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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)
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Homeowners
Should Read
Their Tax Bill
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion,
October 22,
2024)
State
Officials
Slack on
Making
Financial Data
Public
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, October 21, 2024)
There’s
Nothing
‘Special’
About This
Special
Session
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, October 8, 2024)
Taxpayer-Funded
Political
Advocacy Is
Illegal
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, October 2, 2024)
Shanice
Dyer—The
Latest Example
of George
Gascón’s
Failed
Policies
By MICHELE HANISEE
(In My Opinion, September 25, 2024)
[X]
Suzette
Valladares
(Editorial, September 20, 2024)
The
Hastings
Controversy
Comes to a
Conclusion—a
Retrospective
Look
By
KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In My Opinion, September 18, 2024)
Five
Endorsed for
Superior Court
Open Seats
(Editorial, September 17, 2024)
Taxpayers
Have More
Sense Than
That
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, September 10, 2024)
The
Democratic
Supermajority
Isn’t Working
for California
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, September 5, 2024)
Bonta
Delivers a
Blow to Ballot
Measure
Transparency
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, September 3, 2024)
The
Double
Standard:
George Gascón
and the Case
of Diana Teran
By MICHELE HANISEE
(In
My Opinion,
August 22,
2024)
Storm
Clouds Grow
Over
California
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, August 21, 2024)
Kamala
and Tim Want
to Meet Me.
Gosh.
(Perspectives, August 20, 2024)
Basic
Income Schemes
Are Just
Welfare by
Another Name
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, August 13, 2024)
Californians
Must Reject
Costly Bond
Measures
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, July
30, 2024)
Newsom,
State High
Court Collude
to Crush Tax
Reform
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, July 2, 2024)
Claims
That
Legislature Is
Transparent
Are Bogus
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, June 26, 2024)
Professor’s
Evidence Does
Not Support
Allegations
Against
Hastings
By
KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In My Opinion, June 13, 2024)
Public
Comments by
Judge
Armendariz
Deviated From
the Truth
(In My
Opinion, June
12, 2024)
Taxpayers
Were Denied
the Right to
Vote on
Pension Debt
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
June 11, 2024)
Public
Is Denied
Information
That
Government Has
No Right to
Hide
(Perspectives,
June 5, 2024)
Chief
Judge of Ninth
Circuit
Appears
Derelict in
Her Duties
(Editorial,
May 31, 2024)
Financial
Fraud at Our
Community
Colleges
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
May 29, 2024)
Stop
Issuing Bonds
Already!
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, May 7, 2024)
C.A. Justices
Irresponsibly
Shield
Identities of
Sex-Offense
Defendants
(Perspectives, April 23, 2024)
ULA Tax
Numbers Expose
Economic
Ignorance
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, April 16, 2024)
Get Out of Our
Way
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, March 27, 2024)
Taxpayers Have
Sent a Clear
Message to
Newsom
By JON COUPAL
(In My
Opinion, March
20, 2024)
Don’t
Blame Prop. 13
for California’s
Mental Health
Crisis
By
JON COUPAL
(In My
Opinion, March
13, 2024)
District
Attorney
Election:
Almost a Vote
for ‘None
of the Above’
By David D.
Diamond
(In
My Opinion,
March 5, 2024)
How
About Some
Oversight Over
Existing Laws?
By JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
February 29,
2024)
Judge Who
Dismissed Suit
to Restore
Name of
Hastings
College of Law
Got It Wrong
By
KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In
My Opinion,
February 27,
2024)
[X] Anybody
but Gascón
(Editorial,
February 14,
2024)
No on Gascón
(Editorial,
February 13,
2024)
[X] Keith
Koyano
(Editorial,
January 19,
2024)
Why
Is the Price
of Gas So High
in California?
Well...
By
KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In
My Opinion,
January 19,
2024)
A
Wealth Tax
Would Expedite
the Exodus
By JON COUPAL
(In My
Opinion, January
18, 2024)
[X] Leslie
Gutierrez
(Editorial,
January 17,
2024)
[X]
Sharon Ransom
(Editorial,
January 9,
2024)
Assessing Proposition 13’s Continued Survival in
20244
By JON COUPAAL
(In
My Opinion,
January 8,
2024)
[X] Tracey M.
Blount
(Editorial,
January 4,
2024)
[X] Steven Yee
Mac
(Editorial,
January 3,
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
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)
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