If you have a class action settlement, then the terms of that settlement were signed off on by the Court. They are a matter of record, so it is...

If there were witness statements being made about me do I have the rights to access them? How do you request them and from who?

I agree with my colleague. The context here matters. Generally, however, a witness statement by itself is not evidence, but it is a form of...

This is coming from a California attorney. What strikes me is not that 8 attorneys from a firm have been involved but that it has taken 17 years...

How do I object or appeal being sanctioned in civil court?

You have no appellate remedy until a final judgment in the case has been filed. You could seek a writ with the Court of Appeal, but I can virtually...

Can I appeal a bench trial decision if I did not have a court reporter?

Yes you can, but your odds are more difficult. The Court of Appeal is an entirely different Court than the Superior Court. Different Judges...

Am I entitled to compensation if a past employer is using my information to advertise to past clients?

Are you entitled to compensation? No one is ever /entitled/ to compensation. That is bad lawyer advertising lingo. You do have potential causes...

How can 50+ musicians who were each cheated out of 1000$ by an opera program in Bulgaria hire a lawyer to listen to the case?

You are in an ugly situation. There are potential legal remedies. Potentially. Involving international law, and maybe some Bulgarian equivalent...

Can you add to a Declaration, if you forgot an important point??

You can try. If it is past the last day to file an opposition, then the Court has the discretion to consider it or deny it. However, just adding...

Appellate judge giving the excuse for a ethics violation in appellate opinion, is this not allowed?

Punctuation. It really helps. That was very hard to understand. If I'm getting this gist of this, your lawyer substituted out as counsell right...

Attorney fees demanded without a retainer?

He does have to offer fee arbitration with the local bar, bu statute. He may also have an arbitration provision in the retainer agreement...