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Johnshon v. Consumerinfo.com Inc.
Ninth Circuit may not consider appeal of district court’s order to compel arbitration and stay class action proceedings, which did not end case.
Civil Procedure Mar. 21, 2014
Oliner v. Kontrabecki
District court properly refuses to seal public record of legal proceedings because avoiding embarrassment or annoyance are not sufficiently compelling reasons.
Civil Procedure Mar. 21, 2014
Noceti v. Whorton
Couple who wanted to enforce purchase agreement may not obtain mandatory relief from judgment, after they missed trial date due to attorney’s mistake.
Civil Procedure Mar. 19, 2014
Carter v. Caleb Brett LLC
District court must provide better explanation for significant reduction of plaintiff’s attorney fee award by $8,000.
Civil Procedure Mar. 11, 2014
Snibbe v. Superior Court (Gilbert)
In wrongful death case, physician must produce redacted versions of 160 postoperative orders, which will be limited to disclosure of pain management provisions.
Civil Procedure Feb. 28, 2014
Walden v. Fiore
Nevada may not exercise jurisdiction over DEA agent, who was sued for seizing $97,000 from Nevada residents in Georgia and submitting allegedly false affidavit.
Civil Procedure Feb. 26, 2014
Gilmore Bank v. AsiaTrust New Zealand Limited
Businessman who was tricked into purchasing failing company may pursue New Zealand company as part of effort to recover $3.3 million judgment in his favor.
Civil Procedure Feb. 24, 2014
Ramos v. Homeward Residential Inc.
Homeowner loses $254,155 default judgment against mortgage company because she did not follow rules for serving process on a corporation.
Civil Procedure Feb. 21, 2014
Concepcion v. Amscan Holdings Inc.
Following class action settlement, court's private review of billing records and time sheets hinders company’s ability to make its case on attorney fees.
Civil Procedure Feb. 19, 2014
Carolina Casualty Insurance Co. v. Team Equipment Inc.
Insurance company gets another chance to sue companies in various states, even though it did not yet know specific details of their states of citizenship.
Civil Procedure Feb. 5, 2014
Carter v. Caleb Brett LLC
District court must provide better explanation for significant reduction of plaintiff’s attorney fee award by $8,000.
Civil Procedure Feb. 4, 2014
Republic of Ecuador v. Mackay
Chevron may no longer withhold thousands of documents prepared by its expert witnesses in long-standing dispute over oil drilling in Ecuador.
Civil Procedure Feb. 3, 2014
Sharifpour v. Le
Defendants must pay undertaking along with their request to curb judgment’s enforcement, even if winning plaintiffs failed to file an opposition to request.
Civil Procedure Feb. 3, 2014
St. Mary v. Superior Court (Schellenberg)
Woman suing over investment fraud evades discovery penalties for missing filing deadline, which would have effectively defeated her case.
Civil Procedure Feb. 3, 2014
MediVas LLC v. Marubeni Corp.
Biomedical company may not appeal arbitration order related to contractual claims against Japanese lender because order was not final.
Civil Procedure Jan. 28, 2014
Los Defensores Inc. v. Gomez
Attorney advertising group prevails against pair who directed business away from group due to their repeated refusals to comply with discovery requests.
Civil Procedure Jan. 27, 2014
Ahn v. Kumho Tires U.S.A. Inc.
Trial court may not disregard company’s answers to questions during discovery simply because its prior, unclear answers were unresponsive.
Civil Procedure Jan. 23, 2014
Dattani v. Lee
Although plaintiff could file appeal losing claim and dismissing remaining causes of action, appeal may not proceed due to untimeliness.
Civil Procedure Jan. 15, 2014
National Financial Lending LLC v. Superior Court (Brewer Corp.)
Losing party may not remove judge from case while winner tried to collect $2.7 million judgment because it would complicate judgment collection.
Civil Procedure Jan. 9, 2014
Cardinale v. Miller
Woman who was scammed by loan scheme may recover attorney fees from third party, who helped loan scheme’s operator hide his assets.
Civil Procedure Jan. 9, 2014
Certainteed Corp. v. Superior Court (Hart)
Companies may be entitled to exceed 14-hour time limit on deposing plaintiff in asbestos exposure case due to his poor health and other circumstances.
Civil Procedure Jan. 9, 2014
Legal Voice v. Stormans Inc.
Women’s rights group recoups some of $20,000 spent on producing documents in lawsuit related to Washington’s new rules for pharmacies.
Civil Procedure Jan. 2, 2014
Wagner v. County of Maricopa
Deceased prisoner’s sister may offer statements to show her brother’s state of mind where she did not offer them to prove details of incident.
Civil Procedure Dec. 31, 2013
Ruiz v. California State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau
Consumer may appeal attorney fee award and incentive payments that were significantly less than requested where waiver of right to appeal was unclear.
Civil Procedure Dec. 23, 2013
Kalitta Air LLC v. Central Texas Airborne System Inc.
Company may not recover costs for fees paid by its out-of-state attorneys to be allowed to temporarily practice in Northern District of California.
Civil Procedure Dec. 20, 2013
Dattani v. Lee
Although plaintiff could file appeal losing claim and dismissing remaining causes of action, appeal may not proceed due to untimeliness.
Civil Procedure Dec. 20, 2013
Fry v. Superior Court
Attorney may not disqualify judge by fax filing affidavit to clerk's office without any directions as to whom challenge should be forwarded.
Civil Procedure Dec. 20, 2013
Hong v. CJ CGV America Holdings Inc.
Company gives up right to arbitrate shareholder dispute after actively engaging in litigation months before asking trial court to compel arbitration.
Civil Procedure Dec. 18, 2013
National Financial Lending LLC v. Superior Court (Brewer Corp.)
Losing party may not remove judge from case while winner tried to collect $2.7 million judgment because it would complicate judgment collection.
Civil Procedure Dec. 18, 2013
Burton v. Class Counsel and Party to Arbitration
Attorneys may not contractually agree to prohibit federal court from reviewing arbitration award, which allocated $28 million in attorney fees.
Civil Procedure Dec. 17, 2013