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Like water for salmon, Wanger rules

Posted on May 26, 2010
U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger ruled yesterday that previous salmon restrictions will be eased for the remainder of the spring. For the next three weeks, water agencies can take more from the Delta than they would have under those restrictions....

Supergraphics companies lose battle in 9th Circuit decision

Posted on May 26, 2010
Advertising company World Wide Rush has undoubtedly been feeling particularly persecuted by the city of Los Angeles, and today's decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals can't be making them feel any better. The company had argued that the...

Supremes won't hear North Valley shootings case

Posted on May 26, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up the case of Lilian Ileto, whose son was murdered in the 1999 North Valley Jewish Community Center shootings. She had sought to challenge the constitutionality of the 2005 Protection of Lawful...

SoCal hospital chain settles 'balanced billing' suit

Posted on May 25, 2010
Balanced billing may have taken its final, fatal blow yesterday as Prime Healthcare Services agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of California in 2008 when more than 6,000 Southern California Kaiser Permanente patients were dragged into a...

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New and returning associates at Nachshin & Langlois in L.A.

Posted on May 25, 2010
Nachshin & Langlois LLP have announced the hiring of two associates, Adam Gardner and Amir Kaltgrad. Adam Gardner returns to Nachshin & Langlois after a six year hiatus. He previously worked for two other Los Angeles law firms where he...

Ponzi scheme targeted Latinos, claims CTFC suit

Posted on May 25, 2010
Last Thursday the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed civil charges against Ruben Gonzalez of West Covina and Jose C. Naranjo of La Mirada, alleging that they ran a Ponzi scheme targeting Latinos. Last week U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson froze...

Suit against Calderon will stand, says judge

Posted on May 24, 2010
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michelle R. Rosenblatt refused to dismiss a lawsuit last week against former Maywood City Councilman Sergio Calderon. The suit alleges he once held two incompatible offices, including a seat on the board of the Water....

For BitTorrent users, the Hunt may be over

Posted on May 24, 2010
Not two weeks after the RIAA's victory over Limewire, another file-sharing web site may be inching toward the chopping block. Last Thursday U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson issued a permanent injunction against Isohunt and its owner Gary Fung from...

New presidential nominees for U.S. District Court in CA

Posted on May 24, 2010
Last week President Obama nominated three people to seats on the United States District Court. Among them are Judge Anthony Joseph Battaglia and Judge Edward J. Davila. Judge Battaglia is a nominee for U.S. District Court, Southern District of California...

New counsel for Reed Smith in Century City

Posted on May 24, 2010
Reed Smith has announced the addition of interactive entertainment lawyer Patrick Sweeney as counsel in its Corporate and Securities Group. He will be based in the Century City office. Previously, Sweeney was counsel at Nixon Peabody LLP, where he worked...

Harvey Milk attorney John Wahl dies

Posted on May 20, 2010
John Eshleman Wahl, attorney for Harvey Milk and longtime gay activist, died in April of a heart attack in Palm Springs. He was 76. After completing undergraduate work at UC Berkeley and his discharge from the Navy, where flew radar...

Appeal likely in SoCal Edison Tehachapi suit rejection

Posted on May 20, 2010
City attorneys in Chino Hills are expected to appeal the rejection of a lawsuit that would have stopped Southern California Edison from placing high-voltage, wind-energy towers in the city. In April Judge Keith D. Davis ruled the California Public Utilities...

Judge reconsiders stance on water restrictions

Posted on May 19, 2010
U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger ruled yesterday that the current protections in place for salmon and steelhead that led to delta water pumping restrictions had a "draconian" effect on the water supply, and that the science didn't seem to support...

New bankruptcy partner for Venable in L.A.

Posted on May 18, 2010
Venable has announced the addition of California bankruptcy attorney Hamid R. Rafatjoo to its own bankruptcy practice as a partner. Rafatjoo was formerly a partner at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, a bankruptcy boutique based in Los Angeles. He...

AMPAS: Mundy, Mundy, how could you leave - and take the estate?

Posted on May 18, 2010
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has filed suit in Superior Court against Robert Mundy, the executor of the estate of director Gene Curtis Harrington. The Academy claims that Mundy left the country with close to $600,000 from...

Variety's film review a heavy 'Cross' to bear as suit gets tossed

Posted on May 18, 2010
Variety Magazine was sued in March by the producers of the film "Iron Cross," which features the last film appearance of Roy Scheider. Calibra Pictures and the trade magazine had agreed to an advertising campaign including DVD inserts, front-page ads,...

Irvine says playing find-the-conduit delayed multimillion-dollar roadway project

Posted on May 18, 2010
The city of Irvine has filed a lawsuit against AT&T California and Cox Communications, alleging that the utilities relocated a conduit without informing city officials, delaying a $50 million roadway construction project. In 2002 the city informed the utilities, according...

Governor's budget plan returns to old inmate idea

Posted on May 17, 2010
As part of a plan to shrink the state's nearly $20 billion deficit, Governor Schwarzenegger is revisiting an earlier idea to house 15,000 nonviolent felons in county jails. Local law enforcement agencies objected strenuously when the governor floated this idea...

Judge refuses class certification in Morgan Stanley case

Posted on May 17, 2010
Last week U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II rejected certification for three proposed classes of financial advisers at Morgan Stanley & Co. on the basis that the plaintiffs failed to meet all four of the factors that governed prerequisites for...

Former employee's privacy not violated by handwriting analysis

Posted on May 17, 2010
The 4th District Court of Appeals decided last week that Tustin police officers did not violate a former employee's privacy by analyzing her handwriting on 28 documents. Janice M. Ohman, a former police records clerk, had been charged with forgery...

Judge orders pot dispensaries to close

Posted on May 17, 2010
Orange County Superior Court Judge David Chaffee ruled last week that 10 medical marijuana dispensaries in Lake Forest, having violated the city's municipal code, must close. Chaffee rejected the dispensaries' claim that state law preempts municipal codes and noted that...

Governor appoints new Superior Court Judges

Posted on May 13, 2010
Governor Schwarzenegger appointed five superior court judges yesterday. They are: Former prosecutor Daphne S. Scott, now with the Orange County District Attorney?s Office; Solo practitioner Daniel A. Ottolia; Sonoma County Chief Deputy District Attorney Robert M...

Judge halts layoffs at three L.A. schools

Posted on May 13, 2010
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Highberger issued an injunction yesterday preventing layoffs for budgetary reasons at Samuel Gompers, Edwin Markham, and John H. Liechty schools. The ACLU and other civil rights groups had filed suit in February, claiming that...

Underpayment of out-of-network rates at issue in L.A. suit

Posted on May 12, 2010
The Downey Surgical Clinic and Tarzana Surgery Center are leading a class action lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court, claiming that United HealthGroup has routinely underpaid for out-of-network care. These underpayments frequently shifted costs to patients...

Former assistant U.S. attorney joins Stroz Friedberg in L.A.

Posted on May 12, 2010
Stroz Friedberg has announced the addition of former Assistant United States Attorney Jason Gonzalez as managing director in the firm?s Los Angeles office. Mr. Gonzalez joins Stroz Friedberg after spending nearly eight years as an Assistant US Attorney in the...

Taitz supporter taints Sec. of State opponent with ineligibility suit

Posted on May 12, 2010
Orly Taitz, best known for several unsuccessful lawsuits against President Barack Obama on the basis of his alleged ineligibility for office, is running for secretary of state in California. Her opponent is Damon Dunn, a former NFL player and a...

'Bling ring' burglar's confession and cooperation not a plea deal

Posted on May 12, 2010
Nicholas Prugo, 19, is charged along with four others in the now-infamous "bling ring" burglaries. Prugo's attorneys, Daniel A. Horowitz and Mark Dombois, argued that their client had a "tacit contract" and implied deal with the Los Angeles Police Department...

Asbestos award in doubt

Posted on May 10, 2010
The largest mesothelioma lawsuit award in California history is likely to be reversed. Evans v. AW Chesterton Co et al. was decided last month in favor of the plaintiff to the tune of a jury award of $200 million in...

Frank McCourt must pay ex-wife Jamie $637,000, fate of Dodgers to be determined later

Posted on May 10, 2010
Last Friday Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon ordered Dodgers owner Frank McCourt to pay his estranged wife Jamie $637,000 a month in temporary spousal support and mortgage payments. The AP reports that Gordon's 55-page ruling says that Jamie...

Manatt partner George Kieffer confirmed as UC Regent

Posted on May 10, 2010
Last week the California Senate confirmed the appointment of George Kieffer to the University of California Board of Regents. Kieffer is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP. He has also served served as...

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