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: Waiver and Forfeiture
Judgment Affirmed Due to Waived Arguments, Incomplete Record, Conclusory Arguments, and Improper Attack on Judgment Affirmed in Prior Appeal
January 7, 2021
By Timothy Kowal, Esq.

...But that's nitpicking, innit? In the lease dispute in KJ Investment Group v. American Heritage College, (D4d3 Oct. 1, 2020) No. G058270 (unpublished), defendant, fresh off a loss on its challenge […]

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Forfeiting Your Best Arguments on Appeal
December 14, 2020
By Timothy Kowal, Esq.

You have a deep bag of tricks as a respondent on appeal to win affirmance of your judgment. One of those tricks is forfeiture: if appellant did not raise an […]

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