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Supreme Court will decide parole eligibility issue for young-adult offenders

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5th 769; In re Williams (2020) 57 Cal.App.5th where the published opinion of the Fourth District, Division Two, reversed the dismissal on demurrer of a class action alleging Walmart’s sale of its “Great Value White Baking Chips” was deceptive because the product did not contain white chocolate. See among others People v.

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Three review grants, including one to resolve an issue that’s a law school staple

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A partially divided Fourth District, Division One, Court of Appeal, published opinion reversed the dismissal on demurrer of a mother’s action for the distress she suffered when speaking on the phone with her daughter as the daughter was involved in a car crash allegedly caused by the defendants’ negligence.

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Supreme Court to decide Prop. 22 challenge and another SB 1437 resentencing case [Updated]

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AmGUARD Insurance Company that affirmed the sustaining of a demurrer to a complaint claiming insurance coverage for business income losses from government COVID pandemic shut-down orders. Koenig (2020) 58 Cal.App.5th The court denied a request to depublish the Fourth District, Division Three, opinion in Coast Restaurant Group, Inc.

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Boohoo Group Says it Has Reached a Preliminary Settlement in Case Over “Fraudulent” Reference Pricing

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That is what plaintiffs Farid Khan, Haya Hilton, and Olivia Lee argued in the respective complaints that they filed against Boohoo Group-owned brands – Boohoo, Nasty Gal, and PrettyLittleThing – in the spring of 2020. . Boohoo is pleased to report that the parties have notified the [U.S.]

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Supreme Court to decide when relief from plea is justified by failure to understand adverse immigration consequences

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The Third District’s unpublished Poblete opinion noted the issue is pending in Sheen , but concluded a demurrer was properly sustained because no breach of duty had been alleged “[e]ven assuming a duty of care might hypothetically exist.” Perez (2020) 9 Cal.5th ” One more grant-and-transfer was in People v.