Until this last legislative session, Virginia was the only state in the nation without a right of appeal from civil judgments and criminal convictions. However, the most recent General Assembly session passed, and the...more
In a recent case, the Arizona Court of Appeals addressed the special rules of procedure for eviction actions. The eviction rules became effective January 1, 2009. In Sotomayor v. Sotomayor-Munoz, 735 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 28...more
Effective January 1, 2016, AB 555 makes permanent the voluntary expedited jury trial procedures set forth in CCP § 630.01 et seq. These procedures were added to the Code of Civil Procedure in 2011 to reduce the cost of...more