Power to disagree: The authority of lower courts in new trial motions, Los Angeles Daily Journal (September 13, 2011)
In a Daily Journal article, Alana Rotter explains the importance of ensuring that trial courts understand their power to grant a new trial.
GMSR in the United States Supreme Court for the sixth time in six years
After having two cases before the Court during the October 2010 term, Los Angeles County v. Humphries (2010) 562 U.S. 29, 131 S.Ct. 447 and Stern v. Marshall (2011) 564 U.S. 462; 131 S.Ct. 2594, GMSR will return to the high court during the 2011
Rethinking Rule 59’s Appellate “Waiver” for Magistrate Judge Adjudication Post-Olano, 2 Chapman Journal of Journal of Criminal Justice 213 (Spring 2011)
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Appealability of Anti-SLAPP Orders in California and the 9th Circuit, Los Angeles Daily Journal (February 15, 2011)
In a Daily Journal article, Alana Rotter discusses the appealability of anti-SLAPP rulings in California and federal courts.
Oral Argument: Is Anyone Listening? (Feb. 2011) Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 3, No. 2.
This is one of a series of e-newsletters authored by the firm for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Have You Filed Your Appeal on Time?, Los Angeles Daily Journal (January 9, 2011)
In a Daily Journal article, Alana Rotter discusses recent decisions critical to ensuring a timely appeal.
Circuit Split on Free Speech and Drug Prescription Data, Los Angeles Daily Journal (December 17, 2010)
In a Daily Journal article, Alana Rotter discusses a judicial split on whether new laws regulating health care data violate the First Amendment.
Anticipating ‘Reid v. Google,’ reserving objections for review, S.F. Recorder (July 5, 2010).
The Recorder (July 5, 2010)
Popping Britney’s Personal Safety Bubble: Why Proposed Anti-Paparazzi Ordinances in Los Angeles Cannot Withstand First Amendment Scrutiny (2010) 30 Loy. L.A. Ent. L.Rev. 133.
Lawmakers have suggested a wide range of possibilities to curtail paparazzi activity in the Los Angeles area, such as “requiring all ‘celebrity photographers’ to file for a permit, . . . taxing revenues generated from the photos,” and, most controversially, creating floating “buffer zones” or
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