Certified Appellate Specialist. Uncertified Podcast Host, #CalAppLawPod
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Jun 4
kowallawgroup.com/170-6-afte…🎯 Paper the judge—but not too often. J.O. v. Superior Court ends blanket 170.6 challenges. Pattern = prima facie case. One-off survives. Your reasons better be real. #CalAppLawPod
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Jun 3
kowallawgroup.com/ct/🚨 170.6 no longer automatic! CA Supreme Court now lets judges look behind peremptory challenges. Plus: Quinn Emanuel hit with $3M sanctions for ethics failures. Bad faith = bad idea. #CalAppLawPod
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May 26
kowallawgroup.com/w-morgan-p… 🎯 Copyright troll slayer exposed: @ThePietzLawFirm unravels Prenda Law's 20,000-lawsuit fraud scheme. From Star Trek sanctions to anonymous speech battles—how one attorney took down a RICO-like racket. #CalAppLawPod
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May 19
kowallawgroup.com/stephanie-…🎙️ Court reporter shortage? Don't replace humans with recordings. AI still struggles with accents, noise, and overlapping speakers, even federal courts get "inaudibles." Stephanie Leslie from @RegalReporting explains why CSRs remain the gold standard. #CalAppLawPod
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May 12
kowallawgroup.com/fmr-cj-can… 🎯 Supreme Court secrets: Former CA Chief Justice reveals what really gets petitions granted—it's not about fixing errors. Conflict, systemic issues & judicial wishlists matter most. #CalAppLawPod
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May 5
bit.ly/4nekpkb🎙️ Horvitz & Levy's Jeremy Rosen on the two-person brief model, why the drafter should argue, and AI ethics in appellate practice. Plus: anti-SLAPP appeals & cold benches. #CalAppLawPod
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Apr 28
bit.ly/4eawxjH⚖️ Justice Ming Chin: Wrote more CA Supreme Court opinions than any peer in his first decade. Now mediating and sharing petition secrets—kitchen-sink briefs fail, federal certifications nearly always win review. #CalAppLawPod
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Apr 27
⚠️ Discovery death penalty: Terminating sanctions imposed for files in recycle bin—still intact. No prior violations. Two experts found no proof of destruction. Appeal pending. #CalAppLawPod
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Apr 9
⚠️ AI hallucination hunter: @legalwritingpro 's RealityCheck catches fake cites before judges do. Courts are already using it. BriefCatch now verifies every case you cite—no more sanctions nightmares. #CalAppLawPod
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Apr 1
bit.ly/4bL11Hl🎭 Legal myths debunked: Miranda's not in the Constitution, dual citizenship was never authorized, and "one phone call" is Hollywood fiction. Plus: the Scopes Trial was staged propaganda. #CalAppLawPod
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Mar 25
bit.ly/47mMPBO⚖️ BigLaw bends to Trump. Boutiques rise. Paul Clement schools SCOTUS on oral argument mastery. Judge VanDyke's dissent ignites debate. What it means for California appellate practice. #CalAppLawPod
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Mar 19
bit.ly/4uyRiLz🔥 Naked truth: 9th Circuit upholds spa ruling requiring admission of pre-op trans women. Judge VanDyke's shocking dissent sparks 28-judge rebuke. Plus: 1st grader's free speech win! #CalAppLawPod
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Mar 17
⚠️ Summary judgment isn't a shortcut! When facts are disputed, trial judges must resist calendar pressure and let juries decide. Elder abuse cases deserve their day in court.
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Mar 11
bit.ly/4sFd0vH⚠️ Shadow docket goes routine: SCOTUS reverses 9th Circuit on CA trans law. Plus: AI fake citations = career-ending sanctions. And firm size doesn't cap your fee award. #CalAppLawPod
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Mar 4
bit.ly/4blIxNl🤖 AI work product split: Two federal courts, two rulings. One protects ChatGPT as work product, the other doesn't. Plus: deadbeat-dad deals are unenforceable & bankruptcy notice traps. #CalAppLawPod
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Feb 24
bit.ly/3ZQa1Et⚠️ CA appellate chaos: Trial judges play "temporary Supreme Court" on conflicting rulings. Shipley's fix? Mini-en banc panels issue statewide precedent—no constitutional amendment needed. #CalAppLawPod
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Feb 18
📜 How did CA become the only state where appellate courts don't follow each other? Spoiler: it was a typo. The surprising origin story of California's no-horizontal-stare-decisis rule. #CalAppLawPod bit.ly/4tJV9oy
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Feb 10
🤖 AI ethics alert: Is using AI-generated reasoning plagiarism? Managing Attorney James Mixon unpacks bias in training data, disclosure standards, and why judges shouldn't sign AI-drafted orders. #CalAppLawPod bit.ly/3OfS9A7
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