Monday, August 25, 2025

Prelogar to Cooley

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Former US Solicitor General to Lead Cooley's SCOTUS, Appellate Practice She will lead Cooley's Supreme Court and appellate practices...

Patashnik to Perkins

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The Recorder reports  Perkins Coie Recruits California Deputy Solicitor General in San Diego  -- Josh Patashnik joined Perkins Coie on Monda...
Friday, August 22, 2025

6th DCA pro tem update

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The following are currently sitting on assignment in the 6th District: • Judge Lisa R. Rodriguez of the San Diego County Superior Court will...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Come on Inn!

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Good news for the San Diego Appellate Inn of Court ... California Ethics Committee Issues Opinion on Judicial Participation in Inns of Court...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

ACA 8 goes poof!

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Law.com has  Calif. Bill to Limit Judicial Retention Elections on Hold Amid Redistricting Push Legislation that would have ended most appell...
Monday, August 18, 2025

J.Smiley Zoom program

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 BASF's Appellate Law Section will host a Zoom event on Sept. 16 at noon: an informal roundtable with 1/1's Justice Charles A. Smil...
Friday, August 15, 2025

tidbits / 3d DCA pro tem update

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The ABA Journal has Bryan Garner's latest article:  Oscar vs. Jeff: Trial lawyers and appellate counsel do different jobs, and it may sh...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

En banc vote explanations?

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Law360 has  Should Judges Explain En Banc Votes? 6th Circ. Can't Agree Two Sixth Circuit judges clashed Tuesday over appellate judges wr...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

E-filing rules amendments

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California Supreme Court Adopts Amendments to E-Filing Rules The Supreme Court of California on Wednesday adopted amendments to its electro...

TAP is hiring a Program Director

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  Apply now: Program Director, The Appellate Project If you're passionate about building a more just and representative judiciary —...

E-service of briefs to LASC!

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Superior Court of Los Angeles County Establishes New Electronic Process for Service and Delivery of Appellate Briefs to Judicial Officers Be...

J.Barrett in SD Sept. 10

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett will be at the Inns of Court Dinner on Sept. 10 in San Diego. She'll be discussing her forthcoming book: Lis...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Want cert? Get amici!

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  Law.com has  For Hopeful Supreme Court Litigants, It Helps to Have Friends—And Lots of Them With many of the justices pooling their law cl...
Monday, August 11, 2025

9th Cir. computer problems today

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August 11, 2025, Ninth Circuit Announcement: Users may experience an issue downloading ACMS dockets and filings from PACER or NDA emails. Th...

Retired J.Smith to Judicate West & much more

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Today's DJ has Retired appellate justice joins Judicate West's panel of neutrals --  Retired 5th District Court of Appeal Justice M....
Thursday, August 7, 2025

New Justices!

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  Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his nomination of three Court of Appeal Justices: Matthew Scherb as Associate Justice of the Second...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

6th DCA encourages less experienced lawyers to argue

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The Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, issued a new Miscellaneous Order today, August 1, 2025. The Court strongly encourages parties...

DJ chock full of appellate ditties

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Today's DJ has: PJ Gilbert's column titled Remembering Selma Smith -- In honor of Selma Moidel Smith, who passed away at 106, we rem...
Monday, August 4, 2025

SCOCA plans ahead to 2026

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California Supreme Court Sets 2026 Oral Argument Calendar  -- The court will continue its practice of hearing oral argument in San Francisco...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

2d DCA 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 wil...