Bakery
Violated Law by Refusing Cake for
Same-Sex Marriage
(February 14, 2025)
Orange
County Judge Publicly Admonished for
Pattern of Offensive Comments to Women
(February 14, 2025)
§1983
Suit Doesn’t Lie Against D.A.’s Office
Investigators
(February 14, 2025)
CJP
Publicly Admonishes LASC Judge Daviann
L. Mitchell
(February 13, 2025)
C.A.
Affirms $37,000 Sanction Award Against
O.C. Attorney, Grants More on Appeal
(February 13, 2025)
Media
Lawyers Must Be Ordered to Return,
Destroy Reports
(February 11, 2025)
Orange
County Might Be Liable for Reporting to
Family Members Death of Person Who Was
Alive
(February 11, 2025)
Prevailing
Defendant May Seek Fees in Digital Theft
Cases
(February 10, 2025)
Rejection
of CCP §998 Offer, Later Settlement for
Less, Only Affects Prejudgment Fees,
Costs—C.A.
(February 10, 2025)
Wildfire
Debris Is Not ‘Physical Loss’ Under
Insurance Policy
(February 10, 2025)
Trial
Court May Order Defendant’s Release
Before Remittitur
(February 7, 2025)
Suit
Alleging That Prison Guards Stomped on
Face of Inmate, Who Later Died, Is
Revived
(February 7, 2025)
Judge
Miller Sloan to Retire From Superior
Court
(February 7, 2025)
Michael
Avenatti Is Disbarred Following Felony
Conviction
(February 7, 2025)
Judge
Properly Wiped Out Previous Judges’
Secrecy Orders
(February
6, 2025)
Walmart
Is Not Liable for Shooting Spree
Involving Ammunition Stolen From Store
(February
6, 2025)
Broad
Reading of JAMS Rules Allows Third-Party
Discovery
(February
6, 2025)
City
Tax on Vacant Lots Doesn’t Violate State
Constitution
(February 5, 2025)
Father
Threatening Daughter With Retribution
From God Is Sufficient Duress for
Rape—C.A.
(February 5, 2025)
Civil
Lawyer Might Be Liable Over Order in
Criminal Case
(February 5, 2025)
‘Kill-Zone’
Does Not Extend to Victims Not Visible
to Shooter
(February 4, 2025)
Clock Starts at Issuance of Remittitur
for Request for Fees as Costs on Appeal
(February 4, 2025)
METNEWS ‘Person of the
Year’ Awards Presented at Dinner
(February 4, 2025)
Defendant Who Inquired About Appeal Did
Not ‘Instruct’ Lawyer
(February 4, 2025)
No
Reversal Where Default Taken Day After
Answer Was Due
(February 3, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Judges in Disagreement Over Why
Fraud Suit Against Mormon Church Fails
(February 3, 2025)
Cooley Accuses Bonta of Lying to Press,
Libeling Defendants
(January 31, 2025)
State
Bar Recommends Disbarment of Lawyer
Involved in DWP Billing Scandal Cases
(January 31, 2025)
District
Court Judge Did Not Follow Instruction
on Remand in Vaccine Mandate Case
(January 31, 2025)
Erika
Jayne Not Liable for Misdeeds of Husband
Tom Girardi
(January 30, 2025)
Michele
Hanisee Steps Down as President of ADDA
Following Eight Years of Service
(January 30, 2025)
Separate
Caps Apply to Wrongful Death,
Malpractice Claims
(January 30, 2025)
Privilege
Log May Be Shielded if Fifth Amendment
Applies
(January 29, 2025)
Clock
for Fee Request After De Novo Review
Starts With Notice of Superior Court’s
Decision
(January 29, 2025)
C.A.
Tosses $2.2 Million Defamation Judgment
Against PG&E
(January 28, 2025)
Superior
Court Judge Douglas Stern to Retire
(January 28, 2025)
Prisoners,
Filing Jointly, Must Each Pay Mandated
Filing Fee
(January 28, 2025)
Posts
Saying Bar Is Run by ‘Killer’ Did Not
Raise Public Issue
(January
27, 2025)
C.A.
Affirms $4 Million Judgment Against
Disbarred Former Alhambra Attorney
(January
27, 2025)
LASC
Judge Trendacosta to Retire on Friday
(January
27, 2025)
S.C.
Says Case Not Final if Resentencing
Pending on Remand
(January 24, 2025)
Judge
Patricia J. Titus to Retire From
Superior Court
(January 24, 2025)
Antiquated
Map Alone Is Insufficient to Support
Subdivision
(January 24, 2025)
Malpractice
Claim Against Firm Survives Anti-SLAPP
Motion
(January 23, 2025)
Order
on Admissibility of Expert Testimony by
Attorney Is Nonappealable, C.A. Declares
(January 23, 2025)
C.A.
Greenlights Apprenticeship Regulations
Which Conflict With Court of Appeal
Ruling
(January 23, 2025)
Ninth Circuit Affirms Plaintiff’s Fee
Award of Over $4 Million
(January 22, 2025)
Retired
LASC Judge Thomas F. Nuss, 92, Dies
(January 22, 2025)
Ninth Circuit Judge Bumatay Lambastes
NLRB’s ‘Power Grab’
(January 22, 2025)
IRS’
Secrecy Pledge Did Not Imply Concealing
From Officers
(January 21, 2025)
Father
May Seek to Recover Share of IVF Fees
From Mother as ‘Pregnancy’ Expense
(January 21, 2025)
S.C.
to Resume Holding Oral Arguments in
Sacramento
(January 21, 2025)
Near-$100
Million Forfeiture Is Proper in ‘Get
Thin’ Scheme
(January 17, 2025)
C.A.
Says German Auto Maker Is Subject to
Product Liability Action in California
(January 17, 2025)
Ex-Lawyer
Paradis to Receive Compassionate Release
(January 17, 2025)
VanDyke Bemoans Rehearing Denial in
Concealed-Carry Case
(January 16, 2025)
Goorvitch, Hanasono Are in Contention
for C.A. Posts
(January 16, 2025)
Arbitrator Need Not Disclose Speaker
Role on Litigated Issue
(January 16, 2025)
C.A.
Declines to Uproot Decision Allowing
Driverless Taxis
(January 15, 2025)
Moveable
Sculptures May Be ‘Fixed’ Enough to
Entitle Them to Protection of Copyright
Act
(January 15, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Chief Judge Tosses Misconduct
Complaint
(January 15, 2025)
Judge
Erred in Reducing LWOP Sentence to
Two-Year Term
(January 14, 2025)
Judge
Anderson Remanded Case to LASC Without
Following Prescribed Procedures
(January 14, 2025)
C.A.
Declines to Revive Case Against Arena
for Attack in Lot
(January 14, 2025)
Twitter
Had Right to Suspend Account for
Whatever Reason—Ninth Circuit
(January 14, 2025)
Four-Year
Seizure of Innocent Man’s Guns Is
Constitutional
(January 13, 2025)
Agreement
That Any Lawsuit Be Brought in Indiana
Doesn’t Apply Under ‘Lemon Law’
(January 13, 2025)
C.A.
Tosses Challenge by Hilton Hotel Heir to
Family Trust
(January 13, 2025)
C.A.
Affirms Prevailing Party Award in Case
Settled in Secret
(January 10, 2025)
Hosting
Rap Concert, Even With Performers From
Rival Gangs, Is Not ‘Ultrahazardous’
(January 10, 2025)
C.A.
Revives Bias Claim Based on Reference to
‘You People’
(January 10, 2025)
All
Gender Transition Court Records Would Be
Rendered Confidential Under Senate Bill
(January 10, 2025)
C.A.
Overturns $150 Million Award in Deadly
Explosion Case
(January 10, 2025)
CHRISTOPHER
FRISCO
(Person
of the Year, January 10, 2025)
DAVIANN
MITCHELL
(Person
of the Year, January 10, 2025)
ARTHUR
GILBERT
(Person
of the Year, January 10, 2025)
ROBERT
GREENE
(Person
of the Year, January 10, 2025)
THERESA
J. MACELLARO
(Person
of the Year, January 10, 2025)
KATHLEEN
CADY
(Person
of the Year, January 10, 2025)
Statute
Barring Secret Audio-Recording Is
Constitutional
(January 8, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Revives Suit Against Doctor Who
Missed Pieces of Weapon in Prisoner’s
Neck
(January 8, 2025)
Judge
Richard Bloom to Leave Los Angeles
Superior Court
(January 8, 2025)
S.C.
Curtails Criminal Liability for Failure
to Protect Child
(January 7, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Declines to Find Electro-Shock
Is ‘Torture,’ Justifying Relief From
Deportation
(January 7, 2025)
Shubin,
Smerling to Retire From L.A. Superior
Court
(January 7, 2025)
Vote-Tallying
Observer Need Not Be Given Close-Up
Position
(January 7, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Permits Lawsuit Over Alleged
Union Bullying
(January
6, 2025)
C.A.
Unpersuaded by New Citation to Cases,
Clings to View That Permit for Cannabis
Cultivation Was Unlawful
(January
6, 2025)
Jury
Waiver Was Valid Despite Mix-Up Over
Terminology
(January
6, 2025)
Martial
Arts Instructor Liable for Student’s
Sparring Injury
(January 3, 2025)
Remote,
On-Call Radiologist Qualifies as
‘Emergency Room’ Physician—C.A.
(January 3, 2025)
Prosecutor
Justified in Terming Defendants
‘Monsters’
(January 3, 2025)
Defendant’s
Rejection of CCP §998 Offer Is Binding
on Estate
(January 2, 2025)
Defendant
Not Estopped From Asserting Time Bar
Where Plaintiff Sued Wrong Entity, C.A.
Declares
(January 2, 2025) |