En Banc


"Features opinionated but civil coverage of legal news, tips, and decisions as well as news with a local, practical focus for Los Angeles lawyers. It is a blog for lawyers by lawyers."

Author: Eric Howard is the editor of this blog and associate editor of Los Angeles Lawyer, the magazine of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. If you would like to become a contributor to this blog, you can call Howard at 213.896.6456.

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Recent Posts from En Banc


  • LACBA Announces a New Executive Director

    The Los Angeles County Bar Association announces the selection of Sally Suchil as its new Executive Director. Ms. Suchil is a graduate of the University of Southern California and the University of Santa Clara School…

  • Courts Scrutinized during Budget Crisis

    According to the Sacramento Bee, "Judges, law enforcement officials and union workers joined together Tuesday to release an accountability plan for the Administrative Office of the Courts, calling on the Legislature to increase the agency's…

  • Newslines

    The medical marijuana fray has gotten complicated, with no signs of mellowing. Judge James C. Chalfant has reversed a ban on new dispensaries in the city, while Steve Cooley and City Attorney Carmen Trutanich have…

  • Tax Amnesty Deadline Passes; UBS Sends Sends Warning Letters to Clients

    As the October 15 deadline has come and gone, many people have reported receiving letters from UBS. These letters advise clients that after an initial investigation, UBS has determined that the client's account will likely…

  • Newslines

    According to a story by Christine Pelisek in the LA Weekly, the murder of Deputy Abel Escalante may have been retaliation for the death of gang member Danny Leon in a shootout with the LAPD…

  • The Cloud and the Black Box

    Some observations in the wake of the T-Mobile Sidekick debacle, which includes server failure, a $100 customer appreciation card, and discussions of the dark side of cloud computing: The cloud is a mysterious black box.…

  • This Month in LAL

    Who is to blame for the economic implosion? In two feature articles, authors Mark Labaton and Mark Anchor Albert explore the legal fallout from the absence of regulatory control over derivatives and the legal arguments…

  • Vacating Awards for Arbitrator Error

    As a ground for vacating an award, C.C.P. 1286.2 [a][5]) includes an arbitrator's "refusal to hear evidence material to the controversy," causing "substantial prejudice" to the parties; Flanagan v. Orbison, 2005 WL 2224836 (Cal. App.).…

  • Newslines

    "A Santa Clara, Calif., jury awarded $49 million in damages Monday to a college student who was on his way to a camping trip when two trucks collided and one struck the car he was…

  • Newslines

    A First District decision agrees with the discovery referee that some objections to special interrogatories are "unreasonable, evasive, lacking in legal merit and without justification." The court also doesn't think that the phrase "all economic…