absence of
Justiciable Controversy
(December
2, 2014)
Child Support Payments May Be Aligned With Income
From Former Job
(December
2, 2014)
No Error in Judge Declining to Consider
Declaration Filed on Morning of MSJ Hearing—C.A.
(December
2, 2014)
C.A.
Calls Custody Evaluator Biased, Orders Her Off
Case
(December
1, 2014)
S.C.
Denies Review of Ruling in LASD Whistleblower Case
(November
28, 2014)
Court
of Appeal Upholds Warrantless Blood Draw From
Parolee Who Did Not Consent
(November
28, 2014)
Firm Sued by Client May Have Attorney-Client
Privilege—C.A.
(November
26, 2014)
Superior Court Judge Cesar Sarmiento Retires to
Join JAMS
(November
26, 2014)
New Judges to Be Dispersed Among at Least Seven
Courthouses
(November
26, 2014)
Brown Nominates Kruger to California High Court
(November
25, 2014)
July Bar Exam Pass Rate Falls Below 50 Percent
(November
25, 2014)
Court of Appeal Reinstates Whistleblower Suit
Against Church
(November
24, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Challenge to Law Expediting CEQA Litigation Over
Basketball Arena
(November 21, 2014)
S.C. Upholds
Conviction in Killing of Gang Members
(November 21, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Judgment in State’s First Vaginal Mesh Suit
(November 20, 2014)
Legislative
Analyst’s Office Suggests Giving Courts Incentive
to Push for Collection of Unpaid Fines, Fees
(November 20, 2014)
Poole to Resign
From Posts at Judicial Council
(November 20, 2014)
C.A. Dismisses
Appeal in Suit Over Fraud in Sale of Ranch
(November 19, 2014)
Court Warns on
Submitting Motions to Private Judges
(November 19, 2014)
Dunn Is No
Whistleblower, Lawsuit Is ‘Baseless’—State Bar
Board
(November 18, 2014)
C.A. Tosses
Million Dollar Fee Award Against Lawyer’s
Ex-Client
(November 17, 2014)
Court Upholds
Dismissal in Suspected Gang Murder
(November 17, 2014)
Senior U.S.
District Judge J. Spencer Letts Dies at 79
(November 17, 2014)
Dunn Out as
Executive Director of State Bar, Files Suit
(November 14, 2014)
Governor Names
Six to Be Los Angeles Superior Court Judges
(November 13, 2014)
State Supreme
Court Will Not Revive Order That LAUSD Disclose
Teacher Scores by Name
(November 13, 2014)
Sirius XM Can’t
Enforce Arbitration Clause—Ninth Circuit
(November 12, 2014)
Bank Was
Justified in Refusing to Open Account for Woman in
Her 90s, With Alzheimer’s, Not Personally
Present—C.A.
(November 12, 2014)
C.A. Paves Way
for Law Firm to Collect on $1.8 Million Judgment
(November 12, 2014)
Banks for
Check-Casher May Be Liable to Check-Theft Victim
(November 10, 2014)
Judges Brandlin,
Nelson to Take Over Administrative Posts
(November 10, 2014)
Legislature
Inadvertently Creates Additional Court Holiday
(November 10, 2014)
C.A. Revives
Wrongful Death Suit Against Brewer of ‘Four Loko’
(November 7, 2014)
Lewis, Griego
Capture Open Seats on Los Angeles Superior Court
(November 6, 2014)
CJP Admonishes
Solano Judge for Insulting Litigants
(November 6, 2014)
State
Senator-Elect Hertzberg to Join Glaser Weil as Of
Counsel
(November 6, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Order Decertifying Class Action Against CashCall
(November 5, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Expresses Due Process Concern Over Lack of Court
Reporter at Civil Motion Hearing
(November 5, 2014)
CJP Asks Comment
on Change to Disclosure Rules
(November 5, 2014)
Double Jeopardy
Held No Bar to Retrial of Lawyer Who Obtained
Drugs for Model
(November 4, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Life-Without-Parole Sentence for Teenager
(November 4, 2014)
Actor Prevails
in Bid to Be Declared Child’s Father—Website
(November 4, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Revives Suit Over Child’s Fall From Hotel Window
(November 3, 2014)
Court Grants En
Banc Review of Constitutional Challenge To
California Law Giving Artists Resale Royalties
(November 3, 2014)
Justice
Department Slates Election Day Enforcement Effort
(November 3, 2014)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence in Gang-Related South L.A. Killings
(October 31, 2014)
Court Upholds
Conviction in Case Over Phony Military Medals
(October 30, 2014)
Judge Admits
Abusing Authority, Calls It ‘Isolated Incident’
(October 30, 2014)
Appeals Panel
Overturns Award of Private Attorney General Fees
(October 29, 2014)
Large Retailers
Need Not Have Defibrillators—Court
(October 29, 2014)
Motor Carrier
Held Blameless in Mishap That Injured Driver
(October 28, 2014)
Suit Against CBS
Over Report of Hearing Held SLAPP
(October 28, 2014)
Transfer for
Consideration May Still Be ‘Donative,’ C.A. Rules
(October 27, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Invokes One-Form-of-Action Rule, Overturns
Deficiency Judgment in Favor of Bank
(October 27, 2014)
Court Upholds
Search of Residence, Cites Fiancée’s Consent
(October 24, 2014)
S.C. Vacates
Certification Order in Suit Over Closed-Captioning
(October 24, 2014)
Alliance Faults
AOC for Opening, Closing $4.7 Million Courthouse
(Snippets, October
24, 2014)
Court Upholds
$18 Million Punitive Award in Asbestos Case
(October 23, 2014)
High Court
Denies Review of Ruling That Overturned Jury’s
$5,000-an-Hour Attorney Fee Award
(October 23, 2014)
Suit Against Law
Firm Over Settlement Proceeds No SLAPP—C.A.
(October 22, 2014)
Deputy City
Attorney Chris Garcia Pleads No Contest in Child
Pornography Case, Faces Summary Disbarment
(October 22, 2014)
U.S. Supreme
Court to Hear State’s Bid to Reinstate Death
Sentence
(October 21, 2014)
High Court to
Review Local Rules on Hotel Guest Data
(October 21, 2014)
C.A. Rejects Use
of Two-Judge Appellate Panel in Superior Court
(October 20, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Exception to Three Strikes Resentencing Provision
(October 17, 2014)
Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge Leslie A. Dunn to Retire
(October 17, 2014)
C.A. Upholds $1
Million Verdict in Retaliation Suit Against LAFD
(October 16, 2014)
High Court
Leaves Ruling Favoring High-Speed Rail Intact
(October 16, 2014)
Court Upholds
In-Person Reporting Requirement for Sex Predators
(October 15, 2014)
CJP Charges
Fresno Jurist With Abuse of Authority
(October 15, 2014)
A.G.: County May
Sue to Oust Officials Over Conflict of Interest
(October 14, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Corruption Conviction of Former GOP
Congressman Richard Renzi
(October 10, 2014)
Medical
Marijuana Law Irrelevant to Decision on Whether to
Issue Search Warrant—C.A.
(October 10, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Defense Verdict in Crash That Killed Sheriff’s
Deputy
(October 9, 2014)
Panel Castigates
Prosecutors Over Plea-Bargain Breach
(October 9, 2014)
Retired Los
Angeles Commissioner Edward H. Drayer Dies at 69
(October 9, 2014)
Panel Upholds
Ruling in Suit Based on ‘De Facto’ Dissolution
(October 8, 2014)
Zoning Ban on
Auto Rentals Applies to ‘Truck Sharing,’ First
District Court of Appeal Rules in Berkeley Case
(October 8, 2014)
Fields, Lacey,
McDonnell to Be Feted as 2014 ‘Persons of the
Year’
(October 8, 2014)
Insurer Had No
Duty to Defend Therapist in Sex Assault Suit—C.A.
(October 7, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds U.S. Authority Over Alaskan River
(October 7, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Verdict for Prison Psychologist in Race-Bias Case
(October 6, 2014)
Court: Firm’s
‘Contract Attorney’ Not Entitled to Fees
(October 6, 2014)
Supreme Court to
Consider Statute of Limitations in Attorney Fee
Cases
(October 6, 2014)
Panel Upholds
Dismissal of Investors’ Suit Against Chipmaker
(October 3, 2014)
Ethics Committee
Warns Judges on Legislative Advocacy
(October 3, 2014)
Police Cannot
Keep Fingerprints of ‘Factually Innocent’
Defendant
(October 2, 2014)
S.C. Denies
Request to Publish C.A.’s Pepper Spray Opinion
(October 2, 2014)
Judge Steele
Retires From Superior Court
(October 2, 2014)
Lawyer’s Suit
Against Former Firm No SLAPP—Court of Appeal
(October 1, 2014)
Panel Upholds
Alameda County’s Drug Disposal Ordinance
(October 1, 2014)
Central District
Gets New Federal Public Defender
(October 1, 2014)
C.A. Rejects Bid
for Increased Interest on Malpractice Judgment
(September 30, 2014)
Los Angeles
Superior Court Elects Three Commissioners
(September 30, 2014)
Judge Connolly
Made Void Sentencing Order, C.A. Rules
(September 29, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Reinstates Action for Prenatal Injuries
(September 29, 2014)
County May Enter
Into Contracts Without Public Hearings—C.A.
(September 26, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Contention That Hours Claimed by Lawyer For Rapper
Known as ‘The Game’ Were Inflated
(September 26, 2014)
Governor Not an
‘Agency’ Under CEQA, Court of Appeal Rules
(September 25, 2014)
S.C. Declines to
Block Suit Over Drug Monograph
(September 25, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Revives Suit Over Brea Mall Protest by Union
(September 24, 2014)
Board Appoints
Saladino County Counsel on 4-1 Vote
(September 24, 2014)
C.A. Throws Out
Judgment Against State Deputy Attorney General
(September 23, 2014)
Court Upholds
Ruling for Female Athletes Who Sued School
District
(September 22, 2014)
Brown Names
Three to Northern California Superior Courts
(September 22, 2014)
S.C. to Hear
Privacy Challenge to Prescription Database Statute
(September 19, 2014)
Board of
Supervisors Set to Act on Appointment of
Treasurer/Tax Collection Saladino as County
Counsel
(September 19, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Revives Rape Victim’s Suit Against Modeling
Website
(September 18, 2014)
Panel Upholds
Ruling That Police Concealed Evidence
(September 18, 2014)
C.A. Tosses Suit
Over Injuries From Courthouse Elevator Accident
(September 17, 2014)
Confirmation
Hearing Today for District Court Nominee
(September 17, 2014)
C.A. Rules
Personal ‘Publicity’ Claim Assignable, Not
Preempted
(September 16, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Orders New Hearing in Tax Dispute Involving
Electronic Arts Co-Founder Hawkins
(September 16, 2014)
C.A. Affirms
Murder Conviction of Former NFL Player
(September
15,
2014)
Joanne Garvey,
‘Founding Mother’ of CWL, Dies at 79
(September 15, 2014)
Supreme Court
Agrees to Rule on Taxpayer Standing Limits
(September 12, 2014)
Panel Asks
Alaska Court for Help in Coverage Case
(September 12, 2014)
Court Turns Down
Elderly Husband-Killer’s Bid for New Trial in
Nevada Case
(September 11, 2014)
Kuhl, Buckley to
Lead Superior Court for Next Two Years
(September 11, 2014)
Catherine D.
Purcell Appointed Presiding Judge of State Bar
Court
(September 11, 2014)
Court Revives
Suit Accusing State Agents of Illegal Detention
(September 10, 2014)
Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge Steven Ogden to Retire
(September 10, 2014)
C.A. Orders
Resentencing for Man Convicted of Cheating
Investors
(September 9, 2014)
Court Rules for
Newspaper in Suit Over Access to Contempt Papers
(September 8, 2014)
ADA Mandates
Accessible Parking—Ninth Circuit
(September 8, 2014)
Deputy L.A. City
Attorney Chris Garcia Arrested on Child
Pornography Charges
(September 8, 2014)
Court Says Child
Slavery Suit Against Nestle USA May Proceed
(September 5, 2014)
Services Set for
Former Presiding Judge Harry V. Peetris
(September 5, 2014)
C.A. Revives
Challenge to Diversity Mandate for Redistricting
Body
(September 4, 2014)
Court Upholds
Class Action Status for Overtime Lawsuit
(September 4, 2014)
Services Set for
Sept. 14 for Justice Walter Croskey
(September 4, 2014)
CJP Censures Two
Judges for Courthouse Sexual Misconduct
(September 3, 2014)
Prison Official
Named Administrative Director of the Courts
(September 3, 2014)
Cuéllar Wins
Approval as Supreme Court Justice
(August 29, 2014)
S.C. Tosses Suit
Against Chain Over Harassment Claim
(August 29, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Rejects Andrew Stein’s Bid to Keep Ballot
Designation
(August 29, 2014)
Judge Strips
Stein of Ballot Designation
(August 28, 2014)
C.A. Revives
Malicious Prosecution Suit Against Law Firm
(August 28, 2014)
Judge Stephen
Czuleger to Teach Law Students in Albania
(August 28, 2014)
‘Third World
Dentistry’ Remark Not Proof of Bias—Court
(August 27, 2014)
CJEO Warns
Judges on Accepting Gifts of ‘Nominal’ Value
(August 27, 2014)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentences in Drug-Related Valley Murders
(August 26, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Dismissal of Malicious Prosecution Suit as SLAPP
(August 25, 2014)
Supreme Court
Upholds Death Sentence for Throat-Slashing Killer
(August 22, 2014)
S.C. Denies
Review in Palmdale Voting Rights Dispute
(August 22, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds City’s Ban on Soliciting Donations at LAX
(August 21, 2014)
Panel Grants
Publication in LASD Whistleblower Case
(August 21, 2014)
Judge Richard
Rico Under Consideration for C.A.
(August 21, 2014)
Mel Levine Gets
New Term as DWP Commissioner
(August 21, 2014)
Court: Witness
Recantations Inadequate to Prove ‘Actual
Innocence’
(August 20, 2014)
Superior Court
Judge Antonio Barreto to Retire
(August 20, 2014)
Supreme Court
Upholds Death Sentence for Skinhead Gang Leader
(August 19, 2014)
Ex-Prosecutor
Tapped for Northern District Judgeship
(August
19,
2014)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Injunction Targeting Imprisoned Fraudster
(August 18, 2014)
C.A. Orders
Court to Reconsider Indian Child Placement
(August 18, 2014)
S.C. Orders New
Look at Conviction in Traffic Fatality of Child
(August 15, 2014)
High Court
Upholds Death Sentence for Double Murderer
(August 15, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Requirement That Probationer Disclose Passwords
(August 14, 2014)
California
Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether Anti-SLAPP
Law Bars City’s Conflict-of-Interest Suit
(August 14, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Revives Class Action Over Employee Cellphone Use
(August 13, 2014)
TV Personality’s
Individual Contract Dispute With Station Not
Subject to Arbitration Clause in Union
Contract—C.A.
(August 13, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Revives Claim That Guard Violated Prison Inmate’s
Rights by Reading Legal Mail
(August 12, 2014)
Court Upholds
Injunction in Dispute Over Trademarks
(August 12, 2014)
Nash Issues New
Blanket Order on Public, Media Access in
Dependency Court
(August 11, 2014)
Order Granting
Grandmother Child-Visitation Rights Was Valid
(August 8, 2014)
Whistleblower
Suit May Be Based on Information Already Known
(August 7, 2014)
Judge Marshall
Declines to Allow Expansion of Action By HFCS
Producers Against Sugar Industry
(August 7, 2014)
C.A. Says Sixth
Amendment Not Violated if Witness Is Unavailable
Due to Defendant’s Wrongdoing
(August 7, 2014)
Spanking Did Not
Justify Barring Father From Family Home—C.A.
(August 6, 2014)
Sentence Upheld
for Man Who Tossed Wife Off Balcony
(August 6, 2014)
Alzheimer’s
Patient Not Liable for Injuries to In-Home
Caregiver
(August 5, 2014)
San Diego’s
Special Hotel Tax Levy Held to Be Unconstitutional
(August 4, 2014)
Mother’s Failure
to Summon Help for Injured Son Who Died Supports
Second-Degree Murder Conviction—C.A.
(August 4, 2014)
Judge Chalfant
Erred in Relying on Expert’s Speculation—C.A.
(August 4, 2014)
C.A. Says Libel
Action Against Akin Gump Was a SLAPP
(August 4, 2014)
Appeals Court
Holds Mother’s Admitted Drug Abuse Did Not Justify
Dependency Finding as to Child
(August 4, 2014)
Juror’s Talk
With Pastor Leads to S.C.’s Death Penalty Reversal
(August 1, 2014)
State Supreme
Court Denies Depublication Request in Malicious
Prosecution Case Involving Lawyers
(August 1, 2014)
Confirmation
Hearings Set for Aug. 28 for Supreme Court, C.A.
Nominees
(August 1, 2014)
C.A. Says
Self-Represented Attorneys Sometimes Entitled to
Fees
(July 31, 2014)
Levanas to
Replace Nash as Presiding Juvenile Court Judge
(July 31, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Says Diocese’s Insurance Did Not Cover Sex Abuse
Claims
(July 31, 2014)
Panel Affirms
Rejection of Todd Rundgren’s Foreclosure Suit
(July 30, 2014)
State Judicial
Council Approves Retirement of AOC’s Name
(July 30, 2014)
Drug Courier’s
Role Not Necessarily ‘Minor’—Court
(July 30, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Drug-Abusing Mother’s Bid to Block Adoption
(July 30, 2014)
Trademark
Attorney Miriam Claire Beezy Joins BakerHostetler
(Snippets, July 30,
2014)
Trucking
Companies Subject to State Labor Laws, S.C. Rules
(July 29, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Conviction of Engineer Sentenced To 32
Years for Selling Classified Technology to China
(July 29, 2014)
Attorney-Client
Privilege Trumps Local Ordinance—C.A.
(July 29, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Conviction in Arizona Triple-Murder Case
(July 28, 2014)
C.A. Says Trial
Court Should Not Have Abstained From Ruling on
Dispute That Split Hollywood Church
(July 28, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Says Search of Minor’s Backpack Was Illegal
(July 28, 2014)
Brown Taps
Renner for Third District Court of Appeal
(July 28, 2014)
C.A. Revives
Suit Claiming Yelp Lies About Its Review Filter
(July 25, 2014)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence in Killing of Sheriff’s Deputy
(July 25, 2014)
C.A. Tosses
Order to Disclose Teacher Scores by Name
(July 24, 2014)
Cost-Shifting
Statute Does Not Support Award Against Plaintiff’s
Counsel, Court of Appeal Rules
(July 24, 2014)
State Bar Court
Recommends Suspension for Former Federal
Prosecutor
(July 24, 2014)
Blogger Berger
Retracts Claim That Brown Has ‘Banned’
Appointments of DDAs to Los Angeles Superior Court
(July 24, 2014)
Brown Taps Law
Professor Cuéllar for High Court
(July 23, 2014)
Senate Confirms
Birotte as U.S. District Court Judge
(July 23, 2014)
Declaratory
Relief Action Against John Travolta Not SLAPP—C.A.
(July 23, 2014)
Weiss Named
Acting County Counsel
(July 23, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Claim That Hospital Is Liable for Loss of Records
(July 22, 2014)
Claim That Brown
Will Not Appoint DDAs to Judgeships Labeled ‘Pure
Fiction’ by Governor’s Spokesperson
(July 22, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Claim That Defendant Was Coerced Into Confessing
(July 21, 2014)
S.C. Names James
Fox, Terrance Flanagan to State Bar Board
(July 21, 2014)
U.S. Backs
Plaintiffs in Suit Over Opportunities for English
Learners
(July 21, 2014)
Panel Approves
Early Release Of Federal Drug Prisoners
(July 21, 2014)
State High Court
to Consider Fiduciary Duty in Real Estate Sales
(July 18, 2014)
Rothschild
Confirmed as Presiding Justice of C.A. Div. One
(July 18, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Life Sentence for 14-Year-Old Killer
(July 18, 2014)
Judge Rules
State’s Death Penalty Unconstitutional
(July 17, 2014)
S.C. Suspends
Valley Attorney Over Loan Modifications
(July 17, 2014)
Brown Names 10
to Superior Court Judgeships Around State
(July 17, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Duress Claim in Felony-Murder Case
(July 17, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Reinstates Lawsuit for Return of Unearned Fees
(July 16, 2014)
MALDEF Sues
Bellflower, Says At-Large Elections for City
Council Violate California Voting Rights Act
(July 16, 2014)
Former Trutanich
Aide Jane Usher Joins Musick Peeler
(July 16, 2014)
Court Rejects
Woman’s Complaint She Was Harassed by Deputy
(July 15, 2014)
S.C. Rules for
Employees in Minimum Wage Dispute
(July 15, 2014)
Kozinski
Dismisses Attorney’s Claim Bankrupcty Judge Has
Dementia
(July 15, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Orders New Hearing for Three-Strikes Defendant
(July 14, 2014)
Brenda Penny
Elected Superior Court Commissioner
(July 14, 2014)
Danette Meyers
Elected to State Bar Board of Trustees
(July 11, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Ruling That LAPD Officer Was Retaliated
Against Over Testimony in Labor Case
(July 11, 2014)
Court Takes
Narrow View of Limitation on Criminal Refiling
(July 10, 2014)
Supreme Court
Orders Two-Year Suspension for Attorney Involved
With Loan Modification Program
(July 10, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Convictions of Five in Orange County Jail Killing
(July 9, 2014)
Appellate Panel
Upholds EIR for Huge Development at Former Naval
Base in San Francisco Bay
(July 9, 2014)
S.C. Says City
Waited Too Long to Challenge Sludge Ordinance
(July 8, 2014)
State Supreme
Court Tosses Double-Murder Conviction And Death
Sentence, Citing Juror Misconduct
(July 8, 2014)
Superior Court
Staff Attorney Struck by Car, Killed
(July 8, 2014)
S.C. Takes
Narrow View of ‘Misconduct’ in Unemployment Case
(July 7, 2014)
Justices Extend
Architects’ Liability to Homebuyers
(July 7, 2014)
Court Reinstates
Challenge to Ban on Men Working in Women’s Jail
(July 3, 2014)
Confirmation
Hearings Set for Four C.A. Nominees
(July 3, 2014)
Terry Friedman:
No Interest in Administrative Director Post
(July 3, 2014)
Courts Director
Jahr to Step Down After Two Years
(July 2, 2014)
Court Revives
Claim Over Warrantless Police Entry
(July 2, 2014)
Bigelow, Nash to
Be Honored by Judicial Council
(July 2, 2014)
Kelly Kato
Selected as Magistrate Judge for Central District
(July 2, 2014)
Brown Names
Rothschild and Edmon Presiding Justices of C.A.
(July 1, 2014)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence, Says Comments by Talk Show Hosts’
Did Not Affect Murder Trial
(July 1, 2014)
S.C. Says
Undocumented Workers May Sue Under FEHA
(June 27, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Ruling on Lack of Standing to Challenge Tax
(June 27, 2014)
Appeals Court
Rejects Challenge to ‘Short-Barreled’ Shotgun Law
(June 26, 2014)
Services
Saturday for Retired Judge Raymond Cardenas
(June 26, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Declines to Reconsider Gay Juror Ruling En Banc
(June 25, 2014)
CJEO Offers
Draft Opinion on Acceptance of Small Gifts
(June 25, 2014)
Balloting
Underway for Superior Court Commissioner
(June 25, 2014)
Large Retailers
Need Not Have Defibrillators on Hand—S.C.
(June 24, 2014)
Right to Sue
Under State Private Attorney General Act Cannot Be
Waived by Employment Contract, Court Says
(June 24, 2014)
No Further
Budget Cuts in Los Angeles Superior Court—Wesley
(June 24, 2014)
County Counsel
John Krattli to Retire Next Month
(June 23, 2014)
C.A. Allows Suit
Over Drug Monograph to Go Forward
(June 23, 2014)
C.A. Takes Huge
Slice Out of Jury Award for Services in Divorce
(June 20, 2014)
Justice Baxter
Says He Will Leave at End of Term
(June 19, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Lawsuit Over Alcohol-Related Death of Teenager
That Led to Passage of ‘Shelby’s Law’
(June 19, 2014)
Brown Names 15
Judges, Eight of Them in Los Angeles County
(June 19, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Orders New Trial in Suit Over Death of Motorist
(June 18, 2014)
Najera Clinches
Win Over Incumbent Judge James Pierce
(June 18, 2014)
C.A. Says
Ex-Employee’s Settlement Demand Was Extortion
(June 17, 2014)
Court Upholds
Tax Ruling Against DiTech Founder
(June 16, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Rules Defendant Cannot Contest Denial of Brady
Motion Brought by Prosecution
(June 16, 2014)
S.C. Lets Stand
Ruling Giving Death Row Inmate Access to District
Attorney’s Capital Case Records
(June 13, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Judgment in Sexual Harrasment Suit
(June 13, 2014)
C.A. Rules for
Singer Randy Jackson in Child Support Dispute
(June 12, 2014)
Supreme Court
Denies Request to Publish Ruling in Former UCLA
Basketball Player’s Defamation Lawsuit
(June 12, 2014)
Health Plans
Must Cover Treatment for Eating Disorders—C.A.
(June 11, 2014)
Services
Scheduled for Retired Judge Reginald A. Dunn
(June 11, 2014)
Former Central
District Chief Judge Alicemarie Stotler Dead at 72
(June 11, 2014)
C.A. Says
Nonjudicial Foreclosure Sale Cannot Be Enjoined
(June 10, 2014)
Local Attorney
Jamie Wright Reappointed to Medical Board
(June 10, 2014)
Court Revives
Suit Against Museum Over Artwork Stolen by Nazis
(June 9, 2014)
Services
Scheduled for Retired Judge Juelann Cathey
(June 9, 2014)
Najera Lead Over
Pierce Grows Slightly As Ballot Count Updated
(June 9, 2014)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence in Robbery-Murder of Gambler
(June 6, 2014)
State Supreme
Court Approves Use of Evidence Obtained By Use of
Red Light Camera System
(June 6, 2014)
Prosecutor
Najera Appears to Oust Veteran Judge Pierce in
Upset
(June 5, 2014)
San Diego Jurist
to Head All-Female CJA Leadership Team
(June 5, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Orders Injunction Against Arizona Abortion Drug
Rules
(June 4, 2014)
C.A. Upholds Tax
Measures Approved in 2012 Balloting
(June 4, 2014)
Supreme Court
Upholds Death Sentence of Man Who Asked for It
(June 3, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals Upholds Ruling That Digital Music
Site Was a Pyramid Scheme
(June 3, 2014)
Conflict-of-Interest
Suit Against Lawmakers No SLAPP, C.A. Rules
(June 2, 2014)
Chief Justice
Names Six New Members to Judicial Council
(June 2, 2014)
S.C. Rules for
Newspaper in Suit Over Long Beach Police Shootings
(May 30, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Injunction Against Palmdale Vote Certification
(May
29, 2014)
LACBA Names
Edith Matthai as Shattuck-Price Award Recipient
(May 29, 2014)
Two Races:
Well-Regarded Prosecutor Faces Seasoned
Commissioner
(Judicial Elections,
May 29, 2014)
Presiding
Justice Klein Says She Won't Seek Re-Election
(May 28, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Allows CalPERS to Sue Ratings Agencies Over Losses
in Mortgage-Backed Investments
(May 28, 2014)
All Three
Candidates Have ‘Gang’ in Their Ballot
Designations
(Judicial Elections,
May 28, 2014)
Candidate Helen
Kim on Way to Setting Judicial Campaign Spending
Record
(May 27, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Orders New Parole Hearing for Man Once Sentenced
to Death in ‘Barbecue Murders’
(May 27, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Reaffirms Limitation on Taxpayer Standing
(May 23, 2014)
Judge Lisa Lench
to Seek California Judges Association Presidency
(May 23, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Approves Denial of Political Asylum to Sikh
Activist
(May 22, 2014)
S.C. Declines to
Intervene in Autry Museum Dispute
(May 22, 2014)
Court Rejects
Challenge to Disclosure Laws by Prop. 8 Backers
(May 21, 2014)
C.A. Rules for
State in Dispute Over Prison Worker’s Death
(May 21, 2014)
Laches No
Defense to Copyright Infringment, Supreme Court
Rules in ‘Raging Bull’ Case
(May 20, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Rules State’s Limit on Damages in Wrongful Death
Suits Inapplicable to Federal Cases
(May 20, 2014)
Criminal Defense
Lawyer, Deputy District Attorney Joust
(Judicial Elections,
May 20, 2014)
Fourth District
Court of Appeal Revives Suit Over Asbestos
Exposure
(May 19, 2014)
Court Revives
Class Action Over Lack of Seats for Cashiers
(May 19, 2014)
S.C. Says That
Life Insurance Paid for With Community Funds Is
Community Property
(May 16, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Clause Allowing Arbitrator to Determine Whether
Agreement to Arbitrate Is Enforceable
(May 16, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Blocks Subpoena for Identity of Online Commenter
(May 15, 2014)
Appeals Court
Says Sperm Donor May Have Parental Rights
(May 15, 2014)
Revised Budget
Includes $60 Million More for Trial Courts
(May 14, 2014)
Retired Judge
Ronald Sohigian Admonished by CJP
(May 14, 2014)
Justice
Rothschild Under Consideration for Presiding
Justice
(May 14, 2014)
Cowboy Lawyers
Celebrates 25 Years of Trail Riding
(Snippets, May 14,
2014)
Court Revives
Suit by Woman Held at Gunpoint After Mistaken Stop
(May 13, 2014)
En Banc Ninth
Circuit Says Teenager With 65 IQ Was Coerced Into
Confessing
(May 13, 2014)
Court Tosses
Some Restrictions on Judicial Candidate Speech
(May 12, 2014)
Court
Commissioner Mitchell Block to Retire Next Month
(May 12, 2014)
Appeals Court
Orders Publication of Opinion on Arbitration
Agreement
(May 12, 2014)
Court Rejects
Federal Privacy Claims Against Facebook and Zynga
(May 9, 2014)
Superior Court
Issues New List of Commissioner Candidates
(May 9, 2014)
Three
Prosecutors Face Opponents Each Bested in a Writ
Proceeding
(Judicial Elections,
May 9, 2014)
C.A. Rules for
Lawyers in ‘Settle-and-Sue’ Malpractice Case
(May 8, 2014)
Failure to Pay
Fee No Bar to Government Claim, C.A. Rules
(May 7, 2014)
C.A. Upholds $4
Million Judgment Against Telemarketers
(May 7, 2014)
Seven ‘Not
Qualified’ as LACBA Releases Final Candidate
Ratings
(May 6, 2014)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence, Rejects Racial Bias Claim
(May 6, 2014)
Justices Decline
to Hear State’s Bid to Revive Murder Conviction
(May 6, 2014)
Supervising City
Prosecutor Pitted Against Deputy District Attorney
(Judicial Elections,
May 6, 2014)
Calderon Says
Adverse LACBA Candidate Rating Ignores His
‘Extensive’ Experience in Law
(May 5, 2014)
Court Says
Expert Wrongly Excluded in Pollution Suit
(May 5, 2014)
S.C. Rejects
Suit Against Target for Collecting Tax on Coffee
‘to Go’
(May 2, 2014)
Bar Court Review
Department Upholds Disbarment Recommendation for
Del Norte District Attorney
(May 2, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Endorses New Test for Jury Selection Challenges
(May 1, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Grower’s Claim of Medical Marijuana Immunity
(May 1, 2014)
San Diego Jurist
Confirmed for Seat on Federal Bench
(May 1, 2014)
Appeals Court
Says Bank Not Liable for Claim Against Predecessor
(April 30, 2014)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence for Serial Killer Suff
(April 29, 2014)
C.A. Orders
Publication of ‘Ghost Hunters’ Opinion
(April 29, 2014)
Senate Confirms
Friedland, Giving Ninth Circuit Historic 29th
Judge
(April 29, 2014)
Attorney-Client
Conflict of Interest Requires Dismissal, C.A.
Rules
(April 28, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Charity’s Right to Remove Director
(April 28, 2014)
C.A. Limits
Cities’ Authority to Regulate Tow Trucks, Drivers
(April 25, 2014)
S.C to Decide
Whether Movable Motor Home Is a ‘Structure’
(April 25, 2014)
S.C. Leaves
Intact Immunity Ruling in Favor of Custody
Evaluator
(April 24, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Murder Conviction, With Slap at U.S. Court
(April 24, 2014)
DDA Who Fumbled
Vies With Commissioner With ‘NQ’ From JNE
(Judicial Elections,
April 24, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Grants New Trial in Suit Over Stolen Technology
(April 23, 2014)
Breakfast Club
Endorses Yochelson for State Bar Board
(April 23, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Rejects Challenge to Codicil Replacing Executor
(April 22, 2014)
Appellate Panel
Unanimously Upholds Ruling Rejecting Selectively
Translated Arbitration Agreement
(April 22, 2014)
Court Tosses
Discovery Order in State Workers’ Overtime Suit
(April 21, 2014)
State Supreme
Court to Decide Whether Mediation Stay Tolled
Five-Year Period
(April 21, 2014)
Ventura Judge
Tari Cody Being Considered for Court of Appeal
(April 21, 2014)
Judge’s Remarks
About Immigrants No Basis for Reversal—Court
(April 18, 2014)
Lacey Slates
Rollout Program for Occupational, Environmental
Crimes
(April 18, 2014)
Former Lawmaker
Battles Prosecutor for Judgeship
(Judicial Elections,
April 18, 2014)
S.C. Will Not
Block Law Protecting Disabled LSAT Examinees
(April 17, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Warrantless Search of Student’s Locker
(April 17, 2014)
Prosecutor Vies
With Former Leading Lawmaker for Judgeship
(Judicial Elections,
April 17, 2014)
Malpractice
Limitations Not Applicable to Malicious
Prosecution
(April 16, 2014)
Estrada, Knight
Rated ‘Well Qualified’ by County Bar
(April 16, 2014)
Commissioner
Lewis Draws LACBA’s Highest Rating In Campaign for
Election as Superior Court Judge
(April 15, 2014)
Segal, Lavin
Under Consideration for Court of Appeal
(April 15, 2014)
Deputy District
Attorney Runs Against Veteran Jurist
(Judicial Elections,
April 15, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Conviction of Suspended Valley Attorney
(April 14, 2014)
Democratic
Party’s Endorsement Process ‘Rigged’, Ex-Lawmaker
Calderon Says
(April 11, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Overturns Verdict for Broker in Home Sale Case
(April 10, 2014)
Court Says
County Failed to Prove Design Immunity Applied
(April 9, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Dismissal of Suit Over News Coverage
(April 9, 2014)
Court Revives
Suit Over Same-Day Access to Trial Court Filings
(April 8, 2014)
Panel Declines
to Overturn Conviction in Case Where One Defendant
Questioned Another
(April 8, 2014)
C.A. Revives
Charges in Craigslist Rape Solicitation Case
(April 7, 2014)
Ninth Circuit:
Judge Exceeded ‘Gatekeeper’ Function By Excluding
Witness in Zometa Case
(April 7, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Rules En Banc That Inmate Can Sue Baca Over
Brutality
(April 4, 2014)
Obama Nominates
André Birotte to be U.S. District Judge
(April 4, 2014)
Four Seek
Election to Second District Seat on State Bar
Board
(April 3, 2014)
Southwestern
Alumni to Honor Three for Achievements
(April 3, 2014)
Charles Calderon
Says He Doesn’t Know if Brothers Are Guilty
(April 2, 2014)
C.A. Tosses
Claim That TV Series Based on Stolen Work
(April 2, 2014)
Judicial
Watchdog Reports Disposing of Nearly 1,200 Cases
in 2013
(April 2, 2014)
Court Revives
Suit Over Deadly Shooting by Anaheim Police
(April 1, 2014)
U.S. Senate
Confirms John B. Owens to Ninth Circuit
(April 1, 2014)
Retired Justice
William A. Masterson, 82, Dies, Memorial Tribute
Slated
(March 31, 2014)
Wells Fargo Bank
Is Citizen of South Dakota—Ninth Circuit
(March 28, 2014)
Judge’s
Erroneous Rejection of Two Challenges for Cause
Didn’t Require Awarding Two Extra Challenges—S.C.
(March 28, 2014)
Visiting Child
Pornography Websites Is a Crime—Appeals Court
(March 27, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Rebuffs Attempt to Get Around Rule Against
Attorney Fees for Self-Representation
(March 27, 2014)
Ex-Extern May
Use ‘Prosecutor’ Ballot Designation, Judge Rules
(March 26, 2014)
Daniel Buckley,
Supervising Judge of Civil Departments, to Run for
Superior Court Assistant Presiding Judge
(March 26, 2014)
Ballot
Designations of Three Judicial Candidates Are
Stricken
(March 25, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Reverses Dismissal of Action Based on Attorney Not
Following the Rules
(March 25, 2014)
Candidate
Expresses Regret Over Profanity in Argument to
Jury
(March 21, 2014)
Mednick Disputes
Cooper’s Claim in Writ Petition That His Most
Recent Job Was as a Lawyer
(March 21, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds DNA Swabs of Felony Arrestees
(March 21, 2014)
Former Extern Is
Given Ballot Title of ‘Los Angeles Prosecutor’
(March 20, 2014)
Concealment of
Client’s Bankruptcy Is Privileged—C.A.
(March 20, 2014)
Judge to Decide
if ‘Violent Crimes Prosecutor’ Designation Stands
(March 19, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Finds Anti-Spam Statute Inapplicable
(March 19, 2014)
Judicial
Candidate Accuses Rival of Lying to
Registrar-Recorder
(March 18, 2014)
Jurist Employs
Humor in Attempted Murder Case
(March 18, 2014)
Action by
Attorney Who Didn’t Read Entire Contract
Reinstated
(March 17, 2014)
Notice Required
Each Time City Installs Red Light Cameras—S.C.
(March 14, 2014)
Court Upholds
Death Sentence in Murder of Teenager
(March 14, 2014)
Odor, Sight of
Marijuana Enough to Justify Car Search—C.A.
(March 13, 2014)
Verdict Over
Termination of Franchise Left Standing
(March 13, 2014)
Court Upholds
Conviction of Long Beach Accountant In Plot to
Overthrow Hun Sen Cambodian Regime
(March 12, 2014)
Judge Not
Required to Disclose Nonparty Insurance
Investments, C.A. Rules
(March 12, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Panel Upholds Conviction in Bribery of Congressman
Cunningham
(March 11, 2014)
Superior Court
Candidate Defends ‘Prosecutor’ Designation
(March 11, 2014)
Three
Prosecutors Headed for Bench as Candidate Filing
Closes
(March 10, 2014)
En Banc Court
Upholds Ruling Against Inmate Over Dental Care
(March 7, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
May Stay YouTube Takedown Ruling
(March 7, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Claims by Former County Safety Police Officers
(March 6, 2014)
Chhabria Wins
Confirmation as U.S. District Judge
(March 6, 2014)
Jurist Who
Performed Lawyer’s Wedding Not Disqualified—C.A.
(March 5, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Denies En Banc Review of Ruling That Allows Suit
Against Group Home Restrictions
(March 5, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Blanket Order Opening Juvenile Proceedings to
Press
(March 4, 2014)
Supreme Court
Affirms Death Sentence for Defendant Forced to
Wear REACT Stun Belt During Trial
(March 4, 2014)
Judiciary
Continues to Become More Diverse as to Race,
Gender
(March 3, 2014)
Viewing GPS Map
on Mobile Phone While Driving Not Illegal
(February 28, 2014)
A.G. Harris Asks
Ninth Circuit for En Banc Review of Divided
Panel’s Concealed-Carry Ruling
(February 28, 2014)
Panel Finds
Copyright Breach, Says YouTube Must Take Down
Anti-Muslim Movie
(February 27, 2014)
High Court
Orders C.A. to Take New Look at Case in Which
Class Arbitration Waiver Was Struck Down
(February 27, 2014)
Court Strikes
Down Waiver of Right to Appeal
(February 27, 2014)
Court Says D.A.
Cannot Sue for Penalties Resulting From Explosion
(February 26, 2014)
Court Rules for
Employer in Family Leave Controversy
(February 26, 2014)
Senate, After
Clearing Procedural Hurdles, Confirms Two Judges
(February 26, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Reinstates Child Drowning Claim Against Homeowner
(February 26, 2014)
S.C.: Unlicensed
Sale of Alcohol May Make Social Host Liable
(February 25, 2014)
Prosecutor
Aceves Says He Will Not Fight Calderon
(February 25, 2014)
Ronald and Tom
Calderon Indicted for Bribery, Money Laundering
(February 24, 2014)
Panel Revives
Suit Against San Francisco Police Over Shooting of
Mentally Ill Woman at Group Home
(February 24, 2014)
S.C. Upholds
Conviction for Murdering Husband
(February 21, 2014)
Panel Revives
Class Action Over Food Mislabeling
(February 21, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Panel Takes Strict View of Service on Corporation
(February 21, 2014)
S.C. to Rule on
Validity of Laws Regulating Sale of Ammunition
(February 20, 2014)
Superior Court
Judge Ronald Sohigian to Retire
(February 20, 2014)
Brown Names
Former NLRB Head William Gould to Chair ALRB
(February 20, 2014)
Coalition Calls
on Leaders to Reduce Prison Population
(February 20, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Revives Malpractice Suit in Medical Implant Case
(February 19, 2014)
Panel Upholds
Plan for Remodel of Autry Museum
(February 19, 2014)
State Bar Judge
Urges Suspension for Ex-Prosecutor With DUI
History
(February 19, 2014)
Personal Injury
Hearings to Return to Antelope Valley
(February 19, 2014)
Panel Revives
Free-Speech Challenge to School Uniform Mandate
(February 18, 2014)
Attorney General
Allows School District to Seek to Oust Board
Member Over Residency Dispute
(February 18, 2014)
Attorney Need
Not Personally Sign Affidavit of Prejudice, Panel
Says
(February 18, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Rejects ‘Good Cause’ Requirement for Gun Permits
(February 14, 2014)
Three Former
Governors Launch Death Penalty Initiative
(February 14, 2014)
Nathan Hochman
Elected as President of City Ethics Commission
(February 14, 2014)
Andrew Stein
Says He Will Skirt Race Against Ex-Senator
Calderon
(February 13, 2014)
Panel Denies En
Banc Rehearing With Seven Judges Dissenting on
Juvenile Sentencing
(February 13, 2014)
S.C. Will Not
Revive Multimillion Dollar Award in Nursing Home
Fall
(February 13, 2014)
Winston &
Strawn Adds Transactional Attorneys to Los Angeles
Office
(February 13, 2014)
Justice Kennard
to Retire After 25 Years On California Supreme
Court
(February 12, 2014)
Appeals Panel
Rejects ‘Constructive Voluntary Quit’ Claim
(February 12, 2014)
Healthcare
Litigator Maddigan Joins Hogan Lovells
(February 12, 2014)
Candidates Bid
for Multiple Seats as Judicial Filing Comes to an
End
(February 11, 2014)
Funeral Services
Held for Ex-ADDA President Seligman
(February 11, 2014)
Two New
Candidates Enter Judicial Contests as Deadline
Nears
(February 10, 2014)
Panel Allows
Marine Colonel to Sue Over Foreclosure
(February 10, 2014)
Judge Admonishes
Colleagues Over Campaign Activity
(February 10, 2014)
Ex-Lawmaker
Calderon Files for Superior Court Race
(February 7, 2014)
Judge Craig
Richman Acquitted of Battery Charge
(February 7, 2014)
C.A. Says City
May Aid Relocated Auto Dealer Financially After
Two Years
(February 7, 2014)
S.C. Ethics
Committee Proposes Dropping Military, Youth
Organization Exceptions to Gay Bias Ban
(February 7, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Says PUC Should Not Have Relied on Hearsay in
Approving Power Plant
(February 7, 2014)
Judges Bowers
and Sohigian Not Seeking Reelection as Filing
Closes
(February 6, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Panel Throws Out Part of Suit Against CNN Over
Lack of Closed-Captioning
(February 6, 2014)
Agreement to
Split Charity Award Effectuated Fraud, Voiding
Contract
(February 6, 2014)
Superior Court
Judge Rex Heeseman Will Not Seek Reelection
(February 5, 2014)
C.A. Revives
Mother’s Suit Over Jailhouse Killing
(February 5, 2014)
Evaluator
Protected by Quasi-Judicial Immunity—C.A.
(February 5, 2014)
Senior Lawyers
Section of LACBA to Host ‘Nostalgia Night’
(Snippets, February
5, 2014)
Commissioner
Lewis Files for Superior Court Slot
(February 4, 2014)
C.A. Rejects
Consumer Class Action Against Home Depot
(February 4, 2014)
Lawyers Form
Political Committee to Support South Asian Judges
(February 4, 2014)
Cunningham Files
$10 Million Claim Against UCLA Police
(February 4, 2014)
Superior Court
Judge Biderman to Retire in March
(February 4, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Conviction in Death of Multimillionaire
(February 3, 2014)
Defense Lawyer
Stein to Run for Superior Court Judge
(February 3, 2014)
S.C. Rejects
Spoliation Claim in Death Penalty Case
(January 31, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Justice Haerle to Retire in Mid-June
(January 31, 2014)
C.A. Says
Caltrans Must Correct EIR for Route 101
(January 31, 2014)
Court Denies En
Banc Rehearing of Reparative Therapy Ruling
(January 30, 2014)
High Court Sends
High-Speed Rail Case to Court of Appeal
(January 30, 2014)
C.A. Tosses
Ruling in Favor of Estate of Bing Crosby’s First
Wife
(January 30, 2014)
Bill to Limit
Peremptory Challenges Passes State Senate, 21-11
(January 29, 2014)
Food Truck Held
Covered by Commercial, Not Auto, Liability
Insurance Policy by Court of Appeal
(January 29, 2014)
Holder Names
Birotte to U.S. Attorneys Advisory Committee
(January 29, 2014)
Judge
Challenged, Another Equivocates, as Filing Begins
(January 28, 2014)
S.C. Denies
Ex-Journalist Glass License to Practice Law
(January 28, 2014)
Presiding Judge
David S. Wesley Hailed for ‘Courage,’ ‘Integrity’
(January 28, 2014)
Judge Nash to
Forego Bid for Reelection
(January 27, 2014)
C.A. Upholds
Judgment for Los Defensores in Suit Against
Lawyer, Others Over Diverted Phone Calls
(January 27, 2014)
C.A. Rules for
Lawmakers, Against Chiang in Balanced-Budget Suit
(January 27, 2014)
C.A. Says
Defendant Wrongly Sentenced for Both Forgery and
Burglary
(January 27, 2014)
Child
Pornography Crime Punishable by Summary Disbarment
(January 24, 2014)
S.C. to Consider
CHP Liability Under Towing Program
(January 24, 2014)
Appellate
Division Reverses Judgment in Forfeiture Case
(January 24, 2014)
Services Next
Week for Brosio, Longtime Head of Civil Division
(January 24, 2014)
Justice Robert
M. Mallano Files Class Action Suit for Back Pay
(January 23, 2014)
Due Process Does
Not Prevent Excessive Fees in Contracts—Panel
(January 22, 2014)
Court Says
Blogger Receives Same Protection as Formal Press
(January 21, 2014)
Appeals Court
Rejects Takings Claim Based on Overflight Easement
(January 17, 2014)
Ninth Circuit
Nominees Owens, Friedland Advance Out of U.S.
Senate Judiciary Committee
(January 17, 2014)
CJEO Slams Rule
Allowing Ex Parte Screenings of Family Law TROs
(January 17, 2014)
Panel Rules for
Consumers in Suit Over Auto Sales Contract
(January 16, 2014)
State Supreme
Court Denies Publication of Ruling in Workplace
Violence Case Brought by AOC
(January 16, 2014)
Supreme Court:
No U.S. Suit Over Argentine Rights Violations
(January 15, 2014)
Panel Says U.S.
May Force Closure of Oyster Farm
(January 15, 2014)
Marshall
Grossman Leaves Bingham McCutchen LLP for Orrick
(January 15, 2014)
Bill to Reduce
Number of Peremptory Challenges Advances
(January 15, 2014)
C.A. Tosses
Injunction Against Law on Disabled LSAT Examinees
(January 14, 2014)
Bendix Under
Consideration for Court of Appeal
(January 14, 2014)
Fourth District
Court of Appeal Tosses City’s Sex Offender
Ordinance
(January 14, 2014)
Claims
Investigator’s Statements to Regulators Held
Privileged
(January 13, 2014)
Carol Najera
Maps Second Run for Superior Court
(January 13, 2014)
Fairfax
Butcher’s Son Heads Nation’s Largest Trial Court
(Person of the Year,
January 13, 2014)
Budget Proposal
Includes $100 Million More for Trial Courts
(January 10, 2014)
C.A. Rules
Statute Allows Additional Time for Depositions
(January 10, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Upholds Dismissal of Officers’ Suit Against LAPD
(January 9, 2014)
Judge David
Milton to Retire, Opening Seat for Election
(January 9, 2014)
HOA Had Standing
to Sue Developer on Behalf of Members—C.A.
(January 8, 2014)
Judge Edmon
Under Consideration for Court of Appeal
(January 8, 2014)
C.A. Upholds San
Francisco Ban on Plastic Checkout Bags
(January 7, 2014)
Obama
Renominates Dozens of Judges, Including Two For
Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
(January 7, 2014)
C.A.Rejects
‘Prescription Defense’ for Man Holding Pills for
Patient
(January 6, 2014)
S.C. Says Sergio
Garcia Fit to Practice Law
(January 3, 2014)
C.A. Tosses
Conviction of Former BHUSD Superintendent
(January 3, 2014)
Court of Appeal
Upholds Conviction on Witness-Tampering Charge
(January 2, 2014)
Hammock Upholds
City’s Medical Marijuana Measure
(January 2, 2014)
Funeral Services
for John Collins to Be Held Tomorrow
(January
2, 2014)
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