Litigation
Cal. Litig. 2015, Volume 28, Number 2
Content
- Belated Thanks for Something I Borrowed
- Can Private Attorney General Actions Be Forced Into Arbitration?
- Curious Clerks and the Case of the Yellow Hat
- Demystifying Patent Litigation
- Dutch Treat
- Editor's Foreword This is Not a Eulogy!
- From the Section Chair
- Litigation Section Executive Committee Past Chairs
- Masthead
- McDermott On Demand: If Only.... Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 2015
- New Lawyers Column: Why I Went to Law School and Chose Not to Work in a Firm
- Past Editors-in-Chief
- Table of Contents
- The Mysterious World of Civil Litigation Bonds
- Where First Amendment Internet Anonymity Rights Collide with Copyright
- Timing Posttrial Motions: Statutory Amendments Freshen the Bait in Traps for the Unwary
Timing Posttrial Motions: Statutory Amendments Freshen the Bait in Traps for the Unwary
By Paul R. Johnson
Paul R. Johnson
What harm could possibly result from getting an extension of time? Plenty, if it keeps you from getting a timely favorable ruling on your postjudgment motion or leads you to miss your appeal deadline. So much is at stake in calculating the deadlines for postjudgment relief that this article is a "must-read" for every trial lawyer. Beware, however, that the discussion of these procedural snares is "like a bottle of fine California Chardonnay — very dry." (Pratt v. Vencor, Inc. (2003) 105 Cal.App. 4th 905, 907 (Pratt).)
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