Legal Advertisement: Family law practitioners should read this opinion with the following in mind: “[F]amily law court is a court of equity . . . .” (E.g., In re Marriage of Boswell (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 1172, 1174.) Appellate attack upon a discretionary trial court...
Month: October 2019
COURT GRANTS ANTI-SLAPP MOTION FOR DEFENDANT ATTORNEY!
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT: Mina Litinsky appealed from an order striking her claims against respondent Jayne Kaplan under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (the anti-SLAPP statute).1 Litinsky was the defendant in a prior lawsuit in which Kaplan, an attorney,...
COURT AFFIRMS DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS IN COCAINE DRUG CASE
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT: Following a traffic stop, officers searched Brandon Lance Lee's car without a warrant and discovered 56 grams of cocaine, a firearm, and other items associated with selling narcotics. After Lee was charged with various drug and weapons offenses,...
COURT AFFIRMS GRANTING OF DEFAMATION ANTI-SLAPP MOTION.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT: After a client fired her attorney and his firm, the firm placed a lien on the client’s further recovery and then sued the client’s daughter for defaming them in several online reviews. The daughter moved to dismiss the defamation claim under our...