Table of Contents

• Publication year: 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION UPDATE..........................9

The Private Attorneys General Act........................................................9

Waiver of Arbitration....................................................................11

Motions to Vacate or Confirm—Federal Jurisdiction.....................................11

Transportation Worker Exemption from Arbitration....................................12

Third Party Discovery—International Arbitration........................................12

Failure to Pay Forum Fees................................................................14

Award Correction........................................................................15

Award Defined...........................................................................16

Fees Earned by Unlicensed Attorney.....................................................16

Labor Code Section 925..................................................................17

APPEALS AND WRITS..........................................20

California Supreme Court................................................................20

Defaulting Party Can Preserve Appeal with Motion for New Trial.....................20
Curbing Appellate Fact-Finding and Policy-Making.....................................21
Preserving An Issue for Appellate Review..............................................21
Public Interest Exception to Mootness Resonates with the Court......................22

California Court of Appeal...............................................................22

Vigilance Required with Electronic Filing of Notices of Appeal.........................22
Let's Be Candid.........................................................................22
Don't Get Slapped with Sanctions for a Frivolous Appeal ..............................23
Is This Ruling Appealable? Back to the Basics and Beyond..............................23
Caught in the Middle: Intermediate Rulings Might Be Reviewable but They Are Not Themselves Appealable..................................................24
Unreasonably Timed Motion "Validly" Extends Appeal Deadline.......................24

U.S. Supreme Court Developments......................................................25

The Standard for Evaluating a Motion to Intervene in an Appeal.......................25

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Revisions to U.S. Supreme Court Rules.................................................25

Ninth Circuit Developments.............................................................26

Non-Parties' Appellate Rights..........................................................26
Appealability............................................................................27
Writs....................................................................................28
Writ Petition Is Exclusive Means for Challenging Trial Court Good Faith Settlement Determination.......................................28
Writ Petition Is Exclusive

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