In Meleski v. Estate of Hotlen (No. C080023, filed 11/29/18), a California appeals court held that an insurer is subject to the penalties for failure to accept a statutory offer to compromise under ...

Code of Civil Procedure sections 860 to 870 authorize a public agency or an interested private party to bring a “validation action” in superior court to determine the validity of certain public agency ...

The government is set to bring major changes to the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), enabling summons via phone call or text message (SMS). Fines for fake lawsuits will rise, while tighter trial ...

According to the amendments, Polish courts will now have to consider the likelihood of invalidation in other pending proceedings when assessing a claim’s plausibility. Interim injunction motions must ...

The Supreme Court reaffirmed that counter claims cannot be filed against co-defendants under Order 8 Rule 6A CPC. The ruling dismisses a misconceived and time-barred claim, restoring procedural ...

On September 7, the Meghalaya cabinet approved the implementation of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Civil Procedure in tribal areas of the state. This has caused alarm as such areas ...

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms to publish the final bill amending the Code of Civil Procedure (Chapter ...

Founded in 1912, the California Law Review was the first student law journal published west of Illinois. The Review is published six times a year, in January, March, May, July, October, and December.

Franco Cipriani’s historical research on the great authors of “scientific proceduralism” (Giuseppe Chiovenda, Francesco Carnelutti, and Piero Calamandrei) made it possible to elaborate a theory of the ...

Quebec’s Minister of Justice introduced the Draft Bill to enact the new Code of Civil Procedure on September 29, 2011. The bill forms the basis of a new code that would completely replace the current ...