California Appellate Report

I'm just fine with soft pedaling the facts a bit when the issue is a legal one.  Particularly when you're dealing with a grant of su...

Someone steals something (a phone) that costs $900, but with sales tax, it would cost $972. Whether that's commercial burglary (a felo...

It's not that I don't disagree with the result of this case .  I do.  Or its reasoning.  Which is indeed based on a correct reading ...

Sometimes even someone as jaded as I am can't believe what I'm reading: "Appellant Charles Patrick Drew sexually assaulted Am...

I thought that I had suddenly lost substantial intellectual function when I read the caption of today's opinion by the Ninth Circuit .  ...

Don't reveal settlement offers made during mediation, and especially  don't reveal settlement offers made during official Ninth Circ...

A public service announcement from today's opinion on something you might want to look out for the next time you go to your bank: ...

I'll be the very first person to admit that I know virtually nothing about "factory" or outlet stores.  If only because I don...

Every bad relationship is bad in different ways.  As well as sad.  And any such relationship you learn about by reading about it in a Court ...

Google settles a class action, and every single penny of the multi-million dollar settlement goes to (1) the attorneys, and (2) an award of ...

The sun may be disappearing (temporarily, anyway).  The United States may be headed by the former head of a reality show.  But even in the c...

What Justice Humes says is absolutely right : "Skulason’s point is well taken. There is no doubt that the Internet substantially incr...

This introductory paragraph really gets to the heart of the matter: "Plaintiff Dennis Ponte is asking defendant County of Calaveras ...

I just knew that when this opinion mentioned that it involved a 12-year old child babysitting his 4-year old cousin that we'd be talkin...

"Reverse veil piercing".  Super cool. And allowed in California in an appropriate case . Including, potentially, this one.

Two questions about this opinion : (1) What's the relevant standard of proof?  The opinion doesn't seem to mention it, but I think...

This opinion amply demonstrates at least one of the reasons why you should (1) hire a good human resources director, and (2) make sure that...

Florencia:  "I've had it.  We've been married for 24 years, 7 months, but we're not making 25.  I'm filing for divorce....

You usually don't see a first-degree murder conviction reversed for juror misconduct.  But for every rule, there's an exception. A...

There are undoubtedly people who are far more familiar with rap lyrics than I am.  Still, even my fairly low level of knowledge makes me won...