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2013
Judge and Law Professor Under
Consideration for Court of Appeal
(December 31, 2013)
Election Picture Becomes Clearer as
Signature Period Begins
(December 31, 2013)
Funeral Services Today for Retired Judge
Rayvis, 67
(December 31, 2013)
Brown Names 16 Superior Court Judges,
Including Four Here
(December 30, 2013)
Former LACBA President John Collins Dies
at 77
(December 30, 2013)
Appeals Court Upholds Charter School
Controller’s Theft Conviction
(December 27, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Limitation on Officer’s
Disability Retirement
(December 27, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down L.A. Hotel
Registration Inspection Law
(December 26, 2013)
Officials’ Acceptance of Airport Noise
Mitigation Funds Did Not Violate
Conflict of Interest Law—A.G.
(December 26, 2013)
S.C. Revives Bribery Charges in San
Bernardino County Case
(December 24, 2013)
Court of Appeal Rules Rap Artist Not
Liable for Appropriating Persona of
Notorious Drug Dealer
(December 24, 2013)
Brown Reappoints Cappozi to the
Commission on Judicial Performance
(December 24, 2013)
C.A. Orders Unsealing of Documents in
Jackson Case
(December 24, 2013)
Court of Appeal Takes Broad View of
Resisting-Arrest Statute
(December 23, 2013)
Los Angeles Superior Court Revokes
Commissioner List, Will Recruit Child
Support Judicial Officers
(December 23, 2013)
Seven-Year
Delay in Death Penalty Case Not
Unconstitutional—S.C.
(December 20, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Holds Pro Hac Vice
Admittance Fees Not Recoverable Among
Prevailing Party Costs
(December 20, 2013)
Senate Judiciary Committee, After
Procedural Delay, Holds Hearing for
Southern District Nominee
(December 20, 2013)
Judge Sanjay Kumar Under Consideration
for C.A.
(December 19, 2013)
S.C. Will Not Revive Malpractice
Arbitration Award
(December 19, 2013)
C.A. Says Judge Authority to Order AIDS
Test for Sexual Assault Suspect
(December 19, 2013)
Retraction Statute Protects ‘Dr. Phil’
in Defamation Suit—C.A.
(December 18, 2013)
Guards’ Presence During Prisoner’s
Medical Exam Did Not Violate Privacy
Laws, Court of Appeal Rules
(December 18, 2013)
Lawmaker Asks for Contributions to
Probate ‘Wiki Bill’
(December 18, 2013)
U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins
Under Consideration for C.A.
(December 17, 2013)
Former Alameda Judge Paul Seeman
Censured and Barred From Receiving
Judicial Assignments
(December 17, 2013)
C.A. Affirms Legal Malpractice Award for
‘Birds’ Actress Tippi Hedren
(December 17, 2013)
C.A. Upholds New Law on Young Offender
Parole Hearing
(December 17, 2013)
C.A. Says Partial Stay of Action Did Not
Toll Five-Year Period
(December 16, 2013)
S.C. Rejects Geneticist’s Bid to
Overturn Conviction
(December 16, 2013)
S.C.
Says School Districts Responsible for
Special Education in Jail
(December 13, 2013)
California Supreme Court Upholds Death
Sentence, Rejects Challenge to
Felony-Murder Rule
(December 13, 2013)
TV Meteorologist’s Gender Bias Suit Held
SLAPP
(December 12, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Rules U.S. Law Doesn’t
Preempt Local Voters From Voting Down
Phone Antenna Construction
(December 12, 2013)
Ethics
Committee Explains Impact of Campaign
Contributions on Recusal
(December 12, 2013)
Memorial Service Set for Southwestern
Professor Smith
(December 12, 2013)
Mallano Says State Owes ‘Unlawfully
Withheld’ Judicial Salaries
(December 11, 2013)
High Court Limits Scope of Younger
Abstention Rule
(December 11, 2013)
Judges Solner and Meisinger Slate
February Retirements
(December 11, 2013)
Italian American Lawyers Association
Hosts ‘Supreme Court Night’
(Snippets, December 11,
2013)
Court Revives Claim Against Museum in
Nazi Art Theft Case
(December 10, 2013)
Court of?Appeal Upholds $1 Million Award
Against LAUSD for Using Student in Drug
Sting
(December 10, 2013)
Austria’s National Railway Not Immune
From Suit in U.S.—Court
(December 9, 2013)
Brown
Names 16 to Superior Courts, Eight of
Them Here
(December 6, 2013)
State Supreme Court Rules Counsel May
Stipulate to Factual Basis for Guilty
Pleas
(December 6, 2013)
Panel Approves Asylum Denial Based on
State Department Hearsay
(December 5, 2013)
Government Use of Violent Felon
Informant Not Misconduct
(December 5, 2013)
Court Cannot Order Visitation Between
Siblings, Court of Appeal Rules
(December 5, 2013)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Ex-Sheriff Carona’s Bid
to Cut Sentence
(December 4, 2013)
Supreme
Court Says Transfer Is Appropriate Means
to Enforce Forum-Selection Agreements
(December 4, 2013)
Probate, South District to Get New
Supervising Judges
(December 4, 2013)
Brad Pauley of Horvitz & Levy to
Head ABA Appellate Lawyers’ Group
(Snippets, December 4,
2013)
S.C. Rejects Juror Misconduct Claims,
Upholds Death Sentence
(December 3, 2013)
Ninth Circuit to Unveil Argument
Streaming Next Week
(December 3, 2013)
Court Orders BIA to Reconsider Denial of
Asylum to Gay Russian
(December 2, 2013)
Ninth
Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in
‘Trump U.’ Suit
(November 29, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Ordinance Barring Marijuana
Cultivation
(November 29, 2013)
C.A. Upholds $1 Million Verdict Over
Termination of Franchise
(November 27, 2013)
State Supreme Court to Hear State Bar’s
Bid to Revive SLAPP Fee Award Against
Disciplined Lawyer
(November 27, 2013)
Brown Reappoints MALDEF’S Regional
Counsel Nancy Ramirez to Teacher
Credentialing Body
(November 27, 2013)
Law Clerk’s Domestic Partner Entitled to
Health Benefits—Panel
(November 26, 2013)
C.A. Justice Suzukawa to Retire at End
of February
(November 26, 2013)
Court of Appeal Rejects Insanity
Contention In School Shooting Case
(November 26, 2013)
Miller-O’Brien Reappointed to Law
Revision Commission
(November 26, 2013)
State Bar Slates Admission Ceremony for
Newest Lawyers
(Snippets, November 26,
2013)
C.A. Rejects Challenge to County Jail
Expansion as Premature
(November 25, 2013)
Rule Does Not Allow Sanctions in Family
Law Cases—C.A.
(November 25, 2013)
Pass Rate for July 2013 Bar Exam Exceeds
55 Percent
(November 25, 2013)
Federal Appeals Court Tosses Drug
Evidence After Unlawful Search
(November 25, 2013)
Judge John Meigs to Retire From Superior
Court
(November 25, 2013)
S.C. Says Expert Cannot Challenge
Breathalyzer Technology
(November 22, 2013)
State Supreme Court Agrees to Review
Ruling That Applied Anti-Deficiency
Statute to Short Sales
(November 22, 2013)
Mallano to Retire From C.A. Next Year
(November 21, 2013)
Prosecutor Ann H. Park Tosses Hat Into
the Ring for Superior Court Judgeship
(November 21, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Laws Prohibiting Felons
From Possessing Firearms
(November 21, 2013)
Court Upholds Conviction for
Robbery-Murder ‘Mastermind’
(November 20, 2013)
Longtime Southwestern Professor Myrna
Raeder Dies at 66
(November 20, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Restraining Orders Obtained
by Singer, Film Mogul
(November 20, 2013)
Winston & Strawn Adds Two Partners
to Los Angeles Office
(Snippets, November 20,
2013)
C.A. Rejects Immunity for Distribution
of Confidential Abuse Memo
(November 19, 2013)
Prosecutor Magno Says She Will Run for
Superior Court
(November 19, 2013)
Ninth U.S. Circuit Affirms Lifetime
Firearm Ban for Spouse-Beater
(November 19, 2013)
Sex Offender Was Deprived of Equal
Protection, C.A. Rules
(November 18, 2013)
Meat Grinder Held Not to Be a ‘Power
Press’ Under Workers’ Compensation
Exclusivity Exception
(November 18, 2013)
S.C. Declines to Hear Challenge to Gun
Possession Restrictions
(November 15, 2013)
C.A. Vacates Bond Forfeiture in Randy
Quaid Case
(November 15, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Suit Over Computer System
for Welfare Payments
(November 14, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Panel Overturns
Molestation Conviction, Cites
‘Inexplicable’ Oversight by Defense
Counsel
(November 14, 2013)
Banning Thief From ‘Parking Lot’ of
Store Held Unconstitutional
(November 14, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Bid to Oust Public Defender
From Mental Health Case
(November 13, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Ex-Coach’s Conviction of
Theft From College
(November 13, 2013)
Judge Lays Out Plan to Race Cars in
Europe When Term Ends
(November 13, 2013)
C.A. Revives Suit Between Groups Seeking
to Establish Local Casino
(November 12, 2013)
Superior Court Judge DiLoreto Will Not
Seek Re-Election, Endorses Christopher
Frisco for Seat
(November 12, 2013)
Court Overturns Disqualification of
Attorney for Murder Suspect
(November 12, 2013)
C.A.
Strikes Down State’s Regulation of
Handgun Ammunition
(November 8, 2013)
Court Upholds SLAPP Ruling in Suit Over
Online Comments
(November 8, 2013)
Sales Tax Measure Called Vital to
Bankrupt Stockton’s Fortunes Passes
(November 8, 2013)
Lavin Throws Out Labor Practices Ruling
Against D.A.’s Office
(November 7, 2013)
C.A. Says Litigant Was Entitled to See
Documents Supporting Continuance
(November 7, 2013)
Southwestern Marks Arrival of New Dean
Prager
(November 7, 2013)
Court Revives Malpractice Suit Over Dual
Representation
(November 6, 2013)
State May Bar Direct Solicitation by
Bail Bondsmen
(November 6, 2013)
Supreme Court Finds Qualified Immunity
in Police Chase Case
(November 5, 2013)
Plaintiff in Wage Suit Held Liable for
Receivership Costs
(November 5, 2013)
Court of Appeal Applies Firefighters’
Bill of Rights to Captain’s Notes
(November 5, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Finds Qualified Immunity
in Search-and-Seizure Suit
(November 4, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Challenge to President
Obama’s Reelection
(November 4, 2013)
Prosecutor Cooper Says He Will Run for
Superior Court
(November 4, 2013)
Order to Remove Language From Website
Held Unconstitutional
(November 1, 2013)
S.C. Declines Case of Alleged Misuse of
Political Documents
(November 1, 2013)
Services for Elizabeth Orosco, Court
Clerk, Set for Monday
(November 1, 2013)
Buying Guns From Unlicensed Seller Is a
Crime, A.G. Says
(November 1, 2013)
Judge’s
Role in Plea Talks Results in Reversal
of Sex Conviction
(October 31, 2013)
Fifth District Justice Wiseman Retiring
as of Today
(October 31, 2013)
Panel Says Unlawfully Obtained
Confession Tainted Later Testimony
(October 30, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Constitutional Challenge,
Upholds Use of Three-Strikes Law in
Recidivist DUI Case
(October 30, 2013)
Claims for Injunctive Relief No Longer
Exempt From Arbitration
(October 29, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Votes to Take Police
Shooting Case En Banc
(October 29, 2013)
D.C. Appellate Lawyer DuMont Named
California Solicitor General
(October 29, 2013)
A.G. Harris Rejects Challenge to Council
Appointment Given Former Glendale Mayor
Quintero
(October 29, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Conviction of Former S.F.
Network Administrator
(October 28, 2013)
Brown Names Elwood Lui to Medical Board
of California
(October 28, 2013)
Court Rejects Claim U.S. to Blame for
Death of Soldier's Son
(October 25, 2013)
S.C. Denies Review of Ruling Rejecting
Extortion Claim in Suit Against
Litigator Martin Singer
(October 25, 2013)
Conflict-of-Interest Law Held Not
Applicable to Campaign Donors
(October 24, 2013)
C.A. Says Claims Act Not Applicable to
Whistleblower Suits
(October 23, 2013)
Hearing on Ninth Circuit Nominee Owens
Postponed
(October 23, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Second Amendment Challenge
to Assault Weapons Ban
(October 22, 2013)
Inmate Goes to High Court After Ninth
Circuit Rejects Plea
(October 22, 2013)
State Bar Says San Diego Lawyer Agrees
to Surrender License Over Credit Repair
Scheme Involving Layman
(October 22, 2013)
C.A. Reinstates Union Suit Challenging
LAPD Disciplinary Practice
(October 21, 2013)
Supreme Court Denies Publication of
Ruling Upholding Multimillion Dollar
Award to Smoker’s Son
(October 21, 2013)
C.A. Rejects County’s Bid for Compliance
Cost Reimbursement
(October 18, 2013)
S.C. Asks for New Briefing in Case of
Sergio Garcia, Undocumented Immigrant
Seeking Bar Admission
(October 18, 2013)
Court Revives Discrimination Suit by
Fired Organ Donor
(October 17, 2013)
C.A., in Unusual Move, Boots Retained
Lawyer From Case
(October 17, 2013)
MABA, Other Groups to Hear Remarks by
Judge Harry Pregerson
(Snippets, October 17,
2013)
C.A. Rejects Class Action Over Loss of
UCLA Medical Data
(October 16, 2013)
Court Upholds Jurisdiction Over
Interstate Murder Conspiracy
(October 16, 2013)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds Fraud Sentence for
Sacramento Businessman
(October 15, 2013)
David Wesley, Cynthia and David
Pasternak Named ‘Persons of the Year’
(October 15, 2013)
C.A. Awards Fees for Defense of
Conflict-of-Interest Charges
(October 11, 2013)
Retired Superior Court Judge Nancy Brown
Dies at 77
(October 11, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Contempt Citation Against
Murder Suspect’s Lawyer
(October 10, 2013)
Deputy District Attorney Mathai Slates
Campaign for Judge
(October 10, 2013)
Online Ethics Course for Judicial
Candidates Unveiled
(October 10, 2013)
Court Upholds Injunction Against Arizona
Law on Harboring Aliens
(October 9, 2013)
Arizona Execution Set Today After Ninth
Circuit Panel Rejects Due Process
Challenge to Clemency Hearing
(October 9, 2013)
Court of Appeal Rejects Conviction Based
on Sale of ‘Unsuitable’ Annuity
(October 9, 2013)
Panel Throws Out Suit by Sudanese Man
Held at Guantanamo
(October 8, 2013)
Two More Prosecutors Seek Open Seats on
Superior Court
(October 8, 2013)
Bell Not Obligated to Defend Rizzo—C.A.
(October 7, 2013)
Ethics Committee Seeks Comment on
Campaign Contribution Limits
(October 7, 2013)
State Supreme Court Takes Strict View of
‘One Judgment’ Rule
(October 4, 2013)
Community College District Wins Fight
Over Easement
(October 4, 2013)
Court of Appeal Upholds Voter-Approved
Utility Users Tax
(October 3, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Claimed Exception to
‘Going-and-Coming’ Rule
(October 2, 2013)
Panel Scores Jury Instructions, Throws
Out Conviction In ‘Super DVD’ Copyright
Infringement Case
(October 2, 2013)
Court Upholds Reduced Sentence in
‘Pump-and-Dump’ Scheme
(October 1, 2013)
Brown Names Attorney Eduardo Angeles to
Nursing Board
(October 1, 2013)
Self-Insured
Retention Did Not Excuse Failure to
Defend—C.A.
(September 30, 2013)
S.C. to Consider Burden of Proof as to
Juvenile Competency
(September 27, 2013)
C.A. Sides With Assessor, SBE on Joint
Tenancy Issue
(September 27, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Suit Over Alleged
Mislabeling of Dairy Products
(September 26, 2013)
High Court Revives Portion of C.A.
Opinion Upholding City of Los Angeles
Medical Marijuana Regulation
(September 26, 2013)
C.A.
Cites Lack of Disclosure, Throws Out
Arbitration Award
(September 25, 2013)
Court
Revives Suit Over Contamination at
Housing Site
(September 25, 2013)
Court of Appeal Rejects Bad-Faith Suit
Based on Cumis Issue
(September 24, 2013)
Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate
Stankewitz’s Third Trial Pushed Back,
Perhaps for Two Years
(September 24, 2013)
FPPC and Former JNE Chair Ann Ravel
Confirmed to Fill FEC Vacancy
(September 24, 2013)
Panel Revives Challenge to City’s
Restrictions on Group Homes
(September 23, 2013)
Anti-Bias Statute Does Not Apply to
City’s Siting of Waste Facilities in
Mostly Latino Sun Valley—C.A.
(September 23, 2013)
C.A. Orders That $4.1 Million Stipulated
Judgment Be Scrapped
(September 23, 2013)
President Obama Nominates Judge Bashant
to U.S. Court
(September 23, 2013)
City Held Not Liable to Investors in Its
Failed Telecom Venture
(September 20, 2013)
S.C. Orders Depublication of Juror
Misconduct Ruling
(September 20, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Revives Tort Claim Over
Rights to Bob Marley Recordings
(September 19, 2013)
No Insurance Coverage in Burning of
Dancer at Valley Club—C.A.
(September 18, 2013)
Court Filings Down, but Felonies, Mental
Health Cases Continue to Rise—Judicial
Council Report
(September 18, 2013)
Nomination of Ex-JNE Chair to Federal
Elections Commission Advances
(September 18, 2013)
Panel Declines to Throw Out Suit Over
Televised Crime Program
(September 17, 2013)
Alison Matsumoto Estrada to Run for
Superior Court Judge
(September 17, 2013)
Law School Deans to Appear at Italian
American Lawyers Meeting
(Snippets, September 17,
2013)
C.A.
Rejects Bid to Use Earthquake Law in
Quiet Title Suit
(September 13, 2013)
Superior Court Judge Rayvis Takes
Disability Retirement
(September 13, 2013)
State Supreme Court Will Not Review
Parol Evidence Ruling
(September 12, 2013)
Court of Appeal Says Denial of Marsden
Hearing in SVPA Case Was Constitutional
Error
(September 12, 2013)
C.A. Denies Bid to Force Arbitration
Over Hemsley Residuals
(September 11, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Allows Suit Against Google
to Continue
(September 11, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Upholds City’s Rent Escrow
Account Program
(September 10, 2013)
Three-Strikes Reviews Are 40 Percent
Done, Lacey Says
(September 10, 2013)
Ex-Treasurer Kathleen Brown Joins Manatt
Phelps & Phillips as Partner
(September 10, 2013)
C.A. Approves Use of Anti-SLAPP Motion
to Pare Causes of Action
(September 9, 2013)
Landowner Can Be Liable to Neighbors for
Fire Set by Trespassers, Court of Appeal
Declares
(September 9, 2013)
Police Officer Who Sent Video of
Screaming, Handcuffed Woman
Appropriately Suspended—C.A.
(September 9, 2013)
Bid for Payment for Wrongful
Incarceration Is Resuscitated
(September 6, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Attorney-Fee Award Six
Times Damages
(September 6, 2013)
Judge Dau Entered Order in Absence of
Jurisdiction—C.A.
(September 6, 2013)
C.A. Overturns Order for Release of
Commitment Trial Transcripts
(September 5, 2013)
Brown Names Timothy J. Stafford To
Orange Superior Court
(September 5, 2013)
Lawyers Philharmonic Orchestra to Play
American Tunes on 9/11
(Snippets, September 5,
2013)
C.A. Rejects Employee’s Claim for Fees
of Separate Counsel
(September 4, 2013)
Second Amendment Does Not Create Right
to Arm Oneself With a ‘Billy,’ Appellate
Division Holds
(September 4, 2013)
Court of Appeal Upholds Fee Award in
Interpleader Action
(September 4, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Leaves Foie Gras Ban in
Place
(September 3, 2013)
Court
Rejects Constitutional Challenge to
Felony-Murder Rule
(August 30, 2013)
Services Wednesday for Longtime Local
Prosecutor John Zajec
(August 30, 2013)
C.A.: Right-to-Repair Act Did Not Limit
Homeowner’s Remedies
(August 29, 2013)
High Court Orders Mid-Wilshire Attorney
Disbarred
(August 29, 2013)
C.A.: Firm Cannot Force Ex-Clients Into
Unaffordable Arbitration
(August 28, 2013)
Court Rejects Fired State Employee’s
Smoking Complaint
(August 28, 2013)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentences for O.C.
Gang Leader, Two Others
(August 27, 2013)
California Supreme Court Appoints Miriam
Krinsky, Hernán Vera to State Bar Board
of Trustees
(August 27, 2013)
Court Says State Must Compensate Atheist
for Revoking Parole
(August 26, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Cites Commerce Clause,
Throws Out Pro-Gun Montana Law
(August 26, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Panel Strikes Down
Anti-Abortion Law in Arizona
(August 23, 2013)
S.C. Denies Review in Takings Award
Against County
(August 23, 2013)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence in Orange
County Rape-Murder
(August 23, 2013)
En Banc Court Revives Detective’s Suit
Against Burbank Police
(August 22, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against
State Bar, but Throws Out Fee Award on
Jurisdictional Grounds
(August 22, 2013)
C.A. Allows Suit Against Better Business
Bureau Over Rating
(August 21, 2013)
Actress/Educator Sues College, Claims
Race, Gender Bias
(August 21, 2013)
S.C.: Police Tactical Errors May Result
in Wrongful Death Liability
(August 20, 2013)
Requirement That Bar Pass Rates Be
Disclosed Tentatively Upheld
(August 20, 2013)
Court Rejects Disbarred Ex-Prosecutor’s
Absolute Immunity Claim
(August 19, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing
of Ruling Allowing Parties to Support
Judicial Candidates
(August 19, 2013)
S.C.
Declines to Revive Whistleblower Suit
Against NFL Raiders
(August 16, 2013)
Retired Superior Court Judge Dewey L.
Falcone Dies at 82
(August 16, 2013)
Judicial Ethics Committee Seeks Comment
on Draft Opinion Regarding Ex Parte
Cases
(August 16, 2013)
State Supreme Court Rejects Petition to
Revive Proposition 8
(August 15, 2013)
Failure to Investigate ‘Strike’ Held
Ineffective Assistance
(August 15, 2013)
S.C. Rejects Depublication Request In
Disqualification Case
(August 15, 2013)
C.A. Revives Action Claiming School
District Failed to Prevent Rape
(August 14, 2013)
Non-Nurses May Inject Diabetic Students
With Insulin, S.C. Says
(August 13, 2013)
Former Presiding Judge Charles ‘Tim’
McCoy to Retire
(August 13, 2013)
Lawyer Who Used ‘Straw Plaintiffs’ Was
Vexatious Litigant
(August 12, 2013)
Court of Appeal Invalidates Judgment by
Private Judge
(August 12, 2013)
Anti-SLAPP Motion Infirm Where Public
Lacks Interest
(August 9, 2013)
Appellate Division Spots Inconsistency
in Waiver Rules
(August 9, 2013)
Attorney With Disbelieved Time Records
to Receive No Fee
(August 8, 2013)
C.A. Reverses Conviction of Rapist for
Failing to Register
(August 8, 2013)
C.A. Publishes Opinion Based on Pleas
From Prosecutors
(August 7, 2013)
Man Sentenced Before Realignment Can’t
Serve Time In County Jail, Though
Execution Began Later—C.A.
(August 7, 2013)
S.C. Says Light Rail Project on Westside
May Continue
(August 6, 2013)
C.A. Says Employer Not Liable to Man
Injured by Employee Who Jumps From
Second Story Window, Lands on Him
(August 6, 2013)
Attorney to Face New Trial on Witness
Tampering Charge
(August 5, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds
Convictions of Woman Who Was Preparer of
Sham Tax Returns
(August 5, 2013)
Supreme Court, in Two Cases, Reinstates
Actions Under UCL
(August 2, 2013)
C.A. Declines to Publish Decision on
Realtors’ Rights
(August 2, 2013)
College Athlete Wins, Jim Brown Loses in
Video-Game Lawsuits
(August 1, 2013)
C.A. Revives Suit Over Misuse of
Political Documents
(August 1, 2013)
Court Allows Father of BART Shooting
Victim to Sue Officer
(July 31, 2013)
Services Next Week for Former WLALA
President Linda Brackins-Willett
(July 31, 2013)
U.S. District Judge Gary Feess to Take
Senior Status
(July 31, 2013)
Panel Tosses Murder Conviction, Cites
Police Dog’s Prior Errors
(July 30, 2013)
County Clerks Must Issue Same-Sex
Marriage Licenses, A.G. Tells S.C.
(July 30, 2013)
Services
Today for Retired Valley Attorney
Leonard Black
(July 30, 2013)
A.G. Declines to Enter Dispute Over
Retired Judge Assignments
(July 29, 2013)
S.C.
Upholds Death Sentence for
‘Cross-Country Killer’ Glen Rogers
(July 26, 2013)
Court Orders Retrial in Lawyer’s Death
at Hands of Police
(July 26, 2013)
LAPD Reserve Officer Not Employee Under
FEHA—Court
(July 25, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Says Gay Filipino Cannot
Be Deported
(July 25, 2013)
Names of Officers Involved in Pepper
Spraying Ordered Disclosed
(July 24, 2013)
C.A. Reinstates Sexual Harassment Suit
Against Attorney, Firm
(July 23, 2013)
Craig Holden Elected Vice President of
State Bar
(July 22, 2013)
Court of Appeal Upholds Conviction for
Matricide
(July 22, 2013)
Disabled
Woman Cannot Use Segway at
Disneyland—Court
(July 19, 2013)
S.C.
Will Not Hear Auto Technicians’ Wage
Dispute
(July 19, 2013)
C.A.
Rejects Bid to Try Man Here for
Attacking Woman in Hawaii
(July 18, 2013)
Supreme
Court Leaves Standing Order Reinstating
San Diego Teacher Accused of Molestation
(July 18, 2013)
C.A. Rejects AB 32 Rules, but Allows
Them to Stay in Place for Now
(July 17, 2013)
Justice Orville Armstrong to Retire From
Court of Appeal at End of July
(July 17, 2013)
High Court Allows Same-Sex Marriages to
Continue in State
(July 16, 2013)
Panel Throws Out Plea Over Miranda
Mistranslation
(July 16, 2013)
Brown Names 11 to Superior Courts,
Including Six in Los Angeles
(July 15, 2013)
S.
C. Upholds State’s Process for Revoking
School Charters
(July 12, 2013)
AOC Responds to Alliance, Says It Is
Cutting Expenses
(July 12, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Restitution Order
in Filmfest Bribery Case
(July 12, 2013)
State Bar Judge Rejects Charges Glendale
Lawyer Bilked Client
(July 11, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Restores ‘None of These
Candidates’ Option
(July 11, 2013)
Alliance Takes Slap at Chief Justice,
Questions AOC Hotel Tabs
(July 11, 2013)
Appeals Court Upholds Multimillion
Dollar Award to Smoker’s Son
(July 10, 2013)
State Bar Charges Lawyer With
Modification Misconduct
(July 10, 2013)
President Obama Nominates Carlos Moreno
as Ambassador to Belize
(July 10, 2013)
S.C. Says Mapping Database Not Exempt
From Public Records Act
(July 9, 2013)
Death Sentence Upheld for Killer Dubbed
‘Uncle Fester’
(July 9, 2013)
Services Set Next Week for Retired Judge
Armstrong
(July 9, 2013)
Court Rejects Medi-Cal Cuts for Services
Not Provided by M.D.s
(July 8, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Reverses Part of Award in
Union Dispute That Turned Violent
(July 8, 2013)
No Malicious Prosecution Action Based on
OSC in Family Law Case
(July 8, 2013)
C.A. Tosses Bias Claim by Woman Given
Promotion, Pay Hike
(July 8, 2013)
Budget Advisory Committee to Hold First
Open Meeting
(July 8, 2013)
Use of DNA Evidence Upheld Over
‘Confrontation’ Claim
(July 8, 2013)
C.A. Overturns Fee Award for Prevailing
on Arbitration Petition
(July 5, 2013)
Panel Rejects Challenges to ‘Top Two’
Election Laws
(July 5, 2013)
Court Rejects Challenge to Judgment
Against Japanese Church
(July 3, 2013)
Auditor Praises State Bar, but Urges
Some Changes
(July 3, 2013)
S.C. Upholds Convictions in Shooting
Said to Be Race-Related
(July 2, 2013)
C.A. Orders DNA Testing in Challenge to
Robbery Conviction
(July 2, 2013)
C.A. Limits Disclosure of Police Officer
Photographs to Inmate
(July 1, 2013)
Same-Sex Marriage Resumes as Ninth
Circuit Lifts Stay
(July 1, 2013)
High Court Upholds Death Penalty in
Rape, Murder of Child
(June 28, 2013)
Supreme Court Grants Review of Ruling in
Biosolids Case
(June 28, 2013)
High Court Guts DOMA and Proposition 8
(June 27, 2013)
Deputy Public Defender in Riverside
Charged With Stealing $130,000 in Social
Security Benefits
(June 27, 2013)
C.A. Says O.C. Man’s Trial for Poisoning
Wife Can Go Forward
(June 26, 2013)
Caballero to Head New Agency in
Government Reshuffle
(June 26, 2013)
Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic Returns
to Disney Hall
(Snippets, June 26, 2013)
S.C. Rules for Ex-Husband in Dispute
Over CalPERS Credits
(June 25, 2013)
Court of Appeal Upholds
Assumption-of-Risk Ruling in Mishap
Involving UCLA Swim Team Members
(June 25, 2013)
No Duty to Tell Client About Malpractice
Statute of Limitations
(June 24, 2013)
Obama Names Ann Ravel to Federal
Elections Commission
(June 24, 2013)
L.A.
City Employees Have the Right to
Arbitrate Furloughs—S.C.
(June 21, 2013)
Supreme Court Adopts Subjective Putative
Spouse Test
(June 21, 2013)
Obama Nominates Two to Northern District
U.S. Court
(June 21, 2013)
C.A. Overturns Firm’s Disqualification
Based on Potential Conflict
(June 20, 2013)
Panel Calls Embezzlement Victim’s Claim
Premature
(June 20, 2013)
Court Throws Out Ex-Prosecutor’s
Conviction for Looting Trust
(June 19, 2013)
Homeowner Has No Right to Lawyer at
Association Meeting—Court of Appeal
(June 19, 2013)
C.A. Revives Suit Against Utility Over
Crash Between Car and Pole
(June 18, 2013)
Services Today for Retired Superior
Court Judge Dell
(June 18, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Preemption Defense to Suit
Over Drug Labeling
(June 17, 2013)
Panel Upholds Search Based on Questioned
Warrant
(June 17, 2013)
Supreme Court to Rule on Propriety of
JNOV in Asbestos Case
(June 14, 2013)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence in Murder of
Valley Teenager
(June 14, 2013)
Budget Deal ‘Too Little, Too Late’ to
Avoid Layoffs, Wesley Says
(June 14, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Law Allowing Confiscation
of Guns From Mentally Ill
(June 13, 2013)
S.C. Denies Review of Ruling for Patient
in Implant Dispute
(June 13, 2013)
Budget Deal Is Step Toward Adequate
Court Funding—Chief Justice
(June 12, 2013)
Butte County Judge Robert Glusman
Elected CJA President
(June 12, 2013)
State Supreme Court Clarifies Rule on
Multiple Settlement Offers
(June 11, 2013)
Court Denies Review in Supermarket
Picketing Dispute
(June 11, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Parol Evidence Ruling in
Suit Over Historic Restaurant
(June 11, 2013)
Lawsuits
Spawned by Beauty Pageant Remarks Not
SLAPPs
(June 10, 2013)
S.C.
Overturns Ruling on Denial of Hospital
Staff Privileges
(June 7, 2013)
C.A. Tosses Ruling Striking Down
Affordable Housing Law
(June 7, 2013)
Manatt, Maggie Levy Honored By Inner
City Law Center
(June 7, 2013)
C.A. Throws Out Multimillion Dollar
Award in Nursing Home Fall
(June 6, 2013)
Court Reaffirms Dismissal Under
Disentitlement Doctrine
(June 6, 2013)
Parole Board Denies Release to Leslie
Van Houten, Ex-Follower of Manson
(June 6, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Amgen
Employees’ Suit Over Stock Price
(June 5, 2013)
Ordin and Hertzberg to Co-Chair Feuer
Transition Team
(June 5, 2013)
Panel Revives Death Sentence for Man Who
Pled Guilty to Killings
(June 4, 2013)
C.A. Throws Out Corruption Conviction of
Ex-Official
(June 4, 2013)
Court Orders New Trial in Suit Alleging
LAPD Framed Suspects
(June 3, 2013)
County
Must Turn Over Employee Contact Data to
Union—S.C.
(May 31, 2013)
Gerald Chaleff Selected to Receive
Shattuck-Price Award
(May 31, 2013)
Judge Rejects Suit Against Feuer and
Consultant as SLAPP
(May 30, 2013)
Court of Appeal Throws Out Will in
‘Hidden Body’ Case
(May 30, 2013)
Appeals Court Portrays Retired Lawyer as
Victim of Gold Digger
(May 29, 2013)
Appellate Division Rebuffs Policy on
Jury Fees in UD Cases
(May 29, 2013)
Court of Appeal Affirms Stay of NFL’s
Declaratory Relief Action
(May 29, 2013)
C.A. Faults Judge for Granting Nonsuit
Based on Failure of Plaintiff to Produce
Evidence Court Had Barred
(May 29, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Declines to Reconsider
Ruling on Medi-Cal Cuts
(May 28, 2013)
Three Superior Court Commissioners Slate
Retirements
(May 28, 2013)
Chemerinsky to Address Bar Sections on
U.S. High Court Decisions
(Snippets, May 28, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Civil Conspiracy Theory in
Suit Over Drunk Driving
(May 24, 2013)
Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence in
Murder of Woman Abducted From
Bakersfield Mall in 1993
(May 24, 2013)
Juror Misconduct Results in Third
Reversal in Murder Case
(May 23, 2013)
Feuer Says He’s Gratified, Ready to Work
After Landslide
(May 23, 2013)
Governor Brown Names Four to Los Angeles
Superior Court
(May 22, 2013)
State Bar Reports Lower Pass Rate for
February Bar Exam
(May 22, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Arizona Ban
on Abortions After 20 Weeks
(May 22, 2013)
Immigration Bill With California
Judgeships Advances
(May 22, 2013)
C.A. Upholds $3 Million Fee Award in
Tobacco Settlement Violation
(May 21, 2013)
No Preemptive Suit to Challenge Lender’s
Right to Foreclose—C.A.
(May 20, 2013)
Supreme
Court Declines to Hear Challenge to
Shopping Bag Law
(May 17, 2013)
CJP Adopts Rules Amendments Opposed by
CJA
(May 17, 2013)
Moreno Says He Expects to Hear Soon on
Ambassadorship
(May 17, 2013)
C.A. Throws Out Multimillion Dollar
Verdict in Traffic Fatality
(May 16, 2013)
Senate Confirms Orrick as Northern
District Court Judge
(May 16, 2013)
State Courts Get Shut Out in May Revise
of Governor’s Budget
(May 15, 2013)
Committee Recommends Carter as Top Court
Executive
(May 15, 2013)
Jackie Lacey Endorses Mike Feuer for
City Attorney
(May 15, 2013)
Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Over
Fatal Police Shooting
(May 14, 2013)
Services Friday for Law Professor,
Television ‘Judge’ Jones
(May 14, 2013)
Luis Rodriguez Unopposed as Next State
Bar President
(May 13, 2013)
C.A. Expands Class Certification in
Security Guards’ Suit
(May 13, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Says Alleged Copyright
‘Troll’ Lacked Standing
(May 10, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Revives Suit by Freed
Inmate Over Use of Informant
(May 9, 2013)
Reporting Law Does Not Trump
Attorney-Client Privilege
(May 9, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Challenge to Court
Reporter’s Allegedly Excessive Fees
(May 8, 2013)
Court Rules for State Teachers’
Retirement System in Property Tax
Dispute With Los Angeles County
(May 8, 2013)
Fourth District Court of Appeal Names
New Clerk
(May 8, 2013)
High Court Says Cities Can Ban Medical
Marijuana Dispensaries
(May 7, 2013)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence for Local
Gang Leader
(May 7, 2013)
Brown Names Five Lawyers to Fair
Employment and Housing Council
(May 7, 2013)
Panel Strikes Down Law on Disruption of
Council Meetings
(May 6, 2013)
Southwestern
Names Susan Prager 11th Dean
(May 3, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Limits on Medi-Cal Mental
Health Payments
(May 3, 2013)
C.A. Says Insurer Had Duty to Defend
Liver Transplant Doctor
(May 2, 2013)
State Supreme Court Will Not Hear Claim
That CHP Caused Delay in Aiding Fresno
Crash Victims
(May 2, 2013)
Court Clarifies Rules for Resentencing
Under Three-Strikes Reform
(May 1, 2013)
C.A. Reverses Judgment in Fee Dispute
Between Lawyers
(May
1, 2013)
Celebration of Law Day to Get Started
With Big Band Performance
(Snippets,
May 1, 2013)
Standard of Medical Care No Different
for State’s Prisoners
(April 30, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Panel Revives Attack on
Forum Selection Clause
(April 29, 2013)
C.A. Overturns Order Barring Ex-Ford
Motor Co. Lawyer From Opposing Company
in ‘Lemon Law’ Case
(April 29, 2013)
Appeals Court Throws Out Charges in
Irwindale Corruption Case
(April 26, 2013)
S.C. Allows Taxpayer Class Action
Against Long Beach
(April 26, 2013)
Panel Overturns New Trial Order Based on
Race-Bias Finding
(April 25, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown
Takes Helm of Federal Judges Association
(April 25, 2013)
IALA, CWL to Offer Tips on How to Become
a Judge
(Snippets, April 25, 2013)
Court of Appeal Upholds Denial of
Lawyer’s Anti-SLAPP Motion
(April 24, 2013)
District Attorney Charges Noguez With
More Crimes
(April 24, 2013)
Panel Tosses Class-Action Settlement
Involving Credit Reports
(April 23, 2013)
Judge Marshall Says DOMA Irrationally
Discriminates Against Immigrants in
Same-Sex Marriages
(April 23, 2013)
Court Rejects Shortcut to Enforcement of
Foreign Judgment
(April 22, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Murder Conviction in DNA
Case, Again
(April 22, 2013)
Supreme
Court Says Judges May Not ‘Bargain’ Over
Sentences
(April 19, 2013)
Family Law Statute on Forfeiture of
Undisclosed Assets Held Inapplicable to
Spouse’s Separate Property
(April 19, 2013)
Panel Orders New Hearing on ‘Trump
University’ Defamation Suit
(April 18, 2013)
S.C. to Hear Dispute Over Charter School
Class Space
(April 18, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Revives Conspiracy Suit
Against Sheriff’s Deputies
(April 17, 2013)
Court Upholds Caltrans Minority
Contracting Program
(April 17, 2013)
Court Throws Out Some Convictions in
South Gate Corruption Case
(April 16, 2013)
Senate Confirms O’Connell to U.S.
District Court, 92-0
(April 16, 2013)
Condemnation May Go Forward Pending CEQA
Compliance
(April 15, 2013)
Senate Sets Vote for Today on O’Connell
Nomination
(April 15, 2013)
Sheppard Mullin Re-Elects Chairman to
Fifth Term
(April 15, 2013)
State Bar Slates Opportunity to Comment
on MCLE
(April 15, 2013)
Court Upholds Order to Preserve
Transcript in Long-Settled Case
(April 12, 2013)
S.C. to Rule on Scope of
Assumption-of-Risk Doctrine
(April 12, 2013)
Superior Court Judge Victor L. Wright to
Seek CJA Presidency
(April 11, 2013)
MALDEF Says It Will Sue School District
Over Rights
(April 11, 2013)
C.A. Declines to Depublish Ruling on
Lawyer’s Personal Liability
(April 11, 2013)
Court Upholds Brokers’ Restrictions on
Workers’ Outside Trading
(April 10, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Defense Verdict in
Car-Bicycle Collision
(April 10, 2013)
Ethics Panel Says Judges May Ask Lawyers
for Advocacy Help
(April 8, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Writer’s Claim He
Originated Hit Show LOST
(April 8, 2013)
Lawyer Not Liable Based on Name
Appearing on Letterhead—C.A.
(April 8, 2013)
Court
of Appeal Clarifies Application of
Disentitlement Doctrine
(April 5, 2013)
Group Sues Over Lack of Draft
Registration for Women
(April 5, 2013)
City of Hope Support Group Devotes Funds
to Cancer Researcher
(April 5, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Panel Says CHP Officer
Liable for Fatal Shooting
(April 4, 2013)
CJP Reports Disposing of More Than 1,100
Cases
(April 4, 2013)
Italian, Irish Lawyers to Stage Joint
Meeting
(Snippets, April 4, 2013)
C.A. Rules for Auto Technicians in
Pay-Dispute Class Action
(April 3, 2013)
Court Says Using Cell Phone GPS While
Driving Is Illegal
(April 3, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Fee Award Based on
Politician’s Frivolous Motion
(April 2, 2013)
C.A. Allows Fired Attorney to Sue Law
Firm Over Disability Claim
(April 1, 2013)
Beckloff Tells What to Expect With
Probate Cases Shifted Downtown
(Snippets, April 1, 2013)
Court of Appeal Reaffirms Ruling in Case
Of Anna Nicole Smith’s Lawyer, Doctor
(March 29, 2013)
Brown Names Two Lawyers to State
Athletic Commission
(March 29, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Secrecy of Documents
Connected to UC Egg Study
(March 28, 2013)
S.C. Denies Review to Woman Who Saw
Brother Die
(March 28, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Prayers at
Lancaster City Council Meetings
(March 27, 2013)
C.A. Overturns Firing of Teacher Accused
of Molestation
(March 27, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suit
Over MMS Content
(March 26, 2013)
Sacramento Jurist Confirmed to Federal
Court
(March 26, 2013)
Services Today and Tomorrow for Attorney
Gregory W. Moreno
(March 26, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Revives Local Officer’s
Suit Against Police Chief
(March 25, 2013)
S.C
Upholds Death Sentence for Man Who
Killed Co-Workers
(March 22, 2013)
Alameda Judge Agrees to Resign in Deal
With CJP
(March 22, 2013)
C.A. Reinstates Attorney General’s Suit
Against Ex-Bell Officials
(March 21, 2013)
Court Upholds Conviction of Unlicensed
Midwife
(March 21, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Bid to Force Arbitration of
Employee Class Action
(March 20, 2013)
Privacy Right Is Not Limited to Written
Disclosures—C.A.
(March 19, 2013)
CJA Criticizes Proposed Rule on
‘Stinger’ Letters
(March 19, 2013)
Church Services Saturday for Attorney
Baldo Kristovich
(March 19, 2013)
C.A. Reinstates Judgment in Asbestos
Suit, Faults Judge for JNOV
(March 18, 2013)
Longtime Lawyer Baldo M. Kristovich Dies
at 98
(March 18, 2013)
Court
of Appeal Revives Attorney’s Suit
Against Online Competitor
(March 15, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Throws Out Arizona Murder
Conviction
(March 15, 2013)
Superior Court Consolidation Continues
Amidst Rally, Lawsuit
(March 15, 2013)
Superior Court Judge Dewey L. Falcone to
Retire
(March 15, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Conviction in
State’s First Terrorism Trial
(March 14, 2013)
Groups Say They Will Sue Over Eviction
Cases Plan
(March 14, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Injunction for
Shell Against Greenpeace
(March 13, 2013)
Rally to ‘Save Our Courts’ Scheduled for
Tomorrow
(March 13, 2013)
Superior Court Judge Beckloff Tells of
Changes for Probate Cases
(March 13, 2013)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds Fair Use Ruling in
‘Jersey Boys’ Case
(March 12, 2013)
Former
Superior Court Judge Patrick Murphy Will
Not Be Prosecuted, D.A.’s Office Says
(March 12, 2013)
Harris,
Bowen Name Lawyers to Watchdog
Commission
(March 12, 2013)
Border
Search of Laptop Requires ‘Reasonable
Suspicion’
(March 11, 2013)
S.C.
Orders Retrial for Man Convicted of
Murder in Traffic Death
(March 8, 2013)
Superior
Court to Phase Out Its ADR Department
(March 8, 2013)
Kleins
Donate More Than $1 Million to UCLA Law
School
(Snippets, March 8, 2013)
Feuer,
Trutanich Camps Come Out Swinging in
City Attorney Runoff
(March
7, 2013)
C.A.
Rules Again for Cancer Patient in
Implant Dispute
(March 7, 2013)
Court
Revives Challenge to Law on Nomination
Papers Circulators
(March 7, 2013)
Court Rejects Eighth Amendment Challenge
to Teen’s Life Sentence
(March 6, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Self-Incrimination Claim in
Misprision Case
(March 6, 2013)
Brown Reappoints Burke to Transportation
Commission
(March 6, 2013)
High Court Upholds Voter-Approved
Deferrals of Parole Hearings
(March 5, 2013)
Panel Upholds Injunction Against
Day-Laborer Provision
(March 5, 2013)
Arguments in Case of Contra Costa Judge
to Be Heard Next Month
(March 5, 2013)
Downtown Probate Judges to Trek to
Encino to Meet With Local Bar Section
(Snippets, March 5, 2013)
Superior Court to Eliminate Over 500
Positions in ‘Consolidation’
(March 4, 2013)
Judge John H. Reid to Retire From
Superior Court
(March 4, 2013)
Senior Lawyers to Present Discussion of
Los Angeles Race Riots
(Snippets, March 4, 2013)
Percentages of Black, Hispanic, Female
Judges Increased in 2012
(March 1, 2013)
Malpractice
Limitations Statute Inapplicable to
Hospital Fall Suit
(February 28, 2013)
S.C. Will Not Review Conviction in Death
of Pitcher
(February
28, 2013)
Superior Court Judge Richard Adler to
Retire After 32 Years on Bench
(February 28, 2013)
Court Orders Injunction Against ‘Piracy’
by Anti-Whaling Group
(February 27, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Review in
Case Involving Anti-Bush Protesters
(February 27, 2013)
IALA to Stage Run-Off Debate Between
City Attorney Contestants
(Snippets, February 27,
2013)
Attorney-Client Privilege Extends to
Appointed Psychological Expert
(February 26, 2013)
C.A. Upholds Convictions in Gang-Related
Murders
(February 26, 2013)
State Supreme Court Names Two to CJP
(February 26, 2013)
Appeals Court Says Pregnancy Bias Law
Does Not Supplant FEHA
(February 25, 2013)
S.C. Declines to Review Ruling That
Plaintiffs Waited Too Long to Sue LAPD
Over Alleged Murder Coverup
(February 25, 2013)
State’s
Dissolution Law Inapplicable to Foreign
Corporations—S.C.
(February 22, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Challenge to Shopping-Bag
Law, Says 10-Cent Charge for Paper Bags
Is Not a Tax
(February 22, 2013)
William Mitchell Named Interim CEO for
Superior Court
(February 22, 2013)
C.A. Reinstates Attorney De Haas’s
Malicious Prosecution Action
(February 21, 2013)
C.A. Scuttles $3.8 Million Judgment
Against BofA
(February 21, 2013)
Court Declares Man ‘Vexatious Litigant’
on Own Motion
(February 21, 2013)
Court Revives Action to Require Wiccan
Chaplains in Prisons
(February 20, 2013)
C.A. Sides With Ryan O’Neal in
Anti-SLAPP Flap
(February 20, 2013)
Greig Smith: ‘Don’t Vote for Greg Smith’
(Snippets, February 20,
2013)
C.A. Rejects Suit Against CHP for Delay
in Aiding Crash Victims
(February 19, 2013)
Court
of Appeal Tosses Ruling on Marine Joint
Venture Liability
(February 15, 2013)
Los
Angeles Superior Court Judge Lefkowitz
to Retire
(February 15, 2013)
State
Bar Charges Former Judicial Candidate
With Campaign Misconduct
(February 15, 2013)
S.C.Denies
Review of Ruling on Rounding-Off of
Employee Time
(February 14, 2013)
Los
Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie
Sautner to Retire April 5
(February 14, 2013)
Court of Appeal Revives Suit Against
Successor to Failed Bank
(February 13, 2013)
Committee Vote Set Tomorrow on O’Connell
Nomination
(February 13, 2013)
Trial Court Ordered to Reconsider Denial
of Binding Arbitration
(February 12, 2013)
Panel Orders New Look at Fee Award in
Rights Case
(February 12, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Revives Civil Rights Suit
for Retaliatory Arrest
(February 11, 2013)
Fourth District Court of Appeal Clerk
Stephen M. Kelly Dies at 64
(February 11, 2013)
High Court Delivers Mixed Ruling in
Mixed-Motive Job-Bias Case
(February 8, 2013)
O’Connell Nomination Held Over by
Judiciary Committee
(February 8, 2013)
State Supreme Court Upholds Death
Sentence in Robbery-Murder
(February 8, 2013)
C.A. Says Tort Claims Against Teacher
Subject to Arbitration
(February 7, 2013)
No Expectation of Privacy in Air Bag
Data, C.A. Holds
(February 7, 2013)
Judges Say ‘Birther’ Dispute May Be Moot
(February 7, 2013)
Judicial Council of California Announces
Technology Task Force
(Snippets, February 7,
2013)
Court Upholds Unconscionability Ruling
in Arbitration Case
(February 6, 2013)
Sentence Enhancements Held Not Elements
of Offense
(February 6, 2013)
Services Today for Jacqueline Fox,
Dependency Mediator
(February 6, 2013)
High Court Says Online Retailers May
Collect Personal Data
(February 5, 2013)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence in
Robbery-Murder
(February 5, 2013)
Harris Sues BP, ARCO Over Environmental
Violations
(February 5, 2013)
Greg Smith Releases First Television Ad
in City Attorney Race
(Snippets,February
5, 2013)
C.A. Partially Revives Whistleblower
Suit Against Trash Company
(February 4, 2013)
Court Clarifies ‘Home State’
Jurisdiction in Case of Child Whose
Mother Was Incarcerated in Mexico
(February 4, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Tosses Suit Over Intrusive
Search of Prisoner
(February 1, 2013)
Panel
Rejects Toyota Arbitration Bid Based on
Dealer Contracts
(January 31, 2013)
C.A. Allows Livermore Retirees to Sue
for Health Benefits
(January 31, 2013)
S.C. Makes Appointments to the Committee
on Judicial Ethics Opinions
(Snippets, January 31,
2013)
C.A. Affirms Ruling in Lawyers’
Malicious Prosecution Battle
(January 30, 2013)
C.A. Rules for Defendant on Realignment
Act Credits
(January 30, 2013)
Edward Lazarus Named General Counsel by
Tribune Company
(January 30, 2013)
Superior Court Judge Dudley Gray to
Retire Next Month
(January 30, 2013)
Los Angeles Superior Court Announces
Bench Officer Assignment Changes
(Snippets, January 30,
2013)
Court Upholds Ruling That Madoff Victims
Cannot Sue SEC
(January 29, 2013)
In-Home Aide to Elderly Patient Assumed
Risk of Violence
(January 29, 2013)
‘Person
of the Year’ Dinner Marked by Plaudits,
Jazz, Kidding
(January 29, 2013)
Divorce Judgments May Be Ordered
Directly From Court’s Website
(Snippets, January 29,
2013)
Arbitrator Ruling on Unlicensed
Contractor Issue Subject to Review
(January 28, 2013)
Ninth Circuit to Rule En Banc in Suit
Against Austria’s National Railway,
Which Panel Held Immune
(January 28, 2013)
Court Denies Class Certification in Suit
Against Bank of America
(January 28, 2013)
Supreme Court Applies ‘Continuous
Accrual’ Rule to UCL Claims
(January 25, 2013)
Panel Hands Mattel Partial Victory in
‘Bratz’ Case
(January 25, 2013)
Court of Appeal Rejects Claimed Right to
Counsel in Divorce Proceedings
(January 25, 2013)
A.G. Sues Asian Textile Companies for
Unfair Competition
(January 25, 2013)
C.A. Says Racial Segregation in Prison
Violates Equal Protection
(January 24, 2013)
S.C. Lets Stand Employee’s Victory in
Arbitration Case
(January 24, 2013)
Bingham Partners Achieve Victory Against
Russian Government
(Snippets, January 24,
2013)
C.A. Orders Award Vacated in Medical
Malpractice Arbitration
(January 23, 2013)
Kathryn Doi Todd Retires From Court of
Appeal
(January 23, 2013)
CJA President Says Group May Seek
Legislation Over CJP’s Rejection of its
Early Discovery Proposal
(January 23, 2013)
City Attorney ‘Not an Easy Job, Folks,’
Trutanich Tells Debate Crowd
(January 22, 2013)
C.A. Affirms Ruling Tax Service Violated
Consumer Laws
(January 22, 2013)
Japanese American Bar Association to
Honor Fukai, Takei on Feb. 22
(Snippets, January 22,
2013)
C.A. Rejects Tom Jones’ Negligence Claim
Against L.A. Sheriff
(January 18, 2013)
Court Revives Prisoner’s Suit Over
Pepper Spraying
(January 18, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Ruling Leaves Privacy
Class Action Barely Alive
(January 18, 2013)
Courts, County Law Libraries to Close
for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
(Snippets, January 18,
2013)
Lawyer Properly Substituted for Defunct
Firm as Judgment Debtor
(January 17, 2013)
Supreme Court Grants Review to Decide
Pitchess Issue
(January 17, 2013)
Senior Judge A. Howard Matz to Retire
From Central District Court
(January 17, 2013)
C.A. Liberally Interprets Requirements
for Offer of Compromise
(January 16, 2013)
Services Friday for Retired Commissioner
Torres
(January 16, 2013)
Mike Feuer Campaign Disputes Claim It
Received Illegal Donations
(January 16, 2013)
Judicial Performance Commission Invites
Comment on Proposed Rules
(Snippets, January 16,
2013)
S.C. Overturns Limit on Fraud Exception
to Parol Evidence Rule
(January 15, 2013)
Ex-Lawyer Torres Pays Restitution,
Placed on Probation
(January 15, 2013)
Blogger Claims Mike Feuer Received
Illegal Donations
(January 15, 2013)
Attorney John McNicholas to be Honored
by Archdiocese of Los Angeles
(Snippets, January 15,
2013)
Governor
Brown’s ‘Crippling’ Budget Cuts to Force
Court to Go Ahead With Shutdown
Plans—Wesley
(January 14, 2013)
Assault
Allegation Held Protected by Anti-SLAPP
Law
(January 14, 2013)
Court
Rules FAA Preempts Prohibition Against
Class Action Waivers
(January 14, 2013)
Retired
Jurist Continues Crusade for
Profesionalism and ‘Civility’
(Person of the Year,
January 14, 2013)
Former
Prosecutor, Jurist Spearheaded Movement
for Judicial Branch Reform
(Person of the Year,
January 14, 2013)
California’s
State Bar President Is a Rocker and a
Gentleman
(Person of the Year,
January 14, 2013)
Court Says No Recovery for Woman Who Saw
Brother Die
(January 11, 2013)
Chief Justice, Others Decry Cuts in
Brown’s Budget
(January 11, 2013)
C.A.: Man’s Claim Against Former
Boyfriend’s Estate Not Time-Barred
(January 11, 2013)
Conviction Upheld in Threats Against
Ventura Prosecutors
(January 11, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Suit Against State on
Behalf of ‘at Risk’ Pupils
(January 10, 2013)
U.S. High Court Upholds Dismissal of
Claims Against Nike
(January 10, 2013)
Court of Appeal Skewers Lawyer in
Opinion Upholding Sanctions
(January 10, 2013)
Patent Litigator Michael Tomasulo Joins
Winston & Strawn
(Snippets, January 10,
2013)
Court Upholds Conviction of Possessing
Lethal Amounts of Ricin
(January 9, 2013)
High Court Rules for LAFCD in Dispute
Over Runoff
(January 9, 2013)
Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Rewrite
Rape-by-Impersonation Statute
(January 9, 2013)
Allan E. Anderson Named Fellow of
Litigation Counsel of America
(Snippets, January 9,
2013)
Demotion of Officer Who Could No Longer
Wield Baton Upheld
(January 8, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Rejects Witness
Intimidation Claim
(January 8, 2013)
CJP Sets Hearing for Judge Charged With
Interference in Son’s Case
(January 8, 2013)
Feb. 1 Deadline for State Bar Fee
Payment, Group 1 MCLE Compliance
(Snippets, January 8,
2013)
Court Allows Suit by Woman Who Awoke
During Procedure
(January 7, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Judge Fisher to Assume
Senior Status
(January 7, 2013)
Attorney General, Assemblyman Respond to
Court Ruling on Rape
(January 7, 2013)
Court of Appeal Publishes Opinion on
Charter Schools
(January 7, 2013)
C.A. Rejects Bid to Enforce Support
Waiver in 1985 Agreement
(January 4, 2013)
Court Upholds Injunction Requiring Firm
to Notify Clients That Former Lawyer
Resigned From Practice
(January 4, 2013)
Obama Renominates Judge O’Connell for
U.S. District Court Bench
(January 4, 2013)
Panel Upholds RICO Conviction of Chinese
Nationals
(January 4, 2013)
Irell & Manella, Arent Fox Name
Partners in Los Angeles
(Snippets, January 4,
2013)
Court Throws Out Rape Conviction Based
on Impersonation
(January 3, 2013)
Ninth Circuit Panel Upholds Dismissal of
Complaint for Securities Fraud by
Purchasers of Aftermarket Shares
(January 3, 2013)
Court Overturns Teenager’s
Life-Without-Parole Sentence
(January 2, 2013)
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