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More arrests in gang takedown effort

Posted on July 09, 2009
Following a similar takedown this past May, federal authorities announced yesterday that 11 additional members of the Varrio Hawaiian Gardens street gang had been arrested. Additionally, 16 members and associates from other gangs wanted on state and federal charges were...

L.A. area lawyers just beat it for Jackson memorial

Posted on July 08, 2009
As tens of thousands of Michael Jackson fans poured into downtown Los Angeles' Staples Center for the King of Pop's memorial service on July 7, attorneys who work in offices just blocks from the star-studded event opted to stay home....

More vexation on the horizon for "vexatious litigant"

Posted on July 08, 2009
As if things weren't hard enough for Mitchell W. Roth. In January, U.S. District Judge Manuel Real of Los Angeles declared Roth a vexatious litigant and ordered him to refund fees to nine clients. Then Bar prosecutors shut down Roth's...

Couple claims "knowing how to know" no treatment at all in Scientology suit

Posted on July 08, 2009
In a lawsuit filed June 29 claiming breach of contract, misrepresentation and attempts at religious conversion, Sarah Locatelli claims her husband, Daniel, received no drug treatment, education or otherwise for the $20,000 they paid to Narconon Southern California in Newport...

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Cancer shmancer, pot is the answer, says MPP

Posted on July 08, 2009
State lawmakers are bitterly debating how to close a $26.3 billion budget deficit that likely means cuts to state services. The Marijuana Policy Project, unsurprisingly, has a suggestion via another 30-second television spot with the pitch that legalizing and taxing...

Climan, Flaum, and Reifschneider not your Cooley anymore

Posted on July 08, 2009
The heart of Cooley Godward?s Silicon Valley M&A practice ? Richard Climan, Keith Flaum and Eric Reifschneider ? has defected to Dewey & LeBoeuf. Leading M&A lawyers Climan and Flaum are rainmakers and longtime leaders at Cooley. Reifschneder was the...

MGA swaps counsel for Orrick

Posted on July 08, 2009
The manufacturer of Bratz dolls has replaced its lawyers for the second time this year in preparation for the next phase of its long-running copyright battle with Mattel Inc. In a July 7 order, Larson approved MGA's request to replace...

Ziffren Brittenham founding partner gifts UCLA Law School with $1M

Posted on July 08, 2009
Ken Ziffren, founding partner of Ziffren Brittenham and chairman of the UCLA School of Law $100-million endowment campaign, has given a $1 million leadership gift to the school. The gift is in both his and his wife Ellen's names. In...

Hayes back

Posted on July 07, 2009
After an eight-year absence, David J. Hayes has reclaimed both the California water portfolio and the title as deputy secretary of the Interior. Hayes will coordinate the Obama administration?s role in California water use. This is familiar territory for the...

Multitasking not a stretch for Estrich

Posted on July 07, 2009
Yesterday's Am Law Daily featured an interview with Susan Estrich, who wears three hats: lawyer at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, professor at the University of Southern California's law school, and political commentator on television and in syndicated newspaper...

Michael Jackson: The will has brought some fortune, but to whom?

Posted on July 06, 2009
Much has been made in several corners, including this one, about the debt Michael Jackson left behind in the wake of his passing. However, according to the Los Angeles Times, the reality is Jackson's assets outweigh his debt by at...

Katherine Jackson no longer in control of her son's estate

Posted on July 06, 2009
Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff denied Katherine Jackson's request to remain temporary special administrator of her son's estate, replacing her with two longtime advisors of Michael Jackson, lawyer John Branca and music executive John McClain. Branca and McClain were named co-executors...

9th Circuit: immigration petitioners not to blame for tangled bureaucracy

Posted on July 06, 2009
Lawyers in Los Angeles involved in representing immigrants seeking permanent residency in the United States are continually frustrated with multiple governmental agencies that often don't coordinate with one another. The problem is particularly acute in Los Angeles, which has more...

Environmental regulators call the pot kettle black

Posted on July 06, 2009
State environmental regulators last month voted to place marijuana smoke on its list of hundreds of substances known to cause cancer. Scientists with the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment found that marijuana smoke and tobacco smoke share 33...

Critics of LA police wanna be startin' somethin'

Posted on July 06, 2009
The Los Angeles police are under scrutiny for their actions following the death of Michael Jackson. While the police say proper procedures were followed based on the circumstances officers encountered when they were called to the home, others are saying...

Noted sports law attorney joins Arent Fox in Los Angeles

Posted on July 06, 2009
Arent Fox LLP today announced noted sports attorney Maidie E. Oliveau, 55, has joined the firm as counsel in its Los Angeles office. Ms. Oliveau has worked on a number of major sports-related transactions, negotiating and administering more than 200....

'There is a lack of respect for law down there'

Posted on July 01, 2009
You may recall LALP reporting on the Nicaraguan farm workers' lawsuit against Dole that was ultimately thrown out by Judge Victoria Chaney (not to mention the resulting film). In yesterday's OC Register Chapman University Law Professor Ronald Rotunda addresses the...

Ruling delayed on PEMGroup asset freeze

Posted on June 30, 2009
U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez yesterday postponed ruling on whether assets of Southern California financier Danny Pang and his PEMGroup funds should stay frozen until Pang's civil trial begins. Gutierrez told Pang's lawyers and Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys that...

Cablevison foes say new DVR ruling will disrupt vast revenues

Posted on June 30, 2009
Hollywood studios and television networks lost their bid Monday for the Supreme Court to block the use of a new digital video recorder system that could make it cheaper and easier for viewers to record shows and watch them when...

Attorneys spell for a good cause

Posted on June 30, 2009
The Fifth Annual Lawyers for Literacy Spelling Bee is scheduled for July 8 in Los Angeles. More than 100 lawyers, associates and staff from 10 law firms in Los Angeles will test their spelling prowess at the event, which will...

Can life sentences really save the budget?

Posted on June 30, 2009
A new argument has been taken up by death penalty opponents: we can't afford it. According to abolitionists, by commuting all 682 death row inmates' sentences to life without the possibility of parole, the state could save up to $1...

Kenneth Julian, successful prosecutor of Mike Carona, joins Manatt Phelps

Posted on June 30, 2009
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced today that Kenneth B. Julian has joined the firm as a litigation partner in the national trial practice. He will be based in the firm?s Orange County office. Prior to joining Manatt, Julian was...

9th Circuit: I always feel like somebody's watching me

Posted on June 29, 2009
From prisoners' rights to environmental protection, laws set by the 9th Circuit were overturned in 15 of the 16 cases reviewed this term by the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices shot down four rulings seen as protecting nature against industrial...

Schenk tapped to serve on governing body of world?s largest trial bar

Posted on June 29, 2009
Frederick Schenk ? a longtime partner with Casey Gerry, San Diego?s oldest plaintiff?s law firm ? has been elected to serve on the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), which with more than 55,000 members is...

Homeless suit settled with city

Posted on June 29, 2009
Laguna Beach agreed to settle a lawsuit over its treatment of disabled homeless people by constraining police from interfering with those asleep in public places. Under the agreement, the city's police officers will not cite, arrest or harass people under...

Injunction junction, what's its function?

Posted on June 29, 2009
Gang injunctions, like the most recent one issued against the Barrio Van Nuys gang, remain controversial in some legal circles. For supporters, injunctions make neighborhoods safer because gang members can be penalized for actions that otherwise would be legal, such...

"Security threat" Su files suit against FBI

Posted on June 29, 2009
In a lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Haiping Su, a UC Santa Cruz scientist, asked a federal judge to order a hearing to "clear his name" and recover damages from the federal government. Su...

The troubled legacy of the King of Pop

Posted on June 26, 2009
To say Michael Jackson's death was the most noteworthy news item yesterday is an understatement. As seemingly the entire world mourns his passing, everything about the King of Pop is under scrutiny, from the circumstances surrounding his death to his...

Northwestern Mutual defends itself against individuals who 'are not, and have never been, employees'

Posted on June 26, 2009
A $200 million class action lawsuit was filed by two former California financial reps and one former Georgia financial representative for Northwestern Mutual in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego and alleges the...

School's in for summer at Chino

Posted on June 26, 2009
Administrators at two Southern California schools face a $7 million penalty from the state after cutting a few school days too short. The Chino Valley Unified School District discovered in April that Friday class schedules at Rolling Ridge Elementary School...

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