The Majority Opinion Acknowledges That Parties Can Start High When Staking A Claim. In today's Daily Journal, I have an article about Vargas v. Howell et al., 2020 DJDAR 905 (9th Cir. Feb. 5, 2020), entitled: 'Mechanical' analysis of attorney fees award in civil rights case results in partial reversal'. […]
Your Blogger Has Reviewed Miriam Pawel's Book, The Browns of California, in California Litigation. I've reviewed Miriam Pawel's book, The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty That Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation. The review appears in California Litigation, the journal of the California Lawyers Association, Vol. 32, No. 3, p. 46 (2019). With […]
Your Blogger Is Also A Co-Contributor To California Attorney's Fees Blog. My colleague Mike Hensley and I are co-contributors to the blog California Attorney's Fees. We blog about attorney's fees issues in California state courts and the Ninth Circuit, and we have been doing so since 2008. I have an article about attorney's fees in […]
The Book Reviews Are In The Current Issue Of California Litigation. California Litigation, the journal of the California Lawyers Association, has published an article with three of my book reviews in its current issue, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2019. With the permission of California Litigation, I am making the article available if […]
A "Participation Waiver" Is Not Exactly The Same As A Waiver Of The Right To Sue Or A Bar Against Bringing A Class Action. Ari J. Stiller, an attorney with Kinglsey & Kingsley, has an article in the June 26, 2019 issue of the Daily Journal entitled, "Participation waivers test Federal Arbitration Act's limits." […]
Justice Bedsworth On Civility; SCOTUS On The Takings Clause. I've published two recent articles that have nothing to do with California Mediation and Arbitration. The June 18, 2019 Daily Journal published my article, "4th District Court of Appeal Justice William Bedsworth on civility." Justice Bedsworth wrote an opinion worth reading, Lasalle […]
Marc Alexander (This Blogger) Has Reviewed The Book For California Litigation. In the latest issue of California Litigation, Vol. 32, No. 1 (2019), p. 25, I've reviewed Adam Winkler's We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights. You can read the review, which is republished with the permission of California Litigation, by clicking here.
Marc's Review Of Richard L. Hasen's The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption, Has Been Published in California Litigation. With the permission of California Litigation, the journal of the litigation section of the California Lawyers Association, Marc's review of Prof. Richard L. Hasen's book, The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin […]
Two Books Reviewed By Your Blogger In Latest Issue Of California Litigation. In the latest issue of California Litigation, Vol. 31, No. 2 (2018), p. 44, I've reviewed Cass R. Sunstein's Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide, and Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz's To End A Presidency: The Power Of Impeachment. You can read the review, which […]
Passage Of SB 766 Opens Up Opportunities For Foreign Attorneys To Participate In International Arbitration In California. An excellent article by Eric Z. Chang appearing in California Litigation –The Journal of the Litigation Section of the CLA, Vol. 31,No. 2 (2018), p. 27, explains how an ambiguity in the law as to whether foreign attorneys […]