Friday, January 17, 2025

Do-over motions

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The latest issue of Verdict (the ASCDC magazine, 2024 vol. 2) has an article by H&L's Rebecca Powell titled Trying to Get it Right: ...

Appellate blogger indicted

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Law360 has  SCOTUSblog Publisher Tom Goldstein Indicted In Tax Case Bloomberg Law has  SCOTUSblog's Goldstein Charged With Tax Fraud, Fa...

SAJEC seeks input

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The LACBA State Appellate Judicial Evaluation Committee (SAJEC) is evaluating Los Angeles Superior Court judges Stephen Goorvitch and Mark H...

SCOC returns to Sacramento

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California Supreme Court to Hold Oral Argument in Sacramento -- Court revives its longstanding tradition after a five-year hiatus; will hold...
Thursday, January 16, 2025

"timeout is over" + Hume

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This unpub from 2/7 starts off strong and goes on to Philosophy 101, citing Hume:  In holding that perfecting an appeal from an order denyin...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

CLA Appellate Summit (April 24-25 in SF)

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  CLA's 2025 Litigation and Appellate Summit will be held on April 24 – 25, 2025 in San Francisco. Save the dates! And CLA Litigation Se...

BASF program Jan. 28

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BASF's Appellate Law Section presents an informal roundtable online discussion with Justice Tara Desautels on Jan. 28, noon to one. (Fr...

Fire news

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Today's DJ has  LA County court judges and staff lose homes in wildfires --  The recent wildfires in Los Angeles County have left 13 jud...
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

5th & 1st Districts pro tem updates

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  Judge Gregory T. Fain  of the Fresno County Superior Court will be sitting pro tempore in the  Fifth District  until April 1, 2025. And o...

CD Cal fire losses

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Bloomberg Law has  Five Federal Judges Lose Homes in Southern California Wildfires Five judges and six staffers on the Los Angeles-based fed...
Monday, January 13, 2025

CEB Appellate MCLE webinar

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  CEB has posted its annual Appellate review program  Key Developments in Appellate Practice 2024 , a 90-minute MCLE webinar. As in past yea...

MetNews profiles PJ Gilbert

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The MetNews has a Personality Profile for Person of the Year PJ Gilbert here . Gilbert says he is “not really an awards guy.” As it is, howe...

9th Cir. @ USD

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Ninth Circuit to Hold Special Sitting at the University of San Diego School of Law – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit will hol...
Friday, January 10, 2025

Fire updates

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The Ninth Circuit announces: Given the continuing high winds and the ongoing uncertainty related to the Southern California wildfires, the C...
Thursday, January 9, 2025

LACBA ACS program

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LACBA's Appellate Courts Section presents: How to Win an Appeal Join us to learn from appellate attorney and author Myron Moskovitz:...

Wildfire tragedies

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The Recorder has  Courts, Lawyers Press On With Business as SoCal Wildfires Rage  -- Wind-driven wildfires in Los Angeles County destroyed t...
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

J. Liu podcast interview

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Law360 has  Approach The Bench: Justice Goodwin Liu On Oral Argument  -- On this month's episode of Approach The Bench, a Law360 podcast...

Fire closes Chambers courthouse

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The Ninth Circuit announces: Due to the wildfires nearby, the Richard H. Chambers United States Courthouse will be closed today, Wednesday, ...
Tuesday, January 7, 2025

J. Panelli memoriam

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In Memoriam: California Supreme Court Justice Edward Panelli "His unwavering commitment to justice and fairness has earned him the re...
Monday, January 6, 2025

PJ Gilbert's contest seeking funny opening sentences

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Today's DJ has PJ Gilbert's It was a dark and stormy January 2025 --  Taking a cue from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's much maligned ope...