The Court of Appeal for this district has held that a judge did not err in denying a special motion to strike in an action for malicious prosecution where, in the underlying lawsuit, a Century City attorney and his law firm continued to represent a man who was suing for declaratory relief predicated on a breach of contract even though their client had admitted in a criminal proceeding that he had forged the signature of the other purported party.

(Subscription required) The justices' order ends a two-year watch on a petition that death penalty opponents filed directly with the state high court more than two years ago.

(Subscription required) “The challenge for law schools is to teach students how to effectively use AI, but to prevent it from being used to cheat on exams or papers,” said Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, adding that the school is looking to “do both” by incorporating it into the legal writing classes and offering courses about AI and the law.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Friday that a judge wrongly granted summary judgment to the defense in an earlier-filed case after ruling that a second matter involving the same dispute was time-barred, saying that state law applies to the question of claim preclusion in tort cases brought against the U.S. and California cases look to fairness principles to determine whether resolution of an issue in one action will control in another.