Table of Contents

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 2017
• Publication year: 2017

Table of Contents

From A One-Room Schoolhouse to the California Supreme Court: An Interview with Trailblazing Justice Kathryn Werdegar......................................................1

Appeals and Writs............................................................7

California Supreme Court Practice and Procedure.................................7

Court of Appeal Practice and Procedure........................................8

Procedures for Writ Review.................................................9

Trial Court Procedures Relevant to Appeal......................................10

Class Actions................................................................15

Will the Supreme Court "Waive" Goodbye to Class Actions?.........................15

Background.............................................................15

The Road to the Supreme Court..............................................16

Supreme Court Arguments..................................................17

What Does the Future Hold?................................................18

Employment Law............................................................21

California Resists the Trump Administration's Efforts to Curtail Employee Rights.........21

President Trump's Efforts to Weaken Employee Rights......................................21

Legislative & Regulatory Update.............................................22

Case Law Update.........................................................24

Ethics.......................................................................31

An Analysis of the Expansion of General Counsel's Ethical Obligations.................31

Developing Technology and the Duty to Preserve and Safeguard Information...........31

Emails from Private Accounts as Public Records in California........................33

Conclusion .............................................................35

Evidence ..................................................................37

Fed Up! California Pushes Back on Federal Policy with Notable Rules and Rulings on Cannabis, Domestic Violence, and Immigration..............................37

California Evidence Code Amendments...