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Walmart Argues That it is Shielded From Yeezy, Kanye West Lookalike Shoe Case by Section 230

The Fashion Law

Walmart’s demurrer comes six months after Yeezy and West filed suit against it, and follows from the retailer’s initiation of an opposition proceeding with the U.S.

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Using Motions to Get a Lawsuit Dismissed Early in California

Chugh LLP

The responsive pleading can be in the form of an answer, a demurrer, or a motion. DeMURRERS. If a complaint does not list all the elements of a legal claim, the defendant may file a demurrer alleging that: The complaint does not contain any facts to bring a claim, or.

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A very, very bad oral argument strategy

At the Lectern

Unrepentant, Pickett sued the Supreme Court justices, seeking $100,000 in damages and alleging, as described in the court’s opinion affirming the sustaining of a demurrer to his complaint, “the defendants, sitting as a Court, knowing that he had not committed a contempt, and not having acquired jurisdiction over his person, falsely, willfully, and maliciously adjudged the plaintiff guilty of contempt, and ordered his imprisonment.”

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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.

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

At the Lectern

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. Yesterday’s Supreme Court conference , a double one, was one of several firsts: the first conference of 2023, the first with Patricia Guerrero as chief justice, and the first for new Justice Kelli Evans.

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Standing to Challenge Inventorship

Patently O

Sywula sued for correction of invention, and the District Court initially dismissed the case on standing, but – after an amended complaint – has now agreed that Sywula has met the requirements to survive a pleading-stage demurrer.

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Bruce’s Beach: A Case Study for Judicial Analytics Best Practices

Attorney at Work

If we look at things at a more granular level, we learn that Beckloff and Chalfant both grant demurrers at a rate on par with the county average (42%), favoring those filed by the defendant at a rate of 83%.

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Supreme Court will hear employment discrimination case against DA’s office

At the Lectern

The Second District, Division Three, unpublished opinion mostly upheld the dismissal on demurrer of an action by a nine-year-old skater whose coach sexually molested her. In addition to two recorded votes accompanied by a dissenting statement from the denial of review in a juvenile delinquency case with racial considerations, Supreme Court actions of note at its Wednesday conference included: The court agreed to hear Bailey v. San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.

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One Panel with Opposing Eligibility Decisions

Patently O

If the complaint fails this standard, the defendant can seek what was traditionally known as a “demurrer” and is now called a “motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted” under R. by Dennis Crouch.

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A no-straight-grant Wednesday

At the Lectern

The Second District, Division One, in a published opinion , affirmed the sustaining of the demurrer to a complaint alleging, as described by the appellate court, that the defendant had violated California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act “by intentionally maintaining a retail website that was inaccessible to the visually impaired because it was not fully compatible with screen reading software.”

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Forecasting the Forecasters: Upcoming Trends in Judicial Analytics

Attorney at Work

Brazile of the Los Angeles County Superior Court favors plaintiffs in labor and employment disputes and defendants in property disputes, granting 43% of demurrers for the former and 85% for the latter. The pace of litigation is dizzying.

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

The Fashion Law

By vacating the trial court’s grant of demurrer on grounds the statute was void for vagueness, the appellate panel’s decision reaffirms the validity of Section 17501,” Manatt’s Richard Lawson stated at the time. “It

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

At the Lectern

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.” Actions of note at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference — a double one — included: Supreme Court denies writ petition against Court of Appeal for criminal case delay, but asks for Judicial Council study.