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Using Motions to Get a Lawsuit Dismissed Early in California

Chugh LLP

When faced with a lawsuit, defendants and their defense attorneys often aim to defeat the case as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. The responsive pleading can be in the form of an answer, a demurrer, or a motion. Next, the judge may schedule an oral argument, where each party’s attorney can explain their position.

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Can I Oppose My Divorce?

Livesay&Myers

For example, in the event that you fail to respond within 21 days to the Complaint for Divorce by filing responsive pleadings (an Answer, Demurrer or Counterclaim), the court will begin to set dates that apply to your divorce case, such as discovery deadlines and hearing dates. Additionally, your refusal to answer may cost you.

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Bruce’s Beach: A Case Study for Judicial Analytics Best Practices

Attorney at Work

But then, on October 19, 2021, Joseph Ryan, an attorney from Palos Verdes Estates, filed a complaint against the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, arguing that the transfer of Bruce’s Beach to the Bruce family is an unconstitutional “gift” under Section 6 of Article 16 of the California Constitution. It might be. More Than Outcomes.

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Supreme Court will decide parole eligibility issue for young-adult offenders

At the Lectern

The prosecution acted under a Los Angeles County District Attorney directive to not contest certain resentencing petitions in felony-murder cases. According to the opinion, the recusal was ordered because of the district attorney’s “well-publicized association with critics of the Black Lives Matter movement.”

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Forecasting the Forecasters: Upcoming Trends in Judicial Analytics

Attorney at Work

The path of every single lawsuit is filled with multiple inflection points, moments where attorneys have to make decisions about how the future is likely to unfold. In the past, attorneys navigated these twists and turns by relying on intuition, experience and anecdotal evidence. The pace of litigation is dizzying.

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Supreme Court will hear employment discrimination case against DA’s office

At the Lectern

San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. The Second District, Division Three, unpublished opinion mostly upheld the dismissal on demurrer of an action by a nine-year-old skater whose coach sexually molested her. The court denied the Attorney General’s petition for review and depublication request in People v.

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A double conference with no straight grants, but some significant denials

At the Lectern

At the Supreme Court’s conference yesterday, a double one, there were no straight grants (the second conference in a row without one), but there were some petition denials of note and a handful of grant-and-holds: Supreme Court disbars attorney who claimed racial discrimination in State Bar discipline. ” Not in this case.