Appellate Law News and Insights

Last month, a split emerged in the California Court of Appeal regarding whether trial courts have authority to strike or limit unmanageable claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). In Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., 76 Cal. App. 5th 685, 2022 WL 855568 (2022), the court held that...

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on April 21 addressing the regulation of "off-premises" signs, holding that such regulations are not subject to strict scrutiny under the First Amendment. City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, No. 20-1029 (Apr. 21, 2022) (opinion here) contends with a municipal regulation in...

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In a split decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently affirmed a lower court's dismissal in a suit in which a customer of a bank challenged the bank's overdraft charge practices and claimed they constituted usurious loans.  See Walker v. BOKF, Nat'l Ass'n, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS...

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