Table of Contents

• Publication year: 2020

Table of Contents

Justice Carol A. Corrigan
A Career Devoted to Making the Language of the Law Understandable and Accessible.....1

2020 ADR Case Review................................................... 9
Arbitrator's Power to Issue Third Party Subpoenas.............................. 9
Nonsignatories and the New York Convention................................. 10
International Arbitration-Waiver of Rules for Service of Process..................... 11
Seamen and Railroad Employees Exception to the FAA.......................... 12
Vacatur Based on Error of Law........................................... 13
Finality of Awards................................................... 14

Appeals and Writs......................................................17
California Supreme Court Practice and Procedure..............................17
California Court of Appeal Developments....................................18
Writ Developments ...................................................20
Trial Court Procedures Relevant to Appeal ...................................21
Ninth Circuit Practice and Procedure.......................................24
Clarifying the Final Judgment Rule........................................24

Art Law............................................................... 29
After Fifteen-Year Legal Battle, Ninth Circuit Affirms Spanish Foundation's Right to Keep Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting ................................... 29
Ninth Circuit Revives Defamation Suit Over Claim of Inauthentic Painting.............. 30
Court Refuses to Limit Copyright Claim over Uma Thurman Pulp Fiction Image.......... 30

Class Actions : The Many-Headed Hydra of App-Based Driver Classification................33
Introduction .......................................................33
ABC Statutes.......................................................34
Government Enforcement Actions ........................................35
A Disruptive Proposition...............................................35
Proposition 22.....................................................36
Employers Take Advantage of Proposition 22 Loophole ..........................38
Constitutional Challenge ...............................................38
Other Ongoing Litigation ...............................................38
Conclusion ........................................................39

Employment Law: Statutory and Regulatory Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Covid-related Changes . . . . ....