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Litigating From Home: The New Normal Thanks to COVID-19

The 2020 global pandemic has brought many rapid changes to the world – and that includes changes to courtrooms and trial across California. COVID-19 has wrought havoc on our court system here in California, forcing many cases (other than the most urgent and life-threatening) to grind to a…

CA Supreme Court Clarifies Definition of “Prevailing Party”

California law states that the “prevailing party” in a lawsuit is entitled to recover its costs from the other party.  The law defines the “prevailing party” as “the party with a net monetary recovery” and “a defendant in whose favor a dismissal is entered.”  So what happens when…