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Forum-Selection
Clause Is Invalid if It Means Jury
Waiver
(November 15, 2024)
Proviso
of Trust That Interest in House Be Sold
Only to Other Beneficiary Is Invalid
(November 15, 2024)
Statutes
Restricting Fees to Trustees Are
Constitutional
(November 15, 2024)
U.S.
Not Liable to Picture-Taker Who Tripped
on Remnant of Fence in Recreational Area
(November 15, 2024)
OpenAI
Likely Has Protected Ownership Interest
in Name
(November 14, 2024)
Probate
Orders Suspending Trustee, Naming
Interim Trustee Are Not Appealable—C.A.
(November 14, 2024)
Debt
Collector Can Be Liable Based on
Mistaken Identity
(November 14, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Restores Suit Over
Transfer-Threat to Inmate
(November 13, 2024)
Appointment
of Steve Katz as Chief Deputy in
District Attorney’s Office Draws Praise
(November 13, 2024)
Agricultural
Giant Not Entitled to Coverage for
Defamation
(November 13, 2024)
Delay
in Refiling After Clerk Returns Pleading
for Cover Sheet Error Irrelevant to
Timeliness
(November 13, 2024)
Racial
Justice Act May Justify Removal of
Defense Attorney
(November 12, 2024)
Lender’s
$1.16 Miscalculation Is Trivial, Not
Giving Rise to Breach-of-Contract
Suit—C.A.
(November 12, 2024)
Gascón’s Chief of Staff Says She Will Be
Office ‘Villian’
(November 12, 2024)
‘Pushiness’
of Counsel Irrelevant to Attorney-Fee
Analysis
(November 8, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Finds No Instructional Error in
Shareholders’ Action Against Musk, Tesla
(November 8, 2024)
‘Defenders
of Justice’ Wiley, Turner Appear to Be
Winners
(November 7, 2024)
Lawyer
Can’t Be Sanctioned for Client’s
Nonappearance for Trial, C.A. Holds
(November 7, 2024)
C.A.
Defines What Counts as ‘Incapacity’ to
Undo Judgment
(November 7, 2024)
Suit
Against Twitter for Hiring Alleged Spy
Is Time-Barred
(November 7, 2024)
Public
Records Can’t Be Subject of
Nondisclosure Order
(November 6, 2024)
Family-Law
Judge Had No Authority to Order
Relinquishment of Firearm, C.A. Holds
(November 6, 2024)
State
Bar Announces Disbarment of Beverly
Hills Attorney
(November 6, 2024)
Colleges
Lack Standing to Block Student Loan
Settlement
(November 6, 2024)
Attorney
Fees Due for ‘Unreached Issue’ on
Winning Claim
(November 5, 2024)
Letter
From Member of Jury That Convicted Man
Didn’t Support New-Trial Motion—C.A.
(November 5, 2024)
Suit
Alleging LAPD Officers Manipulated
Victim Reinstated
(November 5, 2024)
Pundits
Predict Outcome of Judicial Races
(November 5, 2024)
Doctor’s
Defamation Claim Against AMA Survives
Scrutiny
(November 4, 2024)
C.A.
Declines to Read Unwritten Rules Into
Statute Permitting Withdrawal of Plea
(November 4, 2024)
‘Lemon
Law’ Excludes Used Cars With Unexpired
Warranty
(November 1, 2024)
C.A.
Resurrects Firefighter’s Lawsuit Over
Religious Objections to Vaccine Mandate
(November 1, 2024)
Los
Angeles Court Facilities Are Closed
Today Downtown
(November 1, 2024)
Allegations
of Abusive Conduct Toward Women Are
Protected
(November 1, 2024)
Judge’s
Opposition to Renaming of School Was
‘Political’
(October 31, 2024)
C.A.
Justices Spar Over What Is Required to
Prove Murder Liability Under Revised Law
(October 31, 2024)
Transgender
Person Has Privacy Right to Conceal
History
(October 31, 2024)
C.A.
Spurns Call for New Rule on Damages for
Dog’s Death
(October 30, 2024)
Melendrez
Elected as Superior Court Commissioner
(October 30, 2024)
L.A.
Attorney Milton Grimes Pleads Guilty to
Tax Evasion
(October 30, 2024)
No-Waiver
Proviso in CCP §170.3 Doesn’t Excuse
Tardiness
(October 29, 2024)
Jessner
Under Consideration for Appointment To
Court of Appeal Post in Los Angeles
(October 29, 2024)
Judgment
for Attorney Fees in Divorce Case
Doesn’t Expire
(October 29, 2024)
Ticketmaster’s
Arbitration Provision Is Unconscionable
(October 29, 2024)
Superior
Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Add New
Terms of Probation—Appeals Court
(October 29, 2024)
C.A.
Revives Lawyer’s Suit Over Mental-Health
Detention
(October 28, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Seven-Year Sentence for
Ex-Professor Who Exported Chips to China
(October 28, 2024)
Bare
Objection Insufficient for Racial
Justice Act Claim
(October 28, 2024)
42
Years of Experience Qualified Man as
Expert Witness
(October 25, 2024)
Litigation
Privilege Does Not Shield Attorney’s
Baseless Threats Against Opposing Party
(October 25, 2024)
Murillo
Nominated as Judge of U.S. District
Court
(October 25, 2024)
Order
to Apple for Discovery, in Anticipation
of Foreign Patent Action, Is Not
Appealable
(October 25, 2024)
Michael
Avenatti Is Entitled to Resentencing in
Fraud Case
(October 24, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Extends Right to Seek Asylum to
Those Barred From Entry in U.S. at
Border
(October 24, 2024)
ADDA
Chief Hanisee Says Gascón Prioritizes
Media Hype Over Justice for Crime
Victims
(October 24, 2024)
Lawsuit
Under FEHA Against United Airlines Is
Reinstated
(October 23, 2024)
Terminating
Sanction Was Proper Where Attorney Lied
About His Role at Company
(October 23, 2024)
Lawyer’s
Admitted Error Didn’t Require Vacating
Judgment
(October 23, 2024)
C.A.
Reverses Retraining Order That Expired
Last Year
(October 23, 2024)
Plaintiff
Hopping Hotel Pool Fence Was Not
Unforeseeable
(October 22, 2024)
C.A.
Says Prospect That Defendant Was Not
Sole Shooter Requires Resentencing
Hearing
(October 22, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Reinstates Disability Action
Against State Bar
(October 22, 2024)
Manhattan
Beach Attorney Disbarred Over Misuse of
Funds to Feed Gambling Habit
(October 22, 2024)
L.A.
County Might Be Liable for Suicide of
Unwatched Inmate
(October 21, 2024)
Intestate’s
Sisters Have Standing to Challenge Trust
of Which They Are Not Beneficiaries
(October 21, 2024)
Counsel
Is Not Liable Along With Client for Fee
Award
(October 21, 2024)
County
Not Liable for Death of Inmate With
Weight Loss
(October 18, 2024)
Prosecutor’s
Exclusion of Juror Who Admitted Favoring
Hispanics Mandates Reversal
(October 18, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Dissenter Bemoans ‘Rewriting’ of
Statute
(October 18, 2024)
C.A.
Declines to Rely on Alleged Signature by
92-Year-Old
(October 17, 2024)
Attorney
Mogan Loses Appeal in Ninth Circuit Same
Day State Bar Suspends Law License
(October 17, 2024)
C.A.
Resolves Ambiguity in Statute on
Striking Dated Priors
(October 17, 2024)
Escape
Conviction Proper for Man Who Left With
Consent
(October 16, 2024)
Woman,
70, Is Not Exempt From Imposition of
Restraining Order for Elder Abuse—C.A.
(October 16, 2024)
No
Public Interest in Suing Board for
Relief Against Agency
(October 16, 2024)
Planned
Parenthood Fee Award Proper in Secret
Video Case
(October 15, 2024)
Statute
Permits Judgment for Defendants Where
Plaintiff Puts on No Case—C.A.
(October 15, 2024)
Immunity
Shields Police Chief for Doxxing Federal
Agents
(October 15, 2024)
Disbarment
Takes Effect Wednesday for Former
Councilman Huizar
(October 15, 2024)
CCP
§998 Offer With Two Options Is Generally
Ineffective
(October 11, 2024)
No
Liability for Death of Jail Inmate
Placed in Cell With Volatile
Schizophrenic
(October 11, 2024)
Objections
Don’t Void Late Request-for-Admission
Answers
(October 11, 2024)
C.A.
Affirms Sanctions for Illogical Reliance
on Case Law
(October 10, 2024)
Newsom
Appoints Five to L.A. Superior Court
(October 10, 2024)
Emergency
Defense Unavailable to Driver Blinded by
Storm
(October 10, 2024)
Inattentiveness
Remains Valid Reason to Strike Juror
(October 9, 2024)
U.S.
District Court Judge’s Sixth-Month Delay
in Deciding Motions Doesn’t Amount to
Misconduct
(October 9, 2024)
Lawyer
Loses Bid to Restore Lawsuit Against
Rutan & Tucker
(October 9, 2024)
Runner
Who Contends She Was ‘Tackled’ by
Pacesetting Coach Assumed Risk—C.A.
(October 9, 2024)
Arbitration
Exception for Harassment Covers All
Claims
(October 8, 2024)
Fee
Cut Proper for Subclass Counsel in
Antitrust Action Who Delayed Payout
(October 8, 2024)
Pro
Per Girl, 17, Largely Emerges as Victor
in C.A. Battle
(October 7, 2024)
Threatening
Lawyer With Disbarment Wasn’t Judicial
Misconduct, Murguia Declares
(October 7, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Resurrects Case Alleging Muslim
Targeting
(October 7, 2024)
Statutory
Presumption Does Not Require Finding
Low-Term Sentence Indefensible
(October 7, 2024)
Law
Allowing Victim’s Use of Support Dog Is
Constitutional
(October 4, 2024)
Presenting
Mitigating Evidence Against Wish of
Client Does Not Violate Sixth Amendment
(October 4, 2024)
Metropolitan
News-Enterprise Names Six ‘Persons of
Year’
(October 4, 2024)
Criticizing
U.S. High Court in Closing Argument Is
Error
(October 4, 2024)
Judge
Has Implied Power to Rethink
Resentencing Ruling
(October 3, 2024)
Ocampo
Chosen as L.A. Superior Court’s
Assistant Presiding Judge for 2025/2026
(October 3, 2024)
C.A.
Affirms Conviction of Man Who Threatened
Judges
(October 3, 2024)
State
Bar Seizes Unlawful Practice in San
Diego
(October 3, 2024)
Exception
to Arbitration Covers Pre-Enactment
Conduct
(October 2, 2024)
Action
Not Barred Based on Product Meeting FDA
Standards, Ninth Circuit Declares
(October 2, 2024)
L.A.
Clippers Fan Must Stay Clear of Team’s
Ex-Dancer
(October 2, 2024)
Hate
Crime Enhancement Requires More Than
Targeting
(October 2, 2024)
Cellular
Provider Might Be Liable for Hacking
Activity
(October 1, 2024)
Judge
Properly Denied Seventh Request for
Disability Accommodation for Lawyer
(October 1, 2024)
Church
Is Not Due Fees for Successful Contempt
Challenge
(October 1, 2024)
Missing
One Day of Voir Dire Did Not Mandate New
Trial
(September 30, 2024)
C.A.
Admonishes Defense Counsel for
Unsupported, Unbecoming Attacks
(September 30, 2024)
Judge
Erroneously Bowed to Challenge Under CCP
§170.6
(September 30, 2024)
Momentary
Inability to Breathe Is ‘Traumatic
Condition’
(September 26, 2024)
LWOP
Sentence Can’t Be Doubled Under
Three-Strikes Law, C.A. Declares
(September 26, 2024)
Dismissal
of Attempted Murder Charge Bars
Resentencing
( September 26, 2024)
Barger
Casts Sole Dissenting Vote on Motion to
Formally Oppose Proposition 36
(September 26, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit, En Banc, Overrules
Jurisdictional Precedent
(September 25, 2024)
Dissenter
Objects to Failure of Court to Request
Briefing on Key Issue—C.A.
(September 25, 2024)
Man
May Sue Over Arrest Despite Conviction
for Resisting
(September 24, 2024)
Rideshare
Company Not Liable for Accident
Occurring Minutes After Driver Signed
Off
(September 24, 2024)
Gratuitous
Force Is Relevant to Asportation for
Kidnapping
(September 23, 2024)
No
Discretionary Immunity Owed to County
for Abusive Foster Care Placement—C.A.
(September 23, 2024)
No
Attorney Fees Due for ‘Late’
Arbitration-Costs Payment
(September 20, 2024)
Attorney
Charged With Grand Theft, Other Crimes
(September 20, 2024)
Overtime
Wages Not Due to Firefighters for
Pandemic Confinement While Training
(September 20, 2024)
Law
to Reduce Pretextual Stops Does Not Make
All Illegal
(September 19, 2024)
Party
Securing Fireworks Permit After Judgment
Moots Clean Water Act Suit
(September 19, 2024)
C.A.
Clarifies When Cause of Action Against
Lawyer Accrues
(September 19, 2024)
Renewed
Racism Charge Doesn’t Prompt S.C.
Rehearing
(September 18, 2024)
DVRO
Triggers Presumption of Unfitness for
Child Custody Even if Consented to—C.A.
(September 18, 2024)
Judge
Sortino Leaves Bench
(September 18, 2024)
Due
Process Violated by Unrecorded Interview
of Minor
(September 18, 2024)
Ex-Partner
May Seek Visitation Over Parents’
Objection
(September 17, 2024)
Court
Lacks Jurisdiction Over Suit Alleging
Antitrust Conspiracy Regarding Oil
Prices
(September 17, 2024)
Lavin
Retires From C.A.
(September 17, 2024)
C.A.
Justices Clash Over What Amounts to
Judicial Advocacy
(September 16, 2024)
No
Reversal Predicated on Juror Exclaiming
‘I Agree’ After Defendants’ Closing
Argument
(September 16, 2024)
Governor
Signs Bill Hiking Bar Dues
(September 16, 2024)
Mother
Having ‘Too Many Beers’ Doesn’t Justify
Wardship
(September 16, 2024)
Murder
Conviction Stands Where Victim Died
Following Removal of Life Support—C.A.
(September 16, 2024)
No
Immunity in Death of Inmate Denied
Needed Heart Drugs
(September 13, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Restores Suit Alleging That
Label Misrepresents Sanitizers’
Germ-Killing Power
(September 13, 2024)
Sex
Offender Must Meet Release Rules Despite
Disability
(September 13, 2024)
Employer’s
Duty to Accommodate Disabilities Didn’t
Require Allowing Working From Home
(September 13, 2024)
Bribery
Conviction Against Pay-to-Play Developer
Is Sound
(September 12, 2024)
Urgent
Care Center Immune From Liability to
Maskless Man It Declined to Treat—C.A.
(September 12, 2024)
Nurses
May Be Entitled to Overtime Despite
Yearly Salary
(September 12, 2024)
Tardy
FOIA Responses Don’t Require Dismissal
of Suit
(September 11, 2024)
San
Mateo Judge Draws Public Reprimand
(September 11, 2024)
Deference
Must Be Lent Two-Sentence State S.C.
Order
(September 11, 2024)
Private Texts With Racist Images Are
Unprotected Speech
(September 10, 2024)
Court of Appeal Justice Bedsworth to
Retire
(September 10, 2024)
Suit Against City Over Late-Payment
Penalty May Proceed
(September 10, 2024)
Arizona May Not Bar Boys From Playing on
Girls’ Teams
(September 10, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Partially Upholds Enjoining of
Gun Law
(September 9, 2024)
Movement
Up, Down Staircase Is Insufficient to
Support Simple Kidnapping Conviction
(September 9, 2024)
State
Senate Candidate Allegedly Lied About
Law Background
(September 6, 2024)
Hochman
Reportedly Raises Over $2 Million
(September 6, 2024)
Developer’s
Petitions Against Rival Are Shielded
From Suit
(September 6, 2024)
Woman
Kidnapped, Shot, Validly Stated Claim
Against City
(September 6, 2024)
Reporting
Rules for Platforms Likely Violate
Constitution
(September 5, 2024)
Dissenter
Objects to Denial of Rehearing Where
Opinion Followed Mootness
(September 5, 2024)
L.A.
Times Must Pay $3.5 Million Fee Award in
FEHA Case
(September 4, 2024)
Six
Ninth Circuit Judges Bemoan Extension of
Liability Under Alien Tort Statute
(September 4, 2024)
Order
Recognizing Constitutional Claim Is Not
Appealable
(September 4, 2024)
Host
Not Liable to Overnight House Guest for
Stabbing of Her by Intruder—Appeals
Court
(September 4, 2024)
Judges,
Justices Receiving Lower Pay Than Law
Requires
(September 3, 2024)
Fee
for Optional Service Contract Is Not
Recoverable Under Lemon Law—C.A.
(September 3, 2024)
Harsher
Treatment of One-Strike Youths Is
Constitutional
(August 30, 2024)
Church
Cannot Oust Leadership Faction, Then Sue
Ejected Members’ Attorneys
(August 30, 2024)
Exception
to Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
Declared
(August 29, 2024)
Judge
Erred in Axing Suit on His Own Motion
Over Lawyer’s Fumbling, C.A. Declares
(August 29, 2024)
Salehi,
Koury Elected LASC Commissioners
(August 29, 2024)
Attorney
Faces Disciplinary Charges for Fruitless
Petitions
(August 29, 2024)
There’s
No ‘Justice’ Exception for Rule on New
Evidence
(August 28, 2024)
Linking
Defendant to High-Crime, Black Area Can
Violate Racial Justice Act—C.A.
(August 28, 2024)
C.A.
Upholds $2.4 Million Default Judgment
Against Mayweather
(August 28, 2024)
Court
Must Tell Sexual Offenders of Risk of
Commitment
(August 27, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Dismisses Misconduct Complaint
Against Chief Judge
(August 27, 2024)
Loose
Marijuana ‘Crumbs’ May Justify Vehicular
Search
(August 26, 2024)
C.A.
Lifts $40,000 Sanction Imposed Based on
Excessive Paperwork in Opposing Motion
(August 26, 2024)
Judge
Properly Did Not Decide if Cybercurrency
Is Security
(August 26, 2024)
Discovery
Sanctions May Be Predicated on Pattern
of Abuse
(August 23, 2024)
Fraudulent
Concealment Tort May Be Based on Conduct
Relating to Contract—S.C.
(August 23, 2024)
Allegedly
False Representations Are Not Shielded
by CDA
(August 23, 2024)
Beverly
Hills Lawyer Must Pay Mark Geragos,
Firm, $23,000 for Discovery Abuses—C.A.
(August 23, 2024)
Fee
Award Against Disability-Access Law Firm
Is Reversed
(August 22, 2024)
Non-Competition
Clause Is Not Per Se Invalid If Party
Only Sold Partial Business Interest
(August 22, 2024)
Arbitration
Contract With Instacart Does Not Cover
Grocer
(August 22, 2024)
C.A.
Warns O.C. District Attorney Over
Language in Brief
(August 21, 2024)
Legal
Aid Firm Not Disqualified by Virtue of
Basic Intake Conversation With Adverse
Party
(August 21, 2024)
Sovereign
Immunity Bars Suit Over Allegedly
Contaminated Shipyard
(August 21, 2024)
Conducting
Deficient Ancestry Inquiry Is Reversible
Error
(August 20, 2024)
Retired
Judge Lawrence W. Crispo, 90, Dies
(August 20, 2024)
Hochman
Responds to Cooley Withdrawing
Endorsement
(August 20, 2024)
Stalking
Statute Doesn’t Require Direct Contact
With Victim
(August 20, 2024)
Former
D.A. Cooley Withdraws Endorsement of
Hochman
(August 19, 2024)
California
Taxpayers Association Files Suit
Challenging Retroactive Tax Increase
(August 19, 2024)
Child
Online Privacy Act Likely Violates Free
Speech
(August 19, 2024)
Public
Employers Are Exempt From PAGA Penalty
Suits
(August 16, 2024)
Ex-Lawyer
for Pacquiao Properly Represented
Plaintiff in Suit Against Former
Client—C.A.
(August 16, 2024)
Teran
Is Being Paid a Salary While Awaiting
Felony Trial
(August 16, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Challenge to State’s
Election Laws
(August 16, 2024)
‘Ballot
Label’ Drafted by A.G.’s Office Won’t
Mislead Voters
(August 15, 2024)
Failure
to Raise ‘Obvious’ ‘Winner’ Argument
Constituted Ineffective Assistance of
Counsel
(August 15, 2024)
Liability
for High-Risk Stop Is ‘Clearly
Established’
(August 15, 2024)
C.A.
Mandates Resentencing Even if Extra Time
Stricken
(August 14, 2024)
Deputy
Files Retaliation Lawsuit Against
District Attorney George Gascón
(August 14, 2024)
Sentence
for Bribe-Taking Federal Agent Vacated
(August 14, 2024)
D.A.
Authorized to Issue Grand Jury Subpoena
at Any Time
(August 13, 2024)
No
False Claim Liability for Filing for
Cheaper Visas for Foreign Workers
(August 13, 2024)
Salehi,
Koury in Contention for
Commissionerships
(August 13, 2024)
Meta
Did Not Act for U.S. in Censoring
Vaccine Postings
(August 12, 2024)
Uber
Might Be Liable for Rape by Man Posing
As Authorized Driver—Ninth Circuit
(August 12, 2024)
Dissenter
Bemoans Watering Down of Materiality
Standard
(August 12, 2024)
Interpreter’s
Error at Hearing Resulted in
‘Fundamental Unfairness’
(August 12, 2024)
S.C.
Reverses Case Finding Possible COVID-19
Coverage
(August 9, 2024)
Jurisdiction
to Set Restitution Survives End of
Probationary Term—S.C.
(August 9, 2024)
Judge
Bogdanoff Retires From L.A. Superior
Court
(August 9, 2024)
Request
to Decide Moot Media-Access Issues
Denied
(August 9, 2024)
No
Criminal Charges to Be Filed Against
Kuehl, Giggins
(August 8, 2024)
Panel
Sympathetic to View That Non-Lawyer
Should Be Allowed to Represent Her
Children
(August 8, 2024)
City
May Not Strip Elected Officer of Duties
by Ordinance
(August 8, 2024)
Attorney’s
Oral Stipulation to Settle Case is
Enforceable
(August 7, 2024)
‘Joint
Juice’ Properly Found to Have Made False
Claims—Ninth Circuit
(August 7, 2024)
Immunity
Blocks Suit Over Detention of Innocent
Woman
(August 7, 2024)
S.C.
Declines to Stay Two Cases for Racial
Injustice Claims
(August 6, 2024)
Judge
Erred in Barring Woman as Her Daughter’s
Lawyer
(August 6, 2024)
Judge
Erred in Striking Answer as Sanction,
Ordering $2.5 Million Judgment—C.A.
(August 6, 2024)
Committee
on Judicial Ethics Opinions Wants Input
on Proposed Advice on Responding to
Election Criticisms
(August 6, 2024)
Counsel
Withdrawal Midway Through Trial Not
Prejudicial
(August 5, 2024)
Appeals
Court Affirms $4 Million Judgment
Against Convicted Ex-Politico Albert
Robles
(August 5, 2024)
Persecution
May Be Shown by Physical Harm Plus
Threats
(August 5, 2024)
Judge
Did Not Improperly Decry Respondent’s
Contact With Third Party, C.A. Declares
(August 5, 2024)
PAGA
Plaintiff Has No Right to Intervene in
Similar Action
(August 2, 2024)
S.C.
Reverses High-Term Sentence Based on
Several Unproven Aggravating Factors
(August 2, 2024)
Public
Filings Show Donations to Hochman
Outdistance Those to Gascón by Nine
Times
(August 2, 2024)
Law
Reviving Claims of Childhood Sexual
Assaults Is Valid
(August 2, 2024)
Peremptory
Challenge for Being ‘Opinionated’ Was
Pretext
(August 1, 2024)
Retired
LASC Judge Bruce J. Sottile, 92, Dies
(August 1, 2024)
Amendments
to Trafficking Law Do Not Apply
Retroactively
( August 1, 2024)
‘Balance
Inquiry’ Refers to Customer-Initiated
Transaction
(July 31, 2024)
Justices
Uphold $7,315 Attorney Sanction for
Frivolous Tactics in Seeking Entry of
Default
(July 31, 2024)
Single
Use of Racial Slur May Be Workplace
Harassment
(July 30, 2024)
S.C.
Adopts Timeliness Bright-Line Rule for
Appeals of Writs of Administrative
Mandate
(July 30, 2024)
District
Court Lacked Jurisdiction in Habeas
Corpus Case
(July 30, 2024)
Man
May Sue for Disability Offense Against
Deceased Wife
(July 29, 2024)
Judge
Meiers Erred in Failing to Grant Relief
in Light of Attorney’s Affidavit of
Fault—C.A.
(July 29, 2024)
No
Special Waiver Standard Applies to
Arbitration Right
(July 26, 2024)
Former
State Bar Executive Director Dunn Lied
to Board of Trustees About Funding
(July 26, 2024)
Infringement
Case Does Not Turn on Lack of a Hyphen
(July 25, 2024)
Bedsworth
Bemoans Some Pro Pers Victimizing
Adversaries, Courts
(July 25, 2024)
Judge’s
Grouchiness Is No Cause for Reversal
(July 25, 2024)
Social
Media Outfits Must Disclose to Court
Stored Data
(July 24, 2024)
C.A.
Affirms $88,855 Sanction Imposed on
Attorney for Relitigating Decided
Matters
(July 24, 2024)
S.C.
Clarifies Its Holdings in Dillon v.
Legg and Progeny
(July 23, 2024)
Proceedings
Properly Stayed Until Defendant In Civil
Case Sentenced on Criminal Charge
(July 23, 2024)
Court
Properly Foiled Effort to Insulate Funds
From Levy
(July 22, 2024)
Party
Gaining Enforcement of Indemnity Duty
May Not Recover Attorney Fees for Breach
(July 22, 2024)
Parties’
Cap on Fees Inapplicable in Wrongful
Eviction Case
(July 22, 2024)
Airline
Fuel Technician’s Wage Claims Are Exempt
Under Federal Arbitration Act
(July 22, 2024)
Insurance
Policy Time Limit Does Not Bar
Injunctive Relief
(July 19, 2024)
Judge,
in Habeas Proceeding, Need Not Reexamine
All Aspects of Sentence
(July 19, 2024)
Four
Appointed to Los Angeles Superior Court
(July 19, 2024)
Plaintiffs
Challenging Vaccine Mandate Entitled to
Fees
(July 19, 2024)
First
Amendment Bars Suit by Worker Against
Zen Temple
(July 18, 2024)
Disqualification
of Counsel Who Insulted Represented
Opposing Party Is Proper
(July 18, 2024)
Carrillo-Orellana,
Mimms Elected as Commissioners
(July 18, 2024)
Suit
Alleging Deceptive Huggies Labels
Partially Reinstated
(July 18, 2024)
Judge
Was Obliged to Honor Concession by
Prosecution
(July 17, 2024)
Inmate
Who Stored Pornographic Images Was
Wrongfully Denied Computer Access—C.A.
(July 17, 2024)
Calaveras
County Judge Draws Public Scolding
(July 17, 2024)
Purported
Acceptance of §998 Offer Was a
Counteroffer
(July 17, 2024)
S.C.
Invalidates Fees for Employer Compelling
Arbitration
(July 16, 2024)
District
Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Suit
Seeking to Enjoin U.S. Support of Israel
(July 16, 2024)
Cashing
Rent Check Did Not Void Notice to Quit
Premises
(July 16, 2024)
Court
of Appeal Scolds Lawyers Over
Hard-Hitting Brief
(July 15, 2024)
Mental
Health Diversion May Be Granted While
Awaiting Competency Decision
(July 15, 2024)
LASC
Judge Thomas J. Griego Draws Public
Admonishment
(July 12, 2024)
S.C.
Vacates Judgment of Death in Case of
White Supremacist Gang Member
(July 12, 2024)
Unproven
Enhancement May Not Be Added in
Resentencing
(July 12, 2024)
Immunity
Upheld for Shooting of Compliant
Passenger
(July 11, 2024)
Failure
to Disclose Potential Suit Voided
Obligations Under Insurance Policy
(July 11, 2024)
Graber,
Paez Bemoan Finality of Ruling in Looted
Art Case
(July 10, 2024)
Claim
Rejected That Judge Was Biased Based on
His Review of C.A. Opinion Signed by
Wife
(July 10, 2024)
Restitution
to Victims of Child Pornography
Overturned
(July 10, 2024)
Lawyers
With No Expert Witness in Action for
Medical Malpractice Are Subject to Suit
(July 10, 2024)
Inmate,
Self-Proclaimed ‘Witch,’ Can’t Have
Access to Fire
(July 9, 2024)
Public
Utilities Commission Failed to Notify
Water Companies of Surcharge Elimination
(July 9, 2024)
Public
Interest Privacy Suit Survives
Anti-SLAPP Motion
(July 9, 2024)
No
Cause of Action Lies for Falsifying
Evidence Allegations
(July 8, 2024)
Arbitrator
Exceeded Authority in Denying
Statutorily Mandated Attorney Fees—C.A.
(July 8, 2024)
Silberman
Slates Retirement
(July 8, 2024)
Removal
Based on Government Incentives Was
Improper
(July 8, 2024)
C.A.
Overturns Three-Day Suspension of LASC
Clerk
(July 5, 2024)
Law
Firm Can’t Represent Defendant Where
Potential Adverse Witness Was Its Client
(July 5, 2024)
Attorney
Admits Misappropriating $4.8 Million
(July 5, 2024)
Act
Nullifying Arbitration Contracts Is Not
Retroactive
(July 5, 2024)
C.A.
Files Three Opinions in Cases Arising
From Mishap
(July 3, 2024)
Carjacking
Is Not a ‘Crime of Violence’ Justifying
Deportation—Ninth Circuit
(July 3, 2024)
Reversal
‘In Its Entirety’ Did Not Vacate Valid
Conviction
(July 3, 2024)
LASC
to Pay Employees to Quit in Light of
Slashed Funding
(July 2, 2024)
Prosecution
Cannot Compel Interview by Its Expert of
Alleged Sexually Violent Predator
(July 2, 2024)
Attorney’s
Conduct Was Annoying but Not Harassment
(July 2, 2024)
Attorney-Fee
Award Against Firm That Filed Motion
Upheld
(July 1, 2024)
Denial
of Need-Based Attorney Fees Affirmed in
Latest Round of Multi-State Custody Case
(July 1, 2024)
Two-Part
Analysis for Withdrawal of Guilty Plea
Announced
(July 1, 2024)
Bail
Hearing Does Not Require
Trial-Admissible Evidence
(June 28, 2024)
C.A.
Upholds Attorney-Fee Award in Case
Alleging Undue Influence, Elder Abuse
(June 28, 2024)
Federal
Statute Prohibits Citizenship
Discrimination
(June 28, 2024)
Testimony
of Agent Posing as Inmate Properly
Admitted
(June 27, 2024)
Retired
LASC Judge David Rothman, 87, Dies
(June 27, 2024)
Lawyer
Properly Disqualified Over Deposing
Witness—C.A.
(June 27, 2024)
C.A.
Says 1958 Decision Has Been
‘Eroded,’ But Underlying S.C.
Opinions Ignored
(June 27, 2024)
Mallano
Asserts That Judges Are Shortchanged
by State
(June 26, 2024)
Restitution
Award as Condition of Probation to
Non-Victim Landlord Found
Permissible
(June 26, 2024)
No
Harassment in Publishing Litigant’s
Actual Name—C.A.
(June 26, 2024)
Uber’s
Reliance on Ratings in Deactivating
Drivers Survives
(June 25, 2024)
DMV
May Disclose License-Suspension
Based on DUI Despite Lack of
Conviction—C.A.
(June 25, 2024)
Three-Strikes
Resentencing Must Comply With
Initiative
(June 25, 2024)
Jurisdiction
Might Exist in Dispute Between
Non-Residents
(June 24, 2024)
Interplay
of Personal Gun Use, Guilty Verdict
Establishes Requisite Intent to Kill
(June 24, 2024)
It’s
Error to Consider on Demurrer Miles
Car Was Driven
(June 24, 2024)
Proposed
Initiative Violates ‘Basic Plan of
Government’
(June 21, 2024)
Objective
Standard of Causation Applies in
Medical Product Liability Cases—S.C.
(June 21, 2024)
$2.28
Million Award in
Retaliatory-Discharge Case Axed
(June 21, 2024)
Restitution
for Lost Wages Due to Slaying
Victim’s Mother
(June 20, 2024)
RFP
Benefitting Single Bidder Was
Valid—C.A.
(June 20, 2024)
Commissioners
Boxer, Ipson Appointed to Judgeships
(June 20, 2024)
PAGA
Notice Need Not Define ‘Aggrieved
Employees’
(June 20, 2024)
Vertical
Exhaustion Rule Applies to Excess
Insurer
(June 18, 2024)
Peremptory
Challenges in Murder Case Upheld
Despite Allegations of Racial
Motivations—S.C.
(June 18, 2024)
UC
Regents’ New Hospital Exempted From
Zoning Rules
(June 17, 2024)
Court
Properly Dismissed Action Alleging
That Capacity of Energizer Batteries
Is Overstated
(June 17, 2024)
No
Jurisdiction to Order Dismissal
After Transferring Case
(June 14, 2024)
Precommitment
Custody Credits Apply to Maximum
Term for Juvenile Sentence
(June 14, 2024)
Judge
Yep to Retire July 15
(June 14, 2024)
Emotional
Safety Relevant to Workplace
Protective Order
(June 13, 2024)
Ethiopian
Birth Certificate Is Insufficient to
Establish Victim’s Age—Appeals Court
(June 13, 2024)
Fifth
District C.A. Rejects Holding in
Decision on Burden in Avoiding
Compelled Arbitration
(June 13, 2024)
Interest
Is Due on Victim Restitution Orders
(June 13, 2024)
Bans
on Firearm Sales at Fairgrounds Are
Constitutional
(June 12, 2024)
Telling
Worker He’s ‘Slow’ Can Constitute
Age-Discrimination—Court of Appeal
(June 12, 2024)
Lack
of Sum Certain in Claim Robbed Court
of Jurisdiction
(June 12, 2024)
Differential
Treatment of Delivery Workers Is
Justified
(June 11, 2024)
Court
of Appeal Justice Victoria Chaney to
Retire
(June 11, 2024)
Trial
Evidence May Be Weighed in Mental
Health Diversion
(June 11, 2024)
LAUSD
Is Seeking to Play Games With
Federal Courts
(June 10, 2024)
Report
on Three Former Professors Accused
of Misconduct Is Not Exempt Under
CPRA
(June 10, 2024)
No
Private Right of Action to Enforce
Local Ordinances
(June 7, 2024)
UC
Berkeley’s Development Plan at
People’s Park Survives Challenge
(June 7, 2024)
Tribal
Sovereign Immunity Bars Questioning
Contract
(June 6, 2024)
Mandatory
Resentencing Law Applies to Stayed
Sentences, C.A. Panel Says
(June 6, 2024)
Rehabilitation
Denial Amounted to ‘Miscarriage of
Justice’
(June 6, 2024)
Breach
of Contract Claims Survive Publisher
Immunity
(June 5, 2024)
Removing
Word ‘Purpose’ From Instructions in
Antitrust Case Was Error—Ninth
Circuit
(June 5, 2024)
Retroactivity Does Not Apply to
Gang-Crime Bifurcation
(June 4, 2024)
Language
Acknowledging Unenforceability
Nullifies Confidentiality Clause
(June 4, 2024)
Conviction
That Became ‘Final’ in 2017 Is Now
‘Nonfinal’
(June 3, 2024)
Attorney Has No Cause of Action
Based on Reference to Mental Health
Detention—C.A.
(June 3, 2024)
‘Constructive
Termination’ of Contract Is Not
Viable Theory
(June 3, 2024)
State Law Claims Based on
Verification of Coverage Are
Preempted by ERISA
(June 3, 2024)
Defendant’s
Culpability Properly Considered in
Dismissal
(May 31, 2024)
Suit
by Controversial Anti-Vaccine
Physician Against YouTube Validly
Axed—Ninth Circuit
(May 31, 2024)
S.C.
Clarifies ‘Change in Ownership’
Under Proposition 13
(May 31, 2024)
Perceptible
Ankle Monitor Is Not Inherently
Prejudicial
(May 30, 2024)
Judge
Nishimoto to Hang Up Robe on Monday
(May 30, 2024)
Peremptory
Challenge to Judge Who Ruled in Case
Allowed
(May 30, 2024)
Conviction
Overturned for Threats to Judge on
Facebook
(May 29, 2024)
Judges
Blackshaw, Herscovitz, Linfield to
Retire From Los Angeles Superior
Court in Late June
(May 29, 2024)
Judge
Retires, Is Spared Forcible Removal
by Commission
(May 29, 2024)
S.C.
Should Rethink Rule on
Stipulated-Judgment Appeals
(May 28, 2024)
Pending
Criminal Action Justifies Stay in
Civil Human-Trafficking Case
(May 28, 2024)
Conviction
May Not Be Expunged Over Equitable
Concerns
(May 28, 2024)
New
Hampshire Governor Sununu Raps
Newsom
(May 28, 2024)
Presence
of COVID-19 Is Not Loss for
Insurance Purposes
(May 24, 2024)
No
Arbitration Where Employee Promptly
Shunned ‘Must Arbitrate’ Decree—C.A.
(May 24, 2024)
‘Language
Conduit’ Rule Applies to Testifying
Interpreter
(May 24, 2024)
Solano
Superior Court Judge Receives
Scolding
(May 24, 2024)
Discovery
Sanction May Not Include Post-Motion
Expenses
(May 23, 2024)
Judge
to Decide if California Has
Jurisdiction Despite Montana
Declaring That It Does
(May 23, 2024)
Jury’s
Consideration of Penalty Was
Harmless Misconduct
(May 23, 2024)
Statutory
Debt-Collection Procedure Can’t Be
Waived
(May 22, 2024)
Retaliation
Action Against LAUSD Properly
Dismissed, C.A. Declares
(May 22, 2024)
Failure
to Conduct Conflict Inquiry Was
Reversible Error
(May 21, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit
Brought by Figure in DWP Scandal
(May 21, 2024)
VanDyke
Raps Upholding Allegedly
Religion-Based Firing
(May
20, 2024)
Tax
Neutralization Adjustment
Appropriately Denied, but Door Left
Open to Such Approach
(May 20, 2024)
C.A.
Invalidates Local Rule Conflicting With
CCP §170.6
(May 17, 2024)
Text
on Website Deterred Clicking Through to
‘Terms of Use,’ Voiding Arbitration
Provision
(May 17, 2024)
State
Bar Trustees Approve Resolution on Law
School Names
(May 17, 2024)
Denial
of Continuance Effectively Denied
Child-Support Motion Without a Hearing
(May 17, 2024)
California
Has Jurisdiction Over Texan Based on
Postings
(May 16, 2024)
C.A.
Rejects Contention That Judge Erred in
Choosing Upper Term in Resentencing
(May 16, 2024)
Failure
to Recall Signing Insufficient to Rebut
Signature
(May 16, 2024)
Involuntary-Medication
Order Is Subject to Writ Review
(May 15, 2024)
Driver
Performing Local-Only Deliveries
(May 15, 2024)
ADDA
Comments on Reassignment of Deputies in
Grossman Case
(May 15, 2024)
Record
Insufficient to Challenge Assault Weapon
Ban on Second Amendment
(May 15, 2024)
Preliminary
Hearing Hearsay Testimony Is
Inadmissible at Resentencing
(May 14, 2024)
Nonmonetary
Sanction Properly Imposed on Lawyer,
Client
(May 14, 2024)
Cursory
Acceptance of Juror Dismissal Was
Insufficient
(May 13, 2024)
October
Challenge to Judge Was Timely Though
Parties Knew of Assignment to Her in
June
(May 13, 2024)
Parallel
Process Required for Plaintiff’s PAGA
Action
(May 13, 2024)
All
Ex-Felons Can’t Be Denied Right to
Possess Firearms
(May 10, 2024)
Candidate’s
Wife Did Not Necessarily Become
‘Limited-Purpose Public Figure’—C.A.
(May 10, 2024)
Required
Disclosure of Gun Owners’ Information
Upheld
(May 9, 2024)
Juror
Dismissal Not Required Despite
Statements of Bias—Ninth Circuit
(May 9, 2024)
Home
Owned by Kathryn Grayson Remains City
Landmark
(May 9, 2024)
Moving
Party Bears Burden to Prove Dispute
Falls Under Arbitration
(May 9, 2024)
Insurer
May Request Attorney-Fee Documents in
Discovery
(May 8, 2024)
Resident
of State Can’t Sue Under FEHA Where His
Workplace Was High Seas—Ninth Circuit
(May 8, 2024)
Granting
of Motion to Withdraw Plea, Vacate
Judgment Does Not Compel Dismissal—Court
of Appeal
(May 8, 2024)
Withdrawal
Warranted for Late Payment of
Arbitration Fees
(May 8, 2024)
Good
Faith Precludes Penalties for Wage
Statement Errors
(May 7, 2024)
33.9
Percent Pass February State Bar Exam
(May 7, 2024)
Lacey
Endorses Hochman for District Attorney
(May 7, 2024)
Cho
Elected Vice President of Judges
Association
(May 7, 2024)
Used
Car Can Be ‘New’ Under Wording of
State Lemon Law
(May 6, 2024)
Discovery
Sanctions Against Attorney After
Withdrawal Were Warranted—C.A.
(May 6, 2024)
Evidence
of Another Suspect Was Improperly
Excluded
(May 6, 2024)
Acting ‘Odd’ in High-Crime Area Did
Not Justify Detention
(May
3, 2024)
Preponderance of Evidence Standard
Applies to Hefty Enhancements—Ninth
Circuit
(May
3, 2024)
Pseudonyms for Witnesses Did Not
Violate Due Process
(May 2, 2024)
C.A. Permits Appeal Despite Clause in
Arbitration Agreement Barring It
(May 2, 2024)
Failure to Instruct on ‘Accident’ as a
Defense Was Harmless in Vehicular
Murder Case
(May 2, 2024)
San Jose’s Nuisance Law Survives
Constitutional Challenge
(May 1, 2024)
Attorney-Hopeful Must Challenge
Decision of State Bar in California
Supreme Court
(May 1, 2024)
S.C.
Allows Borrowing of Firearm Sentencing
Enhancement
(April 30, 2024)
Jury Instruction on Extinct Theory
Mandates Resentencing Hearing
(April 30, 2024)
Prosecutor Argued Faulty Definition of
Implied Malice
(April 30, 2024)
App’s Black-on-White Notice Is
Sufficient to Bind Users
(April 29, 2024)
C.A. Reverses Restitution Award
Where Harm to Victim Stemmed From
Non-Criminal Acts
(April 29, 2024)
Judge Must Generally Grant CDR’s
Resentencing Request
(April 29, 2024)
Hochman Blasts Gascón Over
Allegations of Criminal Acts by
Assistant D.A. Teran
(April 26, 2024)
Court of Appeal Rejects Novel
Fee-Shifting Argument
(April 26, 2024)
Sovereign Immunity Is No
Protection Where Challenged
Conduct Might Recur
(April 26, 2024)
Interest on Fee Award
Accrues From Date of Latest
Order
(April 25,
2024)
Superior Court Can’t
Rid Itself of Cases by
Shipping Them to Ex-Judge’s
ADR Firm
(April 25,
2024)
Ellenberg, McCallum Elected
as Commissioners
(April 25,
2024)
Appeal of Fee Award After
Anti-SLAPP Denial Was Timely
(April 24,
2024)
Complaint Filed on Behalf of
Dead Party Properly
Dismissed for Lack of
Standing
(April 24,
2024)
Witness Dissuasion Law Only
Prohibits Pre-Filing Conduct
(April 23,
2024)
Hostile-Work-Environment
Claim Proper Under
Rehabilitation Act
(April 23,
2024)
Filing False Police Report
Constituted ‘Protected’
Activity
(April 22,
2024)
New Trial Ordered Due to
Failure to Disclose Payment
to Witness
(April 22,
2024)
Craig J. Mitchell to Retire
From Superior Court
(April 22,
2024)
Accusing Neighbor of Racism
Is Not of Public Interest
(April 22,
2024)
Jury’s
$1.8 Million
Noneconomic-Damage Award
Stands
(April 19,
2024)
Dependency Jurisdiction Over
Child May be Proper Absent
Future Risk
(April 19,
2024)
Parole Status Inquiry During
Traffic Stop Is
Constitutional
(April 19,
2024)
No Violation in Forced Use
of Thumb to Unlock Phone
(April 18,
2024)
Police Justified in
Detaining Man in Red Shirt
Based on Suspect Being So
Described—C.A.
(April 18,
2024)
Administrative Remedies Not
Exhausted Though Form Filed
(April 18,
2024)
Delay Does Not Affect
Admissibility of Child-Abuse
Report
(April 17,
2024)
Statement in a Plea
Agreement Signed by
Prosecutor Is Admissible—Ninth
Circuit
(April 17,
2024)
Sovereign Immunity Precludes
Father’s
Suit Against Kingdom of
Norway—Ninth
Circuit
(April 17,
2024)
Officers Who Asphyxiated Man
Have Qualified Immunity
(April 16,
2024)
Minute Order Dissolving
Marriage Ineffective Where
Preparation of Judgment
Ordered
(April 16,
2024)
Morals Offenses 15 Years
Ago, Earlier Don’t
Justify Sex-Offender
Registration—C.A.
(April 16,
2024)
Convictions Upheld Despite
Prosecutorial Misconduct
(April 15,
2024)
Guilty
Plea Erased Right to Appeal
Defect in Waiver of Right to
Grand Jury Indictment
(April 15,
2024)
Memorial Service Set for
Judge Mackey
(April 15,
2024)
Destruction
of Portions of Home by SWAT Team
Justified
(April 12, 2024)
Judge
Abused Discretion in Failing to
Hold Evidentiary Hearing on
New-Trial Motion
(April 12, 2024)
Superior
Court Complaint Is Not 'Filed' Until
File-Stamped
(April 11, 2024)
Judges
Keosian, Clover to Leave L.A.
Superior Court
(April 11, 2024)
Candidate
May Seek Multiple Offices in
Primary Election
(April 10, 2024)
Lie
Must Go to the Nature of the
Bargain to Support Mail-Fraud
Conviction
(April 10, 2024)
Newsom's Bid
to Shield Ex-Advisor's
Records Fails in C.A.
(April 9, 2024)
Belated
Claim That Juror Was Antagonist
to Defendant Reasonably Found
Implausible
(April 9, 2024)
Low
Sentence Is Presumptive If
Childhood Trauma 'Contributed,' Even
If Not 'Substantially,' to
Crime
(April 9, 2024)
Spouse
Eying Bid for DVRO May Make
Secret Recordings
(April 8, 2024)
'Not
Guilty by Reason of Insanity'
Judgment Can't Be
Modified Under Resentencing Law
(April 8, 2024)
Questionable
Conduct Ascribed to Ex-State Bar
Executive
(April 5, 2024)
DMV
Hearing Is Not Necessarily
Marred by Lack of Due Process
Based on Prospect
(April 5, 2024)
No
Liability for Injury From
Crumbling Hotel Shower Head
(April 4, 2024)
Once
Trial Court Shunts Case to
Arbitration, It Lacks Power to
Dismiss, C.A. Declares
(April 4, 2024)
Retired
Superior Court Judge Malcolm
Mackey, 94, Dies
(April 3, 2024)
Murder Convictions Upset Based
on Reading of Preliminary
Hearing Testimony—C.A.
(April 3, 2024)
Judge
Erred in Adding Prejudgment
Interest to Award
(April 2, 2024)
Law Allowing Local Governments
to Override Initiative-Based
Zoning Restrictions Upheld
(April 2, 2024)
Dujan,
Goldman Elected Commissioners
(April 2, 2024)
Letter
Sent by Loeb & Loeb Partner
Was Not Protected
(March 29, 2024)
Health
Care Power of Attorney Did Not
Authorize Agreement to Arbitrate
(March 29, 2024)
Dismissal
Upheld in RICO Suit Against
Garcetti, Others
(March 28, 2024)
Wife's
Moving to Guesthouse Does Not
Compel Conclusion Husband Was
Abusive—C.A.
(March 28, 2024)
Labor
Code's
Attorney-Fee Provision Trumps
CCP Section
(March 27, 2024)
C.A.
Decides 'Rare
Case'
in Which Restaurant Adequately
Alleged Loss Due to COVID-19
(March 27, 2024)
Stone
to Be Nominated as Court of
Appeal Justice
(March 27, 2024)
Claim
in 2020 of COVID-19 Cure Was Not
Securities Fraud
(March 26, 2024)
S.C.
Clarifies Wage Order for Ninth
Circuit
(March 26, 2024)
Attorneys
Not Entitled to Retain Full Flat
Fee Where Ethics Compelled Them
to Withdraw
(March 26, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Dumps Appeal Based on
Lawyer's
Duplicity
(March 25, 2024)
Amended
Felony-Murder Rule Does Not
Require Assisting in Actual
Killing
(March 25, 2024)
C.A.
Affirms Victory for Michelin in
Failure-to-Warn Case
(March 25, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Reinstates Suit Against
LAPD Over Shooting
(March 22, 2024)
Class
Action Against Meta to Proceed
(March 22, 2024)
Challenge
to Program Promoting Minority
Business Timely
(March 22, 2024)
Right
to One Continuance in DVRO Case
Is Inapplicable Where Response
Was Filed
(March 22, 2024)
ADDA
Backs Hochman for District
Attorney
(March 22, 2024)
Photographic
Lineup Was Not Unduly Suggestive
(March 21, 2024)
C.A.
Won't
Reverse Order Denying Change in
Support Order Based on Legal
Maxim
(March 21, 2024)
Terminating
Sanction Was Extreme for
Discovery Failure
(March 20, 2024)
Gascón
Recall Committee Dismisses
Lawsuit
(March 20, 2024)
Costs
of Metallica Concert
Postponements Were Excluded From
Coverage
(March 20, 2024)
YouTube,
Google Might Be Liable for
Cryptocurrency Scam
(March 19, 2024)
COVID-Inoculation
Requirement Did Not Violate
Confidentiality of Medical
Information Act—C.A.
(March 19, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Publicly Reprimands
Former U.S. Attorney
(March 18, 2024)
Deputies' Use
of Non-Lethal Bullets, Dog on
Unarmed Man Not Objectively
Unreasonable
(March 18, 2024)
Judge-Elect
Kimberly Repecka Expresses
Gratitude
(March 18, 2024)
Statutory
Name-Change May Include the Word ‘Bimbo’
(March 15, 2024)
Prosecution
for 1992 Slaying Is Not Barred Despite
Dismissal After Two Mistrials—C.A.
(March 15, 2024)
Repecka
Defeats Spear
(March 15, 2024)
Court
Must Give Notice of Where Habeas
Petition Is Sent
(March 15, 2024)
Challenger
Repecka
Appears to Have Defeated Judge Spear
(March 14, 2024)
Utility
Companies Must Bear Cost of Relocation
for Streetcar Project
(March 14, 2024)
Arbitration
Clause in Mobile Home Lease
Unconscionable
(March 14, 2024)
Warehouse
Worker Qualified as Transportation
Worker
(March 13, 2024)
School’s
Announcement of Pupil’s Expulsion Was
Not Protected Speech, C.A. Declares
(March 13, 2024)
Repecka’s
Lead Over Spear Is Increasing
(March 13, 2024)
C.A.
Clarifies Standards for Certificate of
Appealability
(March 13, 2024)
Commissioner
May Decide Application for TRO Without
Stipulation of Parties, C.A. Declares
(March 13, 2024)
Judge
Has Power to Make Interim Award of
Attorney Fees
(March 12, 2024)
Judge
Emily Spear Is Losing in Reelection Bid
(March 12, 2024)
C.A. Upholds Probation-Denial Despite
Defendant’s Youth at Time of Slaying
(March 12, 2024)
Immigration
Board Erred in Shunning Deportee’s
Evidence
(March 12, 2024)
Convictions
of ‘Crooked’ Disbarred Lawyer Layfield
Upheld
(March 11, 2024)
C.A.
Upholds Conviction for Kidnapping of
Inebriated Victim in Absence of Force,
Fear
(March 11, 2024)
S.F.
Giants Did Not Commit Alleged Labor Code
Violations
(March 11, 2024)
Official’s
Warning Was Not First Amendment
Retaliation
(March 8, 2024)
Judges
Beckloff, Groman, Palazuelos to Retire
(March 8, 2024)
Superior
Court Incumbents Fend Off Election
Challenges
(March 7, 2024)
Misdemeanor
During Probation Did Not Preclude
Sealing of Juvenile Records
(March 7, 2024)
Failure
to Notice, False Information Undermined
Immunity
(March 6, 2024)
Conviction
Does Not Require Knowledge Funds Were
Acquired Through Extortion
(March 6, 2024)
Putative
Class Action Against Google Properly
Dismissed
(March 6, 2024)
Denying
Out-of-Area Market Rates for Attorney
Fees Was Error
(March 6, 2024)
Recovery
Under Lemon Law Not Reduced by Credit
(March 5, 2024)
Conflict
Between State, Federal Law on Marijuana
Did Not Justify Abstention
(March 5, 2024)
Pundits
See Victories for Court Incumbents,
Brookens
(March 5, 2024)
Claims
Filed Five Years After Expulsion Are
Time-Barred
(March 4, 2024)
‘Facebook
Factors’ Apply in Testing Prosecution
Subpoena—C.A.
(March 4, 2024)
Judicial
Estoppel Bars Contesting Awardability of
Fees
(March 4, 2024)
Pundit
Predicts Outcome of Judicial, D.A. Races
(March 4, 2024)
C.A.
Declares Exception to Rule Laid Down in
S.C. Opinion
(March 1, 2024)
Cellular
Data Is Property for Purposes of
Conversion Claim, Ninth Circuit Holds
(March 1, 2024)
University
Did Not Promise Students In-Person
Instruction
(March 1, 2024)
Recusal
of Law Firm for Punitive Purpose Was
Improper
(February 29, 2024)
Contempt
Finding Based on Breach of Order That
Was Not ‘Clear and Definite’ Vacated
(February 29, 2024)
Limitations
Period for Survival Action Is Not
Extended
(February 29, 2024)
Additional Insured Must Be Notified of
Policy Cancellation
(February 28, 2024)
Past Acts of Abuse Sufficient to Renew
Elder Abuse Protective Order—C.A.
(February 28, 2024)
Superior Court Judge James R. Dunn, 86,
Dies
(February 28, 2024)
Doctrine of Transferred Intent Has Not
Been Abrogated
(February 28, 2024)
S.C.
Finds No Error in Denying Relief From
Jury Waiver
(February 27, 2024)
ADDA
Files Complaint Against Gascón Over
‘Outright Lies’ in Newspaper Interview
(February 27, 2024)
State
Agency’s Decision Does Not Bar Federal
Lawsuit
(February 27, 2024)
Identification
of Narcotics by Laser Device Is
Inadmissible
(February 26, 2024)
Denial
of Motion to Acquit in Criminal Case
Bars Malicious Prosecution Suit—C.A.
(February 26, 2024)
Chemerinsky
Says He Has ‘Most Cash on Hand’
(February 26, 2024)
School
District’s Actions After Girl Reported
Rape Reflected No ‘Deliberate
Indifference’
(February 26, 2024)
Arbitrator
in Fee Dispute Not Obliged to Disclose
Specialty
(February 23, 2024)
Settlement
of a Class Action Against Facebook for
$90 Million Over Privacy Breaches Stands
(February 23, 2024)
Candidate
Hochman Raises More Than $2 Million
(February 23, 2024)
Noncompliance
With Discovery Orders Justified Axing
Suit
(February 23, 2024)
Court
of Appeal Upholds Judgment Against
Online University
(February 22, 2024)
C.A.:
Civil Code §1717 Broadens Attorney Fee
Provision to Apply to ‘Entire Contract’
(February 22, 2024)
Dismissal
of Bellicose Juror Results in Conviction
Reversal
(February 22, 2024)
Expert
Testimony That Defendant Fired Shot Was
Improper
(February 21, 2024)
Membership
on Rural Advisory Council Rendered
Lawyer a Public Figure—C.A.
(February 21, 2024)
Write-In
Candidate Emerges for Superior Court
Seat
(February 21, 2024)
Eve-of-Trial
Departure of Lawyer Was Not
Prejudicial—C.A.
(February 20, 2024)
Order
That Motion for Attorney Fees Be Filed,
Heard Before Dismissal Was Improper
(February 20, 2024)
Shout
of ‘Don’t Let Cops In’ Rendered Search
Nonconsensual
(February 16, 2024)
City
Did Not Abuse Its Broad Discretion in
Competitive Bidding by Modifying Terms
(February 16, 2024)
Length
of Sentence Is Relevant to Public-Safety
Analysis
(February 16, 2024)
Court
of Appeal Takes Expansive View of
Racial Justice Act
(February 15, 2024)
C.A.
Finds ‘Public Interest’ Exception to
Enforceability of Releases
Inapplicable
(February 15, 2024)
Motion
to Compel Arbitration Properly
Denied Where Defendant Delayed in
Making Motion
(February 15, 2024)
Fee
Waiver in Agreement Didn’t Have
Prospective Effect
(February 14, 2024)
UCLA Not
Subject to Suit Under Unruh Act
(February 14, 2024)
Court
of Appeal Rejects A.G.’s Sentencing
Concession
(February 13, 2024)
Lawyer’s
Diversion of Funds From Trust Shocks
the Conscience—State Bar
(February 13, 2024)
Settlement
Is Enforceable Despite Some
Unresolved Details
(February 9, 2024)
Officer
Used Excessive Force in Shooting at
Mentally Ill Homeless Man—Ninth
Circuit
(February 9, 2024)
CJP
Accuses Judge of Anti-Semitic Slur,
Other Misconduct
(February 8, 2024)
C.A.
Reinstates Constructive Termination
Suit Against Archdiocese by
Assaulted Employee
(February 8, 2024)
Defendant
May Only Seek FEHA Costs by Noticed
Motion
(February 7, 2024)
City
Not Liable in Fatal Shooting of
Woman Believed to Be Fleeing
Felon—Ninth Circuit
(February 7, 2024)
Two
‘Friends With Benefits’ Lacked a
‘Dating Relationship’
(February 6, 2024)
C.A.
Restores Privacy Suit Based on
Revealing Plaintiff Had Not Received
COVID Shot
(February 6, 2024)
Suit
Restored Over Seizure of Two
Children From Home
(February 5, 2024)
Defendant
Didn’t Breach Consumer Laws by
Declining Return of Pillows Sold
Online
(February 5, 2024)
ADDA
Sues Gascón Over Denial of Its CPRA
Requests
(February 2, 2024)
C.A.
Thwarts Disbarred Lawyer in Effort
Judge Salkin Labeled ‘Gamesmanship’
(February 2, 2024)
C.A.
Affirms Judgment for Cerritos in
Action by Norwalk
(February 2, 2024)
C.A.
Won’t Restore $2.5 Million Suit
Against Clippers, West
(February 1, 2024)
Statute
Authorizing Recording ‘Entirety’ of
Examination of Insured Given Broad
Effect
(February 1, 2024)
One
Side of Campaign Mailer Might Be
Libelous, C.A. Says
(February 1, 2024)
O’Melveny
Fails to Get Bill-Padding
Allegations Stricken
(January 31, 2024)
Bacigalupo
Readies for Retirement From Bench
(January 31, 2024)
Five
Named to Los Angeles Superior Court
(January 31, 2024)
John McKinney
Is Overwhelming Favorite of Deputy
D.A.s
(January 30, 2024)
Conduct
Giving Rise to a Cause of Action
Doesn’t Instantly Create
‘Dispute’—C.A.
(January 30, 2024)
Officer
Was Culpable but Entitled to
Qualified Immunity
(January 29, 2024)
Authorized
‘Capacity’ of Child-Care Center Not
Gauged by Enrollment, C.A. Declares
(January 29, 2024)
O.C.
Man Must Pay Nevada Gambling Debts
(January 29, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Changes Name of Appellant to
‘Doe’; Opinion Was Already Released
With True Name
(January 29, 2024)
Decision
on Expert Testimony on Confessions
Stands
(January 26, 2024)
Man
Who Raped Child Qualifies for Sex
Offender De-Registration—C.A.
(January 26, 2024)
C.A.
Says That Emailing Invoice Is Not
‘Electronic Service’
(January 25, 2024)
Discovery
Sanction Against Deponent Barred
Once Motion to Compel Was Withdrawn
(January 25, 2024)
FBI
Must Purge Records of Searches of
Safe Deposit Boxes
(January 24, 2024)
C.A.
Rejects Exception to Rule on Second
Lis Pendens
(January 23, 2024)
Conviction
of Drug Peddler for Causing Death of
Customer Must Be Reversed—Ninth
Circuit
(January 23, 2024)
C.A.
Reinstates $11 Million Fraud Action
Against Buchalter
(January 22, 2024)
Retired
Judge Malcolm Mackey Reminisces
(January 22, 2024)
Trial
Courts Have No Inherent Power to
Strike PAGA Claims
(January 19, 2024)
No
Liability to Third Parties Based on
Failure to Warn Purchaser of Dog as
to Dangerousness
(January 19, 2024)
S.C.
Decision Doesn’t Alter Conclusion
That Immunity Applies
(January 18, 2024)
Change
in DVRA’s Attorney-Fee Provision Is
Retroactive, Court of Appeal
Declares
(January 18, 2024)
Child
Might Be Returned to Mother Who Is
Fugitive in Mexico
(January 17, 2024)
Judges
Hall, Nelson, Stern to Retire From
LASC
(January 17, 2024)
Hochman
Urges Firing of Blacknell as Chief
of Staff
(January 17, 2024)
Ninth
U.S. Circuit Reverses Decision It
Previously Affirmed
(January 16, 2024)
Banning
Probationer’s Use of Cellphone
Without Permission Is Reasonable
(January 16, 2024)
Website
Owner Has No Property Interest in
Image on Screen
(January 12, 2024)
Americana
at Brand Has No Liability to Man
Struck by Teenager Falling to His
Death—C.A.
(January 12, 2024)
DAVID
A. BERGER
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
RANDOLPH
M. HAMMOCK
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
RUTH ANN
KWAN
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
THOMAS
P. CACCIATORE
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
LLOYD
W. PELLMAN
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
V. AHDA
SANDS
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2024)
Past
Failed Treatment Did Not Justify
Denial of Diversion
(January 11,2024)
C.A.
Rejects Allegations Against Judge
Kaddo
(January 11,2024)
L.A.
Superior Court Judge Richard J.
Burdge Dies
(January 11,2024)
Museum
in Madrid May Retain Painting Looted
by Nazis
(January 10, 2024)
District
Court May Not Enjoin Acts of State
Judges, Ninth Circuit Declares
(January 10, 2024)
No Abuse
of Discretion in Tossing $1.75
Million Verdict
(January 9, 2024)
Class
Must Be Certified in Challenge to
Ban on Employees Leaving Premises
During Breaks
(January 9, 2024)
Criminal
Lawyer’s Advice Did Not Violate
Racial Justice Act
(January 8, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Suit
Claiming Discrimination Against Rape
Victims
(January 8, 2024)
Expert
Testimony Wrongfully Barred at
Wrongful Death Trial
(January 5, 2024)
Trial
Court Must Order Compassionate
Release of Murderer Who Is
Debilitated, Moribund
(January 5, 2024)
Decision
in Probate Code §11700 Proceeding
Wasn’t Preclusive
(January 4, 2024)
Two
Warnings to Suspect Spawned Need to
Make Choice, Not Confusion, Ninth
Circuit Holds
(January 4, 2024)
Hochman
Reportedly Raises More Than $1.25
Million
(January 4, 2024)
C.A.
Upholds $24.3 Million Award to
Lawyer for Retaliation
(January 3, 2024)
Lawsuit
Reinstated Against Online
Propagators in Czech Republic of
Child Pornography
(January 3, 2024)
Judge
Amy Pellman Provides Reflections
(January 3, 2024)
Wife
Not Liable for Debts Linked to Husband’s
Crimes
(January 2, 2024)
Ninth
Circuit Senior Judge: District Court
Failed to Abide by 2018 Panel’s Mandate
(January 2, 2024)
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