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Special Reports


ADR Profile

Firsthand Knowledge

Sanford Jossen
ADR Services, Inc.

2025-11-13

MCLE

From Normandy to the bench: Justice Buck Compton's life of service

Nov. 11, 2025

On Veterans Day, we honor Justice Buck Compton -- a Silve...

By Eileen C. Moore

Too sick to practice? Ethics rules still apply to attorneys

Nov. 10, 2025

As flu season sets in, even the most tireless lawyer must...

By Alanna G. Clair, Shari L. Klevens

NIL drives college sports into legal entropy

Nov. 7, 2025

Betting, branding and foreign financing were once unthink...

By Frank N. Darras


Today's News

Judges and Judiciary


The Court of Appeal overturned Travis Rockhill's murder conviction, ruling two judges mishandled evidence of judicial bias after Judge Emily Cole texted a di...


Political consultant Dana Williamson faces 23-count federal indictment alleging fraud, obstruction, and false tax returns in ongoing political corruption pro...


A Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner urged a San Francisco federal judge to vacate a $32.5 million patent verdict in favor of Sonos, arguing n...


Torts/Personal Injury


Kramer Trial Lawyers alleges a 22-ton construction truck was left unsecured on a steep street, leading to the death of 67-year-old Nga Nguyen.


Government


A Los Angeles judge will allow a sewer-rate challenge to proceed but is reconsidering whether plaintiffs may amend class and jury claims after tentatively st...


Consumer Law


Incoming Consumer Attorneys of California President Douglas S. Saeltzer says an Uber-backed ballot measure poses an unprecedented threat to crash victims' ri...


Columns

Family

7 metaphors that transform family law practice

Nov. 14, 2025
By Abbas Hadjian

In family court, cultural differences shape behavior, communication and perceptions of fairness, and understanding these dimen...


Government, Constitutional Law

Social media has blurred the line between official and personal speech for public employees, creating new legal challenges ove...


In State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Diblin, the California Court of Appeal reaffirmed that intentional conduct c...



Verdicts & Settlements

People of the State of Cali... Non-monetary relief
Assault Daniel B. Martin v. Masters... Dismissal
Consumer Protection Cassandra Marshall, et al. ... Dismissal
Dangerous Condition of Public Property Kathleen White, individuall... $19,000,000
Malpractice A.A. v. Roe Medical Center,... $13,500,000
Auto v. Auto Frank Valles v. Terrence An... $7,250,000
Discrimination Kristen Wheldon, Psy.D. v. ... $5,750,000
Bus Incident Izumi Streller v. City of S... $3,500,000
Encampment Closures Coalition on Homelessness; ... $2,828,000
Malpractice Bosco Tran v. The Regents o... $1,750,000

On the Move

Naumann Law Firm, PC

Nov. 13, 2025


Naumann Law Firm, PC, has a new office space in San Diego

The new office is at 10890 Thornmint Road, Ste. 200, San Diego, 92127. The phone number is (858) 792-7474 Naumann Law Firm specializes in insurance, construction-defect, and government-claim litigation. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in damages on behalf of homeowners associations and individual homeowners. Its attorneys have litigated against some of the nation's largest insurers, municipalities, and developers, handling claims arising from major disasters in Malibu, Studio City, San Clemente, Oceanside, Ventura, Carlsbad, San Diego, Cathedral City, and Palm Desert.


Details

Naumann Law Firm, PC has 5 attorneys in 4. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are construction defect litigation, insurance litigation, government claims. The firm’s website is www.naumannlegal.com

Address

10890 Thornmint Rd, Suite 200 , San Diego CA 92127 United States
T: (858) 792-7474

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Daily Appellate Report

Judges, Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Rockhill

Judge's ex parte communications with a prosecutor created a constitutionally intolerable probability of judicial bias, violating defendant's right to a fair trial.


Juveniles

In re A.H.

Juvenile court erred by ordering out-of-home placement in a short-term residential therapeutic program without requiring probation officer to present a statutorily required "case plan" be...


Criminal Law and Procedure

Modification: People v. Krueger

Petitioner was ineligible for resentencing relief under Penal Code section 1172.6 because she was not convicted under any theory of liability affected by the requisite amendments to murde...


Criminal Law and Procedure

Modification: People v. Warner

Defendant who possessed the requisite mental state for direct aiding and abetting murder was ineligible for relief under Penal Code section 1172.6.


Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Demacedo

Defendant's conviction for driving under the influence causing injury was not a lesser included offense of gross vehicular manslaughter when different victims were involved with the separ...