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Summary When your business files a lawsuit, an early ruling from the judge can change the entire course of the case. If that ruling goes against you, it may be tempting to look for the fastest way to get in front of the Court of Appeal. A recent California Supreme Court decision shows why one shortcut, voluntarily dismissing your case …
If you’re defending a lawsuit and the plaintiff drops it, then files somewhere else and drops it again, you’d be forgiven for thinking the matter is finished. There’s even a federal rule that seems to promise as much. The California Supreme Court just made clear that the two-dismissal rule doesn’t reach nearly as far as many defendants assume. In Doe …
If your company runs background checks on job applicants, you’ve probably been told the real exposure under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA, the law governing how employers obtain and use consumer background reports) comes from people who were actually hurt. Someone denied a job over a bad report. Someone whose private information leaked. A recent decision from California’s …
Picture a lawsuit where the other side doesn’t like the judge. Not because the judge ruled against them on the merits, but because the judge once held them accountable. So they make the judge go away. Not from one case, but from every case like yours, filing the same boilerplate paperwork over and over until the court has no choice …
Horst Legal Counsel | April 2026 If you own, operate, or invest in a hotel or extended-stay property in California, you have probably heard of the “28-day shuffle.” The playbook is familiar: require all guests to check out before they hit 30 consecutive days of occupancy, make them stay away for a few days, and then let them re-register. The …
Horst Legal Counsel | April 2026 If your company does construction work for a California city or county, you need to know about a case the Second District Court of Appeal just published. The short version: any private individual with knowledge of fraud against public funds can sue you under the California False Claims Act, and the procedural technicalities you …