Checking the Wrong Box Almost Ends Appeal Before it Starts
On Friday, the Third Appellate District in California issued an opinion in Ellis Law Group v. Nevada City Sugar Loaf Properties (Oct. 3, 2014 C072820). The appellate proceeding arose […]
Civil Procedure
SLAPP’d in Los Angeles: What types of Lawsuits are Protected by California’s Anti-SLAPP Law
This post is the second in a series on California’s anti-SLAPP law from the perspective of Los Angeles appellate and trial attorney, Jeffrey Lewis. In the prior post, I described in general what California’s anti-SLAPP […]
SLAPP’d in Los Angeles: A Guide to California’s Anti-SLAPP Law
This post is the first in a series on California’s anti-SLAPP law from the perspective of Los Angeles appellate and trial attorney, Jeffrey Lewis. What is a SLAPP? Consider the […]
Justice Rubin Tackles the Amorphous “Abuse of Discretion” Standard
Today, Division Eight of the Second Appellate District of California issued its decision in Gaines v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company (Dec. 12, 2013 B244961). The case involved the dismissal […]
Why Appellate Procedural Rules Matter
This post is the fourth in an ongoing series about maximizing a party’s chances of prevailing on appeal. The unpublished decision by the Third Appellate District in Martel v. Litchfield (Dec. […]