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Making
Official Report Didn’t Immunize Public
Comments
(December 29, 2023)
C.A.
Affirms Dismissal of Deputy Sheriff’s
Lawsuit Based on Shoplifting Charges
(December 29, 2023)
Some Videos Taken by Police Drones Might
Be Disclosable
(December 28, 2023)
LASC
Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman to Retire
(December 28, 2023)
Nebraskan
Improperly Tried in Central District of
California
(December 27, 2023)
Limitations
Period Commenced When Fees of Successor
Counsel Were Incurred—C.A.
(December 27, 2023)
Developers of
‘Judge Judy’ Get No Share of Payment to
Star
(December 26, 2023)
National Hockey
League, Teams Lose Bid to Renew Fight
Against Insurer Over Coverage
(December 26, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Revives Action Over Nirvana’s
Album Cover
(December 22, 2023)
Mitchell
Blasts Gascón’s Appointment of Blacknell
(December 22, 2023)
Inaction
Requires Dismissal of Child Molestation
Charges
(December 21, 2023)
Deputy
P.D. Is Freed in Prisoner Swap
(December 21, 2023)
ADDA
Endorses Eric Siddall for Los Angeles
District Attorney
(December 21, 2023)
$5
Million Judgment in Case of Fired
Firefighter Stands
(December 20, 2023)
Child
Has Two Legal Parents, Both Female,
Under Family Code, No Father—C.A.
(December 20, 2023)
Initiative
Wasn’t Defied by Law Redefining ‘Street
Gang’
(December 19, 2023)
Candidate’s
Ballot Designation as ‘Mayor’ Is
Disallowed by Registrar-Recorder’s
Office
(December 19, 2023)
Lawyer
in DWP Billing Case Must Return $1.65
Million Fee
(December 18, 2023)
Couple
Who Sued for $5,000 Security Deposit in
Superior Court Properly Denied Fees—C.A.
(December 18, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Narrowly Views California’s
Consumer Laws
(December 15, 2023)
Yegan
Criticizes ‘Constant Tinkering’ by
Legislature With Sentencing Rules
(December 15, 2023)
C.A.
Orders L.A.S.C. to Refund $23,000 in
Motion Fees
(December 14, 2023)
San
Diego Judge Admits ‘Dereliction of
Duty,’ Receives ‘Severe Public Censure’
From CJP
(December 14, 2023)
Secret
Recording of Gun Purchase Was Not a
‘Search’
(December 13, 2023)
Judge
Wasn’t Obliged to Instruct Jury on
Vehicular Manslaughter in DUI Death
(December 13, 2023)
UCL
Can’t Be Used to Bar Law Firm’s Alleged
Shakedowns
(December 12, 2023)
Woman
in China Was Validly Served by
Publication of Summons in L.A. Times
(December 12, 2023)
No
New Open Seats Emerge in L.A. Superior
Court Elections
(December 11, 2023)
Line-Up
of Los Angeles Superior Court Candidates
(December 11, 2023)
Guilty
Plea Pursuant to Plea Bargain Doesn’t
Preclude Full Resentencing Hearing—C.A.
(December 11, 2023)
Order
Limiting Communications With Employees
Stands
(December 8, 2023)
Eight
Are Named to Los Angeles Superior Court
(December 8, 2023)
Lack
of Stipulation to Commissioner Presiding
Requires Voiding of DVRO, C.A. Holds
(December 8, 2023)
California
State Bar Enjoys Eleventh Amendment
Immunity
(December 7, 2023)
Qualified
Immunity Does Not Apply Where Officer
Shot After Suspect Reached for Gun
(December 7, 2023)
Defense
Verdict Scrapped Based on Denigration of
Plaintiff
(December 6, 2023)
Costs,
Unavailable to Prevailing Employer as to
Wage Claims, Barred as to All
Claims—C.A.
(December 6, 2023)
MICRA
Applies to Accident Caused by Ambulance
Driver
(December 5, 2023)
LAUSD
Could Be Liable to Abused Pupils Without
Knowledge of Coach’s Propensities
(December 5, 2023)
City
Might Be Liable for Injuries From House
Exploding
(December 4, 2023)
Law
Firm Versus Law Firm Lawsuit Alleging
Malicious Prosecution May Continue—C.A.
(December 4, 2023)
Judicial
Candidate to Challenge Ballot
Designation of Rival
(December 1, 2023)
House
Was ‘Inhabited’ Because Defendant Lived
There at Time of Arson, C.A. Says
(December 1, 2023)
Cryptic
Handwritten Document Constituted a
Contract
(November 30, 2023)
C.A.
Reinstates Suit by Man Against Alleged
Blackmailer, Says Refund May Be Sought
(November 30, 2023)
City
Can’t Be Forced to Prosecute Ritual
Chicken-Killings
(November 29, 2023)
Investor
Charles T. Munger Dies at Age 99
(November 29, 2023)
Man
Convicted of Murder Entitled to
Evidentiary Hearing
(November 28, 2023)
Evidence
Shows Alleged Debt Was Satisfied in
1999, Though Lien on Residence Still
Existed
(November 28, 2023)
Avila
Is Unopposed for Superior Court Seat
(November 28, 2023)
Five
Years Won’t Be Lopped From Fraudster’s
Sentence
(November 27, 2023)
District
Attorney Candidates’ Names Were Properly
Placed on Ballot in Primary
(November 27, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Denies Compassionate Release to
Man Convicted of Sex Trafficking Minor
(November 27, 2023)
Hitting
Woman Running in Crosswalk Was
Manslaughter
(November 22, 2023)
Candidate
for Superior Court Open Seat Pulls Out
of Race
(November 22, 2023)
Pro
Per May Not Maintain PAGA Action—Court
of Appeal
(November 21, 2023)
Los
Angeles Registrar-Recorder’s Office
Accepts Incomplete Ballot Designations
(November 21, 2023)
Prostitute
Is Entitled to Restitution of Pilfered
Earnings
(November 20, 2023)
C.A.
Reverses Preliminary Injunction Against
State in Gun-Owners’ Privacy Action
(November 20, 2023)
Fox
Rothschild Again Faces Malicious
Prosecution Suit
(November 17, 2023)
Dispositive
Tentatives Marked Start of Trial; Too
Late for Dismissal Without Prejudice
(November 17, 2023)
Releasing
Unredacted Government Claims Is Not
Protected
(November 16, 2023)
Olson
Doesn’t Qualify for Judges’ PAC Money
(November 16, 2023)
Ex-D.A.
Garcetti Says He Didn’t Fire Prosecutor
Darden
(November 15, 2023)
Deputy
D.A. Faces Three Defense Lawyers in Race
(November 15, 2023)
‘Six
Months’ Does Not Necessarily Mean 182
Days—C.A.
(November 15, 2023)
State
Bar Sells Building in San Francisco
(November 15, 2023)
Former
D.A. Robert Philibosian Dies
(November 14, 2023)
No
Deputy District Attorney Is Competing
for One of the Superior Court Open Seats
(November 14, 2023)
Mackey
to Retire From Los Angeles Superior
Court
(November 14, 2023)
Retired
Judge Ito Endorses Darden for Superior
Court
(November 14, 2023)
Alba
Confirmed as Judge of Ninth Circuit
(November 14, 2023)
Sale
of Property for $1 Cannot Be Deemed a
‘Contribution’
(November 13, 2023)
Deputy
District Attorney Who Lost Race for Open
Seat Last Year to Run Again
(November 13, 2023)
Plaintiff
in Slip-and-Fall Case Need Not Pinpoint
Nature of Slippery Substance, C.A.
Declares
(November 13, 2023)
Newspaper
Must Surrender Notes of Jailhouse
Interview
(November 9, 2023)
Judge
Emily Spear Draws Election Challenge
Based on CJP’s Public Admonishment of
Her
(November 9, 2023)
Challenger
Haymon Was Held in Contempt by Judge
Olson
(November 8, 2023)
Consent
to Search Invalid Where Enticed By False
Promise—Court of Appeal
(November 8, 2023)
Kato
Confirmed as District Court Judge
(November 8, 2023)
Couple
Can’t Recoup Interest Paid to Unlicensed
Lender
(November 7, 2023)
Candidate
Files Declaration for Two Seats
(November 7, 2023)
Judge
Erred in Axing Suit Based on Claim
Against City Not Having Been Filed—C.A.
(November 7, 2023)
Judge
Recana Looks Back on Years on Bench
(November 7, 2023)
Judge
Olson Draws Challenge; Judge Soto Is Not
Running
(November 6, 2023)
C.A.
Scolds Attorney Who, in His Brief,
Accused Three Judges of Corruption
(November 6, 2023)
Long-Time
Judge Mel Red Recana Won’t Seek
Reelection
(November 3, 2023)
Company That Recruited Employee of
Competitor Can’t Compel Arbitration
(November 3, 2023)
Service
by Mail of Petition to Vacate Award Was
Ineffective
(November 2, 2023)
Court
Lacked Power Under DVPA to Order Husband
to Undergo Mental Health Exam
(November 2, 2023)
Three
File Preliminary Papers in Judicial
Races
(November 2, 2023)
Fenced
Area on State Fair Grounds Is Not a
Public Forum
(November 1, 2023)
Two
File Declarations of Intent to Run for
Los Angeles Superior Court Open Seats
(November 1, 2023)
Sanction
Imposed on Herzog, Others Was Fully
Justified
(October 31, 2023)
Darden
Pulls Declaration of Intent to Seek Open
Seat on Los Angeles Superior Court
(October 31, 2023)
Actions
on Gambling Debts Remain Barred in
California
(October 30, 2023)
C.A.
Orders Reinstatement of Lawsuit by Man
Accused by Singer of ‘Predatory’ Conduct
(October 30, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Will Not Disturb 1990 Death
Sentence
(October 27, 2023)
Three
More Superior Court Candidates Emerge
(October 27, 2023)
Judge
Ong Sets Retirement Date
(October 27, 2023)
Threat
to Judge Isn’t Interference With
‘Executive Officer’
(October 27, 2023)
C.A.
Says Restitution Award Was Unreasonable
(October 27, 2023)
Lawmaker’s
Inaction Can Be ‘Action’ Under Brown Act
(October 26, 2023)
Wiley
Urges Following the Approach Fostered by
Traynor in Deciding Tort Cases
(October 26, 2023)
Levying
Order Need Not Be Made at Time of
Sentencing
(October 25, 2023)
C.A.
Says Linfield’s Award of $3.2 Million
Was Contrary to Statute and Case Law
(October 25, 2023)
Suit
for Arrest Over Courthouse Photography
Not Restored
(October 24, 2023)
Lawyer
Who Filed Petition Without Authority Is
Barred From Local Bankruptcy Practice
(October 24, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Reinstates Inmate’s Suit Against
Guerrero
(October 23, 2023)
One-Year
Period for Filing PAGA Notice Is
Triggered by Final Wage Statement
(October 23, 2023)
D.A.
Gascón Derided by Challengers Over
Special Directives
(October 20, 2023)
Rowe
Appointed to Los Angeles Superior Court
(October 20, 2023)
Securities
Fraud Action Against Facebook Partly
Reinstated
(October 19, 2023)
Repeated
Reports to Police, If False, Were Ground
for Granting DVRO—C.A.
(October 19, 2023)
Arbitration
Award Set Aside Based on Arbitrator’s
Bias
(October 18, 2023)
Openness
of Trial Proceedings Requires Disclosure
of Settlement Amount—C.A.
(October 18, 2023)
$17
Million Wrongful-Death Judgment Against
City Stands
(October 17, 2023)
Judge
Erroneously Relied on 2006 Opinion in
Barring Expert Testimony on Effects of
Mold
(October 17, 2023)
Judge
Cannot Order the Filing of Unredacted
Pleadings
(October 16, 2023)
Service
That Directs City to Lawyers on Panel Is
Not Unregistered Referral Service—C.A.
(October 16, 2023)
Legislators
Did Not Intrude on Province of Judiciary
(October 13, 2023)
C.A.
Declares Disbarred Attorney to Be
Vexatious Litigant Based on Appeals
(October 13, 2023)
Named
Plaintiff in Class Action Had No
Standing to Appeal
(October 12, 2023)
Two
Lawyers Take Steps Toward Becoming
Candidates for L.A. Superior Court Seats
(October 12, 2023)
Instruction
on Destruction of Evidence Properly
Rendered
(October 11, 2023)
$7.7
Million Default Judgment Stands—C.A.
(October 11, 2023)
Historic
Home May Be Altered Without EIR, C.A.
Holds
(October 10, 2023)
Harry
Hathaway, Ex-LACBA President, Dies
Following Decades of Service to
Profession
(October 10, 2023)
Some
Claims Against Oracle’s ‘Data Brokering’
Survive
(October 6, 2023)
State
Water Agency Is Not a ‘Person’ Under
Fish and Game Code—Appeals Court
(October 6, 2023)
DVRO
Need Not Be Based on Fear That Is
Reasonable
(October 5, 2023)
Case
Cannot Be Dismissed Based on Plaintiffs’
Sneakiness—Ninth Circuit
(October 5, 2023)
Lease’s
Cap on Attorney Fees Lacks Post-Judgment
Effect
(October 4, 2023)
Judge
Michael Levanas to Retire Next Week
(October 4, 2023)
United
Airlines Might Be Liable Based on
Face-Mask Edict
(October 4, 2023)
Attorney
Fees Properly Pared Based on Lack of
Civility
(October 3, 2023)
Retired
Attorney Marshall B. Grossman Dies
(October 3, 2023)
Mortgagee
That Paid an Excessive Sum to Redeem
Property Will Get Its Money Back
(October 3, 2023)
Remand
for New Hearing on Petition for
Resentencing Doesn’t Entail ‘New Trial’
(October 3, 2023)
State’s
Action Against Uber, Lyft Won’t Be
Arbitrated
(October 2, 2023)
C.A.
Affirms $70,000 in Sanctions Imposed on
Ex-Husband Who Snubbed Court Orders
(October 2, 2023)
C.A.
Blocks Release on Habeas of 15-Year-Old
Girl’s Slayer
(September 29, 2023)
Supreme
Court Denies Review in Challenge to
Renaming of Hastings College of Law
(September 29, 2023)
Judge
Archuleta Launches Campaign for District
Attorney
(September 29, 2023)
Pandemic
Orders Did Not Require Halting Gym
Renovation
(September 28, 2023)
Unsettling
Conduct Is Insufficient to Constitute
‘Stalking,’ C.A. Declares
(September 28, 2023)
$10
Million Restitution Order Is Affirmed
(September 28, 2023)
Lawyer
Improperly Pocketed Entirety of
Attorney-Fee Award
(September 27, 2023)
Three
Lawyers, Three Judges Named ‘Persons of
the Year’
(September 27, 2023)
Deputy
D.A. Launches Bid for Judicial Office
(September 27, 2023)
Furloughed
Employees Must Be Provided Vacation Pay
(September 26, 2023)
Retired
Judge Morton Rochman, 90, Dies
(September 26, 2023)
Karine
Mkrtchyan Chosen As Superior Court
Commissioner
(September 26, 2023)
Forum-Selection
Clause Properly Is Unenforceable—C.A.
(September 26, 2023)
Candidate
Becomes Emotional at Forum
(September 26, 2023)
ZoomInfo’s
Anti-SLAPP Motion Is Barred by Exemption
(September 25, 2023)
COVID
Virus Does Not Cause Physical Loss,
Property Damage, C.A. Panel Declares
(September 25, 2023)
County’s
Failure to Adhere to Time Limit Not
Material
(September 21, 2023)
Darden
Readies to Run for Superior Court
(September 21, 2023)
Lawyer’s
Repulsive Conduct Didn’t Justify
Retraining Order
(September 20, 2023)
Criminal
Law Attorney Youngquist Takes Step
Toward Running for Judgeship
(September 20, 2023)
Curran
to Be Administrative Director of Courts
(September 20, 2023)
C.A.
Reinstates Action to Curtail County s
Killing of Dogs
(September 19, 2023)
Lawyer
Takes
Out Petition to Run for Office Now Held
By Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
Bernal
(September 19, 2023)
Lawyer
to Run for Seat Held by Non-Candidate
Nishimoto
(September 18, 2023)
David
Milton to Seek Ballot Designation of
Judge Retired in District Attorney Bid
(September 18, 2023)
San
Francisco D.A. s Office Properly Recused
in Two Cases
(September 15, 2023)
Google
to Pay $93 Million Based on Deception in
Gathering Data on Users Locations
(September 15, 2023)
Distinguished
Service Award to Be Conferred on
Presiding Justice Edmon, Justice Slough
(September 15, 2023)
School
District Improperly Stripped Group of
Recognition
(September 14, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Invalidates California Law
Banning Gun Ads Aimed at Minors
(September 14, 2023)
Plaintiff
in DWP Overbilling Suit Loses Follow-Up
Battle
(September 14, 2023)
Federal Prosecutor Jeff Chemerinsky
Enters Race for D.A.
(September 13, 2023)
District Court in California Has
Jurisdiction Based on Texan s Past
Residency Here
(September 13, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Slashing Fees of Potter
& Handy
(September 12, 2023)
Non-Attorney
Executor May Not Bring Suit in Pro Per,
C.A. Says; Dismisses Appeal
(September 12, 2023)
Payment
of Arbitration Fees Is Made When Check
Received
(September 11, 2023)
Bar
Has No Special Relationship Duty to
Patrons to Report Brawl to Police C.A.
(September 11, 2023)
Court
of Appeal: Juror-Challenge May Be
Allowed Based on Distrust of Police
Officers
(September 11, 2023)
Wrong
Standard Used in Declining to Block
Firearms Laws
(September 8, 2023)
Man
Ousted as Trustee When Murder Charge Was
Pending Properly Denied Reinstatement
C.A.
(September 8, 2023)
Court
of Appeal Restores 2014 $1,000 Per-Day
Sanction
(September 8, 2023)
CJP
Publicly Admonishes Superior Court Judge
Spear
(September 7, 2023)
Ninth
U.S. Circuit Should Bow to State C.A. s
Interpretation of California Law Bumatay
(September 7, 2023)
Bank
Had Duty of Care to Law Firm in
Distributing Funds
(September 6, 2023)
Veteran
Attorney John L. Moriarity, 90, Dies
(September 6, 2023)
Balloting
Under Way for Court Commissioner
(September 6, 2023)
Lowenthal
Finds Connolly Didn t Act Unethically As
D.D.A.
(September 5, 2023)
Experts
Hunches as to Future Dangerousness
Should Be Banned at Commitment Hearings
(September 5, 2023)
Delay
in Acting on SVP Petition Doesn t
Require Dismissal
(September 1, 2023)
CJP
Chsatises Former O.C. Judge Derek Hunt
(September 1, 2023)
Landlord
Had Standing to Assail County s Eviction
Ban
(August 31, 2023)
Governmental
Entity Need Not Reimburse Employees for
Use of Own Equipment
(August 31, 2023)
Failure
to Show Up for Trial Forms Waiver of
Right to Jury
(August 30, 2023)
Judicial
Officer Generally May Not Attend Law
Firm s Event With Free Food, Drinks
(August 30, 2023)
CJP
Scolds Riverside Superior Court
Commissioner
(August 30, 2023)
Siddall,
Mitchell Enter Race for L.A. District
Attorney
(August 29, 2023)
School
District Is Not Estopped Based on
Inadequacy of Claim Form It Provided
(August 29, 2023)
State
Bar Charges Lawyer With Participating in
Allegedly Unlawful Student Debt-Relief
Effort
(August 29, 2023)
C.A.
Panels See No Bar to Gun-Possession
Prosecutions
(August 28, 2023)
C.A.:
Each Time Payment Was Missed Under Loan
Agreement, Limitations Period Started
(August 28, 2023)
Provision
for Attorney Fees to Prevailing Party
Was Not Limited to Contract
Disputes C.A.
(August 28, 2023)
C.A. s
Opinion in Santa Monica Voting Case Is
Reversed
(August 25, 2023)
Firing
Might Be Excessive Penalty for Officer
Who Committed Perjury on the Stand C.A.
(August 25, 2023)
No
Court Remedy for Raid on Home of Jan. 6
Protester
(August 24, 2023)
C.A.
Affirms Order for Hospital-Commitment Of
Offender Based Largely on Police Report
(August 24, 2023)
Lawyer
Wrongly Barred From Representing Client
at Trial
(August 23, 2023)
Broad
Statement That Pandemic Preluded
Depositions Did Not Mandate Delay C.A.
(August 23, 2023)
Business
Acting as Agent of Employer Faces FEHA
Liability
(August 22, 2023)
C.A.
Won t Reinstate Conviction of Man Not
Bused to Court on Day Scheduled for
Trial
(August 22, 2023)
Sexual-Abuse
Suits Against Jackson s Corporations
Revived
(August 21, 2023)
Pandemic-Related
Excuses for Not Serving Defendant Within
Three Years Rejected
(August 21, 2023)
Three
Are Named to Los Angeles Superior Court
(August 21, 2023)
Prosecution s
Indecision Doesn t Justify Bail
Forfeiture
(August 21, 2023)
Two
S.C. Justices Question Correctness of
C.A. Opinion
(August 18, 2023)
Failure
to Instruct on Imperfect Self-Defense
Amounted to Federal Constitutional Error
(August 18, 2023)
Two
Courts of Appeal Repudiate Their Earlier
Decisions
(August 17, 2023)
Judge
Can t Bar County Road Commissioner From
Removing Encroachments C.A.
(August 17, 2023)
Denying
Name-Change Petition Based on
Outstanding Warrants Was Proper C.A.
(August 17, 2023)
Brady
Claim May Not Be Based on Prolongation
of Jailing
(August 16, 2023)
Spontaneous
Declaration Is Not Necessarily
Admissible
(August 15, 2023)
Assumption-of-Risk
Clause Didn t Apply to Conduct Boosting
Horseback-Riding Danger
(August 15, 2023)
Unemployed
Lawyer Must Pay $25,000 Attorney-Fee
Award
(August 14, 2023)
Assent
to Arbitration Inferred From Writings
Other Than Unsigned Retainer Agreement
(August 14, 2023)
C.A.
Dismisses Logan s Appeal of Order;
Grants Writ Relief
(August 11, 2023)
Panel
Approves $1.85 Million Settlement
(August 11, 2023)
2021
Lawsuit Based on Conduct in 2009 Might
Be Viable
(August 11, 2023)
Ethics
Rule Didn t Justify Total
Disqualification of Lawyers
(August 10, 2023)
Judge
Who Declared Policy Limiting Coverage To
$50,000 Meant $750,000 Is Reversed
(August 10, 2023)
Ordinance
Allowing Non-Citizens to Vote Is
Valid C.A.
(August 9, 2023)
Facts
Set Forth in 2006 C.A. Opinion Were
Improperly, but Profitably, Considered
(August 9, 2023)
Woman
Who Litigated as Anne Nyarangi Is Now
Identified by Court of Appeal as Anne
N.
(August 9, 2023)
State-Created
Danger Doctrine Justifies Suit Over
Death
(August 8, 2023)
Psychotropic
Drug Was Prescribed for Pain; Summary
Judgment for Doctor, Nurse Upset
(August 8, 2023)
State
Has No Duty to Make Sure Inmates
Food Is Kosher
(August 8, 2023)
D.A.
Can t Withdraw Resentencing Request at
Will
(August 7, 2023)
C.A.
Affirms Arbitration Denial but Won t
Address Assault on One of Judge s
Reasons
(August 7, 2023)
New
Trial Required in Suit Alleging Deputy
Coerced Confession of Sexual Assault
(August 7, 2023)
Prenuptial
Agreement Is Conditionally Presumed
Invalid
(August 4, 2023)
Campus
Ban on Posting Flyers With Offensive Or
Inappropriate Content Properly Blocked
(August 4, 2023)
Director
of Charitable Corporation Who Loses Post
May Continue As Plaintiff S.C.
(August 4, 2023)
WCAB
Skirts Time Limit for Acting on
Reconsideration
(August 3, 2023)
Identities
of Persons Slain 50 Years Ago Are
Shielded by Fourth District Court of
Appeal
(August 3, 2023)
Offer
to Install Lyricist on Hollywood Walk of
Fame Lapsed
(August 3, 2023)
Defamation
Action by CLU Students, Coaches Accused
of Racial Insensitivity Was SLAPP
(August 3, 2023)
Suit
Against NBCUniversal, Actor Oldman, Not
a SLAPP
(August 2, 2023)
C.A.
Dissenter Protests Exclusion of Video
Depicting Plaintiff Executing Daily
Tasks
(August 2, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of
Hate Statute
(August 2, 2023)
Accused
Student Has No Right of
Cross-Examination
(August 1, 2023)
C.A.
Reverses Unexplained Denial of Relief
Pursuant to Attorney s Affidavit of
Fault
(August 1, 2023)
Former
Prosecutor Brentford J. Ferreira Dies
(August 1, 2023)
New
Laws Don t Bar Prosecution of Woman for
Infanticide
(July 31, 2023)
Settlement
of Matter Before Commission Need Not Be
Approved by County Counsel C.A.
(July 31, 2023)
Caution
Required in Admitting Sexual-Abuse
Evidence
(July 28, 2023)
Appeals
From Denials of Orders Striking
Enhancements That Are Now Unauthorized
Must Be Dismissed C.A.
(July 28, 2023)
CBS
Faces Possible Liability in Lawsuit
Alleging Bullying
(July 28, 2023)
Plaintiff s
Lack of Standing Precluded Attorney-Fee
Award
(July 27, 2023)
Man
Petitioning to Be Relieved of
Registration As Sex Offender Does Not
Waive Privilege
(July 27, 2023)
Assumption
of Risk of Using Gym Included Alleged
Battery
(July 26, 2023)
C.A.
Dismisses Appeal as Moot Because Order
Has Expired As the Panel Did Last Year
(July 26, 2023)
Actress s
Complaint to Her Union Is Not Protected
Conduct
(July 25, 2023)
Div.
Two of Fourth District C.A. Disagrees
With April 12 Opinion of That Division
(July 25, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit to Decide En Banc if State Bar
Has Immunity
(July 24, 2023)
Vehicles
Can t Be Towed for Non-Payment of
Parking Tickets Absent Warrant C.A.
(July 24, 2023)
Implied
Consent to Being Recorded Is Defense to
Lawsuit
(July 24, 2023)
Jury
Should Decide If Faulty Design Resulted
in Mishap
(July 21, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Reverses Judgment Allowing
Energy-Shot Sales to Costco at Lower
Prices
(July 21, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Voids California
Political-Solicitation Statute
(July 20, 2023)
LASC
Judge David A. Rosen Slates Retirement
(July 20, 2023)
C.A.
Won t Void Award Based on Arbitrator s
Corruption
(July 20, 2023)
Lawyer
May Be Barred From Representing Himself
(July 19, 2023)
Expansion
of State-Created Danger Doctrine
Decried by Four Ninth Circuit Judges
(July 19, 2023)
Employee
Who Arbitrates May Still Pursue PAGA
Claims
(July 18, 2023)
CMA
May Sue Aetna Under UCL to Enjoin Policy
Relating to Patient Referrals S.C.
(July 18, 2023)
12-Minute
Detention Following Traffic Stop Was
Excessive
(July 18, 2023)
Child s
Need for Support Corresponds to
Parent s Wealth
(July 17, 2023)
10
Ninth Circuit Judges Dissent to Denial
of Rehearing En Banc in Alien-Exclusion
Case
(July 17, 2023)
Lawyer
Who Lies, Gambles Should Be
Disbarred State Bar Court Judge
(July 17, 2023)
All
Conduct Stemming From Litigation Is Not
Protected
(July 14, 2023)
C.A.
Orders Reinstatement of Lawsuit Seeking
Refund of $1.2 Million Paid in Property
Taxes
(July 14, 2023)
Pandemic
Did Not Justify Sentencing Absent
Defendant
(July 13, 2023)
Determination
at Resentencing Hearing That Rejects
Jury s 1992 Finding Is Reversed
(July 13, 2023)
C.A.
Rejects Orange County s Plea to
Reinstate Its Chosen Legal Counsel
(July 13, 2023)
Denial of Motion for Summary Judgment Is
Not Appealable
(July 12, 2023)
C.A. Reinstates PAGA Action Against IBM
for Not Paying Expenses of At-Home
Employees
(July 12, 2023)
County
Not Immune in Lawsuit Based on Quantum
Meruit
(July 11, 2023)
Man
Who Says Voodoo Priests Would Torture
Him If Deported to Haiti Wins Court
Decision
(July 11, 2023)
Commission
Confirms Nominations of Four to Court of
Appeal Vacancies
(July 11, 2023)
Suit
Filed to Force Election to Recall D.A.
George Gasc n
(July 10, 2023)
Deputies
Had Basis to Detain for Questioning
Persons Who Were Not Suspected of Crimes
(July 10, 2023)
Employer
Has No Duty to Employee s Spouse Over
COVID
(July 7, 2023)
Theory
That There s No Prevailing Party Where
Each Side Gets All It Seeks Rejected
(July 7, 2023)
Jurisdiction
Exists Over Out-of-State Seller on
Amazon.com
(July 6, 2023)
Attorney
Who, As Plaintiff, Personally Served
Papers on Defendant Obtained Void
Judgment
(July 6, 2023)
C.A.
Rejects Appeal of Multi-Decade Payment
Schedule
(July 5, 2023)
Ex-San
Bernardino City Attorney s Action
Against City for Retaliation Is
Reinstated
(July 5, 2023)
Substitute
Service Not Effected by Sticking Copy of
Petition in Mail Slot After Hours
(July 5, 2023)
Physical
Loss Policy Did Not Cover Damaged
Embryos
(July 3, 2023)
Mother
Has Standing to Sue Under TCPA Over
Unwanted Texts Received by Son
(July 3, 2023)
Judge s
Comment Erroneously Construed As Interim
Ruling
(June 30, 2023)
C.A.
Reverses Judge Meiers s Judgment, Says
She Applied Personal Notions, Not the
Law
(June 30, 2023)
CJP
Publicly Admonishes Judge Lillian Vega
Jacobs
(June 30, 2023)
Private
Judge Improperly Ruled After Appointment
Expired
(June 29, 2023)
Provision
of Lemon Law Disallowing Waiver of
Rights Is Not Absolute, C.A. Declares
(June 29, 2023)
Arbitration
Proviso in Sales Contract Doesn t
Benefit Ford
(June 28, 2023)
Retired
Los Angeles Judge Arnold Gold Dies
(June 28, 2023)
Graves, Haig, Richman Appointed to
Judgeships
(June 28, 2023)
Tardiness
in Attacking Arbitration Award Not
Always Fatal
(June 27, 2023)
Deputy
District Attorney Brookens Launches
Campaign for Election to Judgeship
(June 27, 2023)
Judge
Had Inherent Power to Resentence
Defendant C.A.
(June 27, 2023)
Court
Reinstates Discrimination Suit Against
Facebook
(June 26, 2023)
Motion
to Withdraw Plea Must Be Made in County
of Sentencing, Not Residence C.A.
(June 26, 2023)
C.A.
Opinion Illustrates Distinction Between
Waiver, Forfeiture
(June 26, 2023)
APJ
May Unilaterally Dismiss Tardy Appeal,
C.A. Declares
(June 26, 2023)
Oath
of Office
(June 26, 2023)
Challenge
to City s Inoculation Mandate Improperly
Axed
(June 23, 2023)
City
May Impose New Impact Fees on Project
Despite 2005 No New Fees Promise C.A.
(June 23, 2023)
821.6
Immunity Does Not Extend to Police
Investigations
(June 23, 2023)
Court
Rejects Like Contentions in 25 Separate
Appeals
(June 22, 2023)
Michelle
D. Lim Elected Court Commissioner
(June 22, 2023)
Extended
Media Coverage of Eastman Hearing
Disallowed
(June 21, 2023)
Marcus
Aspires to Be Contestant on Jeopardy
(June 21, 2023)
Validity
of Gag Order Against Blog, Newspapers
Undecided
(June 21, 2023)
DUI
Arrestee Wrongfully Ordered to Submit to
Blood Draw
(June 20, 2023)
LASC
Judges Marcus, Sinanian to Retire
(June 20, 2023)
State
Bar Seeks Disbarment of Girardi s
Son-in-Law, Lira
(June 20, 2023)
Pro
Per s Ignorance of How to Proceed
Excuses Long Delay
(June 16, 2023)
Taco
Bell to Pay $85,500 to Settle Action for
Alleged Violations of Gift Card Statute
(June 16, 2023)
Judge
Horn Leaves Bench at End of the Day
(June 16, 2023)
Liability
Possible Over Teacher s Sex With Willing
Adult
(June 15, 2023)
Intervenor
Was Entitled to Attorney Fees Under CCP
1021.5, C.A. Declares
(June 15, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Lifts $1.8 Million Civil Penalty in SEC Case
(June 14, 2023)
Retired
Judge David Milton to Run for D.A.
(June 14, 2023)
Times
Backs Down in Bid to Pry Records From
State Bar
(June 13, 2023)
Defamation
Suit Based on Statements by Ex-Sitcom
Actress May Proceed C.A.
(June 13, 2023)
Taxpayers May Sue Trial Court Over Speedy-Trial
Denials
(June 12, 2023)
Reference to Nature on Label Is Permissible
Where Product Lists Synthetic
Ingredients
(June 12, 2023)
County
Can’t Be Forced to Deny Autopsy Reports
to Media
(June 9, 2023)
C.A.
Orders Publication of Its Opinion
Affirming Denial of Order to Restore
Statue of Father Serra
(June 9, 2023)
‘Firefighter’s
Rule’ Bars Third Party’s Liability to
Officer
(June 9, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Throws Out $1.7 Million
Attorney-Fee Award
(June 8, 2023)
LASC
Judges Borenstein, Ing Set to Retire
(June 8, 2023)
Mastermind
of Massive Fraud Scheme to Stay Put in
Prison
(June 8, 2023)
Man’s
Assault, Battery Convictions Don’t Bar
Suing Victims
(June 7, 2023)
Judge
Erred in Adjudicating Fee-Entitlement Of
Lawyer Who Wasn’t a Party—C.A.
(June 7, 2023)
Sempra
Directors Face No Liability Over Massive
Gas Leak
(June 6, 2023)
Anti-SLAPP
Motion Properly Denied in Suit Over Law
School’s Name Change—C.A.
(June 6, 2023)
Pretrial
Diversion Cannot Be Requested After
Trial Starts
(June 6, 2023)
Judge
Properly Considered New Facts Alleged by
Plaintiff After §425.16 Motion
Filed—C.A.
(June 6, 2023)
Extension
of DVRO May Not Be Denied Based Solely
on Retaliatory Motive, C.A. Holds
(June 6, 2023)
Frivolous
Appeal Sparks Order to Pay $15,000 in
Sanctions
(June 5, 2023)
Gascón’s
Office Fails in Lawyer-Disqualification
Bid
(June 5, 2023)
Treble
Damages Against Public Entity Are
Barred—S.C.
(June 2, 2023)
Public
Officials Can’t Maintain Lawsuits for
Whistle-Blowing Retaliation, C.A.
Declares
(June 2, 2023)
ADDA
Makes Inquiry About Chief of Staff
Joseph Iniguez
(June 2, 2023)
C.A.
Affirms $500,000 Award Against Cochran
Firm
(June 1, 2023)
Judge
Erred in Imposing Monetary Sanction On
Guardian at Litem in Family Law Case
(June 1, 2023)
C.A.
Orders Release of Manson Follower Leslie
Van Houten
(May 31, 2023)
C.A.
Directs Admission of Will to Probate
Lacking Signatures of Two Witnesses
(May 31, 2023)
Cooley
Irked Over D.A.’s Bid to Disqualify
Victims’ Lawyer
(May 31, 2023)
Ballots-by-Mail
May Be Scanned Before Election Day
(May 30, 2023)
C.A.
Says Suit Can’t Be Maintained Against
Water District Wiped Out of Existence
(May 30, 2023)
Sanctions
Justified for Negligent Spoilation of
Evidence
(May 26, 2023)
C.A.
Upholds Constitutionality of Term Limit
That Voters Rescinded Two Years Later
(May 26, 2023)
Appeal
From Tax Bill Can Result in Boosted
Amount—C.A.
(May 25, 2023)
Man
Who Received Profit-Sharing Payments for
Services Can’t Sue for Unpaid Wages
(May 25, 2023)
Negligent
Driving of Ambulance Does Not Invoke
MICRA’s Time Limitation—C.A.
(May 25, 2023)
California
High Court Erred in Upholding Death
Sentence
(May 24, 2023)
Order
Denying Anti-SLAPP Motion Reversed in
Suit Against Comic Book Writer/Artist
(May 24, 2023)
Challenge
to Judge Not Always Subject to Time
Constraints
(May 23, 2023)
Currey
Nominated as C.A. Presiding Justice;
Zukin Named to Associate Justice Post
(May 23, 2023)
Senior
U.S. District Court Judge Ronald S.W.
Lew, 81, Dies
(May 23, 2023)
Straying
From CCP Proviso Causes Conviction
Reversal
(May 22, 2023)
Holder
of Trademark ‘Smart Walkie Talkie’ Not
Due Damages for Use of Those Words As
Mere Descriptor
(May 22, 2023)
Order
Disqualifying All Prosecutors in
District Unjustified
(May 19, 2023)
Lawyer
Can’t Collect Attorney Fees From
Defendant in CFCA Action That Settles
Plaintiff With No Fee-Award
(May 19, 2023)
Judge Is Reversed Without Considering
Alternative Basis
(May 18, 2023)
Rope, Box Cutter Were ‘Dangerous
Weapons’ Though Not Used in Committing
Crime
(May 18, 2023)
Crowd
Management Company Not Liable for Man’s
Beating
(May 17, 2023)
Statutory
Three-Year Period for Effecting Service
Not Extended Due to Emergency
Orders—C.A.
(May 17, 2023)
City
Had Right to Get Rid of Its Statue of
Father Serra
(May 16, 2023)
Deputy
District Attorney Sam Abourched Is
Running for Los Angeles Superior Court
(May 16, 2023)
Judge
Chilton to Retire From Superior Court
(May 16, 2023)
Owners
of Building Might Be Liable to Daredevil
Tenant
(May 15, 2023)
U.S.
Supreme Court’s 2022 Decision on Right
to Bear Arms Doesn’t Apply to Ex-Felons
(May 15, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Revives Lawsuit Alleging Coerced
Confession
(May 15, 2023)
Varying
Statutory Tests for Worker’s Status Are
Permissible
(May 12, 2023)
C.A.
Says Judge Abused Discretion in Barring
Testimony Because Lawyer Was Tardy
(May 12, 2023)
C.A.
Scuttles Order Granting Waters’s
Anti-SLAPP Motion
(May 11, 2023)
LAUSD
Faces Possible Liability for Injury to
Student Accidentally Shot by
Classmate—C.A.
(May 11, 2023)
Lie
in Anticipation of Litigation Is
Protected Conduct—C.A.
(May 10, 2023)
Justices
Decide Appeal From Order by Judge Who
Was Powerless to Follow Directive in
2022 Opinion
(May 10, 2023)
Pro
Per Fails to Show That Peeved Judge Was
Disqualified
(May 9, 2023)
Victory
by American Airlines in Suit Over
Alleged Age Discrimination Is Affirmed
(May 9, 2023)
‘Animal
Exclusion’ Does Not Exclude Duty to
Defend
(May 8, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Requires Resentencing of Man Who
Orchestrated Courthouse Bombing
(May 8, 2023)
Opinion
on Strict Liability for Debt Collectors
Resurfaces
(May 5, 2023)
Ninth
Circuit Will Reconsider Its Denial of
Qualified Immunity to Officer in
Shooting
(May 5, 2023)
Preliminary
Injunction Sought by Kennedy Jr.
Properly Denied
(May 5, 2023)
Attack
on Abstract of Federal Judgment Was a
SLAPP
(May 4, 2023)
C.A.
Restores Student’s Suit Against Regents
( May 4, 2023)
Judge
Ongkeko to Retire
(May 4, 2023)
FEHA
Does Not Require Permission for
Telecommuting
(May 3, 2023)
Force
Majeure Lease Provision Didn’t Excuse
Non-Payment of Rent During Pandemic —
C.A.
(May 3, 2023)
Syna
N. Dennis Elected LASC Commissioner
(May 3, 2023)
Catholic
School Might Be Vulnerable to Age-Bias
Suit
(May 2, 2023)
Force
Majeure Lease Provision Didn’t Excuse
Non-Payment of Rent During Pandemic —
C.A.
(May 2, 2023)
Gross
Inaccuracy in Claim Against City Was
Akin to Failure to File a Claim, Barring
Suit—C.A.
(May 2, 2023)
California’s
Ban on Assault Weapons Is Constitutional
(May 1, 2023)
C.A.
Restores Action Against Veterinarian
Based on Pain to Cat He Euthanized
(May 1, 2023)
Insured Claiming Covid Damage Must Prove
Specific Harm
(April 28, 2023)
Malicious Prosecution Action Doesn’t Lie
Based on Warrantless Arrest, Alone—C.A.
(April 28, 2023)
Threat
to Sue Complainer Can Be Civil Rights
Violation
(April 27, 2023)
C.A.
Affirms Order to Nephew of Decedent to
Give Up Monies Taken From Bank Account
(April 27, 2023)
Jurist
Says His Opinion Conferred ‘Significant
Benefit’
(April 27, 2023)
Tribes
Not Eligible for Attorney Fees Under CCP
§1021.5
(April 26, 2023)
Right
to Pursue PAGA Action Does Not Pass to
Plaintiff’s Estate; Must Be Dismissed
(April 26, 2023)
Apple
Prevails in Ninth Circuit in Antitrust
Case Against It
(April 25, 2023)
Judge
Craig Mitchell Is Probable Candidate for
Los Angeles County District Attorney
(April 25, 2023)
Procedurally
Unconscionable Contract Is Enforceable
(April 24, 2023)
Judges
Strobel, Green Set Retirement Dates
(April 24, 2023)
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