In a published opinion filed October 21, 2021, the First District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s order finding the real party developers of a UC Berkeley campus development project – ...

The option to demurrer comes early in a lawsuit, when attorneys are particularly anxious to prove themselves to the client. In this setting it can be tempting to err on the side of recommending the ...

Plaintiffs do not have to allege prejudice caused by a violation of the Brown Act’s statutory vote reporting requirement to survive a demurrer, and it is improper to render a case moot by taking ...

Completing his arraignment, a Eureka attorney pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three counts of drug trafficking after his challenge to the charge of running a narcotics den was shot down in court. Judge ...

A Virginia judge will allow Johnny Depp's lawsuit against Amber Heard to proceed toward trial. By Ashley Cullins Amber Heard‘s Washington Post op-ed may have defamed Johnny Depp, even though he isn’t ...

A demurrer argues the suit brought by California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing over alleged sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation purports to include a "hopelessly vague" ...

Update (March 3, 11:15 A.M.): In a statement released to Vanity Fair on Tuesday, the lawyers representing Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal in their lawsuit against James Franco hit back at the ...

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