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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 31, 2008

Reconsidering Reconsideration

A 2005 case appeared to slam the door on a party’s right to move for reconsideration. Now, a new case has cracked that door back open, write Paul D. Fogel and Adam Forest. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By Paul D. Fogel and Adam Forest
This article appears on Page 5

      The coiner of the adage "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" had not read the California Supreme Court's decision in Le Francois v. Goel, 25 Cal. 4th 1094 (2005). In that case, the court appeared to slam the door on a party's right to move for reconsideration of interim orders absent new law or facts. Yet, although ...

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