Litigation
Last week, Family Violence Appellate Project and Bay Area Legal Aid, represented by Community Legal Aid SoCal, Covington & Burling LLP, and Bay Area Legal Aid, filed a response to the California Attorney General’s amicus brief in our ongoing litigation before the California Supreme Court pertaining to the need to…
Last week a BayLegal client won a significant appeal of an order denying our client’s motion to vacate a default judgment in a consumer debt collections case. In an opinion in Citibank N.A. v. Baljit K. Bajwa that could have significant implications for “unstacking the deck” against other collections defendants,…
For Immediate Release Thao WeldyFamily Violence Appellate Projecttweldy@fvaplaw.org510-858-7358 Oakland, CA (February 20, 2025) – The California Supreme Court has accepted a case brought to protect the rights of low-income litigants who are being harmed by the statewide court reporter shortage. The Supreme Court only accepts a small percentage of the…
[Updated February 21, 2025] Read our December 4, 2024 media release Read our February 21, 2025 media release Download a copy of the petition here. What is the current status of the case? On February 19, 2025, the California Supreme Court accepted the case. The Court ordered the Superior Courts of…
Journalism focused on or citing our petition to the CA Supreme Court related to civil litigants’ right to a verbatim record includes: