
The California Appellate Law Podcast
An appellate law podcast for trial lawyers. Appellate specialists Jeff Lewis and Tim Kowal discuss timely trial tips and the latest cases and news coming from the California Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court.
Podcasting since 2020 • 173 episodes
The California Appellate Law Podcast
Latest Episodes
Trump tariffs enjoined by…which court? And SCOCA takes up appealability of dismissals
The Court of International Trade—whatever that is—enjoined Trump’s tariffs. But the Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit imposed an administrative stay pending further briefing. We also cover:Defending a Zoom depo? If you refuse ...
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Season 1
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Episode 173
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30:00

This is a District Court, not a Denny’s
The Supreme Court faulted the district judge in A.A.R.P. v. Trump for refusing to grant the Venezuelan alleged Tren de Aragua members’ injunction. But on remand, Judge Ho comes to the judge’s defense: after all, the judge only had 42 m...
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Season 1
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Episode 172
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21:46

Oral arguments on nationwide injunctions
SCOTUS spent two and a half hours hearing oral argument on Friday in the birthright-citizenship cases consolidated in Trump v. CASA—not about birthright citizenship, but about whether district courts should be issuing nationwide injunc...
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Season 1
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Episode 171
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28:19

The BigLaw EOs & Right to a Hearing
Trump’s executive order targeting Perkins Coie gets bench-slapped. Jeff recites the decision’s paean to the plight of lawyers. Tim wonders if Big Law was really hanging by such a slender thread. But on the law, neither is surprised by the resul...
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Season 1
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Episode 170
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37:34

Kidnapping, Pronouns & Dragons
A civil litigant, hit with $200,000 sanctions for plotting the kidnapping and murder of the defendant, gets the sanctions reversed.Next week the California Supreme Court will hear oral argument on whether the state can mandate long-term ...
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Season 1
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Episode 169
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28:24
