2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Litigation
2nd District Court of Appeal, Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
A.S. v. Los Angeles Unified School District — Expunged Misdemeanors Could Not Bar School Employment
4th District Court of Appeal, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Real Estate Law
Laguna Beach Historic Preservation Coalition v. City of Laguna Beach — City Could Not Remove Historic-Property Protections Wholesale
4th District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
People v. Cruz — Codefendant Trial Transcripts Did Not Violate Due Process at Resentencing
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Insurance Law, Litigation
Linhart v. New York Life — Pre-2013 Life Policies Need Not Receive New Designation Forms
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal Law
United States v. Primrose — A Stolen Identity Cannot Be Acquired by Long Use
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
Yukutake v. Lopez — En Banc Ninth Circuit Upholds Hawaii’s Firearm-Permit Procedures
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Collections & Creditor Rights, Litigation
Bultemeyer v. CenturyLink — Reasonable FCRA Interpretation Defeats $140 Million Willfulness Verdict
4th District Court of Appeal, Family Law
F.L. v. Superior Court — Failed reunification with siblings can support bypass for a newborn
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Immigration
Padilla v. ICE — Asylum seekers apprehended away from the border may pursue detention due-process claims
1st District Court of Appeal, Antitrust, Healthcare Law, Litigation
VHS Liquidating Trust v. MultiPlan Corp. — Out-of-network reimbursements may support Cartwright Act price-fixing claims
1st District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law
People v. Centeno — Aggravated kidnapping does not require proof that a demand was wrongful
4th District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
Montes v. Superior Court — Prosecutors bear the burden to justify withholding jury-selection notes
1st District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Family Law
Irvine v. Irvine — A pending criminal case did not automatically require delaying a domestic-violence restraining-order hearing
2nd District Court of Appeal, Business Transactions, Intellectual Property, Litigation
Scott v. Ulta Beauty — Website trademark and access terms did not violate California’s Yelp Law
2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Collections & Creditor Rights, Criminal Law
People v. Bankers Insurance Co. — Bail exoneration could remain conditioned on later-calculated extradition costs
1st District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
People v. Adam — Witness travel and unexplained courtroom unavailability did not justify missing the misdemeanor speedy-trial deadline
5th District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
People v. Superior Court (Jackson) — Prosecutors cannot compel their own mental-health examination of a defendant seeking pretrial diversion
4th District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
People v. Williams — Broad sentencing statistics did not establish a prima facie Racial Justice Act claim
1st District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
In re Haney — Racial Justice Act claim fails under Hazlett’s defendant-focused standard
2nd District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law
People v. Ammons — Voluntary-intoxication instruction did not prejudice attempted-murder verdict
4th District Court of Appeal, Healthcare Law, Litigation
Sujan v. UHS Corona — Physician had to exhaust hospital peer-review remedies before damages suit
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Administrative Law, Litigation
Blue Lake Rancheria v. Kalshi — Tribes likely to prevail against sports event contracts under IGRA
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal Law
United States v. Mendonsa — Sentencing enhancement may use abuse outside the conviction offense
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Intellectual Property, Litigation