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2021
Katy Perry’s Litigation Foe Loses Bid to Retain Mansion
(December 30, 2021)
Private
Judge Hired to Decide Divorce Issues Was
Empowered to Issue DVRO—C.A.
(December 30, 2021)
Judge’s
Stock in Party’s Parent Company Requires
Recusal
(December 29, 2021)
Billionaire
Loses Second Appeal in Two Weeks
(December 29, 2021)
Class
Action Proceeds Need Not Go to Class
Members
(December 28, 2021)
Employer
Is Liable for Fire-Fighting Costs
Resulting From Employee’s Negligence
(December 28, 2021)
Link
Between Judge, DDA Too Tenuous to
Require Recusal
(December 27, 2021)
Failure
of Dependency Court to Inquire As to
Indian Ancestry Requires Remand—C.A.
(December 27, 2021)
Sale
of Small Amounts of Marijuana Not
Deportable Crime
(December 23, 2021)
Franklin
Hearing Can’t Be Denied Based on Face of
Motion, Court of Appeal Holds
(December 23, 2021)
C.A.
Rejects See’s Candies’s Exclusive Remedy
Defense
(December 22, 2021)
C.A.
Dumps Appeal by Attorney in Pro Per,
Says Justices Won’t Act As His Counsel
(December 22, 2021)
Drawing
Blood Sample From Suspect Who Was
Unconscious Was Permissible—C.A.
(December 22, 2021)
City
Council’s Public Hearing Was Not
Mandated ‘Remedy’
(December 21, 2021)
MICRA’s
Limit on Damages Does Not Apply To
Actions Brought Under Elder Abuse Act
(December 21, 2021)
Class
Certification Properly Denied in Action
Against AFI
(December 20, 2021)
Judge
Did Not Coerce Waiver at LPS Hearing By
Telling of Nine-Month Delay for Jury
Trial
(December 20, 2021)
Justices
Reverse $2.7 Million ‘Failure to Warn’
Judgment
(December 17, 2021)
Judges
‘Admonished’ to Ignore CCP §425.16 If
Commercial Speech Exemption Applies
(December 17, 2021)
Parent’s
Mere Use of Alcohol Absent Abuse Did Not
Justify Order for Abstinence—C.A.
(December 17, 2021)
Action
Alleging Talent Agency Swiped Script May
Proceed
(December 16, 2021)
C.A.
Affirms Order Appointing Receiver to
Collect Past Due Support From TV Chef
(December 16, 2021)
Navarro
Elected Court Commissioner
(December 16, 2021)
Lawsuit
Over Campaign Mailers Was Not a SLAPP
(December 16, 2021)
‘First-to-File’
Rule Not Complete Bar to Second Fraud
Suit
(December 15, 2021)
$10.7
Million Judgment for Gender Violence,
Including $8 Million in Punitives,
Affirmed
(December 15, 2021)
School
Unaffiliated With Church May Bar Gay
Students
(December 14, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Dissenter Says En Banc Panel
Erred, Should Exercise Power to Rectify
(December 14, 2021)
Judge
Who Finds ADA Breach Can’t Dismiss Unruh
Claim
(December 13, 2021)
Turkish
Company Must Be Allowed Discovery In
Effort to Show Jurisdiction Lies in U.S.
(December 13, 2021)
Judge-Induced
Confusion Requires Invalidating 2013
Plea
(December 10, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Restores Suit Over Death of
Incarcerated Woman’s Newborn Baby
(December 10, 2021)
Law
School Attorney Attended Is Relevant to
Fee Award
(December 9, 2021)
Sole
Legal Custody Properly Shifted to Father
Based on Mother Blocking Visitation—C.A.
(December 9, 2021)
Suit
Restored Over Expulsion by UCLA of Ph.D.
Candidate
(December 8, 2021)
Taylor:
Court Institutes Normalization Plan
(December 8, 2021)
New
Effort Launched to Recall District
Attorney Gascón
(December 7, 2021)
Judge
Ito Spurns DA’s Entreaty to Vacate Death
Sentence
(December 6, 2021)
Same-Sex
Couple Not Denied Constitutional Rights
When Foster Child Was Taken From Their
Home
(December 6, 2021)
C.A.
Panel Questions Constitutionality of
SVPA Provision
(December 6, 2021)
Oakland’s
Suit Against NFL, Member Teams Properly
Axed
(December 3, 2021)
Surgeon
Loses Appeal That Was Founded on His
Admitted Ruse to Evade Taxes, Creditors
(December 3, 2021)
C.A.
Takes Expansive View of School
District’s Liability
(December 2, 2021)
No
Need for Arbitration Where Plaintiff
Denied Recollection of Signing Agreement
to Arbitrate
(December 2, 2021)
California’s
Large-Capacity Magazine Ban Is
Constitutional
(December 1, 2021)
$9.2
Million to Fund Temporary Judge Program
to Assist Los Angeles Superior Court
(December 1, 2021)
Agreement
to Arbitrate Pre-Trial Rows Broadly
Construed
(November 30, 2021)
Newsom
Appoints Three to L.A. Superior Court
(November 30,
2021)
‘Inventory
Search’ of Lawfully Parked Car Was
Pretextual
(November 29, 2021)
C.A.
Issues Opinion With No Reasons Stated
(November 29, 2021)
BIA
Must Consider Individualized Risk to
Asylum-Seekers
(November 24, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Lawsuit
Based on Week’s Delay in Filing Document
(November 24, 2021)
No
Cause of Action Lies Against Facebook
for Barring Posts
(November 23, 2021)
Judge’s
Failure to Look at File Requires Custody
Reversal
(November 22, 2021)
State
Bar Seizes Practice of Man Posing As
Lawyer
(November 22, 2021)
Court
Paves Way for Airing of Proposition 8
Trial Tapes
(November 19, 2021)
County
Must Turn Over 42,852 Emails Sought
Under PRA
(November 18, 2021)
C.A.
Won’t Decide Legality of Program
Providing Benefits to Illegal Aliens
(November 18, 2021)
DVPA
Petitioner Might Be Liable for Foe’s
Attorney Fees
(November 17, 2021)
Probation
Conditions May Not Be Amended to Permit
Amputee to Use Marijuana
(November 17, 2021)
Officers
Immune in Case of Not Summoning Medical
Aid
(November 16, 2021)
3,995
Applicants Pass July State Bar Exam
(November 16, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Restores Contest to $5 Million
Bond Order
(November 15, 2021)
Stinn
Appointed to L.A. Superior Court
(November 15, 2021)
No
Decision Is Reached on Gascón’s Hiring
Practices
(November 15, 2021)
City
Has Lesser Duty to Keep Alleys Safe for
Walking
(November 12, 2021)
C.A.
Affirms Murder Conviction of Man Who
Shot Friend in Head, Set Him on Fire
(November 12, 2021)
Judge
Ito Won’t Rubber-Stamp Gascón’s
Recommendation
(November 10, 2021)
Maintaining
Old Press Releases on Website Telling of
Crimes Doesn’t Invade Privacy
(November 10, 2021)
Cooley
Urges Judge Not to Relieve Slayer of
Death Sentence
(November 9, 2021)
Doctor’s
Minimal Aid to Alternate Juror Didn’t
Require Declaring Mistrial
(November 9, 2021)
Judge
May Not Base Fee Award on Previous
Awards to Firm
(November 8, 2021)
Civil
Code §48a Doesn’t Shield Publisher of
Website That Can’t Show Weekly Postings
(November 8, 2021)
Suit
Accusing Jack in the Box of ADA Breach
Properly Axed
(November 5, 2021)
DA’s
Office Centralizes Charge Evaluations
(November 5, 2021)
C.A.
Affirms Order Denying Emergency Release
of Juveniles
(November 4, 2021)
Beckloff
to Hear ‘Hot Potato’ Dispute Over DA’s
Practices
(November 3, 2021)
One-Year
Statute of Limitation Applied to
Slip-and-Fall in Hospital, C.A. Declares
(November 3, 2021)
C.A.
Broadly Construes Words ‘Sexual Conduct’
in Statutes
(November 2, 2021)
Person
Has No Privacy Right to Dictate What
Hospital Ambulance Is to Take Person
Undergoing Emergency
(November 2, 2021)
Venue
in Harassment Case Lies Where Defendant
Resides
(November 1, 2021)
Department
Store Chain Saks Is Not Entitled to
Attorney Fees in Dispute Over Rent—C.A.
(November 1, 2021)
Sentence of Con Man Who Preyed on
Elderly Is Affirmed
(October 29, 2021)
Kim
Tung, Former LACBA Barrister President,
Dies
(October 29, 2021)
MSJ
Properly Granted in Ex-Model’s Suit
Against Billionaire
(October 28, 2021)
Deputy
Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity in
Action Over Shooting of Man With Hands
Up
(October 28, 2021)
Suit
Revived Challenging Banquet-Brand’s
Website Claims
(October 27, 2021)
Putative
Class Action Against SeaWorld for
Alleged ‘Bilking’ Properly Dismissed
(October 27, 2021)
Action
Revived Against Medical Board for
Disability Bias
(October 26, 2021)
C.A.
Won’t Let Oxnard City Council Get by
With Political Maneuvering
(October 26, 2021)
Court
of Appeal Paves Way for Deported Felon
to Reenter U.S.
(October 25, 2021)
Panel
Reverses Judgment in Action by Inmate,
Finds Judge’s Reasoning Inconsistent
(October 25, 2021)
California
Has Personal Jurisdiction Over Visiting
Georgian
(October 22, 2021)
Lack
of Access to Library or Writing
Materials Entitled Inmate to Relief From
Default—C.A.
(October 22, 2021)
C.A.:
Judge’s Denial of Pre-Trial Diversion
Made No Sense
(October 22, 2021)
C.A.
Broadens Liability of Church for Priest
Misconduct
(October 21, 2021)
There’s
No ‘Prevailing Party’ Absent Judgment
(October 21, 2021)
College
Student Has No Absolute Right to Live
Testimony
(October 20, 2021)
Court
of Appeal Conceals Identity of Party
Identified in Previous Opinion in the
Case
(October 20, 2021)
Former
C.A. Clerk Lane Dies
(October 20, 2021)
Judge
Approves $5.7 Million Award of Fees,
Costs Against Uber
(October 19, 2021)
C.A.
Won’t Decide if CCP’s Cost Statute Must
Be Adhered to in Civil Restraining Order
Case
(October 19, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Judges Spar Over Citing
Unpublished Cases
(October 18, 2021)
LASC
Reports Nearly Total Compliance by
Employees With Inoculation Mandate
(October 18, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Won’t Countermand Order in Zoom
Case
(October 15, 2021)
Settlement
Between Victim, Culprit Is No Bar to
Further Criminal Restitution Order—C.A.
(October 15, 2021)
Woman
Had Standing to Renew Dead Mother’s
Judgment
(October 14, 2021)
Restitution
Properly Awarded Based Solely on
Victim’s Unsworn Statement to
Police—C.A.
(October 14, 2021)
Suit
Over Allegation That Video Game Champ
Cheated May Proceed
(October 13, 2021)
C.A.
Affirms Sentence of 396 Years to Life in
Prison
(October 13, 2021)
County
Counsel Need Not Process Facially
Invalid Initiative
(October 12, 2021)
False-Advertising
Suit Fails Where Companies Allegedly
Duped Disclaim Reliance on Ads
(October 12, 2021)
Judge
Acted Arbitrarily in Setting ADA
Attorney-Fee Award
(October 8, 2021)
Defendant
Was ‘Prevailing Party’ in Action Under
DVPA Where Plaintiff Dropped Case
(October 8, 2021)
Pain-Doctor
Must Stand Trial on Insurance Fraud
Counts
(October 7, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds Law Under Which Some
Freelancers Are Now Employees
(October 7, 2021)
Restitution
Properly Based on Cost of New
Parts—Court of Appeal
(October 7, 2021)
California
Law Barring Private Prisons Must Be
Blocked
(October 6, 2021)
Self-Represented
Doctor, Who Is Not Lawyer, Can’t Gain
Relief Through Affidavit of Fault
(October 6, 2021)
State
Employee Had Right to Union Agent at
Strip Search
(October 5, 2021)
Disciplinary
Isolation in Jail Was Not Excuse For
Non-Participation in
‘Reunification’—C.A.
(October 5, 2021)
State’s
‘Stay-at-Home’ Order Didn’t Cause
Property ‘Loss
(October 4, 2021)
Judge
Kevin C. Brazile Under Consideration For
Appointment to Court of Appeal
(October 4, 2021)
Wrong
Standard Used in Administrative Mandamus
Cases
(October 1, 2021)
Time-Barred
Fraud Actions Can’t Be Converted Into
Contract Suits—C.A.
(October 1, 2021)
Oral
Pledge of Contingency Fee to In-House
Counsel Is Void
(September 30, 2021)
Appeals
Dismissed Based on ‘Disentitlement’
(September 30, 2021)
Lack
of Proximate Cause Bars Oakland’s Suit
Against Bank
(September 29, 2021)
Hathaway,
Hong, Moriarity Redesignated ‘Persons of
the Year’ for 2020/2021
(September 29, 2021)
Company
Must Pay $6.2 Million in Civil
Penalties—C.A.
(September 28, 2021)
Employer
Properly Fired Worker Upon Return From
Leave Based on Pre-Leave Deficiency
(September 28, 2021)
C.A.
Reins-In Actions Under Unruh Civil
Rights Act
(September 27, 2021)
Sexual-Misconduct
Allegations Made to CNN Mirroring Those
in Lawsuit Are Protected
(September 27, 2021)
Judges
Elect Sharona Bradford Superior Court
Commissioner
(September 27, 2021)
Pro
Per Attorney Can’t Recover Fees From
Common Fund
(September 24, 2021)
Services
Set for Attorney Edvin E. Minassian
(September 24, 2021)
‘Irrevocably’
Was Ambiguous Where Duration Not Stated
(September 23, 2021)
C.A.
Orders Publication of Decision on Access
by Public to Late-Filed Board Documents
(September 23, 2021)
C.A.
Justices Battle Over Ripeness of
Arbitration Appeal
(September 22, 2021)
Court
May Deny Delay of Hearing on Motion to
Suppress Even If Dismissal Likely Result
(September 22, 2021)
Justices
Differ Over Demurrers in Declaratory
Relief Actions
(September 21, 2021)
CCP
§998 Offer Is Not Unreasonable Based on
Same Offer Having Previously Been
Declined
(September 21, 2021)
C.A.
Reverses Murder Convictions Based on
Juror Exclusion
(September 20, 2021)
Misstating
Employer’s Name in Complaint Filed With
FEHA Was Immaterial—C.A.
(September 20, 2021)
D.A.s
Can’t Intervene in Challenge to
Execution Protocol
(September 17, 2021)
C.A.
Reverses Order Resentencing Triple
Slayer to LWOP
(September 17, 2021)
CCP
§998 Offer, to Be Valid, Must Tell How
to Accept—C.A.
(September 16, 2021)
First
Amendment Bars Liability of Persons Who
Orchestrated Picketing From Abroad
(September 16, 2021)
L.A.
Judge O’Gara Draws CJP’s Public
Admonishment
(September 15, 2021)
Right
of Confrontation Does Not Require Eye
Contact—C.A.
(September 14, 2021)
Sentence
of Seven Years, Fours Months for
83-Year-Old Not Cruel, Unusual Penalty
(September 14, 2021)
Employer
Duped by Job-Seeker Deserves Restitution
(September 14, 2021)
Exclusion
of One-Sentence Quote Triggers C.A.’s
Reversal
(September 13, 2021)
Order
to Attorney Not to File Complaint He
Drafted Is Not Protected Conduct
(September 13, 2021)
Court
of Appeal: Daniels’s Cancellation of
Appearance Wasn’t a Contractual Breach
(September 13, 2021)
Judge
Has Inherent Power to Bar Unmanageable
PAGA Suit
(September 10, 2021)
C.A.:
Agreement to Pay $225,000 in ‘New Money’
Doesn’t Allow for Crediting Sum Already
Paid
(September 10, 2021)
Biden
Nominates Three LASC Judges, Five
Others, to Courts
(September 9, 2021)
Interest
on Award of Attorney Fees Accrues Upon
Award of Fees, Not Entry of Judgment
(September 9, 2021)
C.A.
Faults Opinion on Investigation Duty of
Conservatee
(September 8, 2021)
Anti-Tracking
Law Invalidly Applied to Man Who Placed
Device on Car He Co-Owned
(September 8, 2021)
$250,000
Verdict Insufficient to Justify Fee
Award
(September 8, 2021)
C.A.:
Dissatisfaction Over Cake Isn’t a
‘Public Issue’
(September 7, 2021)
State
Bar Dues Bill Amended
(September 7, 2021)
Newsom
Appoints Six to L.A. Superior Court
(September 7, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds Bar on Enforcing L.A.
City Ordinance
(September 3, 2021)
Former
Colleagues Tell of Fond Memories of
Retired LASC Judge Enrique Romero
(September 3, 2021)
Bail
Bond Company Can’t Appeal Error in
Ordering Summary Judgment Against It
(September 3, 2021)
Win
in Absence of Defendant Doesn’t
Constitute ‘Default’
(September 2, 2021)
Man
Who, at Age 22, Slayed Victim, Sentenced
to LWOP, Properly Denied Youth Hearing
(September 2, 2021)
Proviso
Vesting Attorney With Power to Settle Is
Invalid
(September 1, 2021)
Plaintiffs
Lack Standing in Action to Bar Claims
Made for Classic Coca-Cola
(September 1, 2021)
New
Insurance Statutes Apply to Policies
Already in Effect
(August 31, 2021)
Cooley
Raps Gascón Over His Amicus Brief in
Supreme Court in Support of Defendant
(August 31, 2021)
Restrictions
Imposed on Entering Spring Street
Courthouse
(August 31, 2021)
Instagram
Ads Aimed at U.S. Create Jurisdiction
Over Foreign Company
(August 30, 2021)
Restraining
Order May Be Based on Pattern of Insults
Using Foul Language, C.A. Rules
(August 30, 2021)
Disbarred
Lawyer Layfield Found Guilty of Multiple
Felonies
(August 30, 2021)
Jury
Unanimity Not Required on Aggravating
Circumstances
(August 27, 2021)
Father
May Not Use Marijuana to Kill Pain
Though No Link Between Use of It,
Violence
(August 27, 2021)
C.A.
Restricts Sending of Agenda-Item
Materials to Board
(August 26, 2021)
Preliminary
Injunction Properly Denied in Challenge
to L.A.’s Evictions Moratorium
(August 26, 2021)
No
Liability Based on Not Locking Up Gun
That Was Stolen
(August 25, 2021)
No
Royalties Under California Law for
Playing Pre-1972 Songs on Sirius XM
(August 24, 2021)
C.A.
Justice Menetrez Seeks Transfer to L.A.
(August 24, 2021)
Judge
Has Immunity Even If He Authorized
Excessive Force
(August 23, 2021)
Granting
Compassionate Release for Father Not a
Basis for Releasing Co-Defendant Son
(August 23, 2021)
C.A.’s
Attempt to Expand ‘Privette
Doctrine’ Is Rejected
(August 20, 2021)
Affirmative
Defense Cannot Be Stricken Under
Anti-SLAPP Statute—C.A.
(August 20, 2021)
LAX-Based
Employees Don’t Get Pay for Security
Waits
(August 20, 2021)
Person
Convicted Under ‘Provocative
Act Doctrine’ Not Entitled to
Resentencing Consideration—C.A.
(August 20, 2021)
VanDyke
Slams Fletcher and Visiting Jurist Over
Opinion
(August 19, 2021)
Plaintiffs
Alleging Electronic Spying on Citizens
Failed to Establish Standing
(August 19, 2021)
Evidence
Properly Barred in Response to §425.16
Motion
(August 18, 2021)
C.A.
Orders Remand for Second Time in Case
Where Faretta Right Was Denied Mid-Trial
(August 18, 2021)
Riverside
Appeals Division Opinion Clashes With
L.A. Ruling
(August 17, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Judge Suggests Reexamination of
Vicarious Liability Rule in Criminal
Cases
(August 17, 2021)
Employee
of Fannie Mae Is ‘Public Official,’
Boosting Sentence
(August 16, 2021)
Taxpayer
Can’t Obtain Refund Through Writ Relief
(August 16, 2021)
Marijuana
Possession in Prison Not Legalized by
Proposition 64
(August 13, 2021)
State
Judges to Receive Automatic Pay Boosts
(August 13, 2021)
Cooley,
Others Urge Bonta to Exercise Control
Over Gascón
(August 12, 2021)
LAPD
Officer Fired for Lying Loses Bid for
Reinstatement
(August 11, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Says Robocall Ban Has Broad
Scope
(August 11, 2021)
Judge’s
Order to Oust County Lawmaker
Automatically Stayed
(August 10, 2021)
Juvenile
Offender Can’t Be Ordered to Pay for
Domestic Violence Prevention
Program—C.A.
(August 10, 2021)
C.A.
Broadens Liability for Negligent
Entrustment, Hiring
(August 9, 2021)
Lost
C.A. Opinion Is Found, Potentially
Inuring to Benefit of Petitioning Inmate
(August 9, 2021)
C.A.
Restores Malpractice Suit by Widow of
One-Time NBC CEO
(August 6, 2021)
Vaccinations
to Be Mandated for LASC Employees
(August 6, 2021)
Hearing
Set on Motion to Recuse DA’s Office
(August 6, 2021)
Prosecutor
Is on Public Defender’s Payroll, Motion
Says
(August 5, 2021)
Legislation
on Recall Elections Validly Applied to
Recall Effort Already in Progress, C.A.
Holds
(August 5, 2021)
Murderer’s
Imprisonment for 48 Years-Plus Was
Excessive
(August 4, 2021)
Court
in §1983 Action May Award Damages for
Decedent’s Suffering of ‘Loss of Life’
(August 4, 2021)
CBS
Didn’t Cheat Talent Agency Out of ‘Judge
Judy’ Profits
(August 3, 2021)
Diversion
Is Precluded in DUI/Alcohol Cases
(August 3, 2021)
Two
Deputy D.A.s Sue Over Alleged
Whistleblower Retaliation
(August 2, 2021)
Malicious
Prosecution Action May Not Be Based On
Bringing About Contempt Proceeding—C.A.
(August 2, 2021)
Ex-Judges’
Suit Assailing Policy of Cantil-Sakauye
Restored
(July 30, 2021)
Action
Based on Content of FPPC Form Not Exempt
From Striking As SLAPP—C.A.
(July 30, 2021)
Prevention
of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act Is
Constitutional
(July 29, 2021)
C.A.
Reverses Murder Conviction of Woman Who
Placed Infant in Microwave Oven
(July 29, 2021)
$23.3
Million Award Against Sriracha-Maker to
Stand
(July 28, 2021)
Man
With Faulty Eyesight Not Bound by
MoneyGram’s Arbitration Proviso—C.A.
(July 28, 2021)
Petitioner
Seeking Resentencing Entitled to Counsel
(July 27, 2021)
Raped
Model’s $15 Million Award Stands
(July 27, 2021)
Los
Angeles Superior Court Appoints
Commissioners
(July 27, 2021)
C.A.
Bars Private Judge Ouderkirk From
Presiding in Case
(July 26, 2021)
Live
Testimony Needed to Decide
Signed-Under-Duress Claim
(July 23, 2021)
C.A.
Rejects Effort to Sidestep Bar on
Actions for Malpractice by Those Guilty
of Crimes
(July 23, 2021)
Disney
Owes No Royalties for Song ‘Bare
Necessities’
(July 22, 2021)
Employee
Whose PAGA Claim Is Time-Barred May
Maintain Representative Action—C.A.
(July 22, 2021)
Novel
Method Approved in Determining
‘Prevailing Party’
(July 21, 2021)
$415
Million Default Judgment Stands—C.A.
(July 21, 2021)
Lawyer
Was Obliged to Represent Client After
Judgment
(July 20, 2021)
C.A.
Invalidates Statute Criminalizing Use of
Pronoun Disfavored by Transgender
Patient
(July 20, 2021)
Petition
to Reduce Offense of Dead Man Properly
Denied
(July 19, 2021)
Chemist
Stated Plausible Claim Against Navy
Based on Discrimination As Non-Mormon
(July 19, 2021)
Suit
by Disney’s Grandson Against L.A. Judge
Lacked Merit
(July 16, 2021)
Judgment
in UD Case Following Trustee Sale Did
Not Bar Action for Wrongful Foreclosure
(July 16, 2021)
C.A.
Calls for Liberality in Allowing
Withdrawal of Guilty Plea
(July 16, 2021)
Suit
Alleging Cheating by Bank of America
Properly Axed
(July 15, 2021)
Removing
Boy From Mother’s Custody Appropriate
Despite Lack of Blameworthiness on Her
Part
(July 15, 2021)
Apple
Was Properly Awarded Victory in
Trademark Contest
(July 14, 2021)
Parental
Ties Wrongfully Severed Between Prison
Inmate, Children Who Might Be His
(July 14, 2021)
1884
Opinion Assumed to Have Precedential
Value Doesn’t
(July 13, 2021)
Attorneys’
Invoices in Prior Case May Be Admitted
to Support Testimony—C.A.
(July 13, 2021)
Pricewaterhouse
Gets New Shot at $1.1 Million Cost Award
(July 12, 2021)
Judge’s
Comment, Procedures Did Not Render
Guilty Plea Involuntary—Ninth Circuit
(July 12, 2021)
Fusselman,
Kazadi Named to L.A. Superior Court
(July 12, 2021)
Warrantless
Searches of Massage Parlors Are Lawful
(July 9, 2021)
Superior
Court Comments on Cal/OSHA Probe
(July 9, 2021)
C.A.,
in Two Opinions in Same Day, Criticizes
Judge Archuleta for Precluding Testimony
(July 9, 2021)
C.A.
Reinstates Putative Class Action Against
Kohl’s Stores
(July 8, 2021)
Prospective
Adoptive Parent Wrongfully Barred From
Speaking at Placement Hearing—C.A.
(July 8, 2021)
Beneficial
Owner of Stock Has No Inspection Right
(July 7, 2021)
C.A.
Approves Transfer of Resentencing of
Man, 29, From Juvenile to Criminal Court
(July 7, 2021)
C.A.
Scotches $3.5 Million Award to
Discharged Employee
(July 6, 2021)
C.A.
Justices Differ on Degree of Deference
to Accord Trial Court Determinations
(July 6, 2021)
Summons
Need Not Be Published in County of
Residence
(July 2, 2021)
Police
Lieutenant Properly Fired for ‘Sexting’
18-Year-Old, Once Having Sex With Her
(July 2, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Denies Fees in Hillary Clinton
Emails Case
(July 1, 2021)
Judge
Rolf M. Treu Goes Into Retirement
(July 1, 2021)
C.A.
Rebuffs Contention Arbitrator
‘Manifestly’ Skirted Law
(July 1, 2021)
Videotaping
Woman in Dressing Room Broadcasting
Footage Is ‘Protected’
(June 30, 2021)
Applying
New Law to Defendant Benefitted by
Resentencing Statute Not Ex Post Facto
(June 30, 2021)
Justice
Tricia A. Bigelow: A Distinguished
Jurist Leaves the Bench
(June 30, 2021)
Proposition
66 Doesn’t Bar Showing of New Evidence
(June 29, 2021)
Diversion
Properly Withheld Where Psychotic Man
Pushed Stranger Onto Railroad
Tracks—C.A.
(June 29, 2021)
Anti-SLAPP
Motion Properly Denied to Pain Doctor
(June 29, 2021)
Judicial
Misconduct Requires Reversing Murder
Conviction
(June 28, 2021)
Required
Extra Time to ‘Respond to Petition’
Relates Only to Filing Responsive
Pleading
(June 28, 2021)
C.A.
Takes Judge to Task for Following Order
in Footnote
(June 25, 2021)
PJ
Taylor Lifts Social Distancing
Requirement
(June 25, 2021)
C.A.
Opts to Publish Opinion Delineating
Causation Rule
(June 25, 2021)
Losing
Party Entitled to Disclosures From
JAMS’s Arbitrators
(June 25, 2021)
Argument
Trivializing Doubt Standard Requires
Reversal
(June 24, 2021)
Hearing
on OSC re Habeas Corpus Petition Isn’t a
‘Trial’ for CCP §170.6 Purposes
(June 24, 2021)
Murder
Conviction Invalid Based on Use of Gang
Evidence
(June 23, 2021)
Lawyer
Asks State High Court to Relieve Him of
Contempt Adjudication by Appeals Panel
(June 23, 2021)
Decision
on Disqualification of Alisa Blair Is
Delayed
(June 23, 2021)
C.A.
Panel Repudiates Decision on Proposition
57’s Effect
(June 23, 2021)
Judge
Asked to Boot Gascón’s Special Assistant
From Case
(June 22, 2021)
Court
Will Launch ‘Virtual’ MSCs in PI Cases
(June 22, 2021)
Shareholder
Has Standing to Challenge ‘Woman Quota’
Law
(June 22, 2021)
Lawyer
Who Brought Meritless Suits Wasn’t
Extortionist
(June 21, 2021)
Man
Sentenced in 2015 Entitled to
Benefit of 2019 Statute
(June 18, 2021)
C.A.
Reverses Judgment Dissolving
Marriage
(June 18, 2021)
Lost
Market Share Is Not Compensable
Under UCL
(June 17, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Says ALJ Evidenced Bias in
Denying Woman Social Security
Benefits
(June 17, 2021)
Newspaper
Reports Pay-Out to Alleged Victim of
Ex-Justice
(June 17, 2021)
Suit
Allowed Over Lawyer’s Alleged
Conspiracy With Client
(June 16, 2021)
Face
Masks Must Still Be Worn in
Courthouses, PJ Taylor Advises
(June 16, 2021)
Order
for Disclosure of Drug-Users
Treatment Records Upset
(June 16, 2021)
Policy
of Concealing Jurors’ Names From
Counsel Faulted
(June 15, 2021)
C.A.
Affirms $3 Billion Judgment for HP
(June 15, 2021)
C.A.
Fines Lawyer $2,000 for Impugning
Court’s Integrity
(June 14, 2021)
Former
Practicing L.A. Lawyer Robert Greene
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Times
Editorials
(June 14, 2021)
Court
of Appeal Voids Conviction Based on
‘Impossibility’
(June 11, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Lenore Albert’s Plea
to Retain Assets Despite Chapter 7
Bankruptcy
(June 11, 2021)
Wrong
Statute Invoked in Awarding $3.20 in
Attorney Fees
(June 10, 2021)
Putative
Class Action Reinstated Over Dissent
That Says Two Stabs at Pleading Are
Enough
(June 10, 2021)
Attorney-Fee
Award Not Limited to What Insurer
Paid
(June 9, 2021)
DDA’s
Remarks on Innocence Presumption
Doesn’t Require Issuance of Habeas
Relief
(June 9, 2021)
Subcontractor
Has No Claim Based on Ouster From
Project
(June 8, 2021)
$5.5
Million Judgment Must Fall for
Instructional Error—Court of Appeal
(June 8, 2021)
Court
Must Consider Acts Occurring After
DVRO Filing
(June 7, 2021)
Defendant’s
Immigration Status, Deportations
Properly Admitted to Show
Motive—C.A.
(June 7, 2021)
Fraud
Action Reinstated Against Allegedly
Tricky Model
(June 4, 2021)
LASC
Judge Robert J. Schuit to Retire
June 20
(June 4, 2021)
Ann
I. Park Becomes LACBA’s 2021-22
President-Elect
(June 4, 2021)
CHP
Not Liable for Shooting by Drunken
Off-Duty Officer
(June 3, 2021)
LACBA
Says Election Results Aren’t
Immediately Available
(June 3, 2021)
Settlement
of Class Action Over Wesson Oil
Claim Invalid
(June 2, 2021)
Woman
Barred From Classes for 14 Months
Has No Due-Process Claim—Ninth
Circuit
(June 2, 2021)
Order
Snipping Sentence-Boosting
Allegations Is Dumped
(June 1, 2021)
State
Bar Must Bare Non-Confidential Parts
Of Documents on Bar Exam Grading
(June 1, 2021)
Appeals
Court Orders Recusal of Santa Clara
D.A.’s Office
(June 1, 2021)
‘Beneficial
Relationship’ With Parent Bars
Adoption
(May 28, 2021)
Time
to Appeal Starts With the Granting
of Anti-SLAPP Motion
(May 28, 2021)
Judge
Disqualifies Incoming Prosecutor As
Defense Lawyer
(May 27, 2021)
§998
Offer Contemplates Entry of Judgment
Unless It’s Specified to
Contrary—C.A.
(May 27, 2021)
Iran
Remains Unsuitable Forum Though
Plaintiffs Sued There
(May 26, 2021)
Rejection
of §998 Offer Improperly Invoked in
Denying Attorney Fees in Lemon-Law
Case
(May 26, 2021)
Lawyer’s
Withholding of File Wrongful—but No
Damages
(May 25, 2021)
Action
Against Landlord for Protesting Use
of Bedroom by Unauthorized Guest Was
SLAPP
(May 25, 2021)
Putative
Class Action Against Rite Aid Won’t
Be Arbitrated
(May 24, 2021)
LAUSD
Not Subject to Treble Damages Law
(May 24, 2021)
ID
Procedures Validated in 1999 Can’t
Be Re-Determined
(May 21, 2021)
Grace
Calls for Action in Pursuing
Interests of Members, Park Puts
Forth Four-Point Plan
(May 21, 2021)
LASC
Judge Byrdsong Elected CJA President
(May 21, 2021)
Fraud
Action Against Uber, Founder,
Properly Dismissed
(May 20, 2021)
Judge
Michael D. Abzug to Retire Next
Month
(May 20, 2021)
Former
Court Administrator Jack C. LeVan
Dies
(May 20, 2021)
C.A.
Upholds $25 Million
Noneconomic-Damage Award
(May 19, 2021)
Plaintiff’s
One-Liner at Deposition Was
Sufficient to Defeat Summary
Judgment
(May 19, 2021)
Suit
Against German Insurer Might Be
Triable in LASC
(May 18, 2021)
Law
Firm Not Disqualified Based on
Hiring Secretary Who Worked for
Opposing Counsel
(May 18, 2021)
$20
Million Punitive-Damage Award Was
Not Excessive
(May 17, 2021)
C.A.
Rejects Challenge to Judge’s Method
in Setting Attorney Fees in
Lemon-Law Case
(May 17, 2021)
Salesman’s
Racist Wisecracks Can Be Unruh Act
Violation
(May 14, 2021)
Delivering
Money to Gambler’s Bookie Is
Money-Laundering
(May 14, 2021)
Declares
Deportation Order ‘Unconscionable’
(May 13, 2021)
Officers’
‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Right Doesn’t
Extend to Searching Detainee’s
Pocket
(May 13, 2021)
Judge
Abused Discretion in Refusing to
Hear Argument
(May 12, 2021)
Board
Is Obliged to Grant Compensation to
Former Inmate Based on Federal
Finding
(May 12, 2021)
LACBA
Candidate Accuses Rival of Racial
Insensitivity
(May 11, 2021)
ADDA
Files Grievance Against D.A. Gascón
(May 11, 2021)
37.2
Percent of Applicants Pass February
State Bar Exam
(May 11, 2021)
Prosecutor,
Not Judge, Must Give Reasons for
Challenges
(May 10, 2021)
C.A.
Division Skips Discussion of First
Prong of Anti-SLAPP Statute, Flits
to Second Prong
(May 10, 2021)
Warrantless
Search of Motel Room of Parolee Was
Justified—Court
(May 10, 2021)
California-Run
IRA Program Is Not Preempted by
ERISA
(May 7, 2021)
Alleging
Arbitrator Was Affected by
Medication Can’t Be Raised for First
Time in Court
(May 7, 2021)
Governor
Validly Exercised Emergency Powers
in Pandemic
(May 6, 2021)
No
Sparks Fly at Second LACBA
Candidates Debate
(May 6, 2021)
LACBA
President-Elect Candidate Accuses
Rival of Conflict
(May 5, 2021)
No
Federal Preemption Where Action Can
Be Resolved Entirely Under State Law
Without Resort to CBA
(May 5, 2021)
Judicial
Misconduct Invalidates Death
Sentence of Slayer
(May 4, 2021)
Appeals
Court Says ALADS Entitled to $7.8
Million Award
(May 3, 2021)
C.A.
Bars Nonclass Actions by Associations
Under UCL
(April 30, 2021)
Lawsuit
Seeking Damages From Archdiocese
Alleging Abuse by Priest Not a
SLAPP—C.A.
(April 30, 2021)
Suit
Over Disclosing Officer’s Personnel File
Not a SLAPP
(April 29, 2021)
Presiding
Justice Tricia A. Bigelow to Retire
(April 29, 2021)
Supreme
Court Committee Cautions Judges to Be
Careful in Use of Social Media
(April 29, 2021)
Amazon
Might Be Liable Under Strict Products
Liability
(April 28, 2021)
Insurer
Might Be Liable Under Policy Not in
Effect When Fire Occurred—C.A.
(April 28, 2021)
Equal
Protection Not Denied Those Charged With
Illegal Entry
(April 27, 2021)
Judge
Anderson Erred in Barring Defendant,
Born a Male, From Using ‘Nadine’
Socially
(April 27, 2021)
Alimony
May Be Cut Based on Paying Son’s College
Costs
(April 26, 2021)
Interest
Runs on Costs From Date of Judgment
Though Set Later
(April 26, 2021)
21-Month
Pre-Trial Detention Justified by
Pandemic
(April 26, 2021)
Judge
Properly Ordered Doctor to Pay USC’s
Attorney Fees, Costs Based on No-Suit
Vow
(April 23, 2021)
No
Jury Misconduct in Awarding Attorney
Fees As Damages
(April 23, 2021)
‘American
Idol’ Contestant Waived Any Potential
Liability
(April 22, 2021)
Reasonable
Jury Could Find Officer Liable for
Breaking Woman’s Arm During Arrest
(April 22, 2021)
Dropbox
May Be Liable for ‘Reverse Confusion’
Infringing
(April 21, 2021)
Arbitrator
in Non-Consumer Dispute Need Not Make
Meticulous Disclosures—C.A.
(April 21, 2021)
Two
Are in Contest for LACBA’s
President-Elect Position
(April 20, 2021)
Can’t
Torpedo Contradictory Complaint Based on
One of Its Allegations—C.A.
(April 20, 2021)
Obtaining
Surveillance Documents Might Rate Fee
Award
(April 19, 2021)
City/Lessor
Had No Duty to Accommodate Man With
Disability Who Paid No Rent
(April 19, 2021)
Punitives
May Be Predicated on Uncompensated
Damages
(April 16, 2021)
California
Law Barring Defense of Insured in UCL,
FAL Actions by State Is Constitutional
(April 16, 2021)
Non-Insured
Under Policy May Not Sue for Bad Faith
(April 15, 2021)
Lack
of Mention of Statutory Claims Does Not
Necessarily Exempt Them From Arbitration
(April 15, 2021)
Threat
to Bring Sham Lawsuit Was Attempted
Extortion
(April 14, 2021)
C.A.:
Judge Had No Authority to Order Genetic
Testing in Probate Case
(April 14, 2021)
Mere
Denial of Electronically Signing
Document Sufficed
(April 13, 2021)
Santa
Clara Custody Order Is in Effect,
Contrary Chinese Order Isn’t—C.A.
(April 13, 2021)
$6
Million Attorney-Fee Award Would Not
Create ‘Windfall’
(April 12, 2021)
Insurer
Had No Duty to Defend Woman Sued by
Sumner Redstone for Undue Influence
(April 12, 2021)
Plausible
Motive Averment Weighty in Securities
Fraud Action
(April 9, 2021)
Statute
Benefitting Persons Found ‘NGI’ Is
Constitutional
(April 8, 2021)
Bryant
Garth to Become Interim Law School Dean
(April 8, 2021)
Order
Certifying Classes in Tuna Price-Fixing
Case Vacated
(April 7, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Ups Attorney-Fee Award Against
California From $4 Million to $8.2
Million
(April 7, 2021)
Missing
Appeal Deadline Not Fatal in Parental
Ties Case
(April 6, 2021)
Parties
That Skipped Mediation Properly Excluded
From Share of Trust—C.A.
(April 6, 2021)
Bar
on Parole Hearing for Youthful Rapist Is
Invalid
(April 5, 2021)
Inmate
With History of Violence Wrongfully
Denied Child Custody, C.A. Declares
(April 5, 2021)
S.C.
Broadly Interprets Cordless/Cell-Phone
Privacy Act
(April 2, 2021)
No
Duty to Protect Against Third Parties
Exists Absent ‘Special Relationship’
(April 2, 2021)
Dog
Can Be ‘Service Animal’ Without Being
‘Certified’
(April 1, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Denies Emergency Relief
Permitting In-Home Bible Studies
(April 1, 2021)
Attorney
Fees Improperly Awarded Based on Proviso
in Note
(March 30, 2021)
Veteran Attorney Robert S. Warren, 89,
Dies
(March 30, 2021)
New
Trial Required in Action Over Death of
Tased Suspect
(March 29, 2021)
Court
May Reconsider Sanction Order After
Action Has Been Dismissed, C.A. Holds
(March 29, 2021)
Pre-Trial
Detention Is Unlawful Absent
Dangerousness
(March 26, 2021)
Newsom
Appoints Four to L.A. Superior Court
(March 26, 2021)
USC
Settles Abuse Suits With 710 Women for
$852 Million
(March 26, 2021)
Ninth
Circuit Scraps $1.8 Billion Award for
Infringement
(March 25, 2021)
Presiding
Judge Taylor Derides Hate Crimes
(March 25, 2021)
Jobless
Man Reasonably Told to Pay $50,000 to
Ex-Wife
(March 24, 2021)
11-Year
Delay Between Filing of Petition Under
SVPA and Decision Permissible
(March 24, 2021)
Board
Votes to Hire Middleton
(March 24, 2021)
Klausner
Erred in Kicking Case Back to Superior
Court
(March 23, 2021)
Board
of Supervisors Is Slated to Act Today on
Request by Gascón to Hire Special
Prosecutor
(March 23, 2021)
‘Non-Infringement’
Judgment Against L.A. Porn Studio Stands
(March 22, 2021)
Commissioner
Campos Says DA’s Policy Doesn’t Override
C.A.’s Remand Order
(March 22, 2021)
Legality
of Order for Hearing in Juvenile Court
Questioned
(March 19, 2021)
Verdict
Stands That Battery by Lawyer Was in
Course and Scope of Employment—C.A.
(March 19, 2021)
Rodriguez
Named Acting State A.G.
(March 19, 2021)
‘The
Herbal Chef’ Is Not Protectible Mark for
Caterer
(March 18, 2021)
Child
Molester Did Not Shed Dangerousness at
Age 74
(March 17, 2021)
Judge
Erred in Not Honoring Interest Rate on
Judgments Set by Foreign Nation—C.A.
(March 17, 2021)
Judge
John A. Torribio to Retire
(March 17, 2021)
ADDA
Wages Challenge to Gascón’s Hiring of
Deputy PDs
(March 16, 2021)
Attorney-Fee
Award in Conservatorship Case Improper
Where Conservator Not Appointed
(March 16, 2021)
Arbitrator’s
Award Marked by ‘Bizarre’ Aspects Can’t
Stand
(March 15, 2021)
Judge
Norman Tarle to Depart Superior Court
(March 15, 2021)
Four
Months Was Too Long in Seeking Relief
From Default
(March 12, 2021)
Judge
Clifford L. Klein Slates Retirement
(March 12, 2021)
Gascón’s
Office Appears to Sidestep Preliminary
Injunction
(March 11, 2021)
Troubles
for Beleaguered Girardi Mount As State
Bar Strips Him of Active Bar Status
(March 11, 2021)
Attorney
Fees May Be Shaved Based on Lawyer’s
Incivility
(March 10, 2021)
California
Has Specific Jurisdiction Over Blogger
Who Resides in Canada—C.A.
(March 10, 2021)
$10
Million Verdict Voided in Bad-Faith
Insurance Action
(March 9, 2021)
Defaming
California Lawyer Does Not, Alone,
Create Jurisdiction in California Courts
(March 9, 2021)
2016
Law Did Not Bar 2016 Firing Based on
2015 Conduct
(March 8, 2021)
California
State University System Not Exempt From
PAGA, C.A. Declares
(March 8, 2021)
Day-of-Trial
Substitution of Attorney Wrongfully
Denied
(March 5, 2021)
Judge
Chalfant Failed to Yield to Discretion
of Licensing Agency, Appeals Court Holds
(March 5, 2021)
Judgment
Based on Acceptance of Faulty §998 Offer
Is Void
(March 4, 2021)
Man
Who Impregnated His Ex-Pupil, 18, in
2006 Properly Stripped of Teaching
License
(March 4, 2021)
Government
Agency Can’t Slip in Attorney-Fee
Provision
(March 4, 2021)
Green
Light to Outdoor Restaurant Dining Was
Improper
(March 3, 2021)
Sellers
Have No Claim Against PayPal Based On
180-Day Buyer Protection Policy—C.A.
(March 3, 2021)
Church
Not Exempt From Property-Related Special
Tax
(March 2, 2021)
Judge
Did Not Abuse Discretion in Denying
Probation to 73-Year-Old Assailant—C.A.
(March 2, 2021)
Decision
Had Preclusive Effect Though Testimony
Barred
(March 1, 2021)
Judge
Didn’t Abuse His Discretion in Ordering
Civil Trial to Commence Despite Pandemic
(March 1, 2021)
Taylor
Points to Positive Outgrowth of Pandemic
Response
(February 26, 2021)
Judge
Rules Victims Lack Standing to Seek
Recusal of District Attorney’s Office
(February 26, 2021)
Law
Barring Trial of 14- and 15-Year-Olds As
Adults Is Valid
(February 26, 2021)
Prostitute
Has Reasonable Expectation of
Privacy—C.A.
(February 25, 2021)
Allegations
in Exhibit to Complaint Take Precedence
Over Pleading’s Averments
(February 25, 2021)
Gascón
Seeks Applications for Chief Deputy Post
(February 25, 2021)
C.A.
Revives Suit Over Ouster From Disney’s
Private Club
(February 24, 2021)
Blacknell
to Hop From P.D.’s Office to D.A.’s
(February 24, 2021)
Defendant
in D.A. vs. D.A. Clash Pleads Guilty to
Murder
(February 23, 2021)
Third
District C.A. Differs With Opinion
Calling for Independent Review of Record
(February 23, 2021)
Judge’s
Use of ‘Please’ Didn’t Signify Request,
Was Order
(February 22, 2021)
L.A.
County Bar Nears Accord Enabling
Avoidance of Bankruptcy Filing
(February 22, 2021)
Precedent
Did Not Require That Judge Decide Anew
Arbitrated Issue of Contracts’ Validity
(February 22, 2021)
$15
Million Punitive Damage Award in
Asbestos Case Scrapped
(February 22, 2021)
C.A.
Reinstates Claim Based on Wi-Fi-Induced
Illness
(February 19, 2021)
Retired
Superior Court Judge DiLoreto Dies
(February 19, 2021)
S.C.
Justice’s ‘Statement’ Is Appended to
2020 C.A. Opinion
(February 19, 2021)
CJP
Publicly Admonishes Ex-Butte Judge
(February 19, 2021)
Classification
of Instacart Shoppers Must Be Redecided
(February 18, 2021)
Apparent
Effort to Evade Police Attention by
Seeming to Tie Shoe Lace Justified
Detention
(February 18, 2021)
Judges
Advised They May Exchange Gifts With
Staff Members, With Provisos
(February 18, 2021)
Threat
to Contact State Bar for Help Wasn’t
‘Extortion’
(February 17, 2021)
Judge
Can’t Bar Entry of Judgment Pursuant to
Settlement, Ninth Circuit Declares
(February 17, 2021)
Insurer
May Exclude UM Coverage to Domestic
Partner
(February 16, 2021)
Superior
Court Judges Perry, Tynan to Retire
(February 16, 2021)
$350,000
Restitution Award Proper to Cover
Attorney Fees
(February 12, 2021)
Judge
Properly Awards Attorney’s Fees, at
Lawyer’s Normal Rates, for Clerical Work
(February 12, 2021)
Superior
Court Candidate Says Consultant Cheated
Him
(February 11, 2021)
Gascón
Issues Special Directive in Light of
Preliminary Injunction; ‘Script’
Abandoned
(February 11, 2021)
Forgetfulness
Doesn’t Excuse Late Naming of Defendant
(February 10, 2021)
Justice
Halim Dhanidina, 48, to Retire From
Court of Appeal on April 1 After Short
Stint
(February 10, 2021)
Judge
Determines Some of Gascón’s Edicts Are
‘Unlawful’
(February 9, 2021)
Superior
Court Issues Minute Order
(February 9, 2021)
Woman
With No Monetary Injury Has Standing
Under UCL
(February 8, 2021)
Juror
Miscoduct Can’t Be Shown Based on
Declaration by Attorney AS to What Juror
Told Him— Appeals Court
(February 8, 2021)
D.A.
Press Releases to Spotlight Gascón, Not
His Office
(February 5, 2021)
Difficulty
in Collecting on Judgment Doesn’t
Justify Appointment of a Receiver—C.A.
(February 5, 2021)
L.A.
Judge Properly Declined to Award $0 in
Attorney Fees
(February 4, 2021)
Committee
Floats Draft Opinion on Judges Giving
Legal Help to Family Members
(February 4, 2021)
No
Ruling Made on ADDA’s Bid to Block
Gascón’s Policies
(February 3, 2021)
Action
Challenging Removal of Statue Depicting
Indian Properly Dismissed
(February 3, 2021)
Billionaire
Was Collaterally Estopped From Denying
Article Dealt With Public Issue
(February 2, 2021)
Award
Under CC §1717 Proper Though Action Was
on Tort
(February 1, 2021)
MOU
Between County, ALADS, Prevails Over Bar
on Recouping Wage Overpayments
(February 1, 2021)
D.A.
Gascón Appears to Sever Relations With
CDAA
(January 29, 2021)
State
High Court Denies Review of Justice
Johnson’s Ouster
(January 28, 2021)
Judicial
Misconduct in Bolstering Case for
Prosecution Requires Reversing
Conviction
(January 28, 2021)
Non-Participants
in Mediation to Get No Share of Trust
(January 27, 2021)
Suit
Alleging Supposed Sex-Enhancing Pills
Are Ineffective Won’t Be Revived—C.A.
(January 27, 2021)
Wife
Exercised Undue Influence by Securing
Husband’s Assent to Revocation of Prenup
(January 27, 2021)
LACBA
Nears Filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Protection
(January 26, 2021)
California
May Ban Indoor Worship Services During
Epidemic
(January 26, 2021)
Veteran
Jurists Ramona G. See, Gary Ferrari to
Depart Their Posts on L.A. Superior
Court
(January 26, 2021)
Supervisor
Barger Lectures Gascón on Constitutional
Responsibilities
(January 25, 2021)
Order
Allowing San Diego Restaurants to Reopen
Invalidated
(January 25, 2021)
Restitution
in Criminal Case Can Include Attorney
Fees
(January 22, 2021)
Child
Molester Must Be Resentenced Based on
L.A. Superior Court Judge’s Remarks
(January 22, 2021)
Improper
Argument Requires Reversal of $14.4
Judgment
(January 21, 2021)
D.A.
Gascón Disclaims Duty, Under Statutes,
to Allege Priors
(January 20, 2021)
Blacknell
Is Not to Become a Gascón Advisor;
Trujillo Gets Post She Was Expected to
Fill
(January 20, 2021)
No
Cease-Fire Yet in A.G. Becerra’s
Assaults on Trump
(January 20, 2021)
HARRY
L. HATHAWAY: He’s Been an ‘Ace Lawyer’
and a Bar Leader Who Made a Difference
(Person of the Year,
January 20, 2021)
NOWLAND
C. HONG: Lawyer Is Leading Force in Bar
Group Which Denied His Father Membership
(Person of the Year,
January 20, 2021)
JOHN
L. MORIARITY: Music and Military, Law
Enforcement and Reagan, Are Trial
Lawyer’s Interests
(Person of the Year,
January 20, 2021)
Cause
of Action Against Eye Doctor Erroneously
Tossed Out
(January 19, 2021)
Dynamex
Holding Applies Retroactively to
Non-Final Cases
(January 15, 2021)
Trial
Should Have Proceeded in Absence of
Defendant in Civil Case—Appeals Court
(January 15, 2021)
Label
for Vitamin Need Not Disclose General
Uselessness
(January 14, 2021)
No
Equitable Tolling Based on Lawyer’s Blunder
(January 14, 2021)
Statewide
Prosecutors Group to Aid ADDA’s Battle
Against Gascón
(January 13, 2021)
Gascón
Urges Federal Ban on Death Penalty
(January 13, 2021)
Sacramento
D.A. Slams Gascón Over His ‘Extreme’
Directives
(January 12, 2021)
L.A.
Superior Court Offers Remote Access to
Court Proceedings, With Audio-Only
(January 12, 2021)
Allegation
of Strike As to One Count Applies to
Others
(January 11, 2021)
San
Diego District Attorney Withdraws
Consent for Trial of Charges in L.A.
(January 8, 2021)
Requiring
Daily Visits to Probation Officer by
Homeless Probationer Was Valid—C.A.
(January 8, 2021)
Deported
Alien Who Reenters U.S. Legally, but
Stays Too Long, Commits ‘Unlawful
Reentry’
(January 8, 2021)
Tort
Action Restored Against Auto Club for
Delay of Truck
(January 7, 2021)
Resentencing
May Be Denied Based on Facts Recited in
C.A. Opinion Affirming Conviction
(January 7, 2021)
Arbitrator
Has Authority to Act on Demurrer—C.A.
(January 7, 2021)
Deputy
D.A. Speaks Out Against Gascón’s
No-Strikes Policy
(January 6, 2021)
Gascón
Speaks Out Against Cash Bail System
(January 6, 2021)
DDA
Tells Off Gascón; Message Gains Wide
Circulation
(January 5, 2021)
Irma
J. Brown, Co-Founder of BWL, to Retire
As Superior Court Judge
(January 5, 2021)
New
Los Angeles Superior Court Judges Are
Sworn In
(January 5, 2021)
DA
Extends Olive Branch to Deputies; DDA
Scoffs at Gesture
(January 5, 2021)
Tributes
Offered to Joan Dempsey Klein, Former
Presiding Justice, Who Dies at 96
(January 4, 2021)
Justice
Stanley Mosk’s Abhorrence of Sentences
for ‘Ghosts’ Again Rejected
(January 4, 2021)
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