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Court-martial in Iraqi unarmed detainee killings begins

Posted on February 17, 2009
Opening statements are expected today in the court-martial of one of two Marine Corps sergeants charged with the killing of unarmed detainees during one of the fiercest battles of the Iraq war. A military panel at Camp Pendleton will have...

Bluetooth suits either dismissed or settled with no economic recovery

Posted on February 17, 2009
The multidistrict cases alleging that Motorola Inc. and Apple Inc. did not adequately warn consumers about potential hearing loss caused by their Bluetooth headsets have dissipated into a whimper. Regarding Motorola's Bluetooth headsets, a federal judge in Los Angeles approved...

DMV unfairly targeting medical marijuana users, claims suit

Posted on February 16, 2009
Americans for Safe Access, which promotes legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes and research, has sued the DMV, asking for a written policy that says medical marijuana should be treated the same as prescription drugs. The suit contends that the DMV...

Kaiser's emergency procedures under fire in statewide suits

Posted on February 16, 2009
The Sacramento region's largest health care provider, Kaiser Permanente, runs a special, doctor-to-doctor call operation that has become a target of legal actions alleging malpractice and failure to pay claims. The doctors' telephone hub, unique in California medical care, has...

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Tran Organization achieves guilty pleas for cards up their sleeves

Posted on February 16, 2009
Tai Khiem Tran, 47, pleaded guilty Saturday in San Diego to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise, the "Tran Organization," in a scheme to cheat casinos across the United States and Canada, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin...

February 11th deemed a Fine day to be disbarred

Posted on February 13, 2009
The California Supreme Court ordered Wednesday that a prominent Beverly Hills attorney be disbarred for filing a stream of disqualification motions and other papers containing what the State Bar Court found to be false and frivolous charges regarding members of...

Taca Airlines sued by passengers for inhumane treatment

Posted on February 13, 2009
Dozens of passengers stuck in a grounded airplane for about nine hours at Ontario International Airport have sued Taca airlines, claiming negligence and false imprisonment. The lawsuit, filed Monday on behalf of 75 plaintiffs in Los Angeles County Superior Court,...

Recession robs 800 of their jobs, with more cuts on the horizon

Posted on February 13, 2009
Almost 800 associates and legal staff nationwide returned home jobless Thursday after eight firms conducted mass layoffs, citing an unprecedented downturn in demand. California was not left unscathed by Thursday's cuts, although it's unclear how many people in the state...

Offices of "vexatious litigant" shut down by California state bar

Posted on February 13, 2009
The State Bar of California has shut down three Southern California offices of attorney Mitchell W. Roth, who was recently declared a vexatious litigant by a federal judge in Los Angeles, according to the State Bar. Roth, who had expanded...

$39.3 million payout may be delayed by appeal

Posted on February 13, 2009
A judge has granted final approval of a $39.3 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that alleged real estate brokers received kickbacks for referring clients to Property I.D. Corp., a company that produces natural hazard disclosure reports. More than 300,000...

High times for often unsuspecting "pot lawyers"

Posted on February 12, 2009
California's booming, half-legitimate marijuana economy is throwing off all kinds of legal work, and not just to attorneys advising medical co-ops. It's also meant fees for real estate and tax lawyers who may or may not know their clients' true...

Citing ethics violations, judge suspends ADA for four years

Posted on February 12, 2009
A California State Bar judge has suspended an assistant district attorney in Santa Clara County for four years based on findings he withheld evidence and committed other abuses of power.In a scathing 67-page ruling, Judge Pat McElroy described Ben Field...

Malpractice claim settled between Irell & Manella and Charter Communications

Posted on February 12, 2009
Irell & Manella has settled a $150 million legal malpractice lawsuit with one of its largest clients, Charter Communications Inc., according to a Feb. 10 filing in the case.The settlement was reached following two months of mediation, according to court...

Revenues, profits per partner drop at O'Melveny & Myers

Posted on February 12, 2009
O'Melveny & Myers reported a small decline in revenues and a more substantial drop in profits per partner as the firm grappled with the impact of the economic downturn. The Los Angeles-based firm reported this morning that profits per partner...

Ruling to cease mountain development projects

Posted on February 12, 2009
A little-noticed three-month-old Los Angeles court ruling is destined to cause big headaches for Southern California businesses and bring a pair of critical major mountain projects to a halt.The ruling, issued Nov. 3 by Superior Court Judge Ann I. Jones,...

Whittier Law School announces new dean

Posted on February 12, 2009
University of Denver law professor Penelope Bryan, an expert in family law, has been chosen as the new dean of Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa. She will start work July 1, after a national search that started in September...

Prosecutors justify trying teen as adult for "execution-style premeditated murder"

Posted on February 12, 2009
Ventura County prosecutors provided details of the classroom shooting of 15-year-old Larry King by suspect Brandon McInerney in a document explaining their decision to try the juvenile suspect in adult court. Senior Deputy District Attorney Maeve Fox said Tuesday that...

Will it profit CA if it saves cash but loses state attorneys?

Posted on February 11, 2009
On Tuesday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that letters will be go out Friday to warn 20,000 low-seniority employees that they may be laid off this summer. Some state lawyers will receive letters, although it's unclear right now how many or...

Live Nation and Ticketmaster countin' on a miracle for merger to go through

Posted on February 11, 2009
The world's largest concert promoter, Live Nation, plans to buy Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. for about $400 million in stock, aiming to create a company with dominant holdings in concert promotion and ticket sales. The merged company, Live Nation Entertainment, would...

After nearly three years of fighting, USC and Tenet reach deal

Posted on February 11, 2009
Tenet Healthcare Corp. said Tuesday two of its subsidiaries will sell USC University Hospital and USC Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital to the University of Southern California. The university has agreed to pay Tenet Healthcare Corp. $275 million to acquire...

Lawyer for ex-transit officer wants temporary gag order lifted

Posted on February 11, 2009
The attorney for a former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer charged with murder for the shooting death of Oscar Grant III early on New Year's Day is asking a judge to lift his gag order in the highly publicized...

Billionaire loses request for documents in Milberg kickback case

Posted on February 11, 2009
Texas billionaire Sam Wyly, who is suing Milberg LLP for malpractice over a CA Inc. shareholder lawsuit settlement, lost his bid to force the law firm to preserve sealed documents related to a criminal investigation. U.S. District Judge John Walter,....

Gibson Dunn's revenues up, profits per partner down for 2008

Posted on February 10, 2009
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has announced that its 2008 revenues jumped to $957.1 million, up by about 5.4% from the prior year, while average profits per equity partner declined by 1.3% to $1.87 million. The Los Angeles-based firm, which was...

Prisons ordered to scale back inmate populations for health and safety reasons

Posted on February 10, 2009
In the first such ruling of its kind, a special three-judge panel has held tentatively that overcrowding in California prisons presents an unconstitutional risk to inmate health and safety and that the prisoner population must be reduced by tens of...

Fees withheld for private appellate counsel as budget crisis continues

Posted on February 10, 2009
California's continuing $42 billion budget crisis has hit hundreds of private appellate lawyers who handle indigent criminal appeals in the state. On Feb. 6, state Controller John Chiang began withholding an estimated $5 million in monthly claims submitted from court-appointed...

Court ruling may spark a refund windfall for ticketed CA drivers

Posted on February 10, 2009
The California Superior Court's Appellate Division canceled a photo ticket issued to southern California resident Thomas Fischetti because the city of Santa Ana failed to provide a 30-day warning period before issuing tickets from cameras posted at red lights throughout...

Boxer sets up screening committees for federal posts

Posted on February 10, 2009
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer has formed advisory committees to screen candidates for U.S. Attorney, marshal and federal court judge openings, the senator's office announced last week. The committees, which are set up in each of the four federal judicial districts...

No "only my friends" privacy settings in Quinn Emanuel brochure

Posted on February 10, 2009
Facebook paid the founders of ConnectU $65 million to settle lawsuits accusing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg of stealing the idea for the wildly successful social-networking Web site, according to a law firm's marketing brochure. Lawyers in the heavyweight fight had...

Rendition case may clarify new administration's stance on torture

Posted on February 09, 2009
The public is likely to get its first close look at the Obama administration's policies on torture, secrecy and prisoners' rights in a San Francisco courtroom today, when federal judges press a government lawyer for a position on the practice...

Dramatic testimony at hearing hopes to spur wildfire safety measures bill

Posted on February 09, 2009
The Senate Select Committee on Manufactured Housing and Communities held a public hearing Friday in Sylmar to discuss safety issues raised by last year's wildfires and a bill by state Senator Alex Padilla that would require new fire safety measures...

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