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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)

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Effort Continues in 2025 to Restore Name of ‘Hastings’ to Law School


By KRIS WHITTEN
(In My Opinion, January 10, 2025)

DOGE Presents a Chance to Cancel High-Speed Rail


By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, January 7, 2025)

New Laws That Californians Need to Know About

By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, December 31, 2024)

Kamala and Tim Want to Meet Me. Gosh.
(Perspectives, August 20, 2024)

Public Is Denied Information That Government Has No Right to Hide
(Perspectives, June 5, 2024)

C.A. Justices Irresponsibly Shield Identities of Sex-Offense Defendants
(Perspectives, April 23, 2024)

No, Weingart, All Minors Need Not Be Identified by Initials, Only
(Perspectives, November 28, 2023)

Judicial Candidate, Registered Democrat, Swears He’s Not Democratic Party Member
(Perspectives, September 23, 2022)

May Judicial Candidates Tout Political Party Endorsements in Candidate Statements?
(Perspectives, September 22, 2022)

Should Judicial Candidates Get Away With Deception That Other Candidates Can t?
(Perspectives, September 20, 2022)

Elections Code Section on Ballot Designations Does Apply in Orange, San Diego Counties
(Perspectives, September 19, 2022)

Court of Appeal Wastes Its Time, Needlessly Accords Anonymity to Parties
(Perspectives, September 1, 2022)

It’s Hogwash
(Perspectives, June 28, 2022)

Attorney Seeks, Gets, Federal Courts Shielding of Felon s Identity
(Perspectives, June 2, 2022)

Lawyer Seeks Self-Censoring of Report Because She Vouches for Client
(Perspectives, June 1, 2022)

Candidate McKay Is Aptly Described as Clueless Blunderer
(One Judge s View, May 12, 2022)

Gascón Crosses the Line Again
(Perspectives, May 3, 2022)

Brickbats Tossed at Prosecutor in Long Beach Who Seeks Judgeship
(Perspectives, April 5, 2022)

Ineligible Candidate Seeks Election As Los Angeles City Attorney
(Perspectives, March 15, 2022)

Albert Robles, a Politico With Baggage, Seeks to Unseat Judge
(Perspectives, March 3, 2022)

Judicial Candidate Falsely Portrays Herself as a Deputy District Attorney
(Perspectives, February 28, 2022)

Court of Appeal Justices Swipe Property Belonging to the Public
(Perspectives, November 22, 2021)

If Park Has Won, LACBA Has Lost
(Perspectives, June 2, 2021)

A Lack of Commitment to Fairness Marks Ann I. Park s Tactics
(Perspectives, May 14, 2021)

A Penal System Based on Rehabilitation Was Tried; Failed; Was Dismantled
(Perspectives, February 17, 2021)

Posing as a Progressive, Gascón, in Reality, Advocates Retrogression
(Perspectives, February 16, 2021)

Consumers: Beware of Instacart! D.A.’s Office, Please Take Note
(Perspectives, September 3, 2020)

Xavier Becerra: Doing a Job That Isn’t the One He s Paid to Do
(Perspectives, September 1, 2020)

A Dog Named Charlie Is Dead. His Tormentor Goes Free
(Perspectives, August 11, 2020)

Looking Back on 31 Years-Plus in Law Practice

Ernestine
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By L. ERNESTINE FIELDS
(Reflections, July 30, 2020)

The Judge Mike Cummins Scam: This Is the Time for Use of Inherent Powers
(Perspectives, December 10, 2019)

Candidate David D. Diamond Is at It Again
(Perspectives, December 4, 2019)

Los Angeles County Bar Association Leaders, Units Respond to State Bar Access Proposal
(The Legal Community, October 2, 2019)

Returning to Courtroom 16 at the Spring Street Courthouse
By J. STEPHEN CZULEGER
(
Special Feature, August 29, 2019)

The Art of Craft Breweries
By RALPH BARAT SALTSMAN, STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON
and STEPHEN ALLEN JAMIESON

(The Legal Community, August 20, 2019)

Secretization Continues: Court of Appeal Extends Anonymity to Drunk Driver
(Perspectives, May 2, 2019)

State High Court Takes Look at Duty of Loyalty Toward a Client and Attorney Fees


By THOMAS EDWARD WALL

(The Legal Community, October 4, 2018)

Parents of Appeals Court Justices Should Have Taught Their Kids Better Manners
(Perspectives, October 2, 2018)

If She Gets to, I Do Too! Candidate Asserts in Writ Petition
(Perspectives, August 22, 2018)

Courts of Appeal Seek to Secretize Public Matters
(Perspectives, July 18, 2018)

A District Court Judge Defies U.S. Supreme Court Precedent
(Perspectives, July 17, 2018)

AB2185 Would Permit Civil Defendants to Waive the Public s Right to Know
(Perspectives, July 10, 2018)

Consitutional Law: Taxes, Guns & Privacy: We Need A Pardon!
By RALPH BARAT SALTSMAN AND STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON
(The Legal Community, May 23, 2018)

Candidate Says She’s Pleased L.A. Times Endorsed Her Opponent
(Perspectives, May 21, 2018)

Registrar-Recorder Refuses to Accede to a Judge s Determination
(Perspectives, April 3, 2018)

More Candidates Try to Get by With Bogus Ballot Designations
(Perspectives, March 14, 2018)

New Law on Ballot Designations Doesn’t Stop Shenanigans
(Perspectives, March 13, 2018)

County Squanders Funds in Defense of Lawyer Who Acts Like a Brat
(Perspectives, October 16, 2017)

LACBA’s Interim CEO Misinforms Trustees, Calls for Imprudent Action
(Perspectives, July 19, 2017)

Should LACBA Encourage People Not to Hire Lawyers?
(Perspectives, July 18, 2017)

Civil Rights: The CIA, Torture, the State Supreme Court and the Fate of Independent Contactors
By THOMAS EDWARD WALL

(The Legal Community, June 15, 2017)

LACBA-Gate Puts Spotlight on Good Guys, Bad Guys
(Perspectives, May 30, 2017)

Stevens, Brown Need to Explain If They Can
(Perspectives, May 25, 2017)

Secret Task Force Produces Secret Report; Secret Committee Makes Nominations
(
Perspectives, May 16, 2017)

Wrongdoing in LACBA: Schemers Slate New Election
(Perspectives, May 5, 2017)

SB 235 Judicial Elections Reform Bill Seen as Worthwhile
(Letters to a Senator, April 28, 2017)

Civil Rights: Marijuana Is Here to Stay
By STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON, STEPHEN ALLEN JAMIESON, RALPH BARAT SALTSMAN, R. BRUCE EVANS, RYAN M. KROLL
AND JENNIFER L. ODEN

(The Legal Community, February 16, 2017)

Elwood Lui: Following in the Footsteps of David Yaffe
(
Perspectives, February 14, 2017)

Acting PD Seeks to Fool the Board of Supervisors
(
Perspectives, February 10, 2017)

Lawyers Seek to Justify Shielding of Identities of Cheerleaders/Litigants
(
Perspectives, January 19, 2017)

LACBA Censors Report Critical of LACBA


By
WILLIAM L. WINSLOW
(Viewpoint, March 4, 2016)

Government Regulation: Court of Appeal Shines Light on Liquor Licensing
By RALPH BARAT SALTSMAN, STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON
and STEPHEN ALLEN JAMIESON

(The Legal Community, October 20, 2015)

Chinese Americans Face a Challenging Road to Admission


By NOWLAND C. HONG

(The Legal Community, September 17, 2015)

A House for Equal Justice, From Design to Completion


By ELIZABETH R. FEFFER
(
Feature, June 18, 2015)

Recalling the Days When the Judges Cracked Down on Vice in Hollywood


By SANDY KRIEGLER
(
Feature, December 1, 2014)

VIEWPOINT ARCHIVES

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