Allison,2 who was almost nine years old at the time of the trial, testified that
after her mother Kelly started dating Lumsden, they moved in with him. Allison had
her own room at Lumsden’s house.

1Because Lumsden challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction for criminal solicitation of a minor, which req

In this legal malpractice action, appellant Robert Genisman alleges his former
attorneys, Hopkins Carley and Mark Heyl (collectively respondents), were negligent in
their representation of him in connection with the 2005 sale of his ownership interest in
two private companies (the Transaction). Genisman alleges the Transaction initially was
structured as a buyout and respondents re

Defendant Rima Al Binali appeals the trial court’s denial of
her motion to vacate the $1,940,506 default judgment entered
against her in favor of plaintiffs Dr. Jay W. Calvert and Jay
Calvert, M.D., a professional corporation. Al Binali asserts that
plaintiffs’ faulty service by publication rendered the judgment
void on its face. We agree and reverse.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL B

The filing date of a bankruptcy petition determines the
law governing exemptions and freezes the value of the
exemptions that the debtor may claim. Because Debra
Wilson’s amended bankruptcy schedules sought to claim
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more than Washington law permitted her to claim as of the
petition date, we affirm the district court’s decision, limiting
her claimed exe

This is an appeal from the sustaining of a demurrer
without leave to amend. Plaintiff and appellant Professional Tax
Appeal entered a contract with the owner of vacant land by which
plaintiff agreed on a contingent fee basis to seek 2009 and 2010
property tax reductions. The property tax appeals succeeded in
reducing the assessed value of the vacant land by millions of
doll

SI 59 LLC (appellant) appeals from a judgment of dismissal
following a demurrer to its Second Amended Complaint (SAC) by
Variel Warner Ventures, LLC (Variel Warner), Variel Builders,
LLC, (Variel Builders), Verdugo Management & Investment, Inc.
(Verdugo), Troxler Residential Ventures XIX, LLC (Troxler), and
Troxler Venture Partners, Inc. (Troxler Venture) (collectively
resp

In this legal malpractice action, appellant Robert Genisman alleges his former
attorneys, Hopkins Carley and Mark Heyl (collectively respondents), were negligent in
their representation of him in connection with the 2005 sale of his ownership interest in
two private companies (the Transaction). Genisman alleges the Transaction initially was
structured as a buyout and respondents re

In this case, the parties dispute which of their recorded liens against a golf course
property has priority. In 2013, defendant, cross-complainant, and respondent, Southern
California Investors, Inc. (SCI), recorded a third deed of trust against the golf course
property. In 2014, plaintiff, cross-defendant, and appellant, Bear Creek Master
Association (BCMA), a homeowners associati

Plaintiffs David and Hedda Schmidt appeal from a judgment entered in favor of
defendants Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust
2
2007-AR3 Mortgage Pass Through Certificates Series 2007-AR3, and Select Portfolio
Servicing, Inc. (defendants).
The Schmidts filed this action against the defendants, alleging violations of the
Homeowners'

Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, William V. Whelan, Mei-Yin M. Imanaka
and Deborah A. Yates, for Defendants, Cross-complainants, and Respondents.
Plaintiff AMN Healthcare, Inc. (AMN) appeals (1) the judgment in favor of
defendants Kylie Stein, Robin Wallace, Katherine Hernandez, Alexis Ogilvie (sometimes
collectively, individual defendants) and Aya Healthcare, Inc. (Aya) (sometimes

In their first appeal (case No. H041870), both plaintiff Manny Villanueva,
individually and as class representative, and defendant Fidelity National Title Company
(Fidelity) appeal from a judgment following a bench trial in this class action lawsuit
alleging violations of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 17200
et seq.). Villanueva and the class (jointly Plain

Brooklyn, NY - Nomura Agrees to Pay $480 Million in Civil Penalties for Misleading Investors in Sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities

The United States has reached an agreement with Nomura Holding America Inc. and several of its affiliates (“Nomura”), which will pay a $480 million penalty to resolve federal civil claims that Nomura misled investors in connection with the marketin

In this appeal, we are asked to
revisit a case in which the plaintiff fought tooth and nail in the
Massachusetts state courts and lost. Displeased by the result of
the state-court proceedings, she repaired to the federal district
court and sought to have that court address essentially the same
grievances. The district court rejected her importunings, and the
plaintiff now a

Probate Code section 16440, subdivision (b) (16440(b)) provides that if a
“trustee has acted reasonably and in good faith under the circumstances as known to the
trustee,” a court has discretion to excuse him or her from liability for a breach of trust if it
would be equitable to do so.
1
(Italics added.) Acting under this express authority, the
trial court denied a petiti

After plaintiff and appellant Joshua P. Pagnini (appellant) failed to respond to a
demurrer filed by defendants and respondents Union Bank, N.A. and Unionbancal
Mortgage Corporation (respondents), the trial court sustained the demurrer and entered
judgment in favor of respondents. Appellant appeals from the court’s denial of his
motion for relief under Code of Civil Procedure secti

In their first appeal (case No. H041870), both plaintiff Manny Villanueva,
individually and as class representative, and defendant Fidelity National Title Company
(Fidelity) appeal from a judgment following a bench trial in this class action lawsuit
alleging violations of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 17200
et seq.). Villanueva and the class (jointly Plain