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Katten trusts and estates partner goes to Proskauer Rose

Posted on July 24, 2008
Andrew Katzenstein joined Proskauer Rose's Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm's personal planning department and a member of its new fiduciary litigation practice group. Katzenstein was previously a trusts and estates partner at Katten Munchin...

Loyola Law School gets grant for Center for the Study of Law & Genocide

Posted on July 24, 2008
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, has received $350,000 toward the establishment of its Center for the Study of Law & Genocide, which is anticipated to launch next year. The Armenian General Benevolent Union, an Armenian charitable organization, made the donation...

L.A. attorney David A. Cohn arrested for attempting lewd acts with child

Posted on July 23, 2008
The FBI arrested Los Angeles attorney David A. Cohn for allegedly attempting to commit lewd acts on a child and other crimes after exchanging online messages with an FBI agent he believed was a 13-year-old girl . Cohn, 50, was...

Workers can't catch a break from Calif. court

Posted on July 23, 2008
The business community got a big win at San Diego's 4th District Court of Appeal yesterday. The court ruled that: Employers are only required to provide meal and rest breaks for their workers, not ensure they're taken. Employers can't be...

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Judge Jay Arcellana, head of the state unemployment appeals board, is fired

Posted on July 23, 2008
Chief administrative law judge Jay Arcellana was fired by the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board for having a significant backlog and a deliberate delay in issuing decisions, the Associated Press reported. While federal standards call for handling 60 percent of unemployment...

Former San Diego Congressman asks Bush for clemency

Posted on July 22, 2008
Former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who was convicted in the largest bribery case against a sitting congressman, is seeking a get out of jail free card from President Bush, the North County Times reported. (WATCH) Cunningham and four of...

Cynthia Emry joins Jackson Lewis' L.A. office as of counsel

Posted on July 22, 2008
Labor lawyer Cynthia Emry joined Jackson Lewis' Los Angeles office as of counsel, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise reported. Emry represents employers, including public entities, in employment discrimination actions, misappropriation of trade secrets actions and wage and hour class actions...

Schwarzenegger appoints 17 judges in So. Cal

Posted on July 21, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed 17 judges to superior court seats in Southern California. Los Angeles County: James Bianco, a Democrat, was a court commissioner at Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2005. He was elected to take the position, starting...

Keith Bishop joins Allen Matkin's O.C. office as a partner

Posted on July 21, 2008
Corporate finance lawyer Keith Bishop joined Allen Matkins' Orange County office as a partner. Bishop focuses on Federal and state securities laws, public and private offerings, corporate maintenance, investment advisers, mergers and acquisitions and California administrative law...

Too many cases, not enough judges at L.A. immigration court

Posted on July 21, 2008
The number of immigration cases in Los Angeles rose by nearly 10,000 in the last eight years, while the number of judges increased by two, the Los Angeles Times reported. Nationally, judges heard 80,000 more cases 2008 than they did...

O.C.'s first law school gets sold

Posted on July 21, 2008
Orange County's first law school was sold to a Switzerland-based education company, the O.C. Register reported. Western State University College of Law, founded in 1966, was sold by Education Management Corporation to Knowledge Investment Partners for between $5 million and...

Employment lawyer Phillip Maltin joins Gordon & Rees

Posted on July 21, 2008
Phillip Maltin joined Gordon & Rees' Los Angeles office as a partner. Maltin frequently advises and represents employers. He also prosecutes criminal cases for the City of Los Angeles through the local Trial Advocacy Project, where he is also an...

William Kiekhofer joins McGuireWoods' L.A. office as a partner

Posted on July 21, 2008
William Kiekhofer joined McGuireWoods' Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm's bankruptcy practice . Kiekhofer will focus on bankruptcy, workouts, creditors' rights litigation and other matters. He was previously a partner at Mayer Brown.

Joanne Frasca joins Freeman as of counsel in Irvine

Posted on July 21, 2008
Litigator Joanne Frasca joined Freeman, Freeman & Smiley's Irvine office as of counsel. Frasca was previously as Ducote & Frasca in Costa Mesa. She has over three decades of experience of complex commercial and business litigation. Frasca is the founding...

In opening of wiretap trial, Christensen claims he was the victim

Posted on July 18, 2008
Terry Christensen, a lawyer going to trial this week on federal wiretapping conspiracy charges, did not ask celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano to wiretap his opponents in a high-profile child support case, as federal prosecutors maintain, said Christensen's lawyer, Patricia Glaser,...

Shortage of county jurists leads L.A. judges to take on bigger workload and commute

Posted on July 17, 2008
With a shortage of 30 judicial officers, Antelope Valley Courthouse in Lancaster has been forced to rely on visiting judges in Edmon and downtown Los Angeles, the L.A. Times reported. The jurists taken on a huge workload to help prevent...

L.A. city attorney sues Blue Shield allleged deceptive practices

Posted on July 17, 2008
City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo filed a lawsuit against Blue Shield of California seeking $1 billion in damages. (WATCH: KNBC story) The suit accuses the not-for-profit health insurer of false and misleading advertising, illegally denying or delaying payment of thousands of...

Judges must stick to terms of bankruptcy code that cut higher-income debtors a break

Posted on July 17, 2008
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the strict language of the 2005 bankruptcy reform law allows higher-income debtors to limit the amount of money and time for repayment of debts, though lower-income debtors do not share the...

Former San Diego city attorney candidate joins Higgs Fletcher

Posted on July 17, 2008
Attorney Lee Burdick joined Higgs Fletcher as a partner in the firm's business litigation, employment law and intellectual property groups. Burdick was a candidate in the race for San Diego city attorney, exiting the race in February. "I have found...

Calif. high court refuses to remove proposed ban on same-sex marriage from ballot

Posted on July 16, 2008
The California Supreme Court, which approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in May, has refused to remove a proposed ban on same-sex marriage from the state's November ballot. The state's highest court cleared the way on June 16 for...

Fearing backlash, judges go public

Posted on July 16, 2008
The rise of nasty political campaigns targeting elected state judges nationally, coupled with the cost of judicial elections and a potential backlash over the gay marriage decision, has prompted a California' judicial commission to hold the first public forum on...

9th Circuit judge to chair national judges' Codes of Conduct Committee

Posted on July 16, 2008
Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has been named chairwoman of the national Codes of Conduct Committee for the Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making body of the federal courts. Chief Justice...

Paul Tauger and Benjamin Alexander join L.A.-based Rutter Hobbs

Posted on July 16, 2008
Attorneys Paul Tauger and Benjamin Alexander joined Los Angeles-based Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff. Tauger, who previously worked at Bryan Cave, focuses on licensing and intellectual property litigation with an emphasis in trademark, trade dress, copyright, patent and trade secret disputes...

A tale of the tape in Christensen wiretapping trial

Posted on July 16, 2008
Terry Christensen, the lawyer facing trial this week on wiretapping charges, obtained conversations between his opponent and her lawyers, including her lawyers' legal strategy in her upcoming deposition and her settlement proposals, according to a trial memo filed on Tuesday...

Inmate deaths and injuries cost L.A. county millions in lawsuit settlements

Posted on July 16, 2008
Inmate deaths and injuries cost Los Angeles County millions in lawsuit settlements, an internal investigation by L.A. County Board of Supervisors special counsel Merrick Bobb. Highlights of the 145 page report (via KNBC and L.A. Times) recommendation to require nurses...

After getting elected, state bar investigates if new board member is eligible for job

Posted on July 15, 2008
Business attorney Michael Tenenbaum beat out his two opponents for a seat on the state bar's Board of Governors. But he may not have been eligible for the seat. A committee is being put together to investigate allegations that Tenenbaum's...

Alston & Bird in talks to acquire L.A.'s Weston Benshoof

Posted on July 15, 2008
Talks of a merger between Atlanta law firm Alston & Bird and Los Angeles-based Weston Benshoof are in the works, The AmLaw Daily reported (here). Alston & Bird managing partner Richard Hays said the firm was "not in a position...

Milberg kickback trial ends with $75 million settlement

Posted on July 15, 2008
A federal judge agreed to drop charges against Milberg after agreeing to a $75 million settlement last month, The National Law Journal reported. The law firm faced charges of conspiracy, mail fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice. The government...

Last defendant in Milberg kickback case pleads guilty

Posted on July 14, 2008
Paul Selzer, the last remaining defendant in the federal government's kickback case against Milberg, has pleaded guilty to filing false documents with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The plea agreement ends an investigation spanning nearly a decade in which federal...

Lepine drops sexual harassment suit against Aguirre

Posted on July 14, 2008
Former deputy city attorney Amy Lepine agreed to drop her lawsuit against the city of San Diego and City Attorney Michael Aguirre, who she ran unsuccessfully against in the primary election, 10 News reported. Lepine, who resigned from her post...

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