Interview
with Mitchell E. Abbott

Business Law
Fair Funds for Investors: Comparing WorldCom and Kmart
Thomas Henry Coleman

Criminal Law
The Challenge of Cybercrime
Susan W. Brenner

Employment Law
Enforceability of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements – Conflicting Signals in the Courts
Everett F. Meiners

Real Property
Occupancy Rules for Active Adult Communities, Part I.
Curtis C. Sproul and Mary Howell

California Administrative Mandamus, 3d edition is a comprehensive guide for obtaining judicial review of state and local agency decisions. The text covers the entire process of administrative decision review, including deciding whether and how to proceed by writ, parties involved, actions that can be reviewed by administrative mandamus, and how to appeal from a Superior Court judgment. The book has an in-depth discussion of the scope of the court's review under CCP §1094.5 and the applicable standards of review. The new edition contains new chapters on the administrative record and procedures that are unique to review of CEQA and First Amendment proceedings. The book contains comprehensive forms for the petition, answer, replication, noticed motion, alternative writ, and issuance or denial of the writ. All forms in the book will be contained in an accompanying Forms Disk. It is useful for experienced attorneys in administrative mandamus, those new to the field, and the courts..

See Interview with Mitchell E. Abbott, a contributing author to California Administrative Mandamus in this issue of Case N’ Point.