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Supreme Court allows for more flexible cost-shifting pretrial settlement offers
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Supreme Court finds no liability for delay in marketing alternative to nondefective drug
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Pro tem casts deciding vote in public employee retirement board case [Revised]
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Supreme Court interprets Justice Liu-influenced statute to prevent discriminatory jury selection
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Supreme Court broadens insureds’ allowable actions against excess insurance companies
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Supreme Court allows for more flexible cost-shifting pretrial settlement offers
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At the Lectern
Supreme Court finds no liability for delay in marketing alternative to nondefective drug
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At the Lectern
Pro tem casts deciding vote in public employee retirement board case [Revised]
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Supreme Court interprets Justice Liu-influenced statute to prevent discriminatory jury selection
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Supreme Court broadens insureds’ allowable actions against excess insurance companies
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Supreme Court will hear murder resentencing evidence case [Updated]
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Supreme Court will decide family law attorney fee issue, but not an unsuccessful anti-abortion lawsuit [Updated]
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Another murder resentencing case on the Supreme Court’s docket — conference recap Part I
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No straight grants, but a depub, two clemency approvals, and a bunch of dissents — Part I
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Supreme Court will hear ballot seizure case with gubernatorial candidates on opposing sides
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No stipulated briefing extensions in the Supreme Court
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Is a Supreme Court amicus brief application ever premature after review is granted?
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Warning to grant-and-hold counsel: lead-case remittitur may be closer than it appears
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“The California Supreme Court’s average time from briefing to oral argument 2023–24”
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The Chief Justice on remote arguments, issue percolation, rescue missions, and opinion length [Updated with photo]
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Supreme Court affirms and also disapproves Court of Appeal decision in wobbler case
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Former Chief Justice talks about inter-branch tensions, gives practice tips, and advocates for raising State Bar dues at bar association program
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