Cases: Sanctions

  False Statement By Lender’s Defense Counsel Occurred in Superseded Pleading.      In Tyshkevich v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Case No. C070764 (3d Dist. Dec. 26, 2014) (unpublished), homeowner lost both a challenge to a residential foreclosure and a request for sanctions against lender’s defense counsel under Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7. The lender’s […]

  $1 Million Fee Award Made to Two Law Firms Representing Med Mal Plaintiff.      Sweet Violet cigarettes.  Globe Tobacco Co. 1886.  Library of Congress.      According to an article in a recent on-line version of the ABA Journal, a Pennsylvania judge has ordered a Pennsylvania defense attorney to pay $1 million in fees back

  Plaintiff Agreed to Mediation, and Explanations For Failure to Attend Were Found Unpersuasive in Nature Under Abuse of Discretion Standard.      In Burke v Newegg Enterprises, Case No. B251187 (2d Dist., Div. 4 Nov. 5, 2014) (unpublished), plaintiff and her counsel in a FEHA case were hit with $8,160 in sanctions in favor of

Our August 6, 2014 Post On The High Water Mark Of The English Judges’ Contempt Powers Has Been Expanded And Published As An Article In California Litigation.      Thanks to the generous permission of California Litigation, The Journal of The Litigation Section, State Bar of California, “Summary Contempt and Due Process: England, 1631, California, 1888”

Court Adopts Broad Interpretation To Statutory Reference To When The “Motion Was Made”.      In a published decision, the Sixth District, Division 1, affirms and holds “that a trial court may impose sanctions under Code of Civil Procedure section 1987.2 against a litigant for pursuing a motion to quash that, even though legitimately filed, was