(Subscription required) After 33 years as a civil litigator, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Jeffery D. McFarland encourages attorneys to resolve discovery disputes, pursue settlements, and remember that vigorous advocacy doesn't require personal hostility. 

(Subscription required) The California Supreme Court should reject a challenge to the state’s new managed care organization tax because wading into the issue before the end of the year would be “calamitous” for Medi-Cal, the state argued.

The Court of Appeal for this district has held that in an action alleging that a process server tortiously posted unlawful detainer notices at the gated residence of a lessor of commercial property, rather than on the leased premises as authorized by a judge, three named defendants were not the targets of a cause of action for trespass because they were not specifically identified as persons who “directed” the conduct.

Local governments must quickly approve legally submitted applications to build accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, alongside an existing or planned residence, a state appeals court ruled in a victory for advocates of more housing and less governmental review.