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In wiretap trial wrap, feds say tapes prove lawyer guilty

Posted on August 28, 2008
A federal prosecutor in the wiretapping conspiracy trial of lawyer Terry Christensen told a jury on Tuesday that the evidence, particularly 34 recorded conversations between him and celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano, proves that he knew that the private investigator was...

Welcome to the Jungle

Posted on August 28, 2008
The L.A. Times reports that Culver City blogger Kevin Cogill, 27, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws for posting nine previously unreleased Guns N' Roses songs. Cogill is accused of posting the songs on the Antiquiet...

Venable adds criminal defense partner to L.A. office

Posted on August 26, 2008
Philip Kent Cohen has joined the Los Angeles office of Venable LLP as a partner, expanding the firm's white collar defense presence in Southern California. After practicing solo from 1994 to 2003, Cohen co-founded Murphy Rosen & Cohen, where he...

O'Donnell pleads not guilty to Edwards campaign charges

Posted on August 26, 2008
Pierce O'Donnell, who represents victims of Hurricane Katrina in a case against the federal government, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he reimbursed employees of his law firm, and others, who gave $26,000 in campaign contributions to a committee...

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IP litigator Michael Jay joins Wilmer Cutler as an associate

Posted on August 25, 2008
Intellectual property litigator Michael Jay joined Wilmer Cutler's Los Angeles office as an associate. Jay was previously a counsel at O'Melveny & Myers.

She does sex work, pornos and goes to a SoCal law school

Posted on August 22, 2008
Working and going to school is no easy task. Traci Bryant, 38, is working on her first year at the University of West Los Angeles Law School while doing a girl-on-girl film and editing a documentary entitled, Porn Star Goes...

San Diego city attorney hires his brother

Posted on August 22, 2008
San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre hired his big brother as a volunteer intern handling criminal cases, including DUIs, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Gary Aguirre, 68, was a public defender and trial lawyer in San Diego. He went back...

As the Arctic thaws, legal interest heats up

Posted on August 22, 2008
Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles plans on Oct. 3 to host one of the first law school conferences in the country focused on Arctic sovereignty. (see press release) Issues will focus on territorial and security claims and...

Judge halts Schwarzenegger's state worker pay cuts, for now

Posted on August 21, 2008
A Sacramento judge halted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to cut the pay of about 175,000 state employees to the federal minimum wage until a budget is passed. The court ruled yesterday that it won't hear the legal dispute between Schwarzenegger...

Schwarzenegger endorses $257 million cut to judiciary

Posted on August 21, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed a proposal to cut one-eight of the judicial branch's budget, $257 million, to help end the budget impasse, The Recorder reported. The governor's plan would: Postpone funding for improvements to the state's conservatorship system for the...

Three accused of bombing federal courthouse plead not guilty

Posted on August 21, 2008
Two of the three people accused of bombing of a federal courthouse and a FedEx building in San Diego plead not guilty yesterday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. (here) Rachelle Carlock and Ella Sanders are being held without bail, as...

Sheppard Mullin launches video game industry group

Posted on August 21, 2008
Sheppard Mullin launched a video game industry group. The team will involve 20 attorneys from across the Los Angeles-based firms' eleven offices in their intellectual property, entertainment and media, corporate and labor and employment. Shawn Foust, an associate at the...

Heller antitrust lawyer Darryl Snider leaves for Sheppard Mullin

Posted on August 21, 2008
Litigator Darryl Snider joined Sheppard Mullin's Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm's antitrust practice. Snider focuses on complex litigation, particularly in antitrust, securities class actions, accountants? liability, mergers and acquisitions and bank litigation...

U.S. judge backs medical pot activists' suit against government

Posted on August 21, 2008
In the first decision of its kind, a federal judge has ruled that California's medical marijuana advocates may go forward with a claim that the federal government has a pattern of drug law enforcement intended to subvert the California law...

Attorney, charged with having child porn, reaches plea deal

Posted on August 20, 2008
San Bernardino County attorney Thomas Henry Merdzinski made a plea deal with the government over charges of possessing over 600 sexually explicit photos and videos of children on several hard drives, The Desert Sun reported (here). According to the newspaper,...

FBI begins criminal investigation of City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo

Posted on August 20, 2008
The FBI began a criminal investigation of Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, the San Francisco Chronicle reported (here). Agents recently interviewed people in L.A. as part of their inquiry, though the case is being run from San Francisco to...

O.C. judge sides with nudists, for now

Posted on August 20, 2008
Orange County Superior Court judge Sheila Fell tentatively ruled yesterday to stop the planned nudity ban by the state parks department, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported (here). An end to the three-decade-old safe haven for naturists, the 1,000 foot Trail...

Energy, environmental practices recharge Alston & Bird

Posted on August 20, 2008
The winds are changing at intellectual property powerhouse Alston & Bird, which is pouring significant investments into renewable energy and environmental work, most recently acquiring Los Angeles-based Weston Benshoof. Managing partner Richard Hays predicts a storm of wind power, carbon...

Age bias suit on behalf of TV writers ends in $4.5M settlement

Posted on August 20, 2008
A class action alleging that production studios, television networks and talent agencies routinely discriminate against older television writers has settled for $4.5 million, the first of 23 class actions to reach a resolution. International Creative Management Inc...

Doctors' religious beliefs not a shield to deny treatment to LGBT patients

Posted on August 19, 2008
Doctors can't use their religious beliefs as a shield to deny treatment lesbian, bisexual and gay folks, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday, The Recorder reported. The case began in 2001 when two doctors claimed that they couldn't provide...

Calif. judicial council endorses sweeping reforms for nation's largest foster care system

Posted on August 19, 2008
California's Judicial Council, the state court's policymaking body, endorsed a set of sweeping reforms for the nation's largest child foster care system, including reduced lawyer caseloads, more judges and juvenile law questions on the state bar exam...

Protests get law school conference moved from San Diego hotel

Posted on August 19, 2008
Amid a threatened boycott by groups representing thousands of law professors, the Association of American Law Schools has decided not to hold its annual meeting at a San Diego hotel whose owner is a foe of same-sex marriage. The AALS...

Calif. bar fights to block access to bar exam data

Posted on August 19, 2008
Bar exam data, such as race and test scores, that are being requested by a law professor at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) should not be released to the public, according to the State Bar of California...

Jeffrey Bollinger and Karnig Dukmajian join Phillips Lerner as associates

Posted on August 19, 2008
Jeffrey Bollinger and Karnig Dukmajian joined Los Angeles family law firm Phillips Lerner as associates. They both will work on all aspects of marriage dissolution, paternity and domestic partnership matters. Bollinger focused specifically on family law for the past three...

Wheelchairs, start your engines....

Posted on August 18, 2008
A disabled auto racing fan is entitled to a view of the track unimpeded by standing, able-bodied fans, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, adding to a circuit split over the issue. The court ruled that California Speedway...

Clarence Nisson Jr., one of the oldest O.C. attorneys, dies at 91

Posted on August 18, 2008
One of the oldest practicing attorneys in Orange County, Clarence Arthur Nisson Jr. died on Wednesday., the Orange County Register reported. He was 91. Nisson, who was president of the local bar association in 1971 and was the city attorney...

Godfather of healthcare lawyers dies at 93

Posted on August 18, 2008
James Ludlam, who joined Musick Peeler nearly 70 years ago, died on Tuesday of unknown causes. He was 93. Ludlam was of counsel at the firm and focusing on healthcare law throughout his career, a pioneer in the field in...

Three workers' comp. lawyers join Lewis Brisbois in L.A.

Posted on August 18, 2008
Gilbert Kelly partners Frank Cannizzaro, Manuel Flores and Marina M. Morrison left the firm to join Lewis Brisbois's Los Angeles office as partners. Cannizzarro focuses on workers? compensation at the firm. He teaches a course on workers' compensation law and...

Corporate lawyer James Thompson joins Bingham as partner

Posted on August 18, 2008
Corporate and private equity lawyer James Thompson joined Bingham McCutchen's Los Angeles office as a partner. Thompson focuses on corporate transactions including private and public offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, emerging growth companies,...

Real estate attorney Charles Hurst joins Sedgwick as special counsel

Posted on August 18, 2008
Real estate attorney Charles Hurst joined Sedgwick Detert's Irvine office as special counsel. Hurst represents big corporations in national leasing efforts and tenants leasing their headquarters facilities. He was previously a partner at Snell & Wilmer.

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