Breakfast With the Experts: Injunctions, Receiverships, and Attachments

Program Information:
Learn what the Judges and Commissioners in the prejudgment remedies departments (85, 86, 12, and 1A) of the Los Angeles Superior Court Central District expect of practitioners regarding injunctions, writs of attachment and possession, and receiverships. You will have the opportunity to ask direct questions of the judicial officers.

Speakers:
Hon. James Chalfant, Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon. Ann I. Jones, Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon. Barbara A. Meiers, Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Commr. Matthew C. St. George Jr., Los Angeles Superior Court

Location:
Los Angeles Superior Court
111 North Hill Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
Room: Dept. 86, Room 836

Times:
Registration: 7:00 AM
Meal/Reception: 7:00 AM
Program: 7:20 AM

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Opening Meeting

On April 25th the Executive Committee of Remedies Section will be holding an open meeting in LACBA's office, all are invited to attend. The meeting will run from 12:00 to 1:30.

Trial court erred in awarding attorney fees under Code of Civil Procedure Sec. 701.020 to prevailing party that had brought an independent creditor's suit against defendant. Sec. 701.020 does not apply to independent creditor's suits.
Ilshin Investment Co., Ltd. v. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.
filed May 13, 2011
Cite as 2011 S.O.S. 2513
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Inventory items sold by defendant's retail antiques business were not exempt from levy of execution to enforce a money judgment.
Kono v. Meeker
Cite as C065406
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Trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding interest based on a finding of inequitable conduct by the judgment debtor in the postjudgment proceedings.
Gunderson v. Wall
Cite as 2011 S.O.S. 3372
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Action alleging that defendant slandered title to plaintiff's real property by wrongfully recording a lis pendens was barred by the litigation privilege, so trial court correctly granted defendant's anti-SLAPP motion. There is no exception to the absolute litigation privilege based on the lack of "evidentiary merit" of a claimant's real property claim in connection with a recorded lis pendens.
Alpha and Omega Development, LP v. Whillock Contracting, Inc.
Cite as 2011 S.O.S. 5948
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A bank chartered as a national association is a "person" as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Sec. 680.280 and, accordingly, is subject to the duties and liabilities imposed on "third persons" by the Enforcement of Judgments Law.
Grayson Services, Inc. v. Wells Fargo Bank
Cite as 2011 S.O.S. 5286
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