Year End Wrap-Up: Mike and Marc’s Top 20 Decisions in 2019 Supreme Court Room (Room 129), California State Library & Courts Building, 914 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA Part 2 of 2—Prevailing Party, Sanctions, and CCP § 998 Decisions Predominated In Our Last Top 20 Decisions. Here we go with the last Top […]
Song-Beverly Act Plaintiff Receiving No Damage Award Can Still Be A Prevailing Party, And There Can Be More Than One Prevailing Plaintiff Where Two Plaintiffs Are Involved. In our December 18, 2019 post, we discussed Patel v. Mercedes-Benz USA, Case No. B293813 (2d Dist., Div. 4), which was unpublished at the time. The case
Year End Wrap-Up: Mike and Marc’s Top 20 Decisions in 2019 Courtroom three, James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco, California Part 1 of 2—CCP § 998 Decisions Were Front and Center in Early 2019, With Other Issues Spread Across the Board. It is the Holiday season, and we continue our
Not Improper To Factor In Ex-Wife’s Parents’ Significant Funding Of Litigation. In Marriage of Janssens, Case No. C085986 (3d Dist. Dec. 26, 2019) (unpublished), ex-wife and ex-husband were engaged in a contentious dissolution battle over child custody issues relating to their son. Earlier, a family law judge had ordered ex-wife to pay ex-husband $15,000
Does It Have An Attorney’s Fees Clause?—Not An Express One, But It Does Have A Catchall Which Will Be The Subject Of Judicial Interpretation. On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) becomes law. It is a wide-ranging law that impacts more than 500,000 U.S. companies doing business with California
Purchaser’s Action Against Tax Authorities Did Not Really Focus On Deed Of Trust With Fees Clause. CP III Rincon Towers, Inc. v. Assessment Appeals Bd. of the City and County of San Francisco (Rincon EF Realty LLC), Case No. A155714 (1st Dist., Div. 4 Dec. 17, 2019) (unpublished) shows that Civil Code section 1717”s
