Monday, October 13, 2025

Cal Supreme Court seat: Let the speculation begin!

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The DJ has  2028 ambitions loom over Newsom's next state Supreme Court pick --  Civil rights advocates urge a second Latino justice on t...
Thursday, October 9, 2025

Gopher's out of the hole! Anti-SLAPP appeals not allowed...

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A sad day for slapp-happy appellate lawyers? Today the Ninth Circuit issued Gopher Media v. Melone : Overruling Batzel v. Smith , 333 F.3d 1...

Mongan to WilmerHale

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Bloomberg Law reports Ex-California Solicitor General Joins WilmerHale’s Trial Group Former California Solicitor General Michael Mongan is j...

J.Jenkins to retire

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California Supreme Court Associate Justice Martin Jenkins to Retire Associate Justice Martin J. Jenkins will retire from the California Supr...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

KO to JAMS

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The DJ reports  Former presiding justice of 4th District joins JAMS --  Kathleen O'Leary will handle appellate, business and commercial,...

CAAL welcomes two new members!

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California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Announces Two New Members The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers is pleased to announce that ...

Advice from Fed. Cir. judges

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Law360 has  Fed. Circ. Talks Judge Denzel Washington, AI Susan Sarandon --  More than half of the Federal Circuit's judges were in Bosto...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

6th DCA takes credit cards!

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The Sixth District announces:  Credit Card Payments Now Accepted The Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, is pleased to announce that ...

Appellate tidbits

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The MetNews has Court of Appeal to Hold ‘Public Meeting’ about how the 2d District "has posted a public meeting agenda containing a sin...

Trailblazer award to J.Bumatay

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The DJ has  Filipino American lawyers honor trailblazers, mark 60 years since 1965 immigration reforms --  The Filipino American Lawyers of ...
Friday, October 3, 2025

1st Monday is coming...

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Law.com has  An Unrested Supreme Court Begins Contentious New Term  -- A stream of divisive Trump cases kept the justices busy during the su...

More AI sanctions in CA

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4/1 publishes People v. Alvarez and sanctions appellate counsel $1500 for failing to verify cases provided by AI. One citation was for a qu...

Joan Dempsey Klein added to Wall of Fame

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The MetNews reports that the late Justice Joan Dempsey Klein (1924-2020) has been added to the Criminal Justice Wall of Fame at the Clara Sh...
Thursday, October 2, 2025

SCOCA year in review

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The Judicial Council has posted  Year in Review: California Supreme Court  -- Highlights and key statistics from the 2024–2025 court year: T...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Writing tips & Shutdown news

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Law360 has James Argionis's article  Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes  -- The 5 no-nos are: Including every pos...

2/2's J.Ashmann-Gerst retires

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2/2's Justice Ashmann-Gerst's profile has moved from the Justices page to the Former Justices page, indicating she served from 20...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

9th Cir. Order re Govt. Shutdown

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ORDER REGARDING COURT OPERATION DURING A LAPSE IN APPROPRIATION OR ABSENCE OF CONTINUING RESOLUTION BEFORE: Murguia, Chief Judge The Court o...

2d District pro tem update

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Here's the latest pro tem assignment update from the 2d District: • Judge Stephen Goorvitch of the Los Angeles County Superior Court wil...

Katyal on building an appellate practice

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ATL has  The Rainmaker: What 20 Years In Supreme Court Practice Have Taught Me  -- Neal Katyal looks back on his career, sharing how collabo...
Monday, September 29, 2025

$13K in appellate sanctions

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In this unpub from 4/1, the court imposes $13K in sanctions for a frivolous appeal: In this appeal from the subsequent fees order, plainti...