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2015
$488,448
Award Reinstated in Favor of Late Comic
Joey Bishop’s Companion
(December 31, 2015)
No Reward for Man Who Told of Dorner’s
Whereabouts, Court of Appeal Rules
(December 31, 2015)
Woman Offensively Touched by Filner
Can’t Sue City, Court of Appeal Rules
(December 30, 2015)
Bequests of ‘Up to’ Specified Sums Were
Enforceable
(December 30, 2015)
Wife Has No Cause of Action for
Emotional Suffering—C.A.
(December 30, 2015)
Refusal Continuance Held to Be Due
Process Denial
(December 30, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Delivery Driver’s Complaint
Over Heavy Package
(December 29, 2015)
Panel Upholds Clause Limiting YouTube’s
Liability, Rejecting Suit Over Deleted
Videos
(December 29, 2015)
Appeals Court Affirms Man’s Conviction
in Assisted Suicide
(December 29, 2015)
Court of Appeals: Warrantless Urine
Tests in DUI Cases Are Unconstitutional
(December 29, 2015)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence in Murder of
Police Officer
(December 28, 2015)
Brown
Names Four to Los Angeles Superior Court
Judgeships
(December 24, 2015)
C.A. Clarifies Timeliness Requirement
for Intervention
(December 24, 2015)
Judge Erred in Relying on What Previous
Judge in Case Told Her—C.A.
(December 24, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Minister’s Plea for
Annulment, Not Divorce
(December 24, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Broadens DeCinces Insider
Trading Case
(December
23, 2015)
Lacey May Sue Carson Mayor, A.G. Harris
Says
(December 23, 2015)
C.A. Denies Model’s Bid for Recompense
for Use of Her Likeness
(December 23, 2015)
No Right to Genetic Test to Contest
Court’s Jurisdiction
(December 22, 2015)
Judgment Based on Superseded Complaint
Reversed
(December 22, 2015)
Court Can’t Require Interviews of Minor
Plaintiff’s Parents
(December 21, 2015)
LACBA Is Nearly Breaking Even, Kiesel
Says
(December 21, 2015)
State’s
Judges Entitled to Retroactive Raises,
Berle Rules
(December 18, 2015)
Fee Award Tossed, Based on Untimeliness
of Motion
(December 18, 2015)
C.A. Rules for Law Firm in Dispute With
Ex-Associate
(December 17, 2015)
Obama Taps Abrams for Central District
Judgeship
(December 17, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Murder Conviction in
Killing of Son’s Father
(December 16, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Latest Challenge to Local
Judicial Benefits
(December 15, 2015)
U.S. High Court Upholds Class
Arbitration Ban in DirectTV’s California
Customer Contracts
(December 15, 2015)
Juvenile Court Lacks Jurisdiction to
Probe Child’s Death
(December 14, 2015)
Past
President Joseph D. Mandel Drops L.A.
County Bar Membership
(December 11, 2015)
S.C. Takes Broad View of Design Immunity
(December 11, 2015)
C.A. Orders Disclosure of Documents PRA
Requester Possesses
(December 11, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Dismissal Sanction Against
‘Outrageous’ Lawyer
(December 10, 2015)
S.C. Sweeps Aside Disgraced Ex-Judge’s
Pension Bid
(December 10, 2015)
C.A. Strictly Interprets ‘No Extrinsic
Evidence’ Clause
(December 9, 2015)
Suspect Was Denied Counsel, but Not
Entitled to Writ
(December 9, 2015)
Inadequacy of Log Not Waiver of
Privilege—Court
(December 8, 2015)
Feuer and Egerton Under Consideration
for C.A.
(December 8, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Malpractice Action in
Dependency Case
(December 7, 2015)
C.A. Scraps Sanctions Order Barring
Witnesses
(December 7, 2015)
U.S.
Law No Bar to Suit Over Misuse of
‘Organic’ Label
(December 4, 2015)
S.C. Upholds Death Penalty in Shooting
Deaths
(December 4, 2015)
C.A. Approves Settlement With Shell in
Carson Oil Litigation
(December 3, 2015)
CJP Orders Removal of Tulare Superior
Court Judge
(December 2, 2015)
Austria’s National Railway Held Immune
From Suit in U.S.
(December 2, 2015)
S.C. Rejects EIR for Massive Newhall
Ranch Project
(December 1, 2015)
Notice of Section 8 Rent Increase
Inadequate—Court
(December 1, 2015)
Kuhl Makes Few Changes in Administrative
Ranks
(November 30, 2015)
C.A.: Judge Duffy-Lewis Erred in
Dismissing Action Based on Superseded
Pleading
(November 30, 2015)
Translation Omission Invalidates
Arbitration Clause
(November 27, 2015)
C.A. Limits Use of Judicial Notice to
Resolve Demurrer
(November 25, 2015)
S.C. Turns Down San Bernardino Scandal
Cases
(November 25, 2015)
Services Sunday for Retired Superior
Court Judge David Thomas
(November 25, 2015)
Services to be Held Saturday for Judge
Ellen DeShazer
(November 25, 2015)
Landlords Not Liable for ‘Bomb House’
Injuries—C.A.
(November 24, 2015)
Superior Court Judge Ellen DeShazer Dies
at 76
(November 24, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Creditor’s Bid to Tap
Debtor’s Trust Interest
(November 23, 2015)
Sections Will Receive Data on Their Own
Finances
(November 23, 2015)
LACBA
Trustees Hear of ‘Angst’ Among Section
Members
(November 20, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Gay Man’s
Deportation to Mexico
(November 20, 2015)
C.A. Overturns Approval of San Francisco
Bay Sand Mining
(November 19, 2015)
Fifth Section Opposes Proposed LACBA
Bylaw Change
(November 19, 2015)
High Court Turns Down Deputies’ Union
Case Against Publication
(November 19, 2015)
Proposed LACBA Bylaw Change Spawns Major
Discord
(November 18, 2015)
Brown Names 25 Judges, Seven in Los
Angeles
(November 18, 2015)
Supervisors Name Mary Wickham Permanent
County Counsel
(November 18, 2015)
County Not Liable in Death of Mentally
Ill Man—Court of Appeal
(November 18, 2015)
Panel Rejects Donald Sterling’s Bid To
Regain Los Angeles Clippers
(November 17, 2015)
Services Next Month for Retired Judge
James Reese
(November 17, 2015)
Court of Appeal Upholds Conviction in
Beating of Homeless Man
(November 17, 2015)
C.A. Clarifies Statute on Claiming Tax
Sale Proceeds
(November 16, 2015)
Ninth
Circuit Overturns Anti-Death Penalty
Ruling
(November 13, 2015)
Panel Rejects Challenge to Marijuana
Ordinance
(November 13, 2015)
Chief Justice Names New Co-Chair of
Tribal Court, State Court Forum
(November 13, 2015)
Panel Holds ‘Hybrid’ Local Election
System Unconstitutional
(November 12, 2015)
Retired Jurist Loses Bid for Two
Pensions
(November 12, 2015)
Alliance Skewers Leadership Over Plan to
Stay in San Francisco
(November 10, 2015)
Stolen Vehicle Charge Unaffected by
Prop. 47—C.A.
(November 10, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Substituted Service in
Fraudulent Conveyance Case
(November 9, 2015)
Rizzo Reasonable in Taking Bell’s
Money—Lawyer
(November 9, 2015)
C.A.
Upholds Teacher’s Firing on ‘Immoral
Conduct’ Charge
(November 6, 2015)
Court Rules for Pasadena in
Ex-Deportee’s Suit
(November 6, 2015)
Former Court Clerk Sentenced on Theft
Charge
(November 6, 2015)
Evidence Obtained by Military
Surveillance Held Admissible
(November 5, 2015)
C.A. Orders New Study for Highland Park
Project
(November 5, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Attorney Fee Order in
Corman Family Trust Dispute
(November 4, 2015)
C.A. Orders Arbitration in Dispute
Involving Port Workers
(November 3, 2015)
Lawyers Sanctioned for Appeal of
Sanctions
(November 3, 2015)
Matthai, Nash, Tacha Named MetNews
‘Persons of the Year’
(November 3, 2015)
Court of Appeal Reverses Judgment in
Toxics Exposure Case
(November 2, 2015)
State
Constitution Provides No ‘Right to
Die’—C.A.
(October 30, 2015)
Bar Ponders Ending Sections’ Say-So Over
Finances
(October 30, 2015)
C.A. Revives Challenge to Release of
City Attorney Emails
(October 29, 2015)
A.G. Allows City to Seek Councilman’s
Ouster
(October 29, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Class-Action Waiver in
Arbitration Agreement
(October 28, 2015)
Prosecutor Immune From Wrongful
Detention Claim—C.A.
(October 28, 2015)
Panel Upholds Order That State Refund
Tribe $36 Million
(October 27, 2015)
Court Upholds New Trial Order in Capital
Case
(October 27, 2015)
Man in ‘Haunted’ Attraction Assumed
Risk—C.A.
(October 26, 2015)
S.C.
Orders Opinion Reviving Arbitration
Award Published
(October 23, 2015)
C.A. Upholds City Audits of DWP Union
Trusts
(October 23, 2015)
Suspended Lawyer Faces Disbarment for
Forsaking Clients
(October 22, 2015)
Services Next Week for Retired Judge
Frisco
(October 22, 2015)
Judge Nishimoto Brings Grenade to
Courthouse
(October 22, 2015)
C.A. Revives ‘Whistleblower’ Suit By
Nicollette Sheridan
(October 21, 2015)
Court Denies En Banc Rehearing in
Bombing Case
(October 21, 2015)
Panel Says Law Defining ‘Crime of
Violence’ Is Void as Vague
(October 20, 2015)
C.A. Upholds State's Firing of Doctor
Labeled Dishonest
(October 20, 2015)
Airline Security Company Subject to
State’s Wage Laws—C.A.
(October 19, 2015)
Non-Party
Gains Reversal of Stipulated Judgment in
Labor Case
(October 16, 2015)
City’s Ordinance May Create Emergency
Care Lien Exceeding Statutory
Provisions—Court of Appeal
(October 16, 2015)
C.A. Orders Publication of Opinion in
Plaintiffless Case
(October 16, 2015)
A.G. Harris Rejects CHP’s Objections to
‘External Brady Policy’
(October 15, 2015)
Both Sides Can ‘Prevail’ Under
Fee-Shifting Statutes—C.A.
(October 15, 2015)
Former Court Employee Pleads Guilty to
Stealing Filing Fees
(October 15, 2015’)
C.A. Says Conflict-of-Interest Suit
Against Local Lawyers No SLAPP
(October 14, 2015)
U.S. High Court Turns Aside
Constitutional Challenge To California’s
‘Top Two’ Primary Election Law
(October 14, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Says State Department
Denied Company Due Process
(October 13, 2015)
(October
13, 2015)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Coin Expert’s Suit Over
Rare Doubloon
(October 9, 2015)
Brown Vetoes Bill to Fund New Superior
Court Judgeships
(October 9, 2015)
C.A. Throws Out Suit Against UCLA by
Student Stabbed in Lab
(October 8, 2015)
C.A. Says ‘Creepy’ Father Cannot Block
Adoption
(October 8, 2015)
Court of Appeal Upholds Life Sentence
for Teenage Robber
(October 7, 2015)
Governor Brown Signs State Bar Dues Bill
With Open Meetings, Records Requirements
(October 7, 2015)
C.A. Revives Sheriff’s Policy
Restricting Gun Permit Applications
(October 6, 2015)
Panel Says Suit Over Sex Reassignment
Surgery Now Moot
(October 6, 2015)
Prosecutor’s Remarks ‘Deserving of
Rebuke,’ Not Reversal—C.A.
(October 5, 2015)
Court
of Appeal Says New York Knicks Liable
for Cumulative Injury Benefits to
Ex-Player
(October 2, 2015)
Brown Names Paul Hastings Partner Maria
Audero to FPPC
(October 2, 2015)
Dave Jones Says He Will Run for Attorney
General
(October 2, 2015)
C.A. Limits Scope of Probation
Conditions on Electronic Devices
(October 1, 2015)
Court of Appeal Upholds Law Designed to
Curb Paparazzi
(October 1, 2015)
Sheriff
May Fire Deputy for Misconduct While on
Leave, C.A. Rules
(September 30, 2015)
Judges Pregerson Set to Take Senior
Status This Winter
(September 30, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Says Federal Law Does Not
Preempt Iskanian Rule
(September 29, 2015)
Panel Says Herbalife Heir Lacks Standing
to Appeal Settlement Approval in
Bankruptcy Dispute
(September 29, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Forum Clause in Contract
Between Architects
(September 28, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Revives Claim Detective
Fabricated Evidence in Rape Case, Says
Suit Was Timely
(September 28, 2015)
S.C. Declines to Stop Proceedings
Against ‘Vexatious’ Valley Lawyer
(September 25, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Sentence Increase,
Clarifies Proposition 47 Issue
(September 25, 2015)
Kiry K. Gray Named Clerk of Central
District U.S. Court
(September 25, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Holds That ‘Batmobile’ Is
Copyrightable ‘Character’
(September 24, 2015)
C.A. Opts to Publish Opinion Founded on
Proposition That Sex Must Precede
Conception of Offspring
(September 24, 2015)
Man, 85, Isn’t an ‘Elder,’ Under
Statute, C.A. Rules
(September 24, 2015)
C.A. Lifts Order That Woman Not Step
Outside County With Child
(September 24, 2015)
Court of Appeal Affirms Ruling Tossing
Herpes Suit Against Basketball Player
Kris Humphries
(September 23, 2015)
Report Shows Increase in Superior Court
Workloads
(September 23, 2015)
Panel Allows Suit by Lawyer Once
Suspected of Child Abuse
(September 22, 2015)
Judge Reva G. Goetz Retires From
Superior Court Bench
(September 22, 2015)
C.A. Revives Suit Over Claimed Removal
of Remains for Profit
(September 21, 2015)
FPPC Fines Judge Kreep $6,000 for
Election Law Violations
(September 21, 2015)
C.A. Allows Suit Over School
Construction Scandal to Go Forward
(September 18, 2015)
Workers’ Compensation Held Sole Remedy
for Worker Claiming Exposure Based on
Materials He Took Home
(September 18, 2015)
C.A. Tosses Verdict in Case Where LAUSD
Blamed Student for Sex With Teacher
(September 17, 2015)
American Bar Association to Present
Service Award to Los Angeles Superior
Court Judge Allen Webster Jr.
(September 17, 2015)
Contractor Entitled to Have Jury Decide
if It Had a Valid License
(September 16, 2015)
Discovery Barred in Case Where There’s
No Plaintiff Yet
(September 16, 2015)
Judge Who Filed False Affidavits Won’t
Be Prosecuted—D.A.
(September 15, 2015)
Employer Can’t Make Deductions From
Paycheck Despite Employee Signing
Consent Form—C.A.
(September 15, 2015)
Court of Appeal Revives $50 Million
Attorney Malpractice Action
(September 15, 2015)
C.A. Tosses Judgment for Actor Claiming
Parents Took His Money
(September 14, 2015)
Commissioner Zuzga to Run for Superior
Court Judge
(September 14, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Officers’ Bid to Block
Release of Shooting Report
(September 11, 2015)
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Probation
Requirements
(September 11, 2015)
C.A. Overturns Award of Expert Witness
Fees Under Section 998
(September 10, 2015)
Court of Appeal Upholds Remedial Order
Resulting From Demolition of Hollywood
Landmark
(September 10, 2015)
C.A. Rejects $3 Million Attorney Fee Bid
in L.A. Billboard Case
(September 9, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Claim Against Teacher
Involved in LAUSD Case
(September 8, 2015)
Panel Rejects Suit Over Sony’s Use of
Customer Information
(September 8, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Landlord’s Effort to
Circumvent Rent Control Law
(September 4, 2015)
Judge Reprimanded for Slow Work, False
Pay Reports
(September 4, 2015)
C.A Orders New Hearing on Anti-SLAPP
Motion in Election Spat
(September 3, 2015)
Bill to Ease State’s Judge Shortage
Passes State Assembly
(September 3, 2015)
Court
of Appeal Revives Suit Over Alleged
Cancer-Causing Compound
(September 2, 2015)
Federal
Grand Jury Indicts Orange County
Attorney on Charges of Wire Fraud, Money
Laundering
(September 2, 2015)
C.A. Throws Out Ordinance Designed to
Halt LAPD Attrition
(September 1, 2015)
C.A.
Rejects Taxpayer Suit as Means of
Challenging Animal Cruelty
(August 31, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Pharmacist’s Penalty in $1
Million Drug Theft
(August 28, 2015)
Court: Terror Victims Can Collect Funds
Owed to Iranian Bank
(August 27, 2015)
Services Today for Retired Judge John
Leahy, Dead at 78
(August 27, 2015)
Panel Upholds Christensen’s Conviction
on Eavesdropping Charges
(August 26, 2015)
Supreme Court Names SEC Attorney, Former
JNE Chair Jason Lee to State Bar Board
of Trustees
(August 26, 2015)
High Court Says Firefighter Cannot See
Supervisor’s Log Book
(August 25, 2015)
Death Penalty Delays Not Violative of
Eighth Amendment, Unanimous California
Supreme Court Holds
(August 25, 2015)
Alpert Barr & Grant Names Kasendorf
Partner
(August 25, 2015)
C.A. Revives Actions Over Deadly Crash
Of Bus Carrying French Tourists
(August 24, 2015)
S.C. Rules on Time Limit to Sue for
Return of Unearned Fees
(August 21, 2015)
High Court Justices Overrule Earlier
Case, Lift Barrier To Assignment of
Liability Insurance Policies
(August 21, 2015)
Arbitrator, Not Court, Must Decide
Dispute Over Class-Action Claim
(August 20, 2015)
Ruling Against Barriers Between Lawyers
and Inmates Left Standing by California
Supreme Court
(August 20, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Citizens’ Bid to Unravel
Controversial Settlement
(August 19, 2015)
Plaintiff Whose Award Is Reduced
Entitled to Interest From Date of
Original Judgment—Panel
(August 19, 2015)
Harris: Amgen Paying $71 Million in Drug
Marketing Case
(August 19, 2015)
Retired Judge Not Entitled to Two
Payouts Under JRS II—C.A
(August 18, 2015)
Retired Judge Robert A. Wenke Dies at 88
(August 18, 2015)
Former Acting U.S. Attorney Yonekura
Joins Hogan Lovells
(August 18, 2015)
Panel Revives Claims of Defense Lawyer
Seized by Sheriff’s Deputy
(August 17, 2015)
S.C.
Revives Claim Against Los Angeles Over
Deadly Auto Crash
(August 14, 2015)
C.A. Revives Damages Award in Suit
Between Healthcare Companies
(August 13, 2015)
Panel Upholds Tax Penalties Against
Ex-Lawmaker, Spouse
(August 13, 2015)
Lacey: Bumble Bee Agrees to $6 Million
Settlement Over Worker’s ‘Unfathomable’
Death in Oven
(August 13, 2015)
Panel Allows Arbitrator to Decide
Whether Arbitration Compelled
(August 12, 2015)
Federal Magistrate Judge Approves New
Rules to Assist Disabled LSAT Takers
(August 12, 2015)
Brown Signs Bill on Evidentiary
Objections in Summary Judgment
(August 12, 2015)
S.C. Says Insurer May Sue Cumis Counsel for Overbilling
(August 11, 2015)
Court of Appeal Allows Former Director
to Proceed With Suit Against Union for
NBA Players
(August 11, 2015)
Karen L. Stevenson Named Central
District Magistrate Judge
(August 11, 2015)
Panel Throws Out One Conviction in
Murder Case, Upholds Another
(August 10, 2015)
State Bar Names Vanessa L. Holton
General Counsel
(August 10, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Returns Diabetes Drug
Litigation to State Court
(August 7, 2015)
Ninth Circuit to Decide Crack Sentencing
Issue En Banc
(August 7, 2015)
Los Angeles Agrees to Give Up Control of
Ontario Airport
(August 7, 2015)
Appeals Court Scraps $32.5 Million
Punitive Damages Award
(August 6, 2015)
Lawyer for Both Law Firm, Partner
Wrongly Disqualified, Court of Appeal
Holds
(August 6, 2015)
Lawyers’ Procrastination Justified
Dismissal of Toxic Tort Cases
(August 5, 2015)
C.A. Won’t Examine Claims of Corruption
in South Gate
(August 5, 2015)
Former Deputy Court Clerk Faces Felony
Charges
(August 5, 2015)
Thousands of California Convicts to
Regain Voting Rights
(August 5, 2015)
C.A. Says Judge Improperly Struck
Statement of Disqualification
(August 4, 2015)
Documents in Case of Sexual Abuse by a
Priest to Be Made Public, Under C.A.
Ruling
(August 4, 2015)
Judge Who Was a Deputy PD Reversed for
Denying Defendant’s Rights
(August 4, 2015)
No Fee Award for Setting Aside
Fraudulent Conveyance—C.A.
(August 4, 2015)
Government Documents Inadvertently
Released Still Privileged
(August 3, 2015)
C.A.
Upholds $909,900 Award for Infecting
Woman With Herpes
(July 31, 2015)
Legal Malpractice Action Was Not a
SLAPP—C.A.
(July 31, 2015)
Defaulting Party in Dissolution of
Marriage Action May Later Seek
Modification—Court of Appeal
(July 31, 2015)
Judge Kumar Calls for Rexamination of
Ruling in 1983 C.A. Case
(July 30, 2015)
C.A. Says Arbitration Award Was
Improperly Vacated
(July 30, 2015)
C.A. Says Judge, on Remand, Can’t Modify
a Judgment It Affirmed
(July 30, 2015)
Bar Exam Outfit to Pay Restitution to
Those Who Took Its Courses
(July 29, 2015)
Court of Appeal Looks Favorably on Judge
Ryan’s Rulings
(July 29, 2015)
S.C. Snuffs Rule Barring Extrinsic
Evidence Where Will Is Clear
(July 28, 2015)
Judge Ann Jones Is Under Consideration
for Court of Appeal
(July 28, 2015)
David J. Pasternak Elected State Bar
President
(July 27, 2015)
Commission Confirms Four Brown Nominees
for Court of Appeal
(July 24, 2015)
Ex-McGeorge Dean Parker Named Executive
Director of State Bar
(July 24, 2015)
C.A.
Denies Lawyer Fees for Successful
Defense of Ballot Challenge
(July 23, 2015)
High
Court Leaves Ruling on Tiered Water
Rates in Place
(July 23, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Limitations Tolling
Argument in Malpractice Case
(July 22, 2015)
Court Upholds Admission of Seized
Photographs Based Upon Testimony of
‘Instagram Officer’
(July 22, 2015)
Deputies’ Union Loses Bid to Bar
Publication by Los Angeles Times
(July 22, 2015)
Supreme Court: Couple Cannot Be
‘Separated’ Under One Roof
(July 21, 2015)
CJP Sets Argument in Case of Tulare
Judge Accused Of Impropriety Involving
Clerk
(July 21, 2015)
County Not Liable for Social Worker’s
Assault on Foster Child
(July 20, 2015)
Brown
Names 19 Superior Court Judges, Eight in
Los Angeles
(July 17, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Declines to Disturb Death
Sentence, Says Trial Lawyers Were Not
Ineffective
(July 17, 2015)
Gov. Jerry Brown Names Public Member to
CJP
(July 17, 2015)
C.A. Takes Strict View of Mailing
Requirement for Lis Pendens
(July 16, 2015)
Supreme Court to Determine Validity of
Insurance Rule Inspired by Southern
California Wildfires
(July 16, 2015)
C.A. Affirms Denial of Attorney Fees to
Out-of-State Counsel
(July 15, 2015)
Supreme Court Approves Separate Suits
Against Joint Debtors
(July 14, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Murder Conviction of Former
LAPD Detective
(July 14, 2015)
Court Revives Rights Suit Over Child’s
Removal by Social Workers
(July 13, 2015)
Court:
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Cannot Take
Tax Deduction
(July 10, 2015)
Justices
Limit Felony-Murder Special
Circumstance, Order That Getaway Driver
Be Resentenced
(July 10, 2015)
Memorial
Set for Federal Judge Gordon Thompson
Jr.
(July
10, 2015)
C.A.
Blasts Lawyer Over ‘Nazi’ References,
Overturns Verdict
(July 9, 2015)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds Conviction in Burbank
Hazmat Case
(July 9, 2015)
C.A. Rejects CEQA Challenge to Orange
County Jail Expansion
(July 8, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Panel Revives Students’
Claim That Bias Infects Arizona Ethnic
Studies Law
(July 8, 2015)
S.C. Clarifies Prosecutors’ Duties at
Intersection of Pitchess, Brady
(July 7, 2015)
Retired Superior Court Judge David
Finkel Dies at 83
(July 7, 2015)
Wealth Advisor Loses Bid to Have
Complaints Wiped From Database
(July 7, 2015)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence for Veteran
Who Claimed PTSD
(July 6, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Quashes Ex-NHL Owner
Pocklington’s Jail Sentence
(July 3, 2015)
Law Firm of Ex-Politico Nick Pacheco
Rebuffed in C.A. Over SLAPP Claim
(July 3, 2015)
C.A. Clarifies Exception to Five-Year
Statute for Stipulated Delay
(July 2, 2015)
Court of Appeal Orders Publication of
Opinion Upholding Schwarzenegger’s
Pardon of Esteban Nunez
(July 2, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Panel Sides With Veterans
in Suit Over Experiments
(July 1, 2015)
Judge
Coen Wrongly Dismissed Prospective
Jurors From Death Case
(June 30, 2015)
U.S. High Court Denies Review of
Ex-Congressman’s Conviction on
Corruption Charges
(June 30, 2015)
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jan
Pluim Dies at 71
(June 30, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Panel Revives Transgender
Inmate’s Bid for Surgery
(June 29, 2015)
Brown Nominates Judge Luis A. Lavin to
Court of Appeal
(June 29, 2015)
Panel Revives Suit by Muslim Inmate Who
Was Forced to Handle Pork
(June 29, 2015)
S.C.: Questions About Gang Affiliation
Violated Miranda Rights
(June 26, 2015)
C.A. Publishes Opinion on Revived
Class-Action Claims
(June 26, 2015)
Lawyer’s Conflict of Interest Bars
Entire Firm From Case—C.A.
(June 25, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Overturns ‘Knucklehead’s’
Conviction for Deliberately Pointing
Laser at Helicopter
(June 25, 2015)
Panel: EPA Properly Rectified Error in
Adoption of Clean Air Rules
(June 24, 2015)
Prosecutor’s Failure to Read Police
Report Not Ground For Setting Aside Plea
Deal—Court of Appeal
(June 24, 2015)
U.S. High Court Strikes Down L.A. Hotel
Register Inspection Law
(June 23, 2015)
Passenger Who Told Driver to Speed Up
May Be Liable For Fatal Crash, Court of
Appeal Rules
(June 23, 2015)
C.A. Clarifies Rule on Section 998
Offers in Multiparty Cases
(June 22, 2015)
U.S.
Supreme Court Revives Death Sentence in
San Diego Slayings
(June 19, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Panel Rejects State
Prisoner’s Claim That Racial Integration
Violates Religious Freedom
(June 19, 2015)
Panel Blocks Alien’s Removal for Using
Laser Pointer in Courthouse
(June 18, 2015)
Ruling That Northridge Earthquake
Victims Waited Too Long to Sue Lawyers
Left Standing by S.C.
(June 18, 2015)
‘Small
Detail’ Results in Reversal of Ruling
Against Contactor
(June 17, 2015)
Mary Wickham Named Interim County
Counsel
(June 17, 2015)
Los Angeles Superior Court Elects Two
New Commissioners
(June 17, 2015)
Court Gives New Life to Defamation
Claims Against Local Prosecutor
(June 16, 2015)
Supreme Court Upholds City’s Law
Requiring Inclusion Of Affordable Units
in Housing Developments
(June 16, 2015)
Judge Beckloff Sends Ex-Bar Director’s
Suit to Arbitration
(June 16, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Women-Only Hiring
at Women’s Prisons
(June 15, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Forum Non Conveniens
Dismissal Where Plaintiffs Sued
‘Nominal’ California Defendant
(June 15, 2015)
Gov. Jerry Brown Names Law Professor to
FEHC
(June 15, 2015)
Ex-Presiding Judge Bascue Arrested After
Shooting
(June 12, 2015)
County Counsel Resigns Abruptly After
Eight Months
(June 12, 2015)
S.C. to Decide if Company Can Sue Rival
Over Prevailing Wages
(June 11, 2015)
C.A. Overturns Order That Worker
Arbitrate PAGA Claim
(June 11, 2015)
C.A. Revives Claim for Injuries
Sustained in Treadmill Accident
(June 10, 2015)
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Eric
Taylor Elected California Judges Assn.
President for Second Time
(June 10, 2015)
S.C. Clarifies Standard of Review on Batson/Wheeler Motions
(June 9, 2015)
Panel Allows Marijuana Clinic to Pursue
Ex-Lawyer in Bankruptcy
(June 8, 2015)
Chief Justice Names Carin Fujisaki New
Principal Attorney
(June 8, 2015)
No
Consecutive Sentences for Offering to
Sell Different Drugs
(June 5, 2015)
Senate Committee Approves Eileen Decker
Nomination To Be U.S. Attorney for
Central District
(June 5, 2015)
Chief Justice Names Five New Members,
Reappoints Five to Judicial Council
(June 5, 2015)
C.A. Partially Revives Wage-and-Hour
Class-Action Claims
(June 4, 2015)
Senate Passes Bill to Help Public
Interest Lawyers
(June 4, 2015)
Judicial Council to Consider New Court
Rule on Contesting Traffic Tickets
(June 4, 2015)
C.A.
Upholds Schwarzenegger Commutation for
Assembly Speaker Nunez’s Son
(June 3, 2015)
Local
Judges Buckley, Lyons Named to Judicial
Council
(June 3, 2015)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence for Man
Convicted of Killing Family
(June 2, 2015)
State High Court Throws Out Relative’s
Suit Against Mental Health Department
Over Release of Killer
(June 2, 2015)
C.A. Revives Abuse Claims Against Church
Over Camp Incident
(June 1, 2015)
C.A. Says EIR for NFL-to-Rose Bowl Plan
Was Adequate
(June 1, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Panel Strikes Down Some
Idaho Abortion Law
(June 1, 2015)
Trial Court Can’t Order Third Parties to
Produce Tax Returns
(May 29, 2015)
Appeals Period Ending on Saturday Is
Extended to Monday
(May 29, 2015)
Patricia Daehnke, Margaret Stevens Form
Law Partnership
(May 29, 2015)
Bad Advice Not Sufficient for Attorney
Malpractice—C.A.
(May 28, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Order to Man Not to
Disclose Materials He Siphoned From
Wife’s Two Cell Phones
(May 28, 2015)
Appeals Court Gives Quick Rejection to
Pro Per’s Novel Contention
(May 28, 2015)
Court Denies Yagman Access to Prisoner
Records
(May 27, 2015)
Third District Court of Appeal Grants
Writ in Case Where Two Judges Took
Actions in Absence of Authority
(May 27, 2015)
Brown Names 74-Year Old, 37-Year Old to
Court of Appeal
(May 26, 2015)
C.A.
Upholds Church’s Right to Excommunicate
Members
(May 22, 2015)
Justice Kitching to Retire From Court of
Appeal
(May 22, 2015)
S.C to Rule on Whether Hospital Workers
May Waive Meal Breaks
(May 21, 2015)
Time Limit for Filing Motion and
Affidavits in Support Of New Trial Not
Jurisdictional, C.A. Rules
(May 21, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Panel Reverses Self,
Citing Corrected Transcript
(May 20, 2015)
Court to Hear Case Over Phony Military
Medals En Banc
(May 20, 2015)
Justices Toss Suit Against Officers Who
Shot Mentally Ill Woman
(May 19, 2015)
Court Leaves Standing Ruling That Police
Withheld Evidence
(May 19, 2015)
CJP Censures Former Merced Judge Marc A.
Garcia, Bars Him From Assignments or
Appointments
(May 19, 2015)
Merced
Superior Court Judge Garcia Steps Down
to End CJP Probe
(May 19, 2015)
Schools Big Winners, but Revised Budget
Preserves Court Funding
(May 15, 2015)
Kern Superior Court Judge Admonished by
CJP for Comments To Court Administrator,
Attorney
(May 15, 2015)
C.A. Says Lawyers May Meet With Clients
in Non-Partitioned Jail Rooms
(May 15, 2015)
C.A. Tosses Conviction for Killing
Son-in-Law’s Grandmother
(May 14, 2015)
S.C. Leaves Ruling on Ex-Vernon
Official’s Pension Standing
(May 14, 2015)
Professor Michael J. Bazyler to Speak on
‘Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust’
(Snippets, May 14, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Ruling in Suit by Customer
Claiming False Arrest
(May 13, 2015)
Sprint and Verizon to Pay $158 Million
for ‘Cramming’
(May 13, 2015)
C.A. Voids Judgment in Family Feud Over
Trinity Broadcasting
(May 12, 2015)
C.A. Revives Claim CalPERS Breached
Duties to Retirees
(May 12, 2015)
S.C.
Says ‘Pay-for-Delay’ Drug Deals May
Violate Antitrust Law
(May 8, 2015)
C.A. Sides With Neighbors in Fight Over
Wozniak Property
(May 8, 2015)
License Plate Reader Data Exempt From
Disclosure Statute—C.A.
(May 7, 2015)
Prop. 47 Applies to Plea Bargains, Court
of Appeal Rules
(May 7, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Asks S.C. to Decide Scope
of Credit Card Statute
(May 6, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Conviction of Orange County
Woman Who Killed Husband on Mother’s Day
2011
(May 6, 2015)
S.C. Bars Cost Awards to FEHA Defendants
in Non-Frivolous Suits
(May 5, 2015)
Court of Appeal Says Credit Card Privacy
Statute Is Inapplicable Where
Transaction Is Begun Online
(May 5, 2015)
Court Rejects Group’s Challenge to Being
Forced to Disclose Donors
(May 4, 2015)
Panel Upholds Use of 11-Member Jury in
Criminal Case
(May 4, 2015)
S.C. to Decide Constitutionality of
Trying Pro Per in Absentia
(May 1, 2015)
S.C.
to Decide Whether City’s Transfer of
Utility Revenues Is ‘Tax’
(April 30, 2015)
C.A. Says Contingency Fee Lien Attached
to Client’s Interest in Trust
(April 29, 2015)
Court Upholds Fee Award in Withdrawn
Technology Suit
(April 29, 2015)
Decades-Long Pollution Not ‘Single
Event’ Under CAFA—Panel
(April 28, 2015)
High Court Overturns Death Sentence,
Says Judge Wrongly Excluded Expert on
Prison Conditions
(April 28, 2015)
Janitorial Neglect Is Not ‘Professional
Negligence’ C.A. Rules
(April 27, 2015)
C.A. Won’t Block Action by Kardashian,
West Over Video
(April 27, 2015)
Suit Over Execution of Search Warrant No
SLAPP, C.A. Rules
(April 24, 2015)
Court of Appeal Rejects Paternity Claim
Against Estate of Olympian Killed by
Drunk Driver
(April 24, 2015)
Condemned Inmate Raymond Steele Dies on
Death Row
(April 24, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Throws Out Barry Bonds’
Conviction
(April 23, 2015)
Superior Court Commissioner David
Bianchi to Retire
(April 23, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Conviction in Killing of
Alleged Child Molester
(April 22, 2015)
Los Angeles Superior Court Elects Two
New Commissioners
(April 22, 2015)
Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Bill
to Fund New Judgeships
(April 22, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Orders New Hearing in Huge
Nevada Mortgage Fraud
(April 21, 2015)
C.A. Says Tiered Water Rates Are
Unconstitutional
(April 21, 2015)
C.A.
Orders New Sentencing Hearing for Man
Who Killed at 17
(April 17, 2015)
High Court Denies LAPPL’s Depublication
Request
(April 17, 2015)
Services Sunday and Monday for Los
Angeles Attorney Peter Dolan
(April 17, 2015)
Court Upholds Racial Profiling
Injunction Against Sheriff Arpaio
(April 16, 2015)
Panel Upholds Harassment Conviction
Based on Tweets
(April 16, 2015)
Court Partially Reverses Judgment in
Church Molestation Suit
(April 15, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Ruling That Popular Eatery
Is Public Nuisance
(April 15, 2015)
C.A. Rules for County in Public Records
Act Dispute With ACLU
(April 14, 2015)
Funeral Services Scheduled for Tomorrow
for Retired Inglewood Judge Roosevelt
Robinson Jr.
(April 14, 2015)
Gail J. Standish Appointed as United
States Magistrate Judge For the Central
District of California
(April 14, 2015)
C.A. Revives Suit Against Lawyer Over
Trust Drafting Error
(April 13, 2015)
Supreme
Court Rules for Charter Schools in
Dispute With LAUSD
(April
10, 2015)
C.A. Disallows Royalty Suit by Producers
of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’
(April 10, 2015)
C.A. Voids Insurance Regulation on
Replacement Cost Estimates
(April 9, 2015)
Circuit Judges Question Whether ‘Model
Mayhem’ Site Is Immune From Rape Suit
Under CDA
(April 9, 2015)
Court Rejects Confrontation Clause
Challenge to Autopsy Report
(April 8, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Convictions in Compton
Robbery-Murders
(April 8, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Constitutional Challenge to
Grape Growers Tax
(April 7, 2015)
Services Today for Retired Judge Irving
Feffer
(April 7, 2015)
Law Library to Provide Free MCLE
Classes, Big-Band Concert
(Snippets, April 7, 2015)
Panel Upholds Lawyer’s Conviction for
Obstructing SEC Probe
(April 6, 2015)
S.C.
Agrees to Hear Case on Federal
Arbitration Act Preemption
(April 3, 2015)
C.A. Says Homeowners Waited Too Long to
Sue Their Lawyers
(April 2, 2015)
S.C. Depublishes C.A. Ruling on LAPD
Impound Policy
(April 2, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Disbarred Lawyer’s
Defamation Suit Against State Bar
(April 1, 2015)
Stein Says He Will Run for Judge Again,
With a Caveat
(April 1, 2015)
Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg to
Retire Today
(March 31, 2015)
C.A. Says Railroad’s Ties to State Not
Sufficient for Jurisdiction
(March 30, 2015)
Court
Grants En Banc Rehearing in Challenge to
Gun-Permit Rules
(March 27, 2015)
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Arthur
Jean to Retire
(March 27, 2015)
Panel Orders New Trial for Loan Officer
Convicted in Scheme
(March 26, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Emotional-Distress Award to
Two Who Saw Relative Choke to Death
After Surgery
(March 26, 2015)
C.A. Affirms Dismissal of Molestation
Case as Misconduct Sanction
(March 25, 2015)
Justice Fred Woods to Retire From C.A.
at End of Month
(March 25, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Murder Conviction in
Shooting of Pregnant Girlfriend
(March 24, 2015)
Panel
Rejects Suit Challenging U.S. Military
Contractor Policies
(March 23, 2015)
S.C. to Decide if Threats Charge May Be
Based on Hand Gestures
(March 20, 2015)
U.S. Law Preempts Statute on Costs for
Failure to Admit
(March 20, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Approval of Judgment Terms
Beyond Those in Stipulation
(March 20, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Agency’s Decision
to Ban Anti-Israel Bus Ad
(March 19, 2015)
Confidentiality Bars Suit Based on Bad
Advice Allegedly Given at Mediation
Session—Court of Appeal
(March 19, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Dismissal of Suit Over
‘Greek Yogurt’ Labeling
(March 18, 2015)
Supervisors Vote to Join Amicus Brief
Supporting President Obama’s Immigration
Actions
(March 18, 2015)
S.C. Posthumously Admits Chinese-Born
Legal Pioneer to State Bar
(March 17, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Challenges to Life Terms
for Teenage Killers
(March 17, 2015)
Divided
State High Court Votes to Rehear Death
Penalty Case
(March 13, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Firing of DOJ Agent Based
on Secretly Taped Calls
(March 12, 2015)
S.C. Will Not Hear County's Appeal in
Auto Rollover Case
(March 12, 2015)
Panel Reverses Itself, Says Elderly
Woman Can Seek New Trial in Killing of
Husband
(March 11, 2015)
Commission Charges Merced Judge With
Misconduct Over Payments From His Former
Law Firm
(March 11, 2015)
Former Judicial Candidate Armsted
Considered for Appointment
(March 11, 2015)
C.A.: Insurer Had No Duty to Defend
‘Buckyballs’ Infringement Suit
(March 10, 2015)
Panel Rejects Torture Claims, Upholds
Extradition Order
(March 10, 2015)
C.A. Says Vexatious Litigant Law Applies
to Family Law Contempts
(March 9, 2015)
Court Upholds Judgment for Glendale in
Suit Over Lawyer’s Arrest
(March 6, 2015)
Atheist Leader Under Consideration for
Judgeship
(March 6, 2015)
Sixth District Revives Sex Assault
Victim’s Claim Against Insurer
(March 5, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Honored Veteran’s Bid to
Seal Juvenile Records
(March 4, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Reverses Misjoinder Ruling
in ADA Suit
(March 4, 2015)
S.C. Rejects Blanket Restrictions on Sex
Offender Residency
(March 3, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Tosses Older Pilot’s Claim
Against Airlines
(March 3, 2015)
C.A. Says Settlor’s Needs Take
Precedence Over Cat Protection
(March
2, 2015)
S.C.
Revives Claim That CHP Is Liable in
Catastrophic Accident
(February
27, 2015)
Political Ties Between Judge and
Prosecutor Not Automatically
Disqualifying in Death Case—Court
(February 27, 2015)
Dan Potter Named Clerk of Sixth District
Court of Appeal
(February 27, 2015)
Manager’s Suit Against Entertainment
Lawyer Held No SLAPP
(February 26, 2015)
Brown Reappoints Two to CJP
(February 26, 2015)
Court of Appeal Rejects Challenge to
State ‘Cap-and-Trade’ Rules
(February 25, 2015)
Commissioner’s Lack of Proper Response
to Litigant’s Disqualification Bid Voids
Court’s Orders—C.A.
(February 25, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Subscribers’ Suit Against
TWC, Teams Over Cable Deals
(February 24, 2015)
Attorney Carter Pulls Plug on Nascent
Judicial Candidacy
(February 24, 2015)
Supreme
Court to Rule on Constitutionality of
DNA Measure
(February 20, 2015)
C.A.
Upholds Release in Suit Over Health Club
Injury
(February 20, 2015)
C.A. Allows Pastor’s Defamation Case
Against Stepson to Continue
(February 19, 2015)
Former Judicial Candidate Sentenced in
Drug Case
(February 19, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Order Allowing Property
Dispute to Be Tried in Iran
(February 18, 2015)
Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye Makes Final
Appointments To Futures Commission, Sets
Group’s First Meeting
(February 18, 2015)
Mayor’s Refusal to Sign Contract Not
‘Absence,’ C.A. Rules
(February 17, 2015)
Court of Appeal Declines to Block
CalPERS From Cutting Former Vernon
Official’s Pension
(February 17, 2015)
S.C. Agrees to Review Ruling on Appeals
by Vexatious Litigants
(February 13, 2015)
C.A. Rejects City’s Bid to Collect Legal
Fees From Widow of Man Who Hanged
Himself in Custody
(February 13, 2015)
Court of Appeal Revives Suit Over
Hospital Workers’ Meal Periods
(February 12, 2015)
Memorial Scheduled for Orville, Mary
Dean Armstrong
(February 12, 2015)
Firearm in Backpack Is Carried ‘On the
Person’—Court of Appeal
(February 11, 2015)
Decision of Controversial San Diego
Judge Denying Name Change Found
‘Arbitrary and Capricious’
(February 11, 2015)
Lui Seeks Return to Court of Appeal Post
(February 10, 2015)
Prejudice Not Presumed Where Convicted
Man’s Defense Lawyer Was Facing
Prosecution—C.A.
(February 10, 2015)
Attorney Yarnall Tells Cowboy Lawyers of
Wedding Plans
(February 10, 2015)
Court of Appeal Won’t Seal Records in
Dispute Between NCAA and Ex-Coach Todd
McNair
(February 9, 2015)
C.A.
Revives Legal Malpractice Action Based
on Equitable Estoppel
(February 6, 2015)
Two Appeals Panels Reverse Anti-SLAPP
Judgments
(February 6, 2015)
Observation of Factual Matter in Earlier
C.A. Decision Not Binding
(February 5, 2015)
Judge Erred in Denying Fee Award to
Attorney Parris—C.A.
(February 5, 2015)
C.A. Scuttles Appeal Under
‘Disentitlement’ Doctrine
(February 5, 2015)
Pro Per Lawyer Faulted by Court of
Appeal for Hopeless Brief
(February 4, 2015)
Aaron Weissman to Run for Superior Court
Judgeship
(February 4, 2015)
Plaintiff Alleging Same-Sex Job
Harassment Doesn’t Need To Establish Any
Specific Motive—Court of Appeal
(February 4, 2015)
Suit by One Client Kills Attorney-Client
Privilege of Other—C.A.
(February 3, 2015)
Appeals Court Says Judge Failed to
Follow Law in Placing Youth in
Out-of-State Facility
(February 3, 2015)
Kuhl Hails District Attorney’s
‘Professionalism,’ Sheriff’s ‘Integrity’
(February 3, 2015)
C.A. Affirms Judgment Absolving AEG in
Michael Jackson’s Death
(February 2, 2015)
Jury Should Not Have Been Told Plaintiff
Suing for Products Liability Was in U.S.
Illegally—Panel
(February 2, 2015)
Former Los Angeles Attorney John W. Hill
Dies at 79
(February 2, 2015)
State
High Court Reverses Itself on Sex
Offender Registration
(January 30, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Arthur L.
Alarcon Dies at 89
(January 30, 2015)
C.A. Rejects ‘Mistake’ Defense in Axe
Killing of Suspected Burglar
(January 29, 2015)
State Supreme Court Will Not Review
Ruling on Effect of Submitting Motions
to Private Judges
(January 29, 2015)
Scott Luskin Named Partner by Payne
& Fears
(January 29, 2015)
C.A. Revives Coliseum Corruption Suit
Against Rave Promoters
(January 28, 2015)
Deputy D.A. Ipson Confirms He Is Running
for Judge
(January 28, 2015)
Court of Appeal Upholds Conviction in
Killing of Off-Road Racer Mickey
Thompson and Wife
(January 27, 2015)
Four Prosecutors, Including Blogger
Berger, File to Run for Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge
(January 27, 2015)
C.A. Revives Suit Against Police Who
Mistook Stroke for Insobriety
(January 26, 2015)
Deputy D.A. Archuleta Says She Will Run
for Judge
(January 26, 2015)
State Supreme Court Bars Judges From
Belonging to Youth Organizations That
Discriminate
(January 26, 2015)
C.A. Upholds Constitutionality of Public
Employee Pension Cuts
(January 23, 2015)
S.C. to Decide if U.S. Law Preempts
Mining Restrictions
(January 23, 2015)
Court of Appeal Tosses Putative Class
Action by Hotel Workers
(January 22, 2015)
C.A. Invalidates Agreement Shortening
Limitation Period in Ex-Employee’s
Action Based on FEMA, Public Policy
(January 22, 2015)
City’s Transfer of Utility Revenues Held
‘Tax’ by Court of Appeal
(January 21, 2015)
C.A. Overturns Judgment Based on Service
by Publication
(January 21, 2015)
C.A. Revives Suit Over SWAT Raid on
Halloween Party at Mansion
(January 20, 2015)
C.A.
Upholds Convictions in Killing of
Oakland Newspaper Editor
(January 16, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Ruling That San
Jose Cannot Sue Baseball Commissioner
Under Antitrust Laws
(January 16, 2015)
Judge Patrick Hegarty Slates March 31
Retirement
(January 16, 2015)
Facebook Libel Case Might Be Triable
Where Defendant Resides
(January 15, 2015)
C.A. Disallows Award of Attorney Fee in
Trespass Case Where Damages Were Set at
$1, No Actual Injury Shown
(January 15, 2015)
C.A. Affirms Conviction of Teacher Who
Had Sex With Minor
(January 15, 2015)
S.C. Won’t Review Ruling Brown Not
Subject to CEQA
(January 15, 2015)
C.A. Bars Use of Requests-to-Admit
Responses for Impeachment
(January 14, 2015)
Judge Rita Miller Under Consideration
for Court of Appeal
(January 14, 2015)
C.A. Applies Tolling Statute to Medical
Malpractice Claims
(January 13, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Review in
Idaho and Nevada Same-Sex Marriage Cases
(January 13, 2015)
JACKIE LACEY: She Is Where She Is
Through Hard Work, Skill, and Confidence
Placed in Her by Steve Cooley
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2015)
JIM MCDONNELL: Expecting to Be a
Policeman-on-the-Beat in Boston, He
Becomes Los Angeles County Sheriff
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2015)
L. ERNESTINE FIELDS: Feisty Octogenarian
Is Known as the ‘Teddy Bear Attorney’
(Person of the Year,
January 12, 2015)
C.A. Cites Expert Testimony, Tosses Red
Light Camera Conviction
(January 12, 2015)
Panel Upholds Dealers’ Convictions in
Machine Gun Scheme
(January 12, 2015)
Security
Guards Entitled to Pay for ‘On-Call’ Hours, S.C. Rules
(January 9, 2015)
Superior Court Judge, Prosecutor Wife to
Retire
(January 9, 2015)
Kent Richland Under Consideration for
Appointment to Court of Appeal
(January
9, 2015)
Deputy DAs Vote to Sever Ties With
National Labor Union
(Snippets, January 9,
2015)
C.A. Affirms Ban on Charitable
Solicitations at Shopping Center
(January 8, 2015)
Nepalese Police Officer Was Victim of
'Persecution,' Ninth Circuit Says,
Vacating Asylum Denial
(January 8, 2015)
County Must Pay Ex-Sheriff's Costs in
Dispute With DA—Court
(January 7, 2015)
C.A. Rejects Delays in Three-Strikes
Resentencing Decisions
(January 7, 2015)
California Supreme Court Upholds Shasta
County Death Sentence
(January 6, 2015)
Retired Court of Appeal Justice Richard
Neal Dies at 67
(January 6, 2015)
D.C. Bar Cites California Suspension,
Bans Ex-Federal Official
(January 5, 2015)
Ninth Circuit Affirms $10.1 Million
Attorney Fee Award
(January 5, 2015)
C.A. Affirms Judgment Based on Hotel's
Discrimination Against Jews
(January 2, 2015)
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