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Supreme Court takes two cases — including one on its own motion — at yesterday’s conference — Part II

At the Lectern

’ The court concluded, however, that the petition didn’t make a prima facie case — “the allegations of the petition do not support the conclusion that the language cited by petitioner is racially discriminatory or that it reflects racial bias or animus.” In People v.

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No Mandamus Relief in Privilege Ruling

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seeking to set aside a district court discovery order piercing attorney-client privilege. After reviewing documents in camera, the district court granted in part Dorel’s motion to compel production of certain Cozy documents listed as privileged on the basis that the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege applied.

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Supreme Court will resolve conflict about co-tenancy leasing requirements (and about punctuation?)

At the Lectern

The Sixth District’s 2-1 published Burgos opinion held the statute is retroactive and reversed second degree robbery convictions. The dissent claimed “section 1109 is not an ameliorative statute. 4th 470 decision of statutes requiring evidence by two experts to bypass services. Tran (2022) 13 Cal.5th c)(1); People v.

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The drop in straight grants is indeed not permanent — Part I

At the Lectern

The order granting the reconsideration petition was made more than 60 days after the petition’s filing, and the then-governing statute provided a petition “is deemed to have been denied. unless it is acted upon within 60 days from the date of filing. ” (Link added.)