Los Angeles Superior Court will now offer electronic recordings where a court reporter is not available. But not all courts have the equipment. And even if they do, by statute these recordings may not be used to create an appellate record. So what does it mean?

Also, the Supreme Court in Meinhardt v. City of Sunnyvale has confirmed that orders granting writs of mandamus are not appealable—you have to wait for the judgment.

So how did the Court of Appeal in **Wastexperts, Inc. v. Arakelian Enters.** reverse a pre-judgment anti-SLAPP order while leaving the judgment intact?

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Other items discussed in the episode:

• the murder conviction against Adnan Syed, discussed on the podcast *Serial,* reinstating Syed’s conviction for the murder of Hae Min Lee.
• LASC 9/5 General Order
• Ben Shatz’s blog write up of the LASC electronic recording order
• Meinhardt v. City of Sunnyvale
• **Are Anti-SLAPP orders “judgments”?. Wastexperts, Inc. v. Arakelian Enters.** (D2d4 Jul. 11, 2024 No. B325299) [pub. opn.]
• Videos from this episode will be posted at Tim Kowal’s YouTube channel.