Tuesday, March 31, 2026

9th Cir. 2025 Annual Report

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The 9th Circuit's 2025 Annual Report is now available!

2d District pro tem update

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The following are currently sitting on assignment in the 2d District: ​​​​​​Judge Stephen Goorvitch of the Los Angeles County Superior Court...

LASC wins Justice Chin Tech Innovation Award

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The DJ has  LA Superior Court chatbot CourtHelp wins Justice Chin innovation award --  The court won the 2026 Justice Chin Technology Innova...
Monday, March 30, 2026

CLA Appellate Summit May 14-15

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  Join us for the 10th Annual Litigation and Appellate Summit ! The Summit features a variety of programs of interest to all trial and appe...

Amicus rule withdrawn

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 Reuters reports US judiciary withdraws new requirements for amicus brief disclosures . See the letter here .

J.Klatchko to JAMS

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 JAMS announces : Hon. Kira L. Klatchko (Ret....
Friday, March 27, 2026

Bahar to LASC!

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Governor Gavin Newsom announced his appointment of 15 Superior Court Judges, including some with appellate backgrounds, including Naz Bahar...

9th Cir. OSC re sanctions

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Law360 has  Akin Must Explain Client's 'Self-Indulgent' 9th Circ. Appeal  -- OSC issued Accordingly, we order Winebow to show ca...

LASC to renumber departments

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Superior Court of Los Angeles County to Introduce New Department Numbering System at Stanley Mosk Courthouse for Improved Navigation Ne...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Appellate tidbits

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Today's DJ has James Wagstaffe's article  The High Court is upending decades of settled law --  The Supreme Court is increasingly wi...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

RIP J. Wiener (1931-2026)

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In Memoriam: Associate Justice Howard B. Wiener Former Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One, Howard B. Wie...

CA appellate vacancies article

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Last Friday's Recorder had  With All Eyes on California's Supreme Court Vacancy, 2 Appellate Seats Go Unfilled for Years  -- Gov. Ga...

AI Sanctions & Warnings! $10K in Oregon for bad AOB

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Law360 has  Ore. Atty Sanctioned $10K For Brief With Fabricated Citations An Oregon appellate court has ordered an attorney to pay $10,000 f...

SD State of the Appellate Courts (4/6)

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The Appellate Practice Section of the SDCBA and the San Diego Appellate Inn of Court are jointly presenting the Annual State of the Appellat...
Monday, March 23, 2026

RIP Bob Gerstein

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Appellate lawyer Robert S. Gerstein has passed. Bob was a member of the American and California Academies of Appellate Lawyers (he was CAAL...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

J.VanDyke's 'vulgar' dissent

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Articles about Judge VanDyke's dissent continue unabated. The DJ has  9th Circuit judges rebuke their colleague over 'vulgar' di...

Sanctions dodged

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Counsel admonished, but not sanctioned (by 2/4) in this unpub :  The court may impose sanctions, as relevant here, for taking a frivolous ap...
Friday, March 13, 2026

SCOTUS rules update article

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Law360 has  What To Know About Supreme Court's New Recusal Rules First, the court revised various existing disclosure rules to provide t...

Dissent at the 9th Cir.

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Read The Volokh Conspiracy's post about the Olympus Spa opinions  titled:  Judge VanDyke: "This is a case about swinging dicks....
Thursday, March 12, 2026

1st DCA pro tem update

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Judge Ann Moorman of the Mendocino County Superior Court will be sitting pro tempore in Division Four until March 31, 2026.