2d DCA pro tem update & More

The following are currently sitting on assignment:

• Judge Helen Bendix of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division One until April 30, 2015
• Judge Anne Harwood Egerton of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Three until April 30, 2015
• Judge Allan J. Goodman of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Five until May 31, 2015
• Judge Gail Feuer of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Seven until April 10, 2015
• Judge Bruce G. Iwasaki of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Seven until April 30, 2015
• Judge Mary H. Strobel of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Seven beginning April 1, 2015, until May 31, 2015

And for those keeping score at home, there are vacancies in Divisions 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7 (two vacancies in 7, actually, given Justice Woods' departure about a week from now).

Every appellate lawyer in America has probably already seen this, but if not, click here [and here for the actual opinion] to read about a blown notice of appeal deadline on a $40 million patent judgment.... Understatement of the year: "[F]ailing to closely monitor court dockets can lead to devastating mistakes, attorneys say."

Also of great interest:

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