Legal News and Appellate Tips

Each week, TVA appellate attorney Tim Kowal reviews several recent decisions out of the appellate courts in California, and elsewhere, and reports about the ones that might help you get an edge in your cases and appeals.

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Tag: Dismissals
Can You Appeal an Order Denying Leave to Amend a Complaint?
February 23, 2021
By Timothy Kowal, Esq.

Practitioners know that amendments to pleadings are liberally allowed. But every now and then, they are denied. What can you do then? An order denying leave to amend is not […]

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Dismissal of Voluminous "Shotgun Complaint"​ Affirmed by 11th Circuit, Even Though Containing Some Valid Claims
February 10, 2021
By Timothy Kowal, Esq.

"Shotgun pleading," the practice of overpleading a complaint with vague and irrelevant facts, and so annoying a lot of people who never did the plaintiff any harm, is prohibited in […]

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