Schools’ Funding Lawsuit
Barred by 90-Day Statute
(December 31,
2018)
Ignoring Invalid §998 Offer
Didn’t Bar Plaintiff’s Later
Attorney Fees—C.A.
(December 31,
2018)
C.A. Remands Glendale Power
Rate Cases for Further
Findings
(December 31,
2018)
Man Who Gained Damages Far
Less Than Sought Wasn’t
‘Prevailing Party’
(December 28,
2018)
Butter Knife, Used to Slash at
Woman, Wasn’t a Deadly
Weapon—S.C.
(December 28,
2018)
Victim’s Unknown Injury
Required Manslaughter
Instruction
(December 28,
2018)
Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc
Rehearing in Prayer Case
(December 27,
2018)
Innocent Investor in Ponzi
Scheme Must Forfeit Fees
Gained by Enlisting Others
(December 27,
2018)
Plaintiff in Consumer Action
Challenging Claim For Products
Has No Heightened Burden
(December 27,
2018)
Can’t Impound Vehicle Because
Driver Lacks California
License
(December 26,
2018)
No Arbitration in Lawsuit By
Deposed President Of Company
Purchased by Google
(December 26,
2018)
Company Does Not Deceive
Consumers By Labeling Product
‘Almond Milk’
(December 24,
2018)
Employer Might Be Liable for
Accident Caused by Employee
While Off-Duty
(December 24,
2018)
Commission Confirms Groban As
Supreme Court Justice
(December 24,
2018)
C.A. Orders Publication of
Opinion Withholding Teacher’s
Name
(December 24,
2018)
Client Impliedly Consented to
Law Firm’s Conflict—C.A.
(December 21,
2018)
Lawyer Wins Reversal of
Conviction That Forms the
Basis of Interim Suspension
(December 21,
2018)
City Attorney Reinstated as
Counsel After Violating
Privilege
(December 20,
2018)
Ex-Wife’s Hiked Earnings
Justified Modifying Her
Percentage-Based Alimony
Obligation
(December 20,
2018)
C.A. Resuscitates Newspaper’s
First Amendment Suit Against
City
(December 20,
2018)
Judge Not Disqualified for
Violating Donation Disclosure
Rule
(December 19,
2018)
Fourth District Says
Post-Dismissal Cost Orders Are
Appealable
(December 19,
2018)
Court of Appeal Imposes
$31,000 Sanction on Lawyer
(December 19,
2018)
Catholic Teacher Wasn’t a
Minister, Can Bring
Discrimination Claim
(December 18,
2018)
New Property Owner Must
Perfect Title Before Serving
Three-Day Notice
(December 18,
2018)
Brown Names Aide, Five Others
to Superior Courts
(December 18,
2018)
Employees May Be Barred From
Sporting ‘Union Regalia’ in
Courthouse—C.A.
(December 17,
2018)
Two Appointed to Los Angeles
Superior Court
(December 17,
2018)
Superior Court Has
Jurisdiction Over Custody
Despite Earlier Decree in
Foreign Nation
(December 17,
2018)
Ninth Circuit Affirms Contraceptive
Regulation Injunction
(December 14, 2018)
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol
Elswick Draws Public Admonishment From
CJP
(December 14, 2018)
C.A. Affirms Discovery Sanction Imposed
on Actress Amber Heard
(December 14, 2018)
Judge Acted in Excess of Jurisdiction in
Remanding Case Sua Sponte
(December 14, 2018)
Tying Attorney-Fee Award to Lemon Law
Recovery Is Improper
(December 13, 2018)
USC Student Expelled for Sexual Assault
Was Denied Due Process by Adjudicator
(December 13, 2018)
Estimated Prospective Liability of $3.1
Billion Precludes Remand
(December 13, 2018)
C.A. Affirms $4 Million Default Judgment
Against Jehovah’s Witnesses for Sexual
Child Abuse
(December 12, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Resuscitates Action
Against Maker of Nivea Under State’s UCL
(December 12, 2018)
Defense Verdict in Rose Rape Case Not
Marred by Evidentiary Error
(December 11, 2018)
Orchestrator of Court Reporting Services
Is Subject to State Regulations of CSRs
(December 11, 2018)
Specific Wage Order Takes Precedence
Over General Statute
(December 11, 2018)
Lawyer Asserts NFL/DirecTV Deal Violates
Antitrust Laws
(December 10, 2018)
Brown Names Three to L.A. Superior Court
(December 10, 2018)
Facebook May Lawfully Track Visits to
Healthcare Sites
(December 7, 2018)
CCP §128.5, When Resurrected in 2014,
Incorporated ‘Safe Harbor’ Proviso
(December 7, 2018)
$1.9
Million Default Judgment Voided Based on
Deviation From Order in Publishing
Summons
(December 6, 2018)
C.A. Overturns Man’s Assault
Convictions, Extolls 64-Year-Old Williamson Rule
(December 6, 2018)
Parole Revocation, Absent Stipulation,
Beyond Power of Commissioner
(December 6, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Revives Action Against
Judge Otis Wright
(December 6, 2018)
Ordinary Standard of Care Applies in
UCLA Stabbing Case
(December 5, 2018)
Conclusive Effect of Findings in Bar
Proceedings In Other States Comports
With Due Process
(December 5, 2018)
Law Against Encouraging Illegal
Immigration Invalidated
(December 5, 2018)
Panel Reinstates Candidate’s Action Over
Barring His Party Preference From Ballot
(December 4, 2018)
Gauging Ability to Pay Probation Fee
Can’t Be Delegated to Probation
Officer—C.A.
(December 4, 2018)
C.A. Won’t Resuscitate Action by
Whistleblower Against GOP
(December 4, 2018)
Ex-Coach’s Bullying Investigation Report
to Stay Private
(December 3, 2018)
C.A. Affirms Domestic Violence
Restaining Order Imposed on Lawyer Who
Harassed Ex-Boyfriend
(December 3, 2018)
Seven Appointed to Los Angeles Superior
Court
(November 30, 2018)
C.A. Upholds Officer’s Suspension for
‘Ethnic’ Remark Relating to Race
(November 30, 2018)
Court of Appeal Reinstates State’s
Assisted-Suicide Law
(November 29, 2018)
Republican Club Sues Western Justice
Center, City of Pasadena Over Effort to
Block Speech
(November 29, 2018)
USC Not Liable to Woman Injured at
Off-Campus Fraternity Party
(November 29, 2018)
Governor Elevates Rubin to Presiding
Justice, Names Currey, Wiley to
Vacancies
(November 28, 2018)
Burden Was on DUI Defendant to Show
Blood Drawn in Unreasonable Manner
(November 28, 2018)
Assumption of Risk Not Established in
Sports-Injury Case
(November 28, 2018)
Defendant Who Quit Medication Entitled
to Competency Hearing
(November 27, 2018)
Commission on Judicial Appointments
Confirms Five Selections for California
Courts of Appeal
(November 27, 2018)
Impregnating Californian Didn’t
Establish Personal Jurisdiction
(November 27, 2018)
Reassertion of Previously Rejected
Stance Is Not Apt to Find Favor—Ninth
Circuit
(November 27, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Finds Sentence Imposed By
Judge Real Violated Statute
(November 27, 2018)
Removal to Federal Court Didn’t Defeat
State-Law Fee Claim
(November 26, 2018)
Father’s English Proficiency Improperly
Used As a Factor in Child Custody Award
(November 26, 2018)
Brown Elevates Two to First District
Court of Appeal
(November 26, 2018)
Action Properly Dismissed Based on
Triviality of Claims
(November 23, 2018)
Five-Year Period for Bringing Action to
Trial Not Tolled by Partial Stay—C.A.
(November 23, 2018)
Riverside Sheriff’s Department Had Duty
to Search for Lost Bicyclist
(November 23, 2018)
Ninth U.S. Circuit Panel Revives Honey
Badger Trademark Suit
(November 21, 2018)
Judge Can’t Grant Anti-SLAPP Motion
After Plaintiff Dismisses, Absent Fee
Motion
(November 21, 2018)
Rights Group Has No Standing to
Challenge Synagogue’s Killing of
Chickens in Ritual
(November 21, 2018)
Award of Attorney Fees at ‘Big-City’
Rate Proper Where Local Counsel
Unavailable
(November 21, 2018)
Race Wasn’t Main Factor in City
Council’s Redistricting
(November 20, 2018)
40.9
Percent of Those Taking July Bar Exam
Pass
(November 20, 2018)
Mixed-Motives Can Support Discrimination
Claim Under §1941
(November 20, 2018)
Lawsuit by Former Acupuncturist Accused
Of Running Cult Was a SLAPP—C.A.
(November 20, 2018)
Complexity of Issues Didn’t Justify
Denial of Relief From Jury Waiver
(November 20, 2018)
California C.A. Decision Requires
Reinstating Action Against Bayer
(November 19, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Affirms $2,500 Sanction on
Lawyer For Disobeying Orders in Tobacco
Case
(November 19, 2018)
Ninth U.S. Circuit Voids $2.8 Million
Restitution Order
(November 19, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Mulls Extent of Protection
To Accord Probationers’ PCs, Phones
(November 16, 2018)
‘God’s
Not Dead’ Plagiarism Lawsuit Revived
(November 16, 2018)
Brown Names Senior Advisor Groban To
California Supreme Court
(November 15, 2018)
Correction of Prior Judge’s Legal Error
In Setting Bail Was Itself Error—C.A.
(November 15, 2018)
Must Cut Fee Award for Partly Successful
Anti-SLAPP Motion
(November 15, 2018)
IALA ‘Roasts’ Attorney Thomas P.
Cacciatore
(November 15, 2018)
Strip Club’s Challenge to Ordinance
Fails, Writ Hearing Was Fair Trial—C.A.
(November
14, 2018)
C.A.
Affirms Parental Rights for Mother, Two
Fathers
(November
14, 2018)
Subpoenaing Irrelevant Matter Isn’t
Abuse of Process
(November
14, 2018)
Heavy Metal Drummer Not Entitled To
Disqualify Bandmate’s Lawyer
(November 13,
2018)
C.A. Questions Lowering Attorney Fees
Based on Displeasure With Lemon Law
(November 13, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Injunction Against
Ending DACA
(November 9, 2018)
Appeals Court Won’t Upset Jury’s Finding
That Controversial Remedy Works
(November 9, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Judges Urge Revision to
‘Uneven’ Immigration Rule
(November 9, 2018)
Retired Justice Werdegar Tells How It
Was, How It Is
(November 9, 2018)
Sauceda, Hunter, Cho, Perez Win Los
Angeles Superior Court Seats
(November 8, 2018)
Anti-SLAPP Motions May Not Be Filed in
Limited Civil Cases
(November 8, 2018)
Failure-to-Warn Action Against
Drug-Makers Can Continue
(November 8, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Illicit-Sex
Convictions Of Man Sentenced to 150
Years in Prison
(November 8, 2018)
Applying State Preclusion Rule to
Federal Dismissal Is Error
(November 8, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Mulls Effect of Barring
Evidence at Trial of Leroy Baca
(November 7, 2018)
Evidence Derived From Dog’s Sniffing
During Traffic Stop Properly Admitted
(November 7, 2018)
Langston Bar Association Inducts Five
Into Hall of Fame
(November 8, 2018)
Innocence of Felony Requires Reversal of
Gang Activity Charge—Court of Appeal
(November 7, 2018)
GNC Must Pay Attorney Fees of Model
Whose Likeness Was Wrongfully Used
(November 6, 2018)
Presiding Justice Seeking Judges’
Support For Retention of Justices Raises
Concerns
(November 6, 2018)
Gang Expert’s Opinion, Standing Alone,
Insufficient for Enhancement
(November 6, 2018)
Judge Wright’s Refusal to Hear From
Defendant Requires Resentencing
(November 6, 2018)
State’s Ivory Ban Upheld Against
Vagueness Challenge
(November 5, 2018)
Pregnant Victim’s Inability to Travel
Didn’t Justify Use of Testimony Via Live
Video
(November 5, 2018)
Opinion Denying New Judge Is No Bar to
Peremptory Challenge on Remand
(November 2, 2018)
C.A. Limits Bar on Later Testimony by
Judges On Proceedings That Were Before
Them
(November 2, 2018)
Pro Tem Justice Bound by Appellate, Not
Trial Court, Ethics
(November 2, 2018)
Actress’s Action Against Unit of ABC for
Nonrenewal of Contract Properly Axed
(November 1, 2018)
Circuit Judge Bea Distances Himself From
Advice by Majority to Prison Officials
(November 1, 2018)
Exams of Children Without Parental
Consent Violate Constitution
(November 1, 2018)
Glaser, Weil Prevails Over Record
Producer in C.A.
(October 31, 2018)
Court’s Omission of Hearing Time in
Notice Violated Man’s Due Process
Rights—C.A.
(October 31, 2018)
C.A. Revives Suit Against Lawyer Who
Sanctioned Casino Raid
(October 30, 2018)
Brown Names Herin, Kelley, McGonigle to
Los Angeles Superior Court
(October 30, 2018)
Judge Benny Osorio Slates Nov. 14
Retirement From Los Angeles Superior
Court
(October 30, 2018)
Attorney, 79, Says Ninth Circuit Should
Not Suspend Him
(October 30, 2018)
Admission to Jury of Client’s Guilt on a
Count Requires Reversal
(October 30, 2018)
No Felony Conviction for Man Whose Act
Fit More Specific Misdemeanor
(October 30, 2018)
Policy Covers Dip in Value of Property
Caused by Insured
(October 29, 2018)
Brown Appoints Nellon, Seng to L.A.
Judgeships, Elevates Menetrez to Fourth
District
(October 29, 2018)
Lie Elicited by Police Was Improperly
Admitted Into Evidence
(October 29, 2018)
Voicemail
to Agent to Sell Did Not Constitute
Electronic Signature on Sales Agreement
(October 26, 2018)
Error in Accepting Plea After Doubt
Raised As to Competency Can’t Be
Reviewed
(October 26, 2018)
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ernest
Hiroshige Draws Public Admonishment From
CJP
(October 25, 2018)
Man Convicted of Death Caused by Drunk
Driving To Get Hearing on Juror’s MADD
Membership
(October 25, 2018)
Inventory Search Wasn’t Marred by Added
Investigatory Aim
(October 25, 2018)
Surgeon’s Expert Testimony on Force of
Car Crash Was Improper
(October 25, 2018)
Officer in DUI Case May Testify on
Meaning of Performance in Test for Eye
Condition
(October 24, 2018)
Couple Allegedly Burned by Immigration
Consultant Entitled to Default
Judgment—Appeals Court
(October 24, 2018)
Arbitrator Had Authority to Bar
Testimony of Cross-Defendant, Daughter
as Sanction
(October 23, 2018)
Driver Who Leased Vehicle Was an
Employee Of Taxi Company—Court of Appeal
(October 23, 2018)
Settlement Properly Approved in Class
Action Over Amount of Tuna in StarKist
Cans
(October 23, 2018)
Bankruptcy of Debtor Stays Enforcement
of ORAP Lien—Ninth Circuit
(October 23, 2018)
Judge Lacked Authority to Bring His Own
Allegations Against Father
(October 23, 2018)
Attorney Fees Might Have Been Awardable
as Damages
(October 22, 2018)
Child Has Standing to Sue for Wrongful
Death Of Mother’s Boyfriend—Court of
Appeal
(October 22, 2018)
LACBA Endorses Justices Facing Nov. 6
Retention Election
(October 19, 2018)
Plaintiff Whose Lawyer Failed to Oppose
Demurrer, Admits Fault, Is Entitled to
Reinstement of Suit
(October 19, 2018)
Sheriff McDonnell Names Sergio Perez
Constitutional Policing Advisor
(October 19, 2018)
Obstruction of Justice Conviction Does
Not Subject Commerce Mayor to Lifetime
Ban From Office
(October 18, 2018)
Request for Declaration As to Lien
Priority Wasn’t a SLAPP—C.A.
(October 18, 2018)
Defendant Can’t Compel Production of DNA
Analysis Software
(October 18, 2018)
LACBA President Tells of Drop in
Membership, Plans for Revitalizing the
Organization
(October 17, 2018)
Restraining Order Against Candidate Was
Properly Based on Conduct, Not Protected
Speech
(October 17, 2018)
Appellate Division Says Man’s
Confiscated Recreational Marijuana Must
Be Returned
(October 17, 2018)
Company That Controls Domain Name System
Can’t Be Sued by Disappointed Bidder
(October 16, 2018)
Selective Enforcement Discovery
Available Upon Minimal Showing—Ninth
Circuit
(October 16, 2018)
Action by Waiter Who Facilitated Setting
Up Bout Between Mayweather, Pacquiao Not
a SLAPP
(October 15, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Judges Express Doubt That
Action Against Southwest Airlines Is
Viable
(October 15, 2018)
$11
Million-Plus Civil Judgment Against
Lawyer, On Suspension, Properly Based on
Conviction
(October 12, 2018)
Appeal Over $1.3 Million Transfer Fails
Based on Inept Brief
(October 12, 2018)
Appointees to Los Angeles Superior Court
Include Three Who Gained Election in
June Primary
(October 12, 2018)
Plaintiff Who Knew Defendant’s Identity
Permitted to Substitute for Doe
(October 12, 2018)
Plea Deal Precludes Remand for
Consideration of New Discretion
(October 12, 2018)
Judge Improperly Made Order in Case
Despite Pending Appeal
(October 11, 2018)
C.A. Reinstates Action by Congregation
In Estonia Over Assets of an Estate
(October 11, 2018)
Student’s Suspension for Alleged Assault
Contravened Due Process
(October 11, 2018)
Acceptance
of Settlement Offer by Defendant’s
Lawyer Ineffective
(October 10, 2018)
Court’s
Ire at ‘Shenanigans’ Not Ground to Deny
Self-Representation
(October 10, 2018)
C.A.
Orders USC Student’s Suspension for
Cheating Reinstated
(October 10, 2018)
C.A. Yanks Judge Sandoval Off Case Based
on Delays
(October 9, 2018)
Requirement for Probationer to Seek
Approval to Move Unconstitutional
(October 9, 2018)
Trans Fat Mislabeling Suit Revived, No
Preemption by FDA Rules
(October 5, 2018)
Judge, in Declaring Party Vexatious
Litigant, May Not Require Bond in Future
Litigation
(October 5, 2018)
Ethics Committee Cites Restrictions on
Reporting Attorney Misconduct to P.J.
(October 5, 2018)
Eric C. Taylor Elected Assistant
Presiding Judge of Los Angeles Superior
Court for 2019, 2020
(October 4, 2018)
Language Barrier Did Not Preclude
‘Meeting of the Minds’
(October 4, 2018)
Dismissal of Prospective Juror Based on
Seeming Disinterest Was
Race-Neutral—Court of Appeal
(October 4, 2018)
C.A. Rejects Contention That $11,490
Jury Award Is More Than $12,001 CCP §998
Offer
(October 4, 2018)
Anti-SLAPP Motion Not Available In
Action Over Non-Payment
(October 3, 2018)
Blood of DUI Suspect May Be Drawn
Without Warrant Where Driver Chooses
That Test
(October 3, 2018)
Suit Against Lawyer for Fraud, Breach of
Contract Is Not a SLAPP, Court of Appeal
Declares
(October 2, 2018)
Judge’s Reversal of Arbitrator’s
Discovery Order Was Appealable as a
‘Final Judgment’—C.A.
(October 2, 2018)
‘Stairway
to Heaven’ Jury Instructions Didn’t
Reveal Plaintiff’s Theory
(October 1, 2018)
Requester Must Pay City’s Costs in
Complying With CPRA Request
(October 1, 2018)
No Employer Liability for Off-Site
Sexual Assault by Co-Worker
(October 1, 2018)
Restraining
Order Improperly Imposed on Ex-Wife of
Abuser
(September 28, 2018)
Judge’s Nondisclosure of Property Wasn’t
Ground for Disqualification—C.A.
(September 28, 2018)
Technically Accurate Jury Advisement Was
Misleading, Prejudicial
(September 28, 2018)
Brown Vetoes Bill That Would Have Barred
Civil Arrest of Anyone at a Courthouse
(September 28, 2018)
Tardy Motion to Designate Expert Witness
Should Have Been Granted—C.A.
(September 27, 2018)
Fruits of Officers’ 4 a.m. Warrantless
Visit to Home Must Be Suppressed
(September 27, 2018)
State Can’t Enforce Unfair Competition
Law Against Indian Tribes
(September 27, 2018)
Ministerial Exception Inapplicable to
Ex-Dean’s Contract Claim
(September 26, 2018)
Judge Properly Barred Ex-CEO’s
‘Return-of-Capital’ Defense
(September 26, 2018)
Attack on Credibility Does Not Raise
Triable Issue of Fact
(September 25, 2018)
Odor of Marijuana in Vehicle Was Factor
Justifying Pat-Down Search of Passenger
(September 25, 2018)
Lawyer’s Violation of Ethics Rule Gives
Rise to UCL Action
(September 24, 2018)
Unfair Insurance Practice Can Be Based
on a Single Violation by Insurer
(September 24, 2018)
Kabateck, Parris, Salvo Are 2018
‘Persons of the Year’
(September 24, 2018)
Brutality of Murder Indicated Lack of
Premeditation—C.A.
(September 21, 2018)
West Los Angeles, Mental Health
Courthouses To Be Put on the Market,
Under Signed Bill
(September 21, 2018)
Unsuccessful Judicial Candidate Calls
for Police Chief to Resign
(September 21, 2018)
Law Singling Out Cement Mixer Drivers
for Protection Is Constitutional
(September 21, 2018)
C.A. Division Overlooks Previous Day’s
Decision on Same Issue
(September 20, 2018)
Defendant Wasn’t Derived of Assistance
of Counsel Where She Was Restricted to
Narrative Testimony
(September 20, 2018)
Investors Not Duped if Needed
Information Is Publicly Available
(September 19, 2018)
Judge Erred in Awarding Attorney Fees to
Lender Based on Instrument Creating
‘Debt’ for Fees
(September 19, 2018)
Party Couldn’t Dismiss Cause of Action
After Special Proceeding Was Instituted
(September 19, 2018)
Attorney Can Seek Fees for Work Done 23
Years Earlier
(September 18, 2018)
Brown Vetoes Bill That Would Have
Exempted Probation Officers From
Criminal Jury Service
(September 18, 2018)
Commerce Clause Not Breached by
Differing Tax Treatment
(September 18, 2018)
No Special Employer Status for CHP in
Tow Truck Accident Case—C.A.
(September 18, 2018)
Medical Board Had Standing to Appeal
Lifting of Malpractice Judgment Against
Ex-Doctor
(September 17, 2018)
Officers
Failed to Show LAPD Policy Discouraging
Overtime
(September 14, 2018)
Supervisors to Decide if Ex-Jailer
Deserves $500,000 in Whistleblower Claim
(September 14, 2018)
Marijuana Transportation Conviction
Cannot Stand Because Later-Enacted
Element Was Not Shown
(September 14, 2018)
17-Year
Delay in Trial on SVPA Petition Requires
Dismissal
(September 13, 2018)
Bar Properly Issued on Upstart Company
Purporting to Be Once-Mighty Outfit
(September 13, 2018)
Denial of Arbitration Justified Based on
Third-Party Exception
(September 13, 2018)
California C.A.’s View of Miranda Was
Unreasonable
(September 12, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Affirms Approval of
Settlement in Class Action Over Labeling
of Olive Oil
(September 12, 2018)
POBRA Right Breached by Deterring
Request for Representative
(September 11, 2018)
Suspension of California Attorney Did
Not Contravene Ban on Punishing
Nonpayment of Dischargeable Debt
(September 11, 2018)
Arrest of Schoolgirls to ‘Prove a Point’
Violated Fourth Amendment
(September 11, 2018)
Veteran Attorney Fredrick Weitkamp Dies
(September 11, 2018)
Summary Judgment Erroneously Granted in
Case Challenging ‘One A Day’ Label on
Gummies
(September 10, 2018)
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Action by Man
Taken From House, Handcuffed, Forced to
Ground
(September 10, 2018)
Judge Erred by Limiting Fee to 10
Percent of Minors’ Recovery
(September 7, 2018)
Announcing ‘Ready’ Not Necessary to
Trigger 10-Day Grace Period for Starting
Trial
(September 7, 2018)
Injuries From Beating Required Relief
From Default
(September 7, 2018)
Stipulation on Class Members’ Addresses
Didn’t Establish Citizenship
(September 7, 2018)
County’s Revocation of Retirees’ Subsidy
Wasn’t Age Bias
(September 6, 2018)
Blowing Up ATM in Middle of Night Might
Have Been Shoplifting—C.A.
(September 6, 2018)
State Appeals Court Did Not Engraft New
Requirement on Faretta
(September 6, 2018)
Juror’s ‘Novel’ Pledge to Judge Did Not
Negate Actual Bias
(September 5, 2018)
Police May Use Violence Toward Bystander
in Extricating Him From Zone of Danger
(September 5, 2018)
Attorney Disqualified From Representing
Three Competing Clients
(September 5, 2018)
$24
Million Award Against Telemarketer Is
Not Barred
(September 5, 2018)
Reporter Shunned by County Personnel
Fails to Show Wrong
(September 4, 2018)
Sheppard
Mullin Gains Reversal of C.A. Opinion
Barring Fees
(August 31, 2018)
Videoconferencing in Infraction Trial,
Over Objection, Subject to Harmless
Error Rule
(August 31, 2018)
Ballot Designations Claimed by Hunter,
Ribons Fall
(August 30, 2018)
Suit Over Michael Jackson Album Cover
Was a SLAPP—Court of Appeal
(August 30, 2018)
Senate Passes Bill Maintaining 2019
State Bar Dues at $390
(August 29, 2018)
Orange Superior Court Judge Displayed
Apparent Gender Bias
(August 29, 2018)
Ribons Files Opposition to Writ Action
Claiming Court Lacks Jurisdiction
(August 29, 2018)
Industry Custom Evidence Admissible in
Product Liability Cases
(August 28, 2018)
Brown Readying to Appoint Joshua Groban
As Court of Appeal Presiding Justice
(August 28, 2018)
Three-Minute Limit on Public Comment Not
Unlawful Restraint
(August 28, 2018)
Antitrust Action Against Airlines Over
Pricing Must Fall
(August 27, 2018)
Ninth U.S. Circuit Reinstates Action by
Man Claiming He Was Fleeced in Buying
Artwork
(August 27, 2018)
S.C. Names Jason Lee, Alan Steinbrecher
as Officers of State Bar Board of
Trustees
(August 27, 2018)
Hunter Says If Her Ballot Designation
Fails, So Does Michel’s
(August 27, 2018)
Michael
Ribons Can’t Be Listed on Ballot as
‘Arbitrator’
(August 24, 2018)
Stocks
Options Are Deemed to Be Income for
Child Support Purposes When Vested
(August 24, 2018)
C.A.
Denies UCLA Law Professor’s Bid for Bar
Information
(August 24, 2018)
Disparate
Tax-Filing Requirements Don’t Offend
Commerce Clause
(August 24, 2018)
Defendants Deemed Served Upon Admitting
Knowledge of Action
(August 23, 2018)
CJP Censures Ex-Court Commissioner for
Anti-Democratic Party Facebook Posts
(August 23, 2018)
Suit Against Lawyer Alleged Conspiracy,
Required Judge’s Approval
(August 23, 2018)
Judge
Cannot Review Arbitrator’s ‘Partial
Final Award’
(August
22, 2018)
Plaintiff
in Lemon Law Case Who Won Car In Raffle
Properly Awarded $5,000—C.A.
(August
22, 2018)
Bond
Waiver Request Was Prerequisite for
Indigent’s Appeal
(August
22, 2018)
Hunter
Counters Writ Petition by Filing
Cross-Petition
(August
21, 2018)
Plaintiff
Entitled to Continuance Despite
Counsel’s Inexcusable Neglect
(August
21, 2018)
State
Supreme Court Upholds Validity of
Background Check Law
(August
21, 2018)
Michel
to File Writ Petition Today Contesting
Hunter’s New Ballot Designation
(August
20, 2018)
Jury’s
Defense Verdict in Fatal Shooting of
Handcuffed Man ‘Not Unreasonable’
(August
20, 2018)
Lawyer’s
Disbursement of Settlement Funds Was Not
Protected Activity
(August
20, 2018)
Discriminatory
Refusal-to-Hire Case Fails Where
Employer Had No Open Position
(August
17, 2018)
Ricardo
Garcia Named Los Angeles Public Defender
(August
17, 2018)
Candidate
Michael Ribons Files No Opposition To
Perez’s Petition for Writ of Mandate
(August
17, 2018)
Woman
Told by Officer to Go to Car, Wait
There, Wasn’t Restrained
(August
17, 2018)
Father
Need Not Be Party to Child’s Case
Alleging Abandonment
(August
17, 2018)
Court
of Appeal Orders Lowering of $300,000
Bail
(August
16, 2018)
C.A.
Reverses Spousal Support Award Because
of Judge’s Math Errors
(August
16, 2018)
Granting
Costs Didn’t Establish Litigant as
‘Prevailing Party’
(August
16, 2018)
Lawyer
Not Bound by Contract He Signed In
Approving ‘As to Form and Content’
(August
15, 2018)
Man
Ticketed in Lancaster Entitled By
Statute to Trial Closer to Home
(August
15, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit: Border Patrol Photo-Ban Case
Can Go Forward
(August
15, 2018)
Justice
Moore Provides ‘Don’ts’ in Drafting
Appellate Briefs
(August
15, 2018)
Pre-June
18 Lawsuits Based on Now-Banned Additive
Barred
(August
14, 2018)
Interest
Rates Can Be Unconscionable Even If
Exempt from Usury Statute—S.C.
(August
14, 2018)
Not
All Officers Need Acknowledge Chase
Policy for Agency Immunity
(August
14, 2018)
Supreme
Court Denies Review in Action
Challenging Becerra’s Eligibility
(August
14, 2018)
Law
Firm’s Alleged Malpractice No Defense to
Fee Settlement
(August
13, 2018)
Judge
Sandra A. Thompson, Bench Officer for 35
Years, Dies at Age 71
(August
13, 2018)
Can’t
Deny Costs Based on Losing Party’s
Meager Resources
(August
10, 2018)
Court
Has Jurisdiction in Action Brought by
Man Deported in Violation of Stay
(August
10, 2018)
Becerra’s
Lawyer Says Eligibility Challenge Is
‘Far-Fetched’
(August
10, 2018)
Perez
Brings Challenge to Ribons’ Nov. 6
Ballot Designation
(August
9, 2018)
Challenge
to Becerra’s Eligibility for A.G. Post
Goes to State High Court
(August
9, 2018)
Federal
Conviction Affirmed in Massive
Bid-Rigging Scheme
(August
9, 2018)
Mitigating
Circumstances Cannot Justify Term Lower
Than Mandatory Minimum
(August
9, 2018)
Officials
Urging Witnesses to Come Forth Doesn’t
Constitute ‘Protection Promise’
(August
8, 2018)
Dismissal
Sanction Imposed on Inmate Who
Threatened to Kill Guards
(August
8, 2018)
Defendant’s
Lawyers Not Disqualified By Plaintiff’s
Payment of Prior Bill
(August
8, 2018)
Robles
Must Pay for His Legal Defense In Action
by D.A.’s Office
(August
7, 2018)
Former
Employee May Amend Complaint Based on
Facts Raised on Appeal
(August
7, 2018)
Microstamping,
Other Handgun Safety Laws Pass Muster
(August
6, 2018)
Hiring
of Ill-Trained Masseur Doesn’t Create
Liability for Sexual Assault
(August
6, 2018)
Arbitrator’s
Nondisclosures Require Vacating
Award—C.A.
(August
6, 2018)
Defendants
Lack Standing to Seek Recusal Of
Plaintiff’s Lawyers in Privacy Case
(August
3, 2018)
72-Hour
Period for Paying Employee Who Quits Not
Triggered by After-Hours Notice
(August
3, 2018)
Court
Resuscitates Action Claiming TV Show
Breach Copyright
(August
3, 2018)
C.A.
Denies Writ in Challenge to Becerra’s
Eligibility for Election as A.G.
(August
3, 2018)
Order
Defunding Sanctuary Cities Exceeded
President’s Authority
(August
2, 2018)
Summary
Judgment for Golf Course Reversed In
Action by Woman Stung by Yellowjackets
(August
2, 2018)
$100,000
Sufficient Attorney Fees for Catalysts
of Impound Rule Change
(August
2, 2018)
Action
May Be Based on False Claim Price Is
Discounted
(August
1, 2018)
Request
of Jury to Watch Defendant Walking, to
Compare to Video of Robber, Properly
Denied
(August
1, 2018)
Probation
Condition Improperly Impossed on U.S.
Citizen
(August
1, 2018)
Safety
Consultant Owed Duty to Employees for
Partial Undertaking
(August
1, 2018)
Norton
Simon Museum Can Keep Nazi-Confiscated
Paintings
(July
31, 2018)
Judges
Miller, Loomis Slate Retirements
(July
31, 2018)
Gail
Ruderman Feuer Confirmed as Court of
Appeal Justice
(July
31, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Finds Against Law Enforcement
Officers
(July
30, 2018)
$2.1
Million Jury Award Must Fall; Damages
Were Speculative, New Trial Should Have
Been Granted
(July
30, 2018)
State
Bar Should Not Routinely Post ‘Consumer
Alerts’ on Lawyers
(July
27, 2018)
Employers
Must Pay Their Workers for Routinely
Performing Off-Clock Tasks
(July
27, 2018)
School
Board Prayers Before Pupils
Unconstitutional
(July
26, 2018)
Suge
Knight’s Killing of Businessman Wasn’t
Foreseeable—Court of Appeal
(July
26, 2018)
Trump’s
Utterances Didn’t Require Voir Dire
Queries on Bias
(July
26, 2018)
Evidence
Shows Man Would Face Torture by Mexican
Police
(July
25, 2018)
Settlement
Agreement Unlawfully Restricts Doctor’s
Practice Under California Law
(July
25, 2018)
Ex-Football
Player Gets No California Workers’
Compensation
(July
25, 2018)
Judge
Can’t Be Bumped Based on Administrative
Role
(July
24, 2018)
Man
Entitled to Trial on His Request to
Housing Authority for Home Gym
(July
24, 2018)
Judge
Groman to Receive Judicial Council’s
Distinguished Service Award
(July
24, 2018)
Attorney’s
Receipt of Client Funds Not ‘Protected
Activity’
(July
23, 2018)
Nora
Manella Elevated to Post of Court of
Appeal Presiding Justice
(July
23, 2018)
Brown
Appoints Espinosa, McKenzie to Los
Angeles Superior Court
(July
23, 2018)
Ninth
U.S. Circuit Appoints New Chief Mediator
(July
23, 2018)
LAPD
Officers’ Dismissal for Deadly Force
Affirmed
(July
20, 2018)
Supreme
Court Reverses Death Penalty Based on
Dismissal of Venireman
(July
20, 2018)
Spousal
Support Order of $245,000 per Month Was
Sufficient
(July
20, 2018)
$3
Award for Mistaken Raid of Home Was
Adequate
(July
19, 2018)
Board
of Supervisors Issues Posthumous Tribute
To Former Public Defender Michael P.
Judge
(July
19, 2018)
Judge
Rejects Bid to Bar Becerra’s Name From
Nov. 6 Ballot
(July
19, 2018)
Car
Key, Swung Once, Was Deadly Weapon—C.A.
(July
19, 2018)
Guilford,
Saferstein to Be Recognized by Judicial
Conference
(July
19, 2018)
Judge
May Substitute RICO Damages for Reversed
Punitive Damages
(July
19, 2018)
Michael
P. Judge, County Public Defender For
Nearly 16 Years, Dies at Age 74
(July
18, 2018)
Discovery
Sanctions Reversed, Supporting Papers
Untimely—Court of Appeal
(July
18, 2018)
Disabled
Veteran Entitled to Full Child Support
Credit for Benefits
(July
18, 2018)
No
‘Deference’ to Jailors Who Chained,
Strip Searched Inmates
(July
17, 2018)
Denial
of Anti-SLAPP Motion Sought by
Mayweather Is Partially Reversed
(July
17, 2018)
No
Proposition 65 Warning for Carcinogenic
Chemical in Cereal
(July
17, 2018)
Exception
to Litigation Bars Granting Anti-SLAPP
Motion—Court of Appeal
(July
16, 2018)
Judge
Michael K. Kellogg Slates Retirement
(July
16, 2018)
Deputy
Sheriff Not Personally Liable for $8
Million Judgment
(July
13, 2018)
Accused
Child Molester’s Counsel Should Have
Argued Miranda—C.A.
(July
13, 2018)
Rehearing
En Banc Denied for ‘Blurred Lines’
Artists
(July
12, 2018)
DMV
Immune for Terminating Suspension of
93-Year Old Woman’s Driving License
(July
12, 2018)
$331
Million Was Unlawfully Diverted to
General Fund
(July
11, 2018)
Senate
Confirms Bennett as Ninth Circuit Judge
(July
11, 2018)
Certificate
of Probable Cause Not Needed Where Law
Is Changed
(July
10, 2018)
Police
Justified in Searching Ex-Convict In
High-Crime Area, Appearing Nervous
(July
10, 2018)
Stuttering
Prison Guard to Keep $500,000 Jury Award
(July
10, 2018)
Action
to Bar A.G. Becerra From Nov. 6 Ballot
Continues
(July
9, 2018)
Former
Attorney Angela F. Wallace Charged With
$2 Million Fraud Scheme
(July
9, 2018)
Administrative
Law Judge Was Appropriately Fired for
Conflict
(July
9, 2018)
California
Resale Royalties Act Preempted Since
1978
(July
9, 2018)
Prenatal
Toxic Exposure Claims Tolled During
Minority
(July
6, 2018)
Judge
Had Good Cause to Disbelieve Youth’s
Account of ‘Unintentional’ Probation
Breach
(July
6, 2018)
Indigent
Litigants Are Entitled to Services of
Court Reporter
(July
6, 2018)
County
Didn’t Skimp in Paying on $1.85 Million
Settlement
(July
5, 2018)
C.A.
Imposes $16,000 Sanction on Attorney For
Appeal Based on Irrelevant Statute
(July
5, 2018)
California
Survivorship Law Applies to Civil Rights
Claims
(July
5, 2018)
Arbitration
Properly Denied Based on Verbiage In
Spanish-Language Version of Handbook
(July 5, 2018)
Utility
Company Did Not Maliciously Start Butte
Wildfire
(July
5, 2018)
Manager
Who Paid Wages to Himself Entitled to
Wage Statements—C.A.
(July
5, 2018)
Court
Cannot Order Yelp to Remove Derisive
Review
(July
3, 2018)
‘Personal
Beliefs’ Exemption Validly Excised From
Law Requiring Pupil Vaccinations
(July
3, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms $46 Million Award
Against NCAA
(July
3, 2018)
Assault
on Studio’s Fixed-Term Contracts Not a
SLAPP—Court of Appeal
(July
3, 2018)
Couple
Had ‘Separated’ Though Living in Same
House
(July
3, 2018)
Deputy
PD Lawfully Arrested for Blocking Police
in Photographing Her Client
(July
2, 2018)
Injury
Was ‘Discovered’ When Plaintiff Viewed
Television Commercial
(July
2, 2018)
California
Time-Bar Applies to Federal Trademark
Infringement
(July
2, 2018)
Judge
Meredith Jury Retires From Bankruptcy
Court
(July
2, 2018)
Gun
Microstamping Law Valid Even If
Compliance Impossible
(June
29, 2018)
Paul
Egly, Retired Superior Court Judge Who
Ordered School Busing, Dies
(June
29, 2018)
College
Tuition Paid for Son by Debtor Not
Fraudulent Conveyance
(June
29, 2018)
Going-Coming
Rule Exception Inapplicable on Non-Work
Day
(June
28, 2018)
Brown
Appoints Four Democrats to Los Angeles
Superior Court
(June
28, 2018)
C.A.:
School District Must Pay $32,000 for
Frivolous Appeal
(June
28, 2018)
C.A.
Affirms Order to State for Back Payments
to Judges
(June
27, 2018)
Marriage
Properly Annulled Based On Fraud in
Inducement—C.A.
(June
27, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Vacates Bear Killer’s Conviction
(June
27, 2018)
Supreme
Court Overturns 153-Year-Old Preclusion
Rule
(June
26, 2018)
Case
of First Impression on Sanctions To Be
Published—Court of Appeal
(June
26, 2018)
Memorial
Services Slated for Retired Judge Steven
Ogden
(June
26, 2018)
Attorney
Fees in Schedule Not Presumptively
Reasonable
(June
26, 2018)
Ex-Wife,
Cut From Will, Still Entitled to Life
Insurance Proceeds—C.A.
(June
26, 2018)
Employers
Permitted to Round Off Hours Worked
(June
26, 2018)
LAPD
Sergeant’s Facebook Posting Was
Disciplinable
(June
25, 2018)
Judge
Erred in Ordering Disciplinary Charges
Against San Francisco Officers Dropped
(June
25, 2018)
Judge
Properly Declined to Block State’s
Vote-by-Mail Law
(June
25, 2018)
Suit
Against Lawyer Didn’t Require Judicial
Countenance
(June
22, 2018)
Veteran
Jurist Sandy Kriegler to Retire Next
Week From Court of Appeal
(June 22, 2018)
Discretionary
Attorney Fees Properly Awarded in
Copyright Case
(June
22, 2018)
Woman
Fired During Maternity Leave May Take
Claim to Trial
(June
22, 2018)
C.A.
Affirms Judgment Against Starbucks for
Discrimination
(June
22, 2018)
Attorney’s
Extortive Threats Not Shielded by
Litigation Privilege
(June
21, 2018)
Lawyer
Can’t Be Monetarily Sanctioned Where
Client, Only, Was the Subject of Motion
(June
21, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Clarifies DMCA’s Restriction
Against Metadata Removal
(June
21, 2018)
Deceased
Effectively Claimed Illegitimate Son
Though Not to Wife, Family—C.A.
(June
21, 2018)
Pension-Slashing
for Convicted Public Employees Is Valid
(June
20, 2018)
Two
Arbitration Awards—One in Favor of Each
Party—Must Be Entered as Single Judgment
(June
20, 2018)
Improper
Defendant Named in Challenge to Fee for
Jury Trial
(June
20, 2018)
Arbitrator
Properly Added Language to Collective
Bargaining Agreement
(June
20, 2018)
Denial
of Making Comment Precludes Anti-SLAPP
Motion
(June 20, 2018)
Chief
Justice Names Jim Humes Administrative
Presiding Justice
(June
20, 2018)
Judge
Erred in Allowing Long-Banned ‘Speaking
Motion’
(June
19, 2018)
Retired
Superior Court Judge Steven Ogden Dies
(June
19, 2018)
Summary
Judgment for Kohl’s in Action for
Restitution Properly Granted
(June
19, 2018)
Jury
Must Decide Whether Fatal Police
Shooting Justified
(June
18, 2018)
Governor
Brown Elevates Peter J. Siggins to
Presiding Justice
(June
18, 2018)
Concurrent
Super Strike No Bar to Marijuana Felony
Reduction
(June
18, 2018)
Change
of Plea Justified Where Defendant Got
New Information
(June
15, 2018)
Judge
Was Under No Duty to Disqualify Himself
Based on Testimony of Anti-Semitic
Remark
(June
15, 2018)
Retired
Superior Court Judge Richard G.
Kolostian Dies
(June
15, 2018)
No
Unemployment Pay for Family In-Home
Caretaker—C.A.
(June
15, 2018)
Trust
Can Be Amended to Permit Gift of John
Muir Papers to University
(June
14, 2018)
Court
of Appeal Justice Nora Manella Under
Consideration for P.J. Spot
(June
14, 2018)
California
Judges Association Decries Recall of
Judge Aaron Persky
(June
14, 2018)
Presiding
Justice Norman L. Epstein Slates Aug. 22
Retirement From Court of Appeal
(June
13, 2018)
Court
of Appeal Says Man Was Entitled to O.R.
Release May 21
(June
13, 2018)
Mandatory
Minimum Probation Term Can Be Shortened
(June
12, 2018)
Amending
Complaint Does Not Render Moot Appeal
From Denial of Anti-SLAPP Motion
(June
12, 2018)
No
Need to List Nonmeritorious Issues in Wende Brief
(June
11, 2018)
Judge
Howard L. Halm Slates Retirement
(June
11, 2018)
Ethics
Committee Says Judges May Give Talks
Before Specialty Bar Associations
(June
11, 2018)
Finding
of Suitability for Parole Forgives
Prison Crime
(June
8, 2018)
Judge
Gordon Gets Voting Membership on
Judicial Council; Kelly Reappointed
(June
8, 2018)
Daehnke
and Stevens Winding Down Their Law
Partnership
(June
8, 2018)
Prejudice
to Black Defendant Should Be Presumed
Where It Emerges Lawyer Was Racist
(June
8, 2018)
Amendariz,
Davis, Gibbons, Gilbertson, Segall,
Spear Elected
(June
7, 2018)
Injunction
Against Indian Tribe With Warring
Factions Was Appropriate
(June
7, 2018)
C.A.:
Defendant, Purportedly Nicknamed
‘Payday,’ Not Prejudiced by Payday Bar
in Jury Room
(June
7, 2018)
Actual
Notice to Class Member of Settlement
Inessential
(June
6, 2018)
Jury
Must Decide Whether Green Color On Ear
Plugs Is Protectible Trademark
(June
6, 2018)
Foreign
Labor Conditions Need Not Be Disclosed
on Labels
(June
5, 2018)
Court
Must Provide ‘Safe Harbor’ Before
Imposing Sanctions for Improperly
Seeking Reconsideration
(June
5, 2018)
Committee
for Judicial Candidate Spear Belatedly
Files Its Financial Report
(June
5, 2018)
Troy
Davis Is Highest-Financed Candidate in
Los Angeles County Judicial Races
(June
4, 2018)
Governor
Elevates Feuer to Court of Appeal
(June
4, 2018)
Governor
Appoints 10 Persons to Los Angeles
Superior Court
(June
4, 2018)
Colleagues
Give Money to Campaign Coffers of
Challenged Judge Malcolm Mackey
(June
1, 2018)
Judges
House, Hess, Goldberg to Retire
(June
1, 2018)
District
Attorney May Not Bring Statewide UCL
Action—C.A.
(June
1, 2018)
Order
Conditioning Attendance at Public
Hearings Is Valid
(May
31, 2018)
C.A.:
Judge Exceeded in Authority in Ordering
Probationer to Stay Away From Liquor
(May
31, 2018)
Candidate:
Did Not Review Slate Mailers With
Falsehood That She’s a ‘Prosecutor’
(May
30, 2018)
Candidate
for Attorney General Seeks Writ To Keep
Becerra’s Name Off Nov. 6 Ballot
(May
30, 2018)
Judge
Must Take Fresh Look at Sexual
Harassment Case
(May
29, 2018)
District
Attorney’s Office Obtains a Judgment
Removing Carson Mayor From Second Post
(May
29, 2018)
ALJ,
Prosecutor, Are in Contest With
Unemployed Lawyer
(Judicial
Elections, May 29, 2018)
Jones
Brings Lawsuit Against Campaign Rival
Becerra
(May
25, 2018)
LACBA’s
Shattuck-Price Award to Be Bestowed on
Pasternak, Hennigan
(May
25, 2018)
Social
Media Providers Must Turn Over ‘Public’
Posts—S.C.
(May
25, 2018)
Lying
to Pregnant Woman Can Be a Violation of
FEHA
(May
24, 2018)
Man
Who Failed to Pay Charges on Credit Card
Entitled to Attorney Fees, Costs—C.A.
(May
24, 2018)
‘Attorney/Mother’
Is Up Against State Bar Judge, DDA
(Judicial
Elections, May 24, 2018)
S.C.
Need Not Grant Hearings in Disciplinary
Cases
(May
23, 2018)
State
Bar Exam Passage Rate Plummets to 27.3
Percent
(May
22, 2018)
Insurer
May Have Duty to Defend, Indemnify In
Action Under California False Claims Act
(May
22, 2018)
Officer
Who Shot Fleeing Man Entitled to
Qualified Immunity
(May
21, 2018)
Candidate
Davis Disavows Responsibility for Error
(May
21, 2018)
Action
May Proceed Based on Alleged Falsity Of
Claim That Vitamin E Aids the Heart
(May
18, 2018)
Court
of Appeal Reverses $5 Million Award To
Actor Bruce Willis Against Producer
(May
18, 2018)
Deputy
D.A., Court Commissioner Clash; City
Lawyer Also in Race
(Judicial
Elections, May 18, 2018)
General
Yeager’s Malpractice Action Not a SLAPP
(May
17, 2018)
Summary
Judgment for Maker of Face Powder Proper
in Action Alleging Asbestos Content
(May
17, 2018)
Judge
Overturns California’s End of Life
Option Act
(May
16, 2018)
Pills
Can Be Found to Be Contraband Without
Chemical Test
(May
15, 2018)
Group
Seeks Assisted Suicide Law to Be Voided
by Riverside Judge
(May
15, 2018)
Judges
Have Inherent Power to Dismiss
Far-Fetched Cases
(May
14, 2018)
$20
Million Judgment Against Beverly Hills
Schools Reversed
(May
11, 2018)
Unequal
Split of Appreciation in Asset Partially
Bought With Separate Funds Improper—C.A.
(May
11, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Reaffirms Decision Reinstating
Action Over False Advertising of Wipes
(May
10, 2018)
Legal
Community Bemoans Death of Former
Governor George Deukmejian
(May
10, 2018)
Three
Unsuccessful Candidates in 2016 Races
Make Another Try
(Judicial
Elections, May 10, 2018)
Urging
Man Not to Pay Lawyer Is Not Protected
Conduct
(May 9,
2018)
No
Duty to Mitigate Damages by Relying on
Medical Plan
(May 9,
2018)
Antitrust
Action Against Energy Drink Maker Fails
(May 8,
2018)
Man
Committed No Crime by Shouting at
Officers, Refusing to Come Out of House
(May 8,
2018)
LACBA
Nominating Committee’s Choice For
Officer, Trustee Spots Unopposed
(May 8,
2018)
Good
Reason for Challenging Juror Doesn’t
Negate Bad One
(May 7,
2018)
Agreement
to Pay ‘Actual Restitution’ Entails
Payments to Victims of Dismissed Counts
(May 7,
2018)
Substantial
Performance Excuses Failure to File
Required Written Request
(May 7,
2018)
C.A.
Affirms $723,746 Award for Firing
Employee on Medical Leave
(May 4,
2018)
Judge
Martinez Has Retired, Judge Brandlin
Will Leave the Bench on June 1
(May 4,
2018)
Death
of Judgment Debtor Doesn’t Effect
Viability of Lien
(May 3,
2018)
Abandoned
Car That Hit Utility Pole Didn’t Justify
Rousting Vehicle Owner From Bed
(May 3,
2018)
Action
May Proceed Against Ex-Player, Now
Lawyer, for Alleged Fraud
(May 2,
2018)
Action
by Homeless Man Over Seizure of
Healthy-Looking Birds May Proceed
(May 2,
2018)
Ninth
Circuit Holds Action by Ex-Skater, Gold
Medalist Is Barred by Res Judicata
(May 1,
2018)
Judge
Appropriately Dumped Retained Counsel In
Criminal Case Over Defendant’s Protest
(May 1,
2018)
LAPD
Officers May Not Pursue Overtime Claims
in Class Actions
(May 1,
2018)
Fraud
Action Against Attorney Girardi, Others,
Is Time-Barred
(April
30, 2018)
$1.7
Million Attorney Fee Award Proper in
Trademark Case
(April
27, 2018)
Lawyer
Had No Standing to Contest Allegation of
Error—Court of Appeal
(April
27, 2018)
Receipt
of Confidential Brief Invalidates
Arbitration Award
(April
26, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Conviction of
Participant in Massive Drug Conspiracy
(April
26, 2018)
Relinquishing
Surviving Cause of Action Bars
Fee-Shifting
(April
25, 2018)
Retainer
Agreement Applicable to Particular
Matter Can Be Orally Modified to Apply
to All Cases—C.A.
(April
25, 2018)
Prosecutor
Arguing Against Recommended Sentence Did
Not Affect ‘Substantial Rights’ of
Defendant
(April
25, 2018)
Retiree/Volunteer
Pro Tem Is Dark Horse in Fight With Two
Government Lawyers
(Judicial
Elections, April 25, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit: Animals Not Statutorily
Authorized to Bring Copyright Actions
(April
24, 2018)
City
Ordinance Banning Fluoridation of Water
Supply Preempted by Statute
(April
24, 2018)
Two
Male DDAs Compete With Female ‘Attorney
at Law’
(Judicial
Elections, April 24, 2018)
Wife
Slapping Husband Didn’t Call for
Restraining Order
(April
23, 2018)
Cannot
Arrest Juvenile for Truancy
(April
23, 2018)
State
Must Accept Foreign Agency’s
Determination on Carcinogens
(April
20, 2018)
CJP
Slates Hearing for Ex-Judge Who Is
Running for A.G. for After Primary
(April
20, 2018)
Wiretap
Evidence Can’t Be Used to Justify Firing
Deputy
(April
19, 2018)
Bendix,
Moor Confirmed as Justices of Second
District Court of Appeal
(April
19, 2018)
Plaintiff
May Dismiss at Last Minute, Blocking
Attorney Fee Award
(April
18, 2018)
Man
Lost Ownership Interest by Lying That He
Had None—Court of Appeal
(April
18, 2018)
Production
Studio Properly Approved for ‘Open
Space’ Area
(April
18, 2018)
Lawyer’s
Ignorance of Law Was No Basis for Relief
From Default
(April
17, 2018)
Nonappearance
at Hearing Is Not Necessarily A Failure
to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
(April
17, 2018)
Hospitals
Can’t Collect $11.2 Million From Blue
Shield
(April
17, 2018)
Libel
Action Brought by Real Estate
Salesperson Who Runs ‘Miss Seal Beach’
Beauty Pageant Not a SLAPP
(April
17, 2018)
Self-Representation
Can’t Be Ended Based on Incompetence
(April
17, 2018)
Lawyer’s
Neglectfulness Does Not Constitute
‘Abandonment’
(April
16, 2018)
Former
Sheriff’s Deputy Fails in Effort to Show
Acquittal on One Count Bars Retrial on
Another
(April
16, 2018)
Whittier
Courthouse to Reopen May 21
(April
16, 2018)
Two
City Prosecutors, One Deputy DA, Do
Battle
(Judicial
Elections, April 16, 2018)
C.A.
Disguises Identity of Plaintiff Who
Seeks Renewal of Elder-Abuse Restraining
Order
(April
13, 2018)
Causation
in Case Involving an Accident Is ‘Even
More Tenuous’ Than in Palsgraf
(April
13, 2018)
Ronald
F. Brot Nominated as LACBA’s
President-Elect
(April
13, 2018)
C.A.
Disallows §170.6 Challenge Following
Refiling of Charges
(April
12, 2018)
California
Statute Requiring Posting of Names of
‘Top 500’ Delinquent Taxpayers Is
Constitutional
(April
12, 2018)
Chief
Justice Calls for Court Rule Precluding
Secret Settlements of Claims Against
Judges
(April
11, 2018)
CFO
Who Paid Attorney $10,000 to File
Company’s Bankruptcy Papers Must Repay
Sum to Estate
(April
11, 2018)
Two
Prosecutors With Disparate Backgrounds
in Office Compete
(Judicial
Elections, April 11, 2018)
Lower
Pay for Woman Is Not Justified Based on
Her Salary in Prior Job
(April
10, 2018)
Judge
Czuleger to Teach in Albania Under
Fulbright Specialist Grant
(April
10, 2018)
Court
of Appeal Evinces Exasperation Over
Frivolous Appeal, Imposes Sanctions
(April
10, 2018)
Rumors
Are Rampant in Contest Between Two
Prosecutors
(Judicial
Elections, April 10, 2018)
Can’t
Deport Felon Without Considering Mental
Illness
(April
9, 2018)
Case
Properly Tried in Yolo County Though
Defendant Committed No Acts There
(April
9, 2018)
Litigant
Not Prevailing Party Based on Securing
Undeserved Benefit
(April
6, 2018)
Taxpayer
Has Standing to Seek Invalidation Of
Contract Based on Conflict of Interest
(April
6, 2018)
Telling
of Sex Life of Husband, Girlfriend Not
‘Protected’
(April
5, 2018)
Funeral
Service Scheduled for April 13 for
Armand Arabian
(April
5, 2018)
Prosecutor,
Criminal Defense Lawyer Clash in
Two-Person Race
(Judicial
Elections, April 5, 2018)
Discretionary
Immunity Bars Liability for ‘Gassing’
Inmates
(April
4, 2018)
California
High Court Upholds Taking DNA From Arson
Suspect
(April
3, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Judges Speak of Reinhardt With
Admiration, Affection
(April
3, 2018)
S.C.
Does Not Abridge Rights in Adopting Bar
Discipline
(April
2, 2018)
Warrantless
Entry Justified Though Specific Person
Said to Be in Jeopardy Was Found to Be
Safe
(April
2, 2018)
Retired
Supreme Court Justice Arabian Dies
(March
30, 2018)
Candidate
Diamond Loses Ballot Designation As
‘Police Commissioner’; Found Misleading
(March
30, 2018)
LACBA
Forgives $4.5 Million in CJF’s
Indebtedness
(March
30, 2018)
Candidate
Cannot Use Ballot Designation Of
‘Consumer Protection Attorney’
(March
29, 2018)
Can’t
Aggregate Sanctions Under $5,000 To Meet
Appealability Standard
(March
29, 2018)
Court
Commissioner, 63, Competes With Deputy
District Attorney, 36
(Judicial
Elections, March 29, 2018)
Judicial
Candidate Won’t Respond to Queries
Concerning His Designation as
‘Arbitrator’
(March
28, 2018)
Ex-Priest’s
Request for Removal From Sex Offender
Registry Properly Denied
(March
28, 2018)
Anti-SLAPP
Motion Must Be Granted In Action by
Olivia de Havilland
(March
27, 2018)
Urban
Outfitters Did Not Breach Law by Seeking
Customers’ ZIP Codes
(March
27, 2018)
Long-Time
Prosecutor Vies With Court Commissioner
(Judicial
Elections, March 27, 2018)
Registrar
Recorder Approves Use of ‘Mother’ as
Ballot Designation
(March
26, 2018)
Lytton
Savings Building May Be Demolished
(March
26, 2018)
S.C.
Limits Anti-SLAPP Motions to New Claims
(March
23, 2018)
Colleges
Have Duty to Protect Students From
Foreseeable Violence
(March
23, 2018)
Judges
Elected in 2012 Subject to Reduced
Benefits
(March
22, 2018)
Burbank
Police Chief Denies Having Endorsed
Diamond for Judgeship
(March
22, 2018)
Cities
May Bar Phone Poles Based on Aesthetics
(March
21, 2018)
Judge
Was Justified in Sanctioning Lawyer Who
Pretended to Be ‘Local’ Counsel
(March
21, 2018)
Unemployed
Judicial Candidate: Ballot Designation
Is Proper
(March
20, 2018)
Foreign
Companies With No Connections to
California Should Be Accorded Forum
(March
19, 2018)
Candidate
Cole to Challenge Ballot Title Of State
Bar Court Judge Armendariz
(March
19, 2018)
Burbank’s
Chief of Police Disputes Judicial
Candidate’s Stance
(March
16, 2018)
Elwood
Lui, as Special Master, Calls for Boost
in State Bar Dues
(March
16, 2018)
‘Safe
Harbor’ Provision Protects Infringing
Website
(March
15, 2018)
Judicial
Candidate Loses Ballot Designation
Identifying Him as U.S. Air Force
Captain
(March
15, 2018)
Actions
Over ‘Made in U.S.A.’ Label Were
Properly Dismissed
(March
14, 2018)
Starbucks
Doesn’t Cheat Purchasers of Iced Drinks
(March
13, 2018)
Punching
Disabled 76-Year-Old Man Who Resisted
Handcuffing Was Unjustified
(March
13, 2018)
Field
of Superior Court Candidates Closes at
28
(March
12, 2018)
Noncustodial
Parent With Home-Visitation Right Must
Provide Her Address to Former Spouse
(March
12, 2018)
Restraining
Order Against Lawyer Nearing City
Council President Wesson Is Valid
(March
9, 2018)
Suspended
Attorney Philip Layfield Charged With
Mail Fraud
(March
9, 2018)
Court
of Appeal Largely Decides Against Lawyer
In Three of Four Appeals, on Same Day
(March
8, 2018)
Change
in Law on Crossing the Street Is
Retroactive
(March
7, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Revives $20 Million Suit Against
Estate of Heller Ehrman
(March
7, 2018)
Services
Set for John Henning, Retired Superior
Court Judge
(March
7, 2018)
Dissolved
Law Firm Has No Property Interest in Its
Cases
(March
6, 2018)
Wrongfully
Convicted Man’s Action Against City of
Modesto Fails
(March
6, 2018)
Support
Order Runs Afoul of U.S. Supreme Court
Decision
(March
6, 2018)
Celebration
to Be Held of Life of Kenneth Ofgang
(March
6, 2018)
C.A.
Reinstates Action to Declare DMV
Hearings Unlawful
(March
5, 2018)
Movie
‘Elysium’ Was Not Infringement On
Plaintiff’s Copyrighted Screenplay
(March
5, 2018)
School
Employee’s Protest of ‘Police Brutality’
Not Protected
(March
2, 2018)
Retired
Judge Henning Dies Two Days After
Reaching 80
(March
2, 2018)
More
Women Being Appointed to Bench Than
Men—Brown
(March
2, 2018)
LACBA
Urges Depublication of C.A. Opinion
(March
1, 2018)
Brown
Appoints Bendix, Moor, to Appeals Court
(February
28, 2018)
Allegations
in Complaint Govern in Anti-SLAPP
Hearing—C.A.
(February
28, 2018)
50
Year-to-Life Juvenile Sentences For
Nonhomicides Barred—S.C.
(February
27, 2018)
C.A.
Upholds 135-Year-to-Life Sentence for
Child Molester Not Cruel or Unusual
(February
27, 2018)
No
Liability for Fatal Shooting of Woman
With Knife
(February
27, 2018)
No
Jurisdiction to Dismiss Case for Lack of
Jurisdiction
(February
26, 2018)
Obscure
Woodland Hills Attorney Challenges
Veteran Jurist
(Judicial
Elections, February 26, 2018)
ALJ
McKay’s Election Challenge to Judge
Escalante Abandoned
(February
23, 2018)
HBO’s
‘Ballers’ Is Not an Infringement
(February
23, 2018)
Parties
May Render Award of Attorney Fees
Discretionary
(February
22, 2018)
Lawful
Residency May Be Denied to Daughter of
Child Molester
(February
21, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms 33-Month Sentence For
Con Man Who Fleeced Investors
(February
21, 2018)
C.A.
Affirms Decision Barring Tiger Sanctuary
Near Malibu
(February
21, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Won’t Reinstate Professor’s
Retaliation Action
(February
20, 2018)
Administrative
Law Judge Challenges Newly Appointed
Judge
(Judicial
Elections, February 20, 2018)
Bankruptcy
Plan Approval Doesn’t Have Broad Effect
(February
16, 2018)
Funeral
Services Scheduled for Jacob Adajian,
81, Retired Los Angeles Superior Court
Judge
(February
16, 2018)
No
Relief for Woman Who Sued Party, In
Place of One With Similar Name
(February
15, 2018)
Ordinance
Barring Evictions During School Year of
Students and Families, Teachers, Not
Preempted
(February
15, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Affirms Convictions of Sheriff’s
Deputies
(February
14, 2018)
Vandal
May Be Ordered to Reimburse Victim For
Cost of Home Security System—C.A.
(February
14, 2018)
Field
of Superior Court Candidates Closes at
31
(February
13, 2018)
Untimely
Notice of Appeal Must Be Accepted
Because Lawyer Who Said He Would File It
was Busy
(February
13, 2018)
Firing
Probationary Officer for Adultery Is
Impermissible
(February
12, 2018)
Field
of Superior Court Candidates Burgeons to
25
(February
12, 2018)
Two
Additional Candidates Enter Superior
Court Races
(February
9, 2018)
Action
Against Factory Under UCL May Proceed;
No Preemption by Federal Law—S.C.
(February
9, 2018)
Newly
Appointed Judge Escalante Draws Election
Challenge
(February
8, 2018)
Funeral
Services Scheduled for Ross M. Klein,
63, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
(February
8, 2018)
Four
Contests Develop for Superior Court Open
Seats
(February
7, 2018)
Bill
Introduced Imposing Sales Tax on Legal
Services Received by Businesses
(February
7, 2018)
Judge
Marmaro Won’t Seek Reelection, Creating
Eighth Open Seat
(February
6, 2018)
Buckley:
Judges Will Rally Behind Mackey
(February
6, 2018)
Judge
Mackey Draws Election Challenger
(February
5, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Reverses Order to FBI to
Disclose Records
(February
2, 2018)
Christian
E. Markey Jr., Retired Judge, Bar
Leader, USC Counsel, Dies at 88
(February
2, 2018)
Can’t
Blame Twitter for Fatal Shooting By ISIS
Agent in Jordan
(February
1, 2018)
Lawyer
Asserts C.A. Defied Due Process by
Authorizing Relief Unsought by Party
(February
1, 2018)
Judge
Christine Ewell to Retire, Creating
Sixth Open Seat
(January
31, 2018)
Judge
Michael Johnson Slates Retirement
(January
31, 2018)
‘All
Is Well’ Is Theme of ‘Person of the
Year’ Dinner
(January
30, 2018)
Coletta,
Cole, Take Out Papers to Run for
Judgeships
(January
30, 2018)
$350,000
Bail Is Excessive If Defendant Can’t
Raise It
(January
29, 2018)
LACBA
Agrees to Act on Proposals Put Forth by
Council of Sections
(January
26, 2018)
Lawrence
Fried Liebenbaum, Former Chair of
LACBA’s Conference Delegation, Is
Remembered
(January
26, 2018)
Saladino
Loses Bid for Reinstatement as County
Counsel
(January
25, 2018)
Trial
Court Must Probe Reason for Inmate’s
Non-Appearance by Telephone—C.A.
(January
25, 2018)
Job
Applicant Must Abide by Arbitration
Agreement
(January 24, 2018)
Tinkham
Named Interim County Public Defender
(January
24, 2018)
Superior
Court Judge Nelson’s Retirement Will
Create a Third Confirmed Open Seat
(January
24, 2018)
Executor
of Kerkorian Estate May Oppose Widow’s
Petition
(January 23, 2018)
Superior
Court Judge Mark G. Nelson Sr. Says He
Won’t Seek Reelection This Year
(January
23, 2018)
C.A.
Rebuffs Friedman’s Attack on MICRA
Attorney-Fee Limits
(January
23, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Withdraws 2015 Opinion, Reverses
Result
(January
22, 2018)
U.S.
District Court Announces Death Of
Retired Magistrate Judge Nakazato
(January
22, 2018)
Portions
of Government Surveillance Manual Are
Privileged
(January 19, 2018)
Nicole
Tinkham Expected to Be Named Interim
County Public Defender
(January
19, 2018)
Commerce
Clause Not Implicated in Personal Loan
Transaction
(January
19, 2018)
Report
of Attempted Suicide Justified
Warrantless Entry
(January
18, 2018)
Chief
Justice Cantil-Sakauye Appoints Lui As
Administrative Presiding Justice
(January
18, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds California Statute
Criminalizing Prostitution
(January
18, 2018)
Court
of Appeal: Privacy Action Lies Where One
Party Did Not Know Call Was Recorded
(January
18, 2018)
C.A.:
Denial of Leave to Amend Is No Bar To
Good-Faith Repleading
(January
17, 2018)
Effort
to Skirt Tavern Owner Immunity For DUI
Accident Fails in C.A.
(January
17, 2018)
Probation
Condition Not Breached Where No Time
Limit Set
(January
17, 2018)
Action
Against Actress/‘Heiress’ Not a
SLAPP—Court of Appeal
(January
16, 2018)
Judge
Lesley C. Green Slates Retirement From
Los Angeles Superior Court
(January
16, 2018)
C.A.
Gives Guidance on Employee Handbook
Provisos
(January
12, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Skirts Issue of Jurisdiction In
Action Over Sale of Riverboat
(January
12, 2018)
SUSAN
WESTERBERG PRAGER: Lawyer, Educator,
Administrator Leads Southwestern
(Person
of the Year, January 12, 2018)
DANIEL
J. BUCKLEY: Top-Notch Lawyer Becomes
Stellar Presiding Judge
(Person
of the Year, January 12, 2018)
MICHAEL
E. MEYER: An Impish, Principled Lawyer
Who Heads the County Bar
(Person
of the Year, January 12, 2018)
Actor
Again Loses an Appeal Over Bar on
Defamation Action
(January
11, 2018)
Candidates
Coletta, Cole Stake Out Los Angeles
Superior Court Seats
(January
10, 2018)
Restraining
Order in Juvenile Delinquency Case
Required Notice and Hearing to Offender
(January
10, 2018)
Ninth
U.S. Circuit Skirts Two of Its Earlier
Opinions
(January
9, 2018)
Judge
Donna F. Goldstein Won’t Seek Reelection
(January
9, 2018)
Court
of Appeal Rejects Attorney General’s
Concession of Error
(January
9, 2018)
C.A.
Affirms Judgment in Former Columnist’s
Lawsuit Against the Los Angeles Times
(January
8, 2018)
Law
Firm Improperly Used Privileged Memo,
But Disqualification Was Not Warranted
(January
8, 2018)
Lawyer
Who Abandoned Client Not Liable for
Damages
(January
5, 2018)
25-Year-to-Life
Term Upheld for Sex Offender Who Failed
to Report His Address Change
(January
5, 2018)
Canada’s
Attorney General Loses Her Case in C.A.
(January
4, 2018)
Bill
Would Bar Secrecy Provisos in
Settlements Where Allegations Involve
Sexual Misconduct
(January
4, 2018)
Plaintiffs
May Impose Surcharge on Customers Who
Pay by Credit Card
(January
4, 2018)
Ninth
Circuit Reinstates Suit Over Wrongful
Arrest
(January
3, 2018)
Restaurant
Chain Shows No Basis for Challenge To
$8,000 Award to Paraplegic Customer
(January
3, 2018)
Plaintiff
Settling Own Claims Can’t Maintain PAGA
Action
(January
2, 2018)
Second
2018 Open Seat Is Confirmed; Judge Carol
H. Rehm to Retire
(January
2, 2018)
C.A.
Reverses Disqualification of Lawyer,
Saying He Caused No Harm
(January
2, 2018) | 
