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Curtis E.A. Karnow

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Judge
Trials, Settlements
San Francisco County Superior Court
Civic Center Courthouse
San Francisco County Superior Court
Department/Division: 611 Days: M-F

400 McAllister St
San Francisco , CA 94102
(415) 551-3849





Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Curtis E.A. Karnow San Francisco County (San Francisco) May 14, 2014
Technophile Judge San Francisco County Superior Court Sep. 7, 2006

Columns
Title Category Published
Apples, Oranges and Aardvarks Law Practice Jul. 26, 2024
A new conflict of law Civil Litigation, Civil Procedure Dec. 6, 2023
Sealing, Redux Judges and Judiciary Mar. 13, 2023
Frequency analysis in settlement Civil Litigation Feb. 15, 2023
Machine intelligence in court: bias & transparency Judges and Judiciary, Technology Dec. 29, 2022
Epochal Decisions U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 13, 2022
Stochastic Gradient Descent International Law, Judges and Judiciary, Technology Aug. 3, 2022
Arbitration: In the beginning was the word Litigation & Arbitration Apr. 4, 2022
The Cost of Process Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations Feb. 23, 2022
Pleading treasure Civil Litigation, Law Practice Jul. 13, 2021
Advocatus diaboli: Solving problems of case evaluation Law Practice Mar. 18, 2021
Officer of the court Law Practice Nov. 24, 2020
Summer reading for our times Books, Judges and Judiciary Jul. 10, 2020
Dangerous fictions Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice May 22, 2020
Voir dire, from a distance Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice Mar. 20, 2020
Algorithms and the persuadable judge Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice Mar. 4, 2020
Projected admissibility Appellate Practice, California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation Mar. 18, 2019
Dissolving legal barriers (Part 2) State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice Feb. 21, 2019
Dissolving legal barriers (Part 1) State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice Feb. 20, 2019
Hitting discovery disputes out of the park — with baseball arbitration Alternative Dispute Resolution, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation Jun. 20, 2018
Legalish: let us abolish it when we can Appellate Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice Oct. 11, 2017
The beast of burden: discovery rules Judges and Judiciary Sep. 15, 2016
Basic issues in business litigation Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation Jul. 28, 2015
Recognizing confirmation bias: It's a start Judges and Judiciary Oct. 11, 2014
The temptation of common sense Judges and Judiciary Apr. 8, 2014

Rulings
Case Category Published
First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court (Rob Bonta)
writ issued
Public Records Act Dec. 29, 2023
Doe v. Google, Inc.
reversed and remanded
Civil Procedure Sep. 24, 2020
Uber Technologies Pricing Cases
affirmed
statutory_interpretation Mar. 25, 2020
S.F. Print Media Co. v. The Hearst Corp.
affirmed
Civil Procedure Feb. 4, 2020
Jensen v. iShares Trust
affirmed
Securities Jan. 27, 2020
Modification: Jackson v. LegalMatch.com
reversed and remanded
Attorneys Dec. 19, 2019
Jackson v. LegalMatch.com
reversed and remanded
Attorneys Nov. 29, 2019
Williams-Sonoma Song-Beverly Act Cases
affirmed
Consumer Law Oct. 2, 2019
Modification: Deere & Co. v. Allstate Insurance Co.
reversed and remanded
Insurance Mar. 28, 2019
Deere & Co. v. Allstate Insurance Co.
reversed and remanded
Insurance Feb. 27, 2019
Guerrero v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation
reversed and remanded
Civil Procedure Nov. 8, 2018
Franchise Tax Bd. Limited Liability Corp. Tax Refund Cases
reversed
Civil Procedure Jul. 20, 2018
California Building Industry Assn. v. State Water Resources Control Bd.
affirmed
Tax May 8, 2018
Patricia A. Murray Dental Corp. v. Dentsply International, Inc.
affirmed
Evidence Jan. 12, 2018
California-American Water Co. v. Marina Coast Water District
affirmed
Civil Procedure Dec. 18, 2017
Melendrez v. San Francisco Baseball Association LLC
reversed
Arbitration Oct. 19, 2017
San Diego County Water Authority v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
reversed and remanded
Water Rights Jun. 22, 2017

Verdicts & Settlements

MCLE
Title Category Published
Basic issues in business litigation Civil Practice Jul. 27, 2015
Title Court Published
Curtis E.A. Karnow San Francisco County (San Francisco) May 14, 2014
Technophile Judge San Francisco County Superior Court Sep. 7, 2006
Title Category Published
Apples, Oranges and Aardvarks Law Practice Jul. 26, 2024
A new conflict of law Civil Litigation, Civil Procedure Dec. 6, 2023
Sealing, Redux Judges and Judiciary Mar. 13, 2023
Frequency analysis in settlement Civil Litigation Feb. 15, 2023
Machine intelligence in court: bias & transparency Judges and Judiciary, Technology Dec. 29, 2022
Epochal Decisions U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 13, 2022
Stochastic Gradient Descent International Law, Judges and Judiciary, Technology Aug. 3, 2022
Arbitration: In the beginning was the word Litigation & Arbitration Apr. 4, 2022
The Cost of Process Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations Feb. 23, 2022
Pleading treasure Civil Litigation, Law Practice Jul. 13, 2021
Advocatus diaboli: Solving problems of case evaluation Law Practice Mar. 18, 2021
Officer of the court Law Practice Nov. 24, 2020
Summer reading for our times Books, Judges and Judiciary Jul. 10, 2020
Dangerous fictions Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice May 22, 2020
Voir dire, from a distance Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice Mar. 20, 2020
Algorithms and the persuadable judge Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice Mar. 4, 2020
Projected admissibility Appellate Practice, California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation Mar. 18, 2019
Dissolving legal barriers (Part 2) State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice Feb. 21, 2019
Dissolving legal barriers (Part 1) State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice Feb. 20, 2019
Hitting discovery disputes out of the park — with baseball arbitration Alternative Dispute Resolution, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation Jun. 20, 2018
Legalish: let us abolish it when we can Appellate Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice Oct. 11, 2017
The beast of burden: discovery rules Judges and Judiciary Sep. 15, 2016
Basic issues in business litigation Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation Jul. 28, 2015
Recognizing confirmation bias: It's a start Judges and Judiciary Oct. 11, 2014
The temptation of common sense Judges and Judiciary Apr. 8, 2014
Case Category Published
First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court (Rob Bonta)
writ issued
Public Records Act Dec. 29, 2023
Doe v. Google, Inc.
reversed and remanded
Civil Procedure Sep. 24, 2020
Uber Technologies Pricing Cases
affirmed
statutory_interpretation Mar. 25, 2020
S.F. Print Media Co. v. The Hearst Corp.
affirmed
Civil Procedure Feb. 4, 2020
Jensen v. iShares Trust
affirmed
Securities Jan. 27, 2020
Modification: Jackson v. LegalMatch.com
reversed and remanded
Attorneys Dec. 19, 2019
Jackson v. LegalMatch.com
reversed and remanded
Attorneys Nov. 29, 2019
Williams-Sonoma Song-Beverly Act Cases
affirmed
Consumer Law Oct. 2, 2019
Modification: Deere & Co. v. Allstate Insurance Co.
reversed and remanded
Insurance Mar. 28, 2019
Deere & Co. v. Allstate Insurance Co.
reversed and remanded
Insurance Feb. 27, 2019
Guerrero v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation
reversed and remanded
Civil Procedure Nov. 8, 2018
Franchise Tax Bd. Limited Liability Corp. Tax Refund Cases
reversed
Civil Procedure Jul. 20, 2018
California Building Industry Assn. v. State Water Resources Control Bd.
affirmed
Tax May 8, 2018
Patricia A. Murray Dental Corp. v. Dentsply International, Inc.
affirmed
Evidence Jan. 12, 2018
California-American Water Co. v. Marina Coast Water District
affirmed
Civil Procedure Dec. 18, 2017
Melendrez v. San Francisco Baseball Association LLC
reversed
Arbitration Oct. 19, 2017
San Diego County Water Authority v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
reversed and remanded
Water Rights Jun. 22, 2017
Title Category Published
Basic issues in business litigation Civil Practice Jul. 27, 2015