A federal judge on Monday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law.

(Subscription required) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is weighing if and under what circumstances a high-level business executive can avoid sitting for a deposition by invoking the so-called “apex doctrine,” a legal principal that has divided lower courts.

Opinion says combining unlawful detainer suit with unlimited civil action challenging foreclosure sale was properly found to have eliminated damages cap relating to alleged illegal holdover. 

Opinion says code of Civil Procedure §473(b), requiring court to set aside judgement based on attorney's affidavit of fault, applies only where penalty was unopposed.