Litigation
Sep. 24, 2014
Newly enacted law revives standard for frivolous tactics
Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2494, which is intended to combat frivolous actions and proceedings. By Katherine Pettibone and Chris Micheli
On Sept. 18, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2494, a bill by Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova). AB 2494 combats frivolous and bad faith tactics in the courts. It re-enacts a prior law that had not been in effect the past decade by reviving a section to the Code of Civil Procedure Section 128.5. This new (and old) code section will give attorneys a way to ask judges to appropriately sanction lawyers who behav...
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