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Law Practice,
Government

Mar. 27, 2020

Civil defense and plaintiffs’ groups ask governor for sweeping changes

Lobbying groups representing both sides of California’s civil law bar have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to make three sweeping executive orders that would extend civil trial proceedings and move nearly all of them online. Not doing so, the lobbyists argued, would deprive parties of their legal rights.

Lobbying groups representing both sides of California’s civil law bar have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to make three sweeping executive orders that would extend civil trial proceedings and move nearly all of them online.

Not doing so, the lobbyists argued, would deprive parties of legal rights.

The request sent Wednesday to Newsom and the Judicial Council includes three potentially broad orders that ...

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