Poor Yorick

This month's Justice Beds reminisces about a legendary OC DA/Judge in Bedsworth: A Fellow of Infinite Jest -- "Kenny Williams, my favorite court jester, died at 91. I lament his early death."

Law.com has Amicus Disclosure Rule Change Could Trigger Recusals, Lawyers Say about proposals kicking around to require more amicus disclosures.

Today's DJ has Hanson Bridgett's Gary Watt and Rosanna Gan on The Collateral Order Doctrine

Majority View: A majority of appellate courts agree that an interlocutory order is also an appealable collateral order if it meets three conditions. First, the order must be final regarding the collateral issue/matter. Second, the order's subject matter must be truly collateral to the litigation. Third, the order must direct the payment of money or the performance of an act by the appellant.

Minority View: Not all of California's appellate courts agree that the Collateral Order Doctrine contains a third element though.

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Law.com has Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Private Library Is Coming to Auction -- When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020 at the age of 87, she left behind a massive personal library that she had assembled with her husband over the course of 60 years.

Bloomberg Law has Omicron Surge Prompts Fourth Circuit to Go Remote for Arguments -- The 4th Circuit joins the 2d, 7th, 9th, 10th, and Federal Circuits in saying that they plan to hold arguments remotely this month.