California Courts Newsroom

May 14, 2019

California's 5th District Court of Appeal launched a new online Appellate Self-Help Resource Center for self-represented litigants and lawyers who seek help with the appeals process.

"The appeals process is daunting and mysterious," said Brian Cotta, clerk/executive officer for the 5th District Court of Appeal. "As a solution and in close partnership with the other courts of appeal in California and the Judicial Council, we've created one, uniform website for self-represented litigants and attorneys."

https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/self-help-resources-expand-to-courts-of-appeal

Courthouse News Service

May 17, 2019

“People just don’t know that they need a court reporter. They aren’t going to know to fill out another form. It is hard enough to figure out the forms they have in front of them,” said Madeline Howard, a senior attorney with the Western Center on Law & Poverty. “What will happen is that litigants will not know how to make a request. They will usually not make one and then when they make their way to a legal services office, maybe after having a bad decision of the trial against them, we won’t know whether we can appeal, because we have no record of what happened.”

https://www.courthousenews.com/legal-aid-groups-dismayed-by-slow-rollout-of-court-reporter-mandate/

Legal Talk Network

ABA Journal

Asked & Answered

May 20, 2019

EPISODE NOTES:

Do nearly 25% of Americans really think Ruth Bader Ginsburg is chief justice? ABA President Bob Carlson addresses gaps in public knowledge of history and government uncovered by the first Survey of Civic Literacy in this special episode of the ABA Journal’s Asked and Answered hosted by Journal reporter Amanda Robert. Carlson highlights the survey’s most surprising findings, and discusses the ABA’s plans for the data and ideas for how Americans can improve their civic knowledge in the future.

Special thanks to our sponsor, LawPay.

https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/aba-journal-asked-and-answered/2019/05/civics-beyond-schoolhouse-rock/

CEBBLOG

May 20, 2019

It’s rare for a filed pleading to go missing, but it happens. An original verified pleading or declaration in a time-sensitive matter is safely filed with the court, but at the hearing, the judge flips though the file and states, “I know this pleading was filed, and I looked at it yesterday, but I can’t find the original in the file and it’s necessary for me to proceed. I can continue the matter so you can provide a new pleading, or deny without prejudice."  

https://blog.ceb.com/2019/05/20/how-to-avoid-disaster-when-filed-pleadings-disappear/#more-23341

CEBBLOG

May 17, 2019

In 2017, California enacted a law precluding employers from asking about prior salary history and requiring employers to give applicants, on reasonable request, the pay scale for a position. This law raised many questions for employers, including who’s “an applicant,” what’s a “pay scale,” and what constitutes a “reasonable request?” Now we have the clarifications.

https://blog.ceb.com/2019/05/17/law-is-clarified-on-using-prior-salary-of-job-applicants/#more-23319

AIDS Legal Referral Panel

May 22, 2019 
5:30pm - 7:00pm 
San Francisco Bar Association Board Room

IMMIGRATION TRAINING SERIES

PART 2: The Ins and Outs of the One-Year Bar in Asylum Cases 

• Wednesday, May 22nd, 5:30pm – 7:00pm
• Presented by Rachel Kafele, Esq. and Ari Jones, Esq. – Oasis Legal Services
• Bar Association of San Francisco – 301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room, San Francisco, CA 94111
• 1.5 General CLE Credits
• Overview: This training specifically focuses on the one-year bar in asylum cases. What is it? Why does it matter? How can a client win asylum if they did not apply for asylum within their first year in the US? The training will also touch on how being diagnosed with HIV can help clients overcome the one-year bar.

 

This is a free training open to all attorneys, paralegals, law students, and those interested in the legal field. We hope to see you there!

 

Sign Up Now!

To register: Email mcle@alrp.org

Immigration Training Series Flyer

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

May 14, 2019

The state’s Assigned Judges Program, which costs the state about $27 million annually, allows trial courts to tap retired judges to fill in for judicial absences, such as when judges take leave for vacation and illness, in order to prevent delays in civil, criminal, family and other proceedings in California’s 58 trial courts.

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9594629-181/lawsuit-by-retired-california-judges

Bloomberg Law

May 14, 2019

California lawyers, judges, and court personnel would have to take implicit bias training every two years under a bill moving through the Legislature.

https://biglawbusiness.com/implicit-bias-training-may-be-required-for-calif-judges-lawyers

Washington Post

May 14, 2019

Among the partners named along with Gilead as defendants were Bristol-Myers Squibb and Janssen, a division of Johnson & Johnson. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gilead-is-accused-of-cutting-anti-competitive-deals-to-extend-profit-on-hiv-drug-cocktails/2019/05/14/94e79c56-75ad-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html?utm_term=.07c7102b1084

New York Times

May 13, 2019

The class-action lawsuit focuses on the fees that Apple takes on sales in its App Store, which millions of people use every day to download games, messaging apps and other programs. The company charges up to a 30 percent commission to developers who sell their products through its store, bars them from selling their apps elsewhere and plays a role in setting prices. App makers have long complained that the fee and other practices are unfair.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/us/politics/supreme-court-antitrust-apple.html