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Former USC coach may need to testify in two SoCal cases

Posted on January 12, 2010
Before Pete Carroll decamps to Seattle, he's got some unfinished business to attend to in his longtime home of southern California. For one, the LA Times reports that Carroll was served with a subpoena yesterday compelling him to appear for...

K&L Gates welcomes two new partners in Palo Alto

Posted on January 11, 2010
The Palo Alto office of K&L Gates LLP announces the addition of Karineh Khachatourian and Bryan J. Sinclair as partners in the firm?s intellectual property litigation practice. They join K&L Gates from Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C....

Sacramento federal court to hear clergy housing allowance case

Posted on January 11, 2010
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, an organization based in Madison, Wisconsin, filed a lawsuit last year in Sacramento federal court, challenging the "parsonage allowance" given to clergy that permits them a tax benefit on housing income. The Foundation claims this...

Salkin seeking judgeship; Margolin, too - maybe

Posted on January 08, 2010
Deputy District Attorney Valerie F. Salkin will seek a judgeship on the Los Angeles Superior Court in the June 8 election, and Calabasas solo practitioner William M. Margolin said that he, too, will be mounting a campaign, according to the...

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Gundlach and TCW head to court

Posted on January 08, 2010
TCW Group Inc., the Los Angeles-based unit of Societe Generale, is suing former investment chief Jeffrey Gundlach and three ex-employees after more than half of its fixed-income professionals joined his new firm. They more than $200 million in damages...

SoCal ob-gyn ordered to cease practice pending disciplinary hearing

Posted on January 08, 2010
Administrative Law Judge James Ahler ordered a Southern California obstetrician-gynecologist to immediately stop performing abortions and delivering babies until a formal disciplinary hearing can be held about the death of one of his patients during an abortion...

Parachute Center in court for negligence

Posted on January 08, 2010
A Southern California man is suing a popular Lodi-area skydiving drop zone for negligence after a 2006 accident left him temporarily paralyzed and with severe spinal cord injuries. Christian Barton knew jumping out of a plane was risky. But his...

ACLU cautions Hesperia school board over opening meetings with prayer

Posted on January 08, 2010
On Monday, January 11, the Hesperia Unified School District on a policy outlining how invocations should be conducted. In May 2009, board member Anthony Riley argued in favor of adding an invocation to meetings, claiming, "I have never been in...

Subcontractor's restitutional responsibility for Catalina fire grows by $11.9M

Posted on January 07, 2010
Gary Dennis Hunt, a 51-year-old contract worker convicted of accidentally touching off a wildfire on Catalina Island in 2007, was ordered yesterday to pay nearly $12 million in restitution. This is in addition to the $4 million he was ordered...

New managing partner at Michelman & Robinson

Posted on January 07, 2010
Michelman & Robinson LLP announced that Dana A. Kravetz has assumed the role of Firm Managing Partner from Sanford L. Michelman, effective January 1, 2010. Mr. Kravetz has acted as the Firm's Administrative Partner and the Managing Partner of M&R's...

Southwestern Law School's Max Goodman passes away

Posted on January 07, 2010
Professor Max A. Goodman, one of the leading family law experts in California who served on the Southwestern Law School faculty for over four decades, passed away on December 31, 2009 at the age of 85. Professor Goodman was a...

CA Supremes to decide airport donations case

Posted on January 07, 2010
Via the Associated Press: The California Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday over whether Los Angeles International Airport is a public place and should therefore be open to solicitors. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness says yes; the airport says no,...

New Dykema members in Los Angeles

Posted on January 06, 2010
Dykema announced yesterday that three members of its litigation department were elected to membership, the firm's equivalent of partner. These include two attorneys in the Los Angeles office. S. Christopher ("Kit") Winter focuses his practice on business litigation and strategic...

Two new partners at Irell & Manella

Posted on January 06, 2010
Irell & Manella announced yesterday the election of two new partners, Lisa Sharrock Glasser and Ellisen Shelton Turner. Ms. Glasser, 31, is resident in the Newport Beach office. Mr. Turner, 34, is resident in the Los Angeles office. Ms. Glasser...

CA computer company claims Green Dam contains stolen code

Posted on January 06, 2010
Solid Oak Software Inc., a family-owned firm in Santa Barbara, has filed a $2.2 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against the People's Republic of China, two Chinese software makers and seven major computer manufacturers that helped distribute Green Dam Youth Escort...

New court study says budget cuts spell big-time trouble for CA

Posted on January 06, 2010
California faces $21 billion in budget cuts during the fiscal year that begins on July 1. According to a study commissioned by the Los Angeles County Superior Court, those cuts will cost more than $30 billion in economic losses statewide...

Five new lawyers at Hawkins Parnell

Posted on January 06, 2010
Hawkins, Parnell & Thackston, LLP announced today the addition of five lawyers in its Los Angeles office. Jacob Zuniga, Mark Hilliard, and Kelly McMahon have joined as members of the Business Litigation and Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation Groups...

MOVERS: Elevations at Murchison & Cumming

Posted on January 05, 2010
Murchison & Cumming announced yesterday that Richard C. Moreno, Chair of the Transportation Liability Practice Group, has become a Senior Partner of the firm. Paul R. Flaherty, has also become an Associate Partner. Mr. Moreno specializes in the handling of...

MOVERS: Former Bryan Cave partner joins Sheppard Mullin

Posted on January 05, 2010
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton announced Monday that international trade specialist Curtis M. Dombek has joined its downtown Los Angeles office. A former partner with Bryan Cave, Dombek has joined Sheppard Mullin as a partner in the firm's Government Contracts...

Clean trucks agreement under fire from environmental groups

Posted on January 05, 2010
Weeks after approving a deal with the trucking lobby over enforcement measures in its Clean Trucks Plan, the Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Associations find themselves the subject of a suit brought by The Natural Resources Defense...

Alleged serial killer, representing himself, participates in jury selection

Posted on January 05, 2010
Rodney James Alcala is accused of killing five females in the late '70s, including the kidnap/slaying of a 12-year-old girl. Final jury selection began today in Alcala's death penalty trial, and since he is representing himself, Alcala will be questioning...

Steptoe promotes ten attorneys

Posted on January 05, 2010
Steptoe & Johnson LLP announced today the promotion of ten attorneys. This includes Richard Reinis in Century City and Jay Smith in Los Angeles. Both have been promoted to partner. Mr. Reinis practices in the Business Solutions and Litigation Departments...

Jeffer Mangels partners and associates leave to form Elkins Kalt

Posted on January 05, 2010
Last May, three Irell & Manella partners left the firm to form their own. Now comes news of ten lawyers, including six partners, who have left Los Angeles-based Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro to strike out on their own as...

MOVERS: Clark joins Allen Matkins

Posted on January 05, 2010
Allen Matkins announced today that Alan Clark has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as partner. Clark was previously a partner with Latham & Watkins, where he practiced commercial litigation since beginning his legal career in 1975. Clark has extensive...

Pamela L. Butler sworn in as Superior Court judge

Posted on January 04, 2010
Deputy District Attorney Pamela L. Butler, who has served with the District Attorney's office since 1995, was named a judge by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and sworn in on December 30. County Presiding Judge Adrienne Grover, who presided over the swearing-in,...

Local inventors accuse toy maker of patent infringement

Posted on January 04, 2010
Cindy Reichman and Shelly Conte, a Fresno mother-and-daughter inventor team, are suing Jakk's Pacific for $100 million in damages for allegedly stealing their concept for a talking doll that plays hide-and-seek. The lawsuit, filed in Fresno County Superior Court, stems...

Reggie Bush gifts case will go to court

Posted on January 04, 2010
The state Court of Appeal upheld a lower court's order denying Reggie Bush's motion to compel arbitration with Lloyd Lake, a fledgling sports marketer, meaning the case will go on in court. Lake is accusing Bush and his parents of...

Paul Hastings partner nominated by Obama for SoCal U.S. Attorney

Posted on January 04, 2010
The White House announced on Christmas Eve that Andre Birotte Jr. has been tapped to become the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles. As U.S. attorney, he would oversee the nation's second-largest office with about 275 lawyers and a seven-county...

Court of Appeals says no to Vioxx class action

Posted on December 16, 2009
The manufacturer of Vioxx cannot be sued in a class action by consumers who claim they were misled into buying the painkiller before it was pulled off the market in 2004, according to the Court of Appeals Division Three. This...

GC at Liberty to fight online piracy

Posted on December 16, 2009
Marc Randazza, general counsel for San Diego-based adult entertainment company Liberty Media Holdings, filed a federal lawsuit Dec. 3 in the Southern District of California against 51 eBay sellers who have allegedly engaged in a counterfeit DVD enterprise...

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