The California Appellate Law Podcast
The California Appellate Law Podcast
Latest Episodes
Copyright Troll Slayer: How Morgan Pietz Exposed the Prenda Law Fraud Machine
The fall of copyright troll Prenda Law is, according to the ABA Journal, "part of legal folklore." We talk with the attorney who kicked over the first domino, Morgan Pietz.Prenda Law was the copyright trolling operation that filed approx...
Humans Get Humans (Better Than Electronic Recordings): Stephanie Leslie
Everyone is watching Family Violence Appellate Project v. Superior Court (S288176) to see if the California Supreme Court is going to strike down the ban on electronic recording of court proceedings. There is a steady drumbeat in favor...
Rescue Missions & Reality Checks: Fmr. CJ Cantil-Sakauye on What Makes the Supreme Court Take Your Case
The Honorable Tani Cantil-Sakauye led the state judiciary through the Great Recession's budget crisis, bail reform advocacy, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Now she has three new roles: President and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California,...
Jeremy Rosen on Building Horvitz & Levy's San Francisco Office and the Art of Appellate Brief Writing
In addition to having more than 100 published opinions and close to 100 oral arguments to his name, Jeremy B. Rosen is the managing partner of the Horvitz & Levy LLP San Francisco office. Jeremy is also nationally recognized for his First A...
The Workhorse Justice: Ming Chin on Prolific Opinion Writing, DNA Evidence, and the Art of Mediation
Justice Ming Chin wrote more majority opinions in his first decade on the California Supreme Court than any colleague—then retired to discover that mediation feels a lot like his first judicial assignment in family law, where the goal was bring...