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Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary

Jun. 15, 2020

Civil court closures will have lasting impact

COVID-19 has turned the world as we know it upside-down, but it has done quite a number on the civil court system. In its rush to close courts to protect public health, the California Judicial Council and the Los Angeles County courts have set civil litigants back to a point from which it will be difficult to recover.

Gerald L. Sauer

Partner
Sauer & Wagner LLP

litigation, intellectual property, business law

1801 Century Park E Ste 1150
Los Angeles , CA 90067-2331

Phone: (310) 712-8102

Fax: (310) 712-8108

Email: gsauer@swattys.com

UC Hastings

Gerald Sauer is a founding partner at Sauer & Wagner LLP in Los Angeles. He has been litigating for 34 years, and specializes in intellectual property and business law. He can be reached at (310) 712-8102 or by email at gsauer@swattys.com

COVID-19 has turned the world as we know it upside-down, but it has done quite a number on the civil court system. In its rush to close courts to protect public health, the California Judicial Council and the Los Angeles County courts have set civil litigants back to a point from which it will be difficult to recover.

Relegated to the back of the line behind "essential" matters such as criminal, delinquency, dependency, family and m...

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