Code of Civil Procedure section 9981
creates an incentive
for settlement. It authorizes an award of costs to a party that
makes a pretrial settlement offer when the opponent rejects the
offer and obtains a lesser result at trial. (Martinez v. Brownco
Construction Co. (2013) 56 Cal.4th 1014, 1019.) In 1997, the
Legislature amended the statute to make the same incentive
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Mark Corrinet (plaintiff) appeals from a judgment dismissing his lawsuit for
failure to prosecute. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 583.410–583.430.)1
Plaintiff contends this
discretionary dismissal was error when, among other things, a trial date had been set
pursuant to the parties’ stipulation and the case was ready for trial. We reverse the
judgment.
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This is an appeal from the decision of the district court reftising to enjoin the Federal
Election Commission from releasing information identifying a
trust and its trustee in connection with a misreported federal
campaign contribution. Doe v. FEC, 302 F. $upp. 3d 160
(D.D.C. 201$).
Plaintiffs — the trust and its trustee — appear incognita as
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Michael Molinaro appeals from a restraining order issued
under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA) (Fam. Code,
§ 6200 et seq.).
1 We conclude the part of the restraining order
prohibiting Michael from posting anything about his divorce case
on Facebook constitutes an overbroad, invalid restraint on his
freedom of speech. We therefore will reverse that provision and<... More...   $0 (04-01-2019 - CA)