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ACLU sues federal govt to release tortured Mexican woman who was granted asylum

Posted on August 15, 2008
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California are suing the federal government for detaining a Mexican woman for 15 months, who was granted asylum after surviving torture by Mexican police, KPBS reported. (LISTEN) Joined by the Casa Cornelia Law...

Legislature bans uncorroborated testimony from jailed informants

Posted on August 15, 2008
The state legislature passed a bill banning the use of uncorroborated testimony from jailhouse informants to convict criminal defendants, KNBC 4 reported (here). SB 1589 narrowly passed the state Assembly, 41-37, on Tuesday. The Senate passed it in May.

M&A lawyer Jonn Beeson joins Jones Day in Irvine

Posted on August 15, 2008
Latham & Watkins corporate partner Jonn Beeson left the firm to join Jones Day as a partner in their Irvine, Calif. office. Beeson focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and general company representation. He represents acquirers and targets on...

So I dated a cat murderer

Posted on August 14, 2008
A Los Angeles man was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday for killing his girlfriend's cat and making a threat to her daughter, the Daily News reported (here). After an argument, the man told his girlfriend to "follow the...

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Lawyers give big bucks for/against same-sex marriage ballot measure

Posted on August 14, 2008
Lawyers are increasingly funding the fight over a November ballot measure that would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry, if passed, The Recorder reported. Among those giving funds to the Yes on 8 campaign, which seeks a constitutional...

Calif. faces $8 billion tab for prison healthcare costs

Posted on August 14, 2008
California, buried in a fiscal crisis that has the state budget short $17 billion and state workers protesting temporary pay cuts, found itself facing a new $8 billion tab from a court-appointed overseer of the state's prisons. Clark Kelso, professor...

Medical marijuana back before the Calif. high court

Posted on August 14, 2008
The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to step back into the medical marijuana debate to resolve conflicts between the voter-approved Compassionate Use Act and 2003 legislative change that imposed a limit on the amount of marijuana patients could possess for...

Luce Forward launches 'action sports practice'

Posted on August 14, 2008
Check it out, dude: Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has formed an "action sports practice" to provide legal services to surfers, skaters, snowboarders and others who are starting their own companies. Attorneys in the San Diego firm's new practice area,...

Navy to limit use of sonar in settlement

Posted on August 13, 2008
The U.S. Navy agreed to limit where it uses sonar systems in their training, settling with environmentalists concerned about sonar harm to marine mammals, 10 News reported (here). A policy analyst for the Natural Resource Defense Council told 10 News...

L.A. attorney, caught in FBI sex-crime sting, pleads not guilty

Posted on August 13, 2008
Los Angeles attorney David A. Cohn plead not guilty to five charges - including allegedly contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sexual offense - after exchanging online messages with an FBI agent he believed was a 13-year-old...

Two L.A. firms make top 50 list of best workplaces for women

Posted on August 13, 2008
Los Angeles-based law firms Manatt Phelps and Latham & Watkins are two of the 50 best law firm workplaces for women in 2008, according to rankings by Working Mother magazine and legal consulting firm Flex-Time lawyers (see full rankings and...

Alex Kreit named director of law school's Center for Law and Social Justice

Posted on August 13, 2008
Thomas Jefferson School of Law's Center for Law and Social Justice has named a new director, Alex Kreit, assistant professor of constitutional law. Kreit, who joined the San Diego law school's faculty in 2007, replaces Susan Bisom-Rapp, professor of law...

University of Southern California wins trademark 'Battle of the SC'

Posted on August 13, 2008
The University of Southern California has defeated a legal dispute with the University of South Carolina over an application for the "SC" trademark. Earlier this month, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the administrative tribunal of the U.S. Patent and...

Reed Smith's Jim Martin elected president of L.A. Bar Foundation

Posted on August 13, 2008
Reed Smith attorney Jim Martin was elected the next president of the Los Angeles County Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the bar association. Martin, who's focused on appellate law for three decades, is a fellow and director in the...

Benazeer Roshan joins trust and estates litigation firm Sacks Glazier

Posted on August 12, 2008
Benazeer Roshan joined Los Angeles trust and estates litigation firm Sacks Glazier. Roshan will focus on trust, estate and conservatorship mediation and litigation. She was previously at commercial litigator at Baker Hostetler.

Heller and Baker to merge? Nope.

Posted on August 12, 2008
There was a lot of talk, but Heller Ehrman and Baker & McKenzie aren't merging. Heller chair Matthew Larrabee told partners in a voicemail yesterday that an alternate plan is in the works. Read The Recorder's full story here

Prop. 8 supporters give up fight over change in ballot language

Posted on August 12, 2008
The sponsors of Proposition 8 won't challenge the decision by a Sacramento judge and appeals court to keep the revised title and summary, KNBC reported. (here) They argued that the measure, which proposes a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex...

Class action approved between NCAA, men's basketball, football players

Posted on August 12, 2008
A federal judge has approved a class action settlement between the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Division 1 football and men's basketball players alleging that the organization limited the amount of financial aid available to them as college students...

L.A. lawyer Richard Purtich get two months in prison in Milberg case

Posted on August 12, 2008
Los Angeles lawyer Richard Purtich was sentenced to two months in prison and a $50,000 fine for helping make illegal kickbacks to a Milberg client who was a lead plaintiff in several the law firm's cases, The National Law Journal...

Arizona attorney honored for saving life in San Diego

Posted on August 11, 2008
The Port of San Diego honored Arizona attorney John Jongeward last Tuesday for helping to saving the life of a 70 year old man who had a heart attack on June 28 at the Harbor Island marina, The Sun reported...

Plaintiff's lawyers say indictment of L.A. lawyer suspiciously timed after victories against U.S. govt

Posted on August 11, 2008
Plaintiffs' lawyers in the most significant litigation brought against the U.S. government over the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina said the indictment of lead attorney Pierce O'Donnell last month comes suspiciously after recent court victories in their case...

Fifteen cases taken away from L.A. federal judge, five in 2008

Posted on August 11, 2008
Two federal appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court have taken at least 15 cases from Los Angeles federal judge Manuel Real. In 2008, four of Real's cases were reassigned by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the...

Eric Altoon and Marcia Gordon join Holme Roberts in L.A.

Posted on August 11, 2008
Real estate attorneys Eric Altoon and Marcia Z. Gordon joined Holme Roberts' Los Angeles office as senior counsel and partner, respectively. Altoon represents U.S. and Asian investors, developers, lenders and tenants. He is chair of the L.A. County Bar Association's...

Akerman nabs three attorneys from Dakessian Law Firm

Posted on August 11, 2008
Marty Dakessian, Aleen Khanjian and Shiraz Simonian joined Akerman Senterfitt. All three were previously at the Glendale, Calif-based Dakessian Law Firm, focusing on state and local tax controversy and litigation. Dakessian joined Akerman as a partner, while Khanjian and Simonian...

Judge OKs AG Brown tweak in Prop 8

Posted on August 08, 2008
A Sacramento judge ruled today that state officials that no rewrite is needed for the ballot summary describing Prop. 8, the Associated Press reported (here). Proposition 8 proposes a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Prop. 8 supporters, who...

California parents can home-school without credential, appeals court rules

Posted on August 08, 2008
California parents can home-school their children without a teaching credential, the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles ruled today, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. (here) The decision in Jonathan L. vs. Superior Court is a reversal of it's...

Calif. high court kicks moribund noncompete clauses closer to the grave

Posted on August 08, 2008
The moribund noncompete clause in California labor contracts got another step closer to the grave, under a state Supreme Court decision Thursday. The ruling held that employers may not restrain departing workers by imposing terms that forbid that employee working...

Appeals court says L.A. judge committed "miscarriage of justice" in case

Posted on August 08, 2008
The 2nd District Court of Appeal wrote that Los Angeles Superior Court judge David Workman allowed a "miscarriage of justice" to happen in his courtroom, the Associated Press reported (here). In a personal injury lawsuit against tire manufacturer Michelin, Workman,...

UCLA professor seeks bar exam data from state Supreme Court

Posted on August 08, 2008
UCLA law professor Richard Sander is still trying to get state bar exam data to build on his controversial belief that affirmative action hurts minority* law students and that many of them would be better suited going to "less elite"...

Delgadillo claims three hospitals used homeless to make millions

Posted on August 08, 2008
Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo sued three Los Angeles hospitals over an alleged scheme to recruit homeless people and bill government programs for millions of dollars in unneeded health services, the Associated Press reported. WATCH: Lawsuit Claims Skid Row...

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