At the Lectern

JANUARY 11, 2024

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.

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

” The trial court had dismissed the action on demurrer, ruling that one superior court cannot direct a writ of mandamus to another superior court. The Supreme Court, however, did grant the Attorney General’s petition for review, making the case a grant-and-hold for People v. Lynch , which raises a sentencing issue.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Illuminate Education. The business, which got the private information to assist the school and evaluate the student’s educational progress, also allegedly delayed for five months before giving notice of the data breach. 5th 664 about intervention in Private Attorneys General Act actions in (see here ). 2024) 16 Cal.5th

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In an unpublished opinion , the Second District, Division Five, held the superior court improperly bounced at the demurrer stage a lawsuit by students at University of California schools claiming they should get refunds of tuition and fees paid for times when instruction was remote rather than in-person because of the COVID pandemic.

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