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ACLU suit has governor's support

Posted on April 23, 2010
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has thrown his support behind the ACLU's lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District, additionally proposing legislation that would give school districts more flexibility to manage their staffing and resources based on student needs...

Murder conviction dismissed against Marine

Posted on April 23, 2010
Yesterday a military appeals court threw out the murder conviction of Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III, a Marine serving time for the kidnapping and slaying of an Iraqi man. Six other and a Navy corpsman who were part of a squad...

Karatz found guilty on four charges

Posted on April 21, 2010
The Los Angeles Times says a federal court jury has convicted former KB Home chief Bruce Karatz of two counts of mail fraud, making false statement in public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and making false statements to...

Suit against L.A., Mexican cardinals alleges priest abuse coverup

Posted on April 21, 2010
A lawsuit was filed yesterday in Los Angeles accusing Cardinal Roger Mahony and his Mexican counterpart Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of negligence and conspiracy in covering up sexual abuses reported by dozens of young boys against Father Nicolas Aguilar Rivera...

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Possible settlement reached in Reggie Bush case

Posted on April 21, 2010
It looks like the civil case against Reggie Bush may be settled. Yahoo Sports has it that Bush has reached a settlement with Lloyd Lake, a fledgling sports marketer and financier of a failed agency called New Era Sports &...

Disabled woman's parents can seek visitation rights, says judge

Posted on April 21, 2010
In 2006, due to a series of medical mishaps at Cedars-Sinai Medical Hospital, Abbie Dorn was left unable to move or speak after giving birth to triplets. She and her husband Dan eventually divorced. Dan has refused to let the...

Allergan seeks court cost reimbursement

Posted on April 20, 2010
Allergan is seeking $460,000 in legal costs from Dee Spears in the aftermath of her unsuccessful suit against the company. Dee Spears had sued the Botox maker for $60 million, accusing it of concealing information about the dangers of the...

Irell's Webber LACBA president-elect

Posted on April 20, 2010
According to the Metropolitan News-Enterprise, the Los Angeles County Bar Association has announced the nomination of Eric A. Webber as its president-elect for the 2010-2011 term. Webber is currently the association's senior vice president. The current president-elect, Alan K...

Fryscak new Cooley partner in Palo Alto

Posted on April 20, 2010
The JD Journal reports that Cooley Godward has elected antitrust special counsel Francis Fryscak to the partnership in its Palo Alto office. Mr. Fryscak counsels companies on antitrust matters arising out of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures, as well as...

Sherman joins Reed Smith in Century City

Posted on April 19, 2010
Today Reed Smith announced the addition of Michael S. Sherman as a partner in its Corporate & Securities Group. He will be part of the Century City office. Mr. Sherman was formerly chair of the Entertainment Industries Group at Jeffer...

OC judge orders San Clemente to pay developer for zoning change

Posted on April 19, 2010
A group called Avenida San Juan Partnership purchased 2.85 acres of land in 1980 to subdivide into four single-family residential lots with an access road. Three years later, the partnership received city approval for their plans. According to news reports,...

California AG mandates financial overhaul at MOCA

Posted on April 16, 2010
The California Attorney General's office has determined that "unreasonably enthusiastic expectations" by management led to overspending at the Museum of Contemporary Art and ordered the museum to hire a consultant as part of "required corrective actions," according to a two-page...

L.A. lawyers help settle Safety-Kleen environmental suit

Posted on April 16, 2010
Los Angeles city lawyers have helped negotiate a $15-million settlement with Safety-Kleen Systems Inc., a company accused of illegally selling smog-causing cleaning solvents to auto shops and other businesses across Southern California. The Texas-based company agreed to end the litigation...

Patent lawyer Gardella joins Irell in L.A.

Posted on April 15, 2010
Irell & Manella LLP announced today that Greg Gardella has joined the firm as a partner in their Los Angeles office. He arrives from Fish & Richardson P.C. in Minneapolis, where he was a principal. He is a recognized specialist...

Douglas Axel, former assistant U.S. attorney, joins Sidley Austin in L.A.

Posted on April 14, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP announced that Douglas A. Axel, former Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California and Chief of the office?s Major Frauds Section, has joined the firm as a partner in their Los Angeles office. As...

Second preliminary ruling in L.A. issued against med-marijuana dispensary

Posted on April 14, 2010
Judge James C. Chalfant issued a preliminary injunction yesterday against Organica, a popular medical marijuana dispensary, from selling or distributing the drug. At the hearing, Chalfant said he believed the state's laws were intended to allow medical marijuana patients and...

Water District owns Vail Lake, says ruling

Posted on April 14, 2010
Superior Court Judge Lawrence Fry has officially ruled in favor of Rancho California Water District in a long-running legal battle over who owns Vail Lake. According to a news release by Best Best & Krieger,who represented the district, Bill Johnson,...

Former assistant U.S. attorney joins WilmerHale in Los Angeles

Posted on April 13, 2010
WilmerHale announced today that Brian R. Michael, a former Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles and New York, has joined the firm?s Los Angeles office as counsel in the Business Trial, Securities Litigation and Enforcement, and Investigations and Criminal...

New associate at KPA

Posted on April 13, 2010
Khorrami Pollard & Abir LLP announced today that Elizabeth Hall has joined the firm as an associate attorney. She will focus on consumer fraud and wage and hour class actions. Prior to joining KPA, Hall worked as a litigation associate...

New magistrate judge makes history in the Central District

Posted on April 13, 2010
The first Indian-American federal judge in the Central District of California will be sworn in this week as a U.S. Magistrate Judge. Vijay Chand Gandhi earned his law degree from the University of Southern California Law School and clerked for...

Costantino new senior advisor at Manatt

Posted on April 12, 2010
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced today that Jon M. Costantino has joined the firm as a Senior Advisor. He will be based in the Sacramento office. He is leaving his position as Manager of Climate Change Planning at the...

Governor appoints three to Los Angeles County Superior Court

Posted on April 09, 2010
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointments of Christine W. Byrd, Scott M. Gordon and Laura R. Walton to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Byrd, 58, of Studio City, has been a partner for Irell and Manella...

Dana Point sues to shut down pot dispensaries

Posted on April 09, 2010
Dana Point has sued six local medical marijuana dispensaries to shut them down, claiming they're operating illegally under the city's municipal code. The civil suits were filed in Orange County Superior Court and come about nine months after the city...

Conflict of interest decision reflects 'changing landscape of legal practice'

Posted on April 09, 2010
The Los Angeles 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that an entire law firm need not be automatically disqualified from a case on the sole basis of one of its attorneys having a conflict of interest. The court said...

Cal Supremes take up attorney ads and free speech

Posted on April 08, 2010
Via The Recorder: An advertisement composed by class action lawyer Pierce Gore appeared in the San Jose Mercury News and the Los Gatos Weekly Times in early 2006, advising wood deck owners to contact him if they had built their...

'Commuter drug dealer' ban on table in L.A.

Posted on April 07, 2010
The L.A. City Attorney's Office has announced a criminal injunction targeting "commuter dealers" who come into downtown from other parts of town to sell drugs. It would ban 80 drug dealers from entering skid row, and would allow prosecutors to...

Police department lawsuits run up a big tab in Burbank

Posted on April 07, 2010
According to a memo, Burbank officials have spent $1.2 million since May on litigation related to the ongoing investigations and lawsuits against the Police Department. Of that sum, $31,772 has gone to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher for the services of...

Elizabeth Grimes confirmed as justice

Posted on April 06, 2010
Following a public meeting of the Commission on Judicial Appointments yesterday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth A. Grimes was unanimously confirmed as a justice of Div. Eight Court of Appeal. She fills the vacancy created by the elevation of...

Three-year-old suit against Miwoks finally going to trial

Posted on April 06, 2010
The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and former partner Sharp Image Gaming may be going to trial this fall. The Miwoks ran a small gambling hall with Sharp Image before it opened Red Hawk Casino in 2008. Sharp Image...

New lawsuits launched against the Catholic Church in San Diego

Posted on April 06, 2010
The San Diego diocese of the Roman Catholic Church is facing a unique lawsuit. A Marine and ex-Navy sailor are saying their military service allows them to bypass legal hurdles and sue the diocese over the sexual abuse they say...

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