Rule 1.20. Effective Date of Filing. Unless otherwise provided, a document is deemed filed on the date it is received by the court clerk.
CRC 1.21(a) provides: “Whenever a document is required to be served on a party, the service must be made on the party's attorney if the party is represented.” (Emphasis added.) Discovery requests must be served to the party's attorney of record.
1.31. Forms adopted by the Judicial Council for mandatory use are forms prescribed under Government Code section 68511. Wherever applicable, they must be used by all parties and must be accepted for filing by all courts.
According to California Rules of Court, rule 3.400, a complex case is: “An action that requires exceptional judicial management to avoid placing unnecessary burdens on the court or the litigants and to expedite the case, keep costs reasonable, and promote effective decision making by the court, the parties and counsel. ...
In addition to any other sanctions permitted by law, the court may order a person, after written notice and an opportunity to be heard, to pay reasonable monetary sanctions to the court or an aggrieved person, or both, for failure without good cause to comply with the applicable rules.
(a) A lawyer shall not make an agreement for, charge, or collect an unconscionable or illegal fee.
Rule 1.100 of the California Rules of Court allows court participants with disabilities, including lawyers, parties, witnesses, and jurors, to request reasonable accommodations from the court. Request for Accommodations by Persons With Disabilities and Response (form MC-410) is available to make the request.
(a) Fields occupied
No trial court, or any division or branch of a trial court, may enact or enforce any local rule concerning these fields. All local rules concerning these fields are null and void unless otherwise permitted or required by a statute or a rule in the California Rules of Court.
Rule 4.104(c)(2) reflects court rulings in cases where defendants wished to plead not guilty and have the court order attendance of traffic violator school if found guilty after trial. A court has discretion to grant or not grant traffic violator school.
(2) C.R.C., Rule 3.254 requires the first named plaintiff in a multi-party case to maintain a current list of the parties and their service addresses, and to furnish a copy of the list on request to any party or the court.
A lawyer may refuse to offer evidence, other than the testimony of a defendant in a criminal matter, that the lawyer reasonably believes* is false.
(a) Except as permitted by statute, an applicable code of judicial ethics or code of judicial conduct, or standards governing employees of a tribunal,* a lawyer shall not directly or indirectly give or lend anything of value to a judge, official, or employee of a tribunal.
Whenever a party in a civil action knows or learns that the action or proceeding is related to another action or proceeding pending, dismissed, or disposed of by judgment in any state or federal court in California, the party must serve and file a Notice of Related Case.
California Rules of Court, rule 3.1540(a) requires the trial judge to examine prospective jurors, orally, by written questionnaire, or both. Once the trial judge has completed that task, the attorneys must be permitted to ask additional questions.
Rule 5-100 Threatening Criminal, Administrative, or Disciplinary Charges. (A) A member shall not threaten to present criminal, administrative, or disciplinary charges to obtain an advantage in a civil dispute.
California Rules of Court, rule 8.1120(a) permits any person to request publication. It does not specify who may oppose it or provide any procedure for doing so.
Rule 2.251. Electronic service. When a document may be served by mail, express mail, overnight delivery, or fax transmission, the document may be served electronically under Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6 and the rules in this chapter.
20, § 9.4 - (Rule 9.4) Motion for Disqualification of Administrative Law Judge for Cause. (a) A party may move in any proceeding to disqualify the assigned Administrative Law Judge for having: (1) a financial interest in the subject matter in a proceeding or in a party to the proceeding.
9.44. A "registered foreign legal consultant" is a person who: (1) Is admitted to practice and is in good standing as an attorney or counselor-at-law or the equivalent in a foreign country; and (2) Has a currently effective certificate of registration as a registered foreign legal consultant from the State Bar.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 is the federal rule that prohibits frivolous and unwarranted contentions in litigation and allows courts to sanction attorneys for violations. California's version appears in California Code of Civil Procedure §128.7, and California courts look at Rule 11 cases when they interpret § ...
A judicial branch entity must not sell, exchange, furnish, or otherwise provide a judicial administrative record subject to disclosure under this rule to a private entity in a manner that prevents a judicial branch entity from providing the record directly under this rule.
When an indictment is pending against a person in another district, the person may state in writing that he or she wishes to plead guilty, to waive trial and to consent to a disposition in the district in which he finds himself.
(A) A member shall not intentionally, recklessly, or repeatedly fail to perform legal services with competence.
3.1382. A motion or application for determination of good faith settlement may include a request to dismiss a pleading or a portion of a pleading.
Rule 2.550(d)-(e) is derived from NBC Subsidiary. That decision contains the requirements that the court, before closing a hearing or sealing a transcript, must find an "overriding interest" that supports the closure or sealing, and must make certain express findings.