Thursday, November 18, 2021

Article roundup

  • Today's DJ has By its very design, the US Supreme Court is 'political,' by Kris Whitten.
  • Justice Hoffstadt has Crawford today: Tasting great or less filling?
  • Yesterday's DJ had Navigating civil posttrial motions and the path to appeal in state court, by Paul Johnson and Jocelyn Sperling
  • CLA's Litigation Section Appellate Committee is presenting a webinar on Dec. 2 at noon titled Standards of Review & Prejudice: How to Win with Them, featuring First District Justice Tracie Brown and Sixth District Appellate Program lawyer Jonathan Grossman.
  • Law360 has Michael Soyfer's Heed These Rules, Or Risk Your Argument On Appeal about record preservation in federal court.
  • The Marble Palace Blog has Justices as Speechmakers -- Recent sharp-edged speeches by members of the high court have been controversial, but history shows that speechmaking by justices is nothing new.

    How many facial incongruities can you spot here? It's an appeal from Monterey County Superior Court that's decided by the 4th Dist. Div. 3, and the panel is Fybel, Moore, and Zelon. [And here's one from Santa Clara County. Obviously these are 6th DCA transfers to help reduce the backlog there.]