In a couple unpubs today, the Court of Appeal saves defective appeals from orders sustaining demurrers:

• “in the interest of judicial economy, we will construe the order sustaining the demurrer without leave to amend as a final appealable judgment.

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LACBA’s Barristers/Young Attorneys Section presents a Virtual Brown Bag Lunch with Justice Weingart, Tuesday, Dec. 3, noon to 1. Register here (free).NLJ has 2 Federal Judges Rescind Senior Status After Trump Win. Might More Follow? — Currently, seven district …

In this unpub’d decision from 2/8, the trial judge is affirmed, but a concurring opinion lets the judge have it: 

• although the trial judge’s decision does not appear to have been based on or influenced by the attitudes he expressed,

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Supreme Court Makes Appointments to Committee on Judicial Ethics OpinionsPresiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County; Judge Michael T. Garcia (ret.) of the Superior Court of Sacramento County; and Justice Judith L. Haller …

The Office of the Solicitor General at the California
Department of Justice has posted an opening to hire a Deputy Solicitor
General. The position can be based in San Francisco, Sacramento, Los
Angeles, or San Diego. This is a…

 Commission Confirms Appointments to Appellate Court in Los AngelesChief Justice Patricia Guerrero, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed three appointments to California’s Courts of Appeal in Los Angeles.

The DJ has Glenn Danas, Ashley Boulton, and Katelyn Leeviraphan’s article  Raising the bar: The strategic value of a plaintiff-side appellate practice, highlighting “some of the areas where appellate counsel can offer support both on appeal and beyond,” e.g.,…