Commission Confirms Appointments to Appellate Court in Los AngelesChief Justice Patricia Guerrero, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed three appointments to California’s Courts of Appeal in Los Angeles.
“So, What’s Going on Here?” North Carolina Supreme Court Clarifies Level of Detail Required to Demonstrate Right to Interlocutory Appeal Under the Substantial Right Doctrine
In appeals, the general rule is that litigants cannot appeal an interlocutory order until a final judgment is entered. But in North Carolina, a major statutory exception to the general rule exists: When the trial court’s interlocutory ruling “affects a
Plaintiff-Side Appellate Practice
The DJ has Glenn Danas, Ashley Boulton, and Katelyn Leeviraphan’s article Raising the bar: The strategic value of a plaintiff-side appellate practice, highlighting “some of the areas where appellate counsel can offer support both on appeal and beyond,” e.g.,
Justice Appointments!
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his nomination of two Court of Appeal Justices: Judge Charles A. Smiley as Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division One and Judge Nathan R. Scott as Associate Justice of the Fourth
No more Biden appellate judges
Bloomberg Law reports Biden Circuit Nominees Derailed by Senate Deal on Trial Judges — Senate Democrats have struck a deal with Republicans to advance votes on Joe Biden’s district court nominees while abandoning four pending appellate picks.
- The deal effectively
Divided Iowa Supreme Court upholds state law governing restoration of firearms rights
In its first decision addressing a 2022 constitutional amendment that for the first time recognizes a “fundamental” right to bear arms in the Iowa Constitution, a divided Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the Pottawattamie District Court’s ruling denying an Iowa man’s
Fed Judicial Workplace Report
Judiciary Releases First Annual Report on the Workplace — All federal courts have put in place an effective dispute resolution plan giving employees multiple pathways to report and address workplace concerns, and an increasing number of them are opting to use
Judge Koh 9th Cir. Program
The FBA N.D.Cal Chapter presents (on Dec. 16, 3-4 p.m. at the 9th Circuit James Browning Courthouse in SF): Insights Into Practice In District Court And The Ninth Circuit: A Conversation with Judge Lucy Koh
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in one case in Marshalltown Nov. 19
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Nov. 19 in an evening session in Marshalltown in a case that involves the legality of a home search under the Iowa Constitution.
The Nov. 19 argument in Marshalltown is one in
LASC AD goes to e-filing
MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILINGFOR REPRESENTED PARTIESIN LASC APPELLATE DIVISION CASESEFFECTIVE DEC. 16
Virtual Information Session for
Attorneys, Legal Professionals and the Public to be Held Nov. 20
Effective Monday, Dec. 16, 2024,
the Appellate Division of the