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Civil Procedure,
Civil Litigation

May 23, 2025

Facing unlimited civil filings glut, LA courts start new procedure

Friday was the first day of the Los Angeles County courts' new way of handling Notices of Settlement, to improve efficiency in the face of a 48% increase in unlimited civil filings in the past 17 years.

Facing unlimited civil filings glut, LA courts start new procedure
Judge Lawrence P. Riff, supervising judge of the civil division

With unlimited civil filings increasing 48% since 2008 and still growing, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County will implement Friday a new procedure for handling Notices of Settlement in most civil cases to improve efficiency.

"Under the court's new process, irrespective of the conditional/unconditional identification, the court will set an Order to Show Cause (OSC) re: Dismissal hearing approximately 60 calendar days following the filing" of a notice of settleme...

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