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Haidl case may appear before the state Supremes

Posted on May 10, 2010
Greg Haidl, Keith Spann and Kyle Nachreiner were each sentenced in 2005 to six years in prison for participating in a sexual encounter, captured on videotape, with an intoxicated woman. As part of their sentence, they were ordered to register...

Everything's coming up in San Diego

Posted on May 10, 2010
In a recent article from the National Law Journal, Pat Hosey, president of the San Diego County Bar Association and partner at Hosey & Bahrambeygui, said that in the aftermath of the recession San Diego is "on the way back."...

Barry Kurtz Franchise Law hires attorney Candice Lee

Posted on May 06, 2010
Barry Kurtz, A Professional Corporation, has announced that Candice Lee has joined the firm. Ms. Lee previously worked as an associate with O?Melveny & Myers L.L.P. in San Francisco where she represented public and private companies in securities matters and...

Leipzig new litigation partner at Allen Matkins

Posted on May 06, 2010
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP has announced the addition of Scott J. Leipzig as partner in the firm's litigation practice group in their Century City office. Leipzig was previously a partner with Alston & Bird LLP. has...

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Former CalPERS officials accused of violating state corporations code

Posted on May 06, 2010
A civil suit has been filed against former top California pension fund officials Federico Buenrostro Jr. and Alfred R. Villalobos, alleging that Buenrostro took tens of thousands of dollars' worth of gifts from Villalobos, a former Los Angeles deputy mayor...

Feld new L.A. partner at Sheppard Mullin

Posted on May 06, 2010
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP announced that Alan M. Feld has joined the firm as a partner in their Los Angeles/Downtown office. Feld will be in the firm's Finance and Bankruptcy practice group. Feld most recently practiced at Manatt,...

Mike Carona to appeal today

Posted on May 05, 2010
Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona will be in court today, asking a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena to clear his name. Carona's lawyers argue that prosecutors broke an ethical rule when they arranged...

'Cisca' Mok joins Reed Smith

Posted on May 05, 2010
Reed Smith announced today that Francisca M. "Cisca" Mok has joined the firm in their Century City office. She will work in their Global Regulatory Enforcement Group. Ms. Mok was formerly a partner in the Los Angeles office of McDermott,...

Court win allows comic to continue busting on her in-laws

Posted on May 05, 2010
It's official: secure in the protection of the First Amendment, you can make jokes about your in-laws. Sunda Croonquist, a comic who lives in Beverly Hills, was sued two years ago by her in-laws because they claimed her material was...

Med-marijuana dispensaries ordered to close in L.A.

Posted on May 05, 2010
Yesterday Los Angeles city prosecutors sent letters to 439 medical marijuana dispensaries, demanding they be shut down by June 7, when the city's ordinance to regulate the stores takes effect. Under that ordinance, only dispensaries that registered with the city...

Settlement reached in surf club trademark suit

Posted on May 04, 2010
In December 2008 the Santa Cruz Surfing Club Preservation Society sued Ryan Rittenhouse for trademark infringement when he trademarked the club's logo and historical photos as his own in 2006. The suit alleged that Rittenhouse had profited from the trademark...

Franklin Mint malicious persecution suit against Manatt goes back to LA Superior Court

Posted on May 04, 2010
The Court of Appeals, Division Four, ruled yesterday that the law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips lacked probable cause to sue the Franklin Mint Company for trademark dilution or false advertising over its Princess Diana dolls and plates. The...

Federal judge strikes a blow for med-marijuana bans in OC

Posted on May 04, 2010
U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford ruled yesterday that the cities of Costa Mesa and Lake Forest in Orange County can ban marijuana dispensaries, throwing out a suit brought by four medical marijuana users that claimed the bans would violate their...

Herrman named partner at Gilchrist & Rutter

Posted on May 03, 2010
Gilchrist & Rutter PC has named Henry A. Herrman a partner in the firm. Mr. Herrman's practice focuses on commercial real estate, partnership and business transactions concerning development, construction, financing, leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, and management issues, contract...

Mehserle's attorney goes for acquittal

Posted on May 03, 2010
Michael Rains, Johannes Mehserle's defense attorney, is seeking outright acquittal for his client. Considering Mehserle, a former transit officer, was captured on bystanders' cell phones and video cameras as he shot an unarmed black passenger on a train station platform,...

OC settles inmate Taser suit

Posted on May 03, 2010
Matthew Fleuret, a former jail inmate who alleged he was Tasered while handcuffed and slammed to the floor by sheriff's deputies, has been paid $750,000 by Orange County. The lawsuit stemmed from Fleuret's March 2006 arrest, for which he was...

Ben-Meir and Capoccia are new IP partners at Alston & Bird

Posted on May 03, 2010
Alston & Bird LLP have announced today that David H. Ben-Meir and Rachel M. Capoccia, previously partners with Hogan & Hartson LLP, have joined the firm as partners. They become part of Alston?s 200 member IP group. Ben-Meir?s IP litigation...

Wal-Mart settles environmental suit

Posted on May 03, 2010
Wal-Mart will pay $27.6 million to settle charges that it violated California environmental laws, prosecutors announced today in San Diego. The San Diego County district attorney's office and the state attorney general's office had filed a civil complaint last month...

New changes proposed in execution guidelines

Posted on May 03, 2010
Corrections officials announced new lethal injection procedures last Thursday. The changes are intended to address concerns expressed by a federal judge in 2006 that the state's earlier three-drug sequence may have exposed some of those who were executed to unconstitutionally...

Luke McKissack passes away

Posted on April 30, 2010
Prominent criminal defense and civil rights attorney Luke McKissack has died. During his more than 30-year career, McKissack served as the Black Panther Party's chief counsel in Southern California and was chief counsel for the American Indian Movement, defending American...

Suit over love dolls blows through the ceiling in Vista Superior Court

Posted on April 29, 2010
Yvette and Michele look like the kind of models who used to grace the covers of Roxy Music albums. Turns out they're also the kind of models who might have inspired the band to write "In Every Dream Home a...

Veteran litigator Wilson new partner at Gordon Kemper

Posted on April 28, 2010
Gordon Kemper LLP has announced that veteran litigator Robert G. Wilson has joined their Los Angeles office as a partner. Mr. Wilson was formerly the Managing Shareholder of the firm best known as Cotkin & Collins. Mr. Wilson has been...

Report clears CIF of bias allegations

Posted on April 28, 2010
In a 28-page report, attorneys Jack Clarke and Megan Moore from Riverside-based law firm Best Best & Krieger LLP found no evidence to support the complaints of parent-activist group Citizens Against CIF that the federation's San Diego office has demonstrated...

Los Angeles County violated Clean Water Act, says court

Posted on April 28, 2010
A U.S. District Court in Los Angeles found that L.A. County violated the federal Clean Water Act when it discharged polluted water at Surfrider Beach in Malibu. The court also found the county liable for discharging polluted water into a...

Those damages could buy a lot of hula hoops ...

Posted on April 27, 2010
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Bagdasarian Prods. and writer Janice Karman are claiming that 20th Century Fox took substantial portions of a screenplay prepared for the film "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" and...

Salter nominated to Superior Court bench in OC

Posted on April 27, 2010
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced yesterday that Glenn R. Salter has been appointed to a judgeship on the Orange County Superior Court bench. He is presently the managing appellate attorney for the 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana, a....

Rooney new corporate partner at Sheppard Mullin

Posted on April 27, 2010
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has announced that Kevin K. Rooney has joined the firm in the Silicon Valley office as a partner in the Corporate group. Rooney most recently practiced at Hayden Bergman & Rooney in San Francisco,...

New partners in Allen Matkins' L.A. office

Posted on April 26, 2010
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP has announced that Timothy McGinity and Andrew Miller have been elected to the firm partnership. They are based in the Los Angeles office. McGinity's practice focuses on real estate, land use and...

Villages of Lakeview development challenged by environmental groups, among others

Posted on April 26, 2010
On Earth Day, the Friends of the Northern San Jacinto Valley and the Sierra Club filed suit against Riverside County to stop a planned housing development that would abut a wildlife preserve near San Jacinto. The suit alleges that the...

9th Circuit decision supports no parole for murderers

Posted on April 23, 2010
Yesterday the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the governor's right to deny parole to a murderer serving a life term, even if no evidence exists that the prisoner poses a risk to society if released. The court was...

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