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California Supreme Court

Sep. 14, 2012

The final word: Civil law developments in the state Supreme Court

A convenient way to track the state Supreme Court's most important civil law cases. By Joseph M. Lipner and BJ Ard of Irell & Manella LLP


By Joseph M. Lipner and BJ Ard


The state Supreme Court settles issues of California common law definitively. In recent months, the court has decided fundamental issues of civil practice and procedure, thereby repudiating the common-law release rule, clarifying the application of the work-product doctrine, and recognizing the Legislature's authority to displace the judicially created delayed discovery rule. These important legal issues all arose in ca...

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