Beds has joined the Appellate Practice Group of Judicate West. That group has retired justices Zelon, Aaron, and Bruce Smith.
SCOCAblog has posted its SCOCA year in review 2025 about which At the Lectern has posted as well here.
Law360 has Fla. 'Grim Reaper' Atty Facing Bar Admonishment Over Appeal -- A referee with the Florida state bar recommended that an attorney who appeared on state beaches dressed as the Grim Reaper early in the COVID-19 pandemic face admonishment for listing co-counsel on an appeal in a case against Gov. Ron DeSantis without consent. .... "As an officer of the court, respondent is held to a higher standard," the state bar said in the filing. "Respondent knows or should have known that he cannot include other attorneys' names and bar numbers on his pleadings without their express consent."
And Law360 has 'Get Over' Yourself, Ho Says To Judges' Independence Worry -- Judge Ho, who was appointed to the Fifth Circuit by President Donald Trump, penned a fiery opinion piece published Monday by the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy asserting that the judiciary is not a co-equal branch of the government but might be the most arrogant, with members of the bench recently raising what he called "profoundly insincere" concerns about judicial independence. ABAJ has Federal appeals judge tells fellow judges 'to get over themselves'
And see this unpub from 2/6, B336569.PDF, about how NOT to file two separate reply briefs in response to two respondents' briefs.
Appellant should have filed a single reply to all respondents’ briefs. California Rules of Court, rule 8.200(a)(3) provides, “Each appellant may serve and file a reply brief.” (Italics added.) The rule does not say that, if there are multiple respondents’ briefs, an appellant may file a separate 14,000-word reply to each respondent’s brief. .... This court should not have the burden of reviewing two 46-page reply briefs, substantial portions of which cover the same issues, when a single 46-page brief within the 14,000-word limit would suffice. Accordingly, the motion to file a second reply brief is denied.
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