Los Angeles Daily Journal (July 27, 2015)Code of Civil Procedure section 473(b) offers lawyers an important lifeline – in certain circumstances, it requires the court to vacate a default judgment resulting from attorney mistake or neglect. But what happens when the court rejects as lawyer’s
This article appears in the online publication Appellate Issues, published by the ABA’s Judicial Division Appellate Judges Conference Council of Appellate Lawyers. Read Article
This article appears in the online publication Appellate Issues, published by the ABA’s Judicial Division Appellate Judges Conference Council of Appellate Lawyers. Read Article
Should ascertainability present a low hurdle for small-dollar class action plaintiffs or should courts be more demanding as to the reliability of proposed class members’ “say-so”? Geoff Kehlmann reviews the cases in the Ninth Circuit that have teed up this question in an April 9,
California Code of Civil Procedure section 904.1 permits appeals from final judgments, but not from most interlocutory judgments. In the Daily Journal, Alana Rotter explains how to determine whether a judgment is final for appellate purposes and discusses a recent California Court of Appeal decision
California Code of Civil Procedure section 904.1 permits appeals from final judgments, but not from most interlocutory judgments. In the Daily Journal, Alana Rotter explains how to determine whether a judgment is final for appellate purposes and discusses a recent California Court of Appeal decision
This article appears in the online publication Appellate Issues, published by the ABA’s Judicial Division Appellate Judges Conference Council of Appellate Lawyers. Read Article
This article appears in the online publication Appellate Issues, published by the ABA’s Judicial Division Appellate Judges Conference Council of Appellate Lawyers. Read Article
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