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Using Motions to Get a Lawsuit Dismissed Early in California

Chugh LLP

When faced with a lawsuit, defendants and their defense attorneys often aim to defeat the case as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. The responsive pleading can be in the form of an answer, a demurrer, or a motion. Next, the judge may schedule an oral argument, where each party’s attorney can explain their position.

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

At the Lectern

The prosecution acted under a Los Angeles County District Attorney directive to not contest certain resentencing petitions in felony-murder cases. According to the opinion, the recusal was ordered because of the district attorney’s “well-publicized association with critics of the Black Lives Matter movement.”

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Can I Oppose My Divorce?

Livesay&Myers

For example, in the event that you fail to respond within 21 days to the Complaint for Divorce by filing responsive pleadings (an Answer, Demurrer or Counterclaim), the court will begin to set dates that apply to your divorce case, such as discovery deadlines and hearing dates. Additionally, your refusal to answer may cost you.

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A double conference with no straight grants, but some significant denials

At the Lectern

At the Supreme Court’s conference yesterday, a double one, there were no straight grants (the second conference in a row without one), but there were some petition denials of note and a handful of grant-and-holds: Supreme Court disbars attorney who claimed racial discrimination in State Bar discipline. ” Not in this case.

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Review granted in a taxpayer action about COVID speedy trial rights and in yet another SB 1437 case

At the Lectern

” The trial court had dismissed the action on demurrer, ruling that one superior court cannot direct a writ of mandamus to another superior court. The Supreme Court, however, did grant the Attorney General’s petition for review, making the case a grant-and-hold for People v. Lynch , which raises a sentencing issue.

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Supreme Court will review wages case for a second time

At the Lectern

Lowe’s Home Centers , where a Second District, Division Three, unpublished opinion upheld the dismissal by demurrer of a lawsuit by a pro per attorney. The court denied review in Birke v. ” It did, however, reverse the superior court’s imposition of almost $95,000 in sanctions against the plaintiff.

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

The Fashion Law

In that case, which was filed in 2017, the Los Angeles city attorney argued that the retailers ran afoul of the California state law by offering up their products at “reference prices” that purported to reflect former prices. It also puts retailers on notice that additional enforcement actions may be in their future.”

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