Sixth District reverses a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board reconsideration order, holding the Board exceeded its jurisdiction by granting reconsideration after the former section 5909 60-day deadline ran and that the narrow grounds for equitable tolling were not satisfied.
Fourth District reverses a second-degree-murder conviction, holding that statements obtained from a defendant during an undercover Perkins operation were inadmissible under Miranda because the suspect had invoked his right to counsel and a known law-enforcement officer continued to ‘stimulate&
Second District holds that a juvenile court ordering monitored visitation by a paid professional must first consider the parent’s ability to pay and the availability of reasonable alternatives, where the parent has timely raised an inability-to-pay objection.
First District holds that brandishing an imitation firearm under Penal Code section 417.4 is not among the offenses that trigger the juvenile-firearm ban under Penal Code section 29820, and vacates that probation condition.
Fourth District holds that a court-appointed receiver is protected by quasi-judicial immunity for discretionary acts and decisions, affirming the grant of an anti-SLAPP motion to strike claims against the receiver brought by a criminal defendant and his family.
Second District holds that California’s prohibition on parental contractual waiver of child-support arrearages applies even after the children have reached the age of majority and there is no current support order in place.
Reviving claims against the online firearms marketplace Armslist, the First Circuit held that 16,000 New Hampshire firearm listings per year — viewed together with the site’s geographic-listing design and the advertising revenue those listings generated — were enough to make a prima facie case
The Federal Circuit affirmed that patents for sharing content using unique identifiers and location data are directed to an abstract idea and lack an inventive concept under Section 101.
Los Angeles Appellate Division reverses an unlawful-detainer default judgment and terminating sanction, holding the trial court abused its discretion by retroactively shortening Code of Civil Procedure section 1987’s 10-day notice period to 91 minutes and then striking the tenant’s answe
Fourth District affirms summary judgment for Chapman University in a COVID-19 tuition-refund case, holding that the university’s general descriptions of campus facilities and ‘face-to-face’ contact were not specific enough to form an enforceable implied promise of in-person educati