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Allen v. Patel
Trial court did not err by granting motion for a new trial due to attorney misconduct. 		Civil Procedure, Attorneys 4DCA/2 Dec. 29, 2025
Iloff v. LaPaille
Trial court should have imposed personally liability on officer of corporation that violated wage laws when plaintiff-employee elected to pursue such a remedy. 		Employment Law 1DCA/1 Dec. 29, 2025
In re J.L.
Because amended Welfare and Institutions Code section 730.6(b)(3) applies prospectively only, juvenile offenders were not entitled to retroactive apportionment of their restitution obligations. 		Juveniles 1DCA/2 Dec. 29, 2025
In re K.G.
Expressly disagreeing with other Divisions' holdings, Division Eight of the Second Appellate District held Department of Family Services inquiry under ICWA adequate where some known extended family members were not contacted. 		Dependency 2DCA/8 Dec. 29, 2025
LaCour v. Marshalls of California
Denial of motion to compel arbitration was proper where parties' pre-*Viking River* PAGA waiver did not encompass mutual intent to "split" individual and non-individual PAGA claims. 		Arbitration 1DCA/4 Dec. 29, 2025
Ammari v. Ammari
Despite defendant's failure to answer amended complaint, default judgment was not appropriate where answer to the initial complaint denied allegations repeated, and necessary for claims asserted, in the amended complaint. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/4 Dec. 29, 2025
Thakur v. Trump
Amending_order 		9th Dec. 29, 2025
Powers v. McDonough
District court did not abuse its discretion by ordering the Department of Veterans Affairs to construct permanent and temporary housing units for disabled veterans in its West Los Angeles campus. 		Veterans' Affairs 9th Dec. 29, 2025
Industrial Park Center v. Great Northern Insurance Co.
Order 		9th Dec. 29, 2025
Trump v. Illinois
Order 		USSC Dec. 29, 2025
Eng v. Opperman
Homeowner's association board was entitled to judicial deference, i.e., the "business judgment rule," in denying homeowners' request to build an accessory dwelling unit. 		Real Property 1DCA/2 Dec. 26, 2025
Fancourt v. Zargaryan
Trial court abused its discretion by allowing a tardily disclosed expert witness to testify at trial. 		Evidence 2DCA/8 Dec. 26, 2025
Wise v. Tesla Motors, Inc.
Arbitration agreement was enforced where allegedly unconscionable terms were collateral to and severable from the agreement, and it did not secure an advantageous forum for the drafter. 		Arbitration 1DCA/5 Dec. 26, 2025
Towns v. Hyundai Motor America
Under Song-Beverly Act, only vehicle's buyer--not driver or responsible party--has standing to pursue a claim. 		Consumer Law, Civil Procedure 2DCA/4 Dec. 26, 2025
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Holmes
Restitution for property lost as a result of company's fraud was the monetary value invested where there was no reasonable opportunity to sell shares after the fraud came to light. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 26, 2025
Marriage of Patel
Family court acted within its authority in dismissing appellant's petition for legal separation under Family Code section 2345 when respondent's lack of consent made a judgment legally impossible. 		Family Law 4DCA/3 Dec. 23, 2025
Amaro v. Weber
Secretary of State improperly denied applications for restitution from corporate fraud fund as resubmissions without proper evidence and was required to properly evaluate them. 		Corporations 3DCA Dec. 23, 2025
Make UC a Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of California
Plaintiffs were not "successful parties" under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 where their temporary appellate victories were abrogated by legislation and reversed by the Supreme Court. 		Fees and Costs 1DCA/5 Dec. 23, 2025
Faiaipau v. THC-Orange County, LLC
Trial court erred by not ordering individual plaintiffs' wrongful death claim to arbitration, where death was allegedly caused by medical facility's disconnection of decedent's ventilator, not lack of custodial care. 		Arbitration 1DCA/4 Dec. 23, 2025
U.S. v. Rodriguez
District court properly applied sentencing enhancement for possession of two California driver's licenses, where defendant conceded possession, and the Sentencing Guidelines contained no mens rea requirement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 23, 2025
Ruiz v. Bondi
Despite statutory provision removing decisions regarding asylum applications' timeliness from courts' jurisdiction, courts retained jurisdiction to review, albeit deferentially, mixed questions of law and fact presented by such determinations. 		Immigration 9th Dec. 23, 2025
VIP Mortgage Inc. v. Gates
Arbitrator's failure to remember a fee-allocation stipulation was not a legally dispositive factual error warranting vacatur under the Federal Arbitration Act. 		Arbitration 9th Dec. 23, 2025
California Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena
While Pasadena's Measure H, which added provisions to the City Charter pertaining to rent control and evictions, was a constitutionally permissible Charter amendment, state law preempted some provisions. 		Constitutional Law 2DCA/7 Dec. 22, 2025
Modification: Environmental Democracy Project v. Rael
California Organic Food and Farming Act applies broadly to all products labeled or sold as organic, including feminine hygiene products. 		Consumer Law 1DCA/2 Dec. 22, 2025
Johnson v. Rubylin, Inc.
Attorney-client privilege did not apply to statutorily required disclosure of claimed attorney's fees and costs incurred prior to an early evaluation conference in construction-related accessibility suit. 		Evidence, Disability Discrimination 6DCA Dec. 22, 2025
Weldeyohannes v. State of Washington
Numerous genuine disputes of material fact regarding prison officials' investigation into prisoner's request for transportation accommodation precluded district court's grant of summary judgment for the State. 		Disability Discrimination, Prisoners' Rights 9th Dec. 22, 2025
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Patrick
Federal penalty statute allowed district court to simultaneously enter a total fine amount "due immediately" while establishing an installment schedule for payment due to defendant's indigent status. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 22, 2025
U.S. v. Justus
District court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of defendant's violent, anti-government Facebook activity at trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 9th Dec. 22, 2025
Reges v. Cauce
Under the *Pickering* balancing test, defendant university failed to demonstrate its legitimate institutional interests outweighed plaintiff professor's First Amendment interest in speaking about a public concern matter in the university setting. 		Constitutional Law 9th Dec. 22, 2025
City of San Jose v. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn.
Because City had a legal obligation to address its pension shortfall, the constitutional debt limit did not restrict the City's discretion in determining how to address that obligation. 		Municipal Law, Constitutional Law CASC Dec. 19, 2025
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