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Malicious
Prosecution Suit Against Lawyer Is
Time-Barred
(March 21, 2025)
S.C.
Says CCP §998 Cost-Shifting Rule
Applies If Plaintiff Accepts Later,
Less Favorable Offer
(March 21, 2025)
Reconstructions
of Hours Spent Still Allowable in
Fee Requests
(March 20, 2025)
Deputy
Exclaiming ‘I’ma Shoot Him’ Before
Deadly Encounter Does Not Show
Malice
(March 20, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Contempt Order
Against California
(March 20, 2025)
Intra-District
Split Created Over Mandatory-Relief
Statute
(March 19, 2025)
Newsom
Appoints Three to L.A. Superior
Court
(March 19, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Judge Ikuta, 70, to Assume
Senior Status
(March 19, 2025)
Registration
to Be Required for Civil Motion
Reservations
(March 19, 2025)
Eve-of-Trial
Disqualification of Lawyer, Experts
Was Proper
(March 18, 2025)
No
Abuse in Judge Imposing Two
Conditions to Voluntary Dismissal of
Putative Class Action
(March 18, 2025)
Financial-Advice
Firm Has No Duty to Warn Non-Clients
of Imposter Posing as Agent—C.A.
(March 18, 2025)
Judge
Required Too Much of Defendant in
Removing Case
(March 17, 2025)
Westwood
Lawyers Slammed in C.A. Opinion for
Second Time for Incivility in
Briefing
(March 17, 2025)
Four
Elected as L.A. Superior Court
Commissioners
(March 17, 2025)
C.A.
Reverses Malpractice Award Against
Van Nuys Law Firm
(March 17, 2025)
Uber
Ex-Executive’s Conviction Over Data
Breach Is Proper
(March 14, 2025)
Labor
Code Section Bars Lawsuit by Family
of Volunteer Killed at School
Event—C.A.
(March 14, 2025)
C.A.
Won’t Restore Action by App-Maker
Against Facebook
(March 14, 2025)
‘Vexatious
Litigant’ Designation Is
Inappropriate Based on Single
Relitigation Attempt—C.A.
(March 14, 2025)
Admitted
Alien Drug-Dealer Might Be Allowed
to Reenter U.S.
(March 13, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Revives Suit Against CHP
Officer Over Misdiagnosing Stroke as
Intoxication
(March 13, 2025)
Professors
Did Not Show Harm From Rule Against
Caste Bias
(March 13, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Conviction in Plot
to Kill Judge, Others
(March 12, 2025)
Deponent
Need Not Discuss Lawyer’s Referral
of Her to a Particular Doctor, C.A.
Holds
(March 12, 2025)
No
Qualified Immunity for Sergeant Who
Shot Man With Bat
(March 12, 2025)
Man
Four Minutes Late to Court Lost
Speedy-Trial Right
(March 11, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Revives Civil Rights
Complaint Alleging Illegal Arrest
Over Middle Finger
(March 11, 2025)
Order
That Is Tantamount to a Sanction Is
Not Appealable
(March 11, 2025)
Uber’s
Collective Action Waiver Does Not
Operate to Bar Centralization Order
(March 11, 2025)
Law
Does Not Ban Intimidation of
Potential Civil Witnesses
(March 10, 2025)
‘Amount
in Controversy’ Needed for
Jurisdiction in Insurance Dispute Is
Not Set by Policy Limit
(March 10, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Judges Differ Over What Is
Life-Periling Injury
(March 10, 2025)
Lack
of Opposition Justifies Awarding
Summary Judgment
(March 7, 2025)
Injunctive
Relief Barring Enforcement Is Not
Automatic Where Law Is
Invalidated—C.A.
(March 7, 2025)
Attorney
Fees Due for Success Opposing
Judgment Revision
(March 6, 2025)
Los
Angeles County Sues Edison for
Damages Relating to January’s Deadly
Eaton Fire
(March 6, 2025)
Daughter
Properly Sought Elder-Abuse
Protection for Father
(March 5, 2025)
Freeman
to Leave L.A. Superior Court, Bowick
Has Left
(March 5, 2025)
California
Supreme Court Apologizes Over Bar
Exam Debacle
(March 5, 2025)
Lawyer
Barred From Relitigating Lien at
Issue in Client’s Suit Despite
Non-Party Status
(March 5, 2025)
County
Counsel Accuses Commission of
‘Grandstanding’
(March 4, 2025)
Expungement
of Conviction Doesn’t Bar Use of DUI
as Basis for Firing Employee—C.A.
(March 4, 2025)
Preliminary
Hearing Transcript May Be Used at
Resentencing
(March 4, 2025)
Doctor
Stripped of $5.3 Million Judgment
but Gets New Trial
(March 3, 2025)
C.A.
Presiding Justice Brian Currey
Leaves Post
(March 3, 2025)
CJP
Boosts Value of Gifts Judges May
Accept
(March 3, 2025)
Denial
of Trial Continuance Put Efficiency
Before Justice
(March 3, 2025)
C.A.
Affirms Rejection of Discrimination
Claim Against Boxing Board Over
Referee Choices
( March 3, 2025)
Party
Is Not ‘Aggrieved’ by Consolidation
of Arbitral Filings
(March 3, 2025)
Preliminary
Injunction Denied in Pepperdine
Trademark Suit
(February 28, 2025)
Exclusiveness
of Workers Compensation Remedy Does
Not Destroy Federal Maritime Claims
(February 28, 2025)
Website’s
Wording Insufficient to Infer
Consent to Arbitration
(February 28, 2025)
Majority
Says Award of $0 in Attorney Fees
Was Unsupportable
(February 27, 2025)
C.A.
Says Denial of Disability Retirement
Does Not Qualify as Adverse
‘Employment’ Action
(February 27, 2025)
Four
to Be Elected to Commissionerships
(February 27, 2025)
C.A.
Declines to Answer if ‘Sugar Baby’
Deal Counts as Dating
(February 27, 2025)
Trump
Criticizes Bass Over Support of
Ex-Felon Illegal Alien
(February 26, 2025)
Judge
Wasserman to Retire From Superior
Court
(February 26, 2025)
C.A.
Won’t Sever Provisions in Problem
Arbitration Agreement
(February 26, 2025)
Plaintiffs’
Antitrust Claims Against Qualcomm
Largely Fail
(February 26, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Fraud Conviction of
Theranos’ Founder
(February 25, 2025)
Law
Reviving Dead Causes of Action,
Waiving Claim-Presentation
Requirement Is Valid
(February 25, 2025)
Class
Settlement Upheld Despite Errors,
Collusion Concerns
(February 25, 2025)
Pepperdine
University Sues Netflix for
Trademark Violations
(February 24, 2025)
Presumption
Against Validity of Oral Contracts
Between Lawyer, Client Was Overcome
(February 24, 2025)
Trustee
May Seek Determination of
Distribution Rights
(February 24, 2025)
Proposed
Constitutional Amendment Would Keep
Appellate Justices’ Names Off
Ballot—Usually
(February 24, 2025)
District
Court Judge Had Power to Block State
Court Litigation
(February 21, 2025)
Penalties
Received by Injured Public Employees
Are Limited to What Other Workers
Would Receive
(February 21, 2025)
Dismissal
Not Authorized by RJA for
Prejudgment Violation
(February 21, 2025)
Plaintiffs
Who Resisted Arbitration Are ‘Party
Who Wants’ It
(February 20, 2025))
CJP
Publicly Admonishes Former Judge
Based on Comments Blaming Domestic
Violence Victim
(February 20, 2025))
Order
Vacating Child-Abuse Convictions Was
Unjustified
(February 20, 2025))
Waiver
of Jury Requires Explanation by
Judge of Rights Defendant Is
Surrendering—C.A.
(February 20, 2025))
C.A.
Specifies Who Will Serve as Habeas
Counsel for Inmate
(February 19, 2025)
Seven
Appointed to Los Angeles Superior
Court
(February 19, 2025)
Grindr
Immune From Liability for Sexual
Assaults of Minor
(February 19, 2025)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds $180 Million-Plus
Attorney-Fee Award
(February 18, 2025)
Judge’s
Rulings Adverse to Black Defendant
Did Not Breach Racial Justice
Act—C.A.
(February 18, 2025)
Debtor
May Sue for Statutory Damages Absent
Actual Damages
(February 18, 2025)
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) |
