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No bail for woman held in probe of S.D. courthouse bombing

Posted on May 22, 2008
The woman that the FBI says is connected to the May 4 courthouse bombing in San Diego was denied bail, the Associated Press reported. Rachelle Carlock plead not guilty to buying four pounds of gun powder with a fake driver's...

Two George Mason law professors go to Chapman

Posted on May 22, 2008
George Mason University law professors Ronald and Kyndra Rotunda are joining Chapman University's law school, the Orange County Register's College Life blog reported. Ronald Rotunda, who's spent 34 years teaching constitutional law and legal ethics, will join the law school...

Alternatives part of proposed settlement in prison overcrowding lawsuit

Posted on May 21, 2008
A proposed federal court settlement would send low-risk offenders into treatment programs or use other alternatives to prison and avoid the early release of prisoners, CBS 8 reported. The proposed settlement hopes to decrease the non-violent prison population over the...

AG Brown challenges Aguirre's allegations of corruption by S.D. mayor

Posted on May 21, 2008
The facts don't support the San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre accusations of mayoral corruption, the state attorney general's office said in a press release yesterday. Last year, San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre accused the San Diego Mayor Jerry...

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The affect of the same-sex marriage ruling on the justices

Posted on May 21, 2008
There have been strong emotional responses to the California Supreme Court's ruling overturning the ban on same-sex marriage. Some are contemplating how to challenge the ruling, including a ballot initiative for a constitutional amendment. Some people who believe same-sex couples...

Gibson Dunn opens Singapore office with nine Jones Day attorneys

Posted on May 21, 2008
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has opened an office in Singapore with the addition of nine lawyers from Jones Day, including the former co-head of the global projects practice. Jai Pathak, a Los Angeles partner at Gibson Dunn whose practice involves...

As Lerach reports to prison, Sen. Cornyn introduces bill on attorney accountability

Posted on May 20, 2008
Class action attorney William Lerach reported to a low-security federal prison camp in Lompoc, Calif. yesterday. Lerach will serve a two-year prison term over the illegal kickback scheme at his former firm, Reuters reported. The 500-inmate facility is 175 miles...

$57 million proposed budget cut at L.A. Superior Court

Posted on May 20, 2008
Los Angeles Superior Court faces up to $57 million in budget cuts, presiding Judge Stephen Czuleger told the Metropolitan News-Enterprise. A result of the state?s $17.2 billion budget shortfall, Czuleger told MetNews that he opted for proposed $57 million in...

Schwarzenegger appoints three judges to 2nd District Court of Appeal

Posted on May 20, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Los Angeles Superior Court judges Frank Jackson and Patricia A. Bigelow to Division Seven and Eight of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, respectively. Justice Robert Mallano was nominated as presiding justice to Division One...

Two out of five passed bar exam in Feb.

Posted on May 20, 2008
Two out of five applicants passed February's state bar exam, the highest since 2005 but historically relatively low, The Recorder reported. Just over half of the first time test takers passed. A third of repeat test takers passed. February pass...

State Supreme Court : Sexual orientation is suspect class

Posted on May 19, 2008
One of the most significant aspects of last week's ruling on same-sex marriage was the finding that sexual orientation is a suspect class that requires discriminatory laws to be reviewed under strict scrutiny, lawyers told The Recorder. "California's is the...

Allen Matkins promotes four to partner

Posted on May 19, 2008
Allen Matkins promoted four attorneys to partner at their Southern California offices. In Los Angeles: Monica Quinn, who will focus on handling employment disputes including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation and other employment-related matters...

L.A. Judge Michael Sauer to retire

Posted on May 19, 2008
Los Angeles judge Michael Sauer is retiring, the Metropolitan New-Enterprise reported. Then-Gov. Ronald Reagan appointed Sauer to Los Angeles Municipal Court in 1972. He was elevated to Superior Court in 2000 when the two courts combined. He worked mostly in...

Senate Judiciary Committee approves 5 new federal judgeships in L.A.

Posted on May 19, 2008
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill on Thursday creating five new federal judgeships in Los Angeles, one which is temporary, and six new judgeships at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. ?Congress has not passed a comprehensive bill...

Kozinski cites himself in opinion

Posted on May 16, 2008
The chief judge of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals cited himself in order to impose sanctions on an attorney who filed a frivolous discipline complaint against a district judge, The Recorder reported. Judge Alex Kozinski cited only one...

Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano convicted in racketeering case

Posted on May 16, 2008
Private investigator Anthony Pellicano was convicted of 76 federal criminal charges on counts of racketeering, wire fraud, computer fraud and wiretapping. Pellicano didn't testify in his defense to avoid talking about his clients. This worked out well for his clients,...

Richardson & Patel to acquire Weinstein Weiss

Posted on May 16, 2008
Richardson & Patel has agreed to acquire Weinstein, Weiss & Ordubegian to serve as its new bankruptcy and reorganization practice group as of July 1. David Weinstein, Sharon Weiss and Aram Ordubegian, the three partners of the Los Angeles bankruptcy....

Federal judge Benetiz won't recuse himself from pension fraud case

Posted on May 16, 2008
San Diego federal judge Robert Benitez refused to recuse himself from a pension fraud case involving state disclosure laws, despite claims by prosecutors that his past violations from state disclosure laws could affect his impartiality, KPBS reported (LISTEN).

State ban on same-sex marriage ruled unconstitutional

Posted on May 15, 2008
Same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, the California Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision (read the full, 121 page decision here). California is now the second state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage, after Massachusetts. Same-sex...

Dreier forms affiliated sports marketing group in Santa Monica

Posted on May 15, 2008
Dreier LLP has formed an affiliated sports marketing and consulting firm called Dreier Sports Opportunities Group LLC. Don Gibson, former general counsel and senior vice president and acting president for Major League Baseball Properties Inc., will be chief operating officer...

It's Juror Appreciation Week

Posted on May 15, 2008
This week is Juror Appreciation Week, Cal Law's Legal Pad points out (here). From May 12-16, all courts will give out magnets, banners, buttons and certificates of appreciation from the Administrative Office of the Courts. Los Angeles County Superior Court...

Bombed San Diego Courthouse seeks $340 million in construction funding

Posted on May 14, 2008
The Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse in downtown San Diego was seeking construction funding over security concerns before it was bombed on May 4, The National Law Journal reported. The bombing broke glass doors and windows and bent door frames...

Largest anti-spam award goes to MySpace, $230 million

Posted on May 14, 2008
Los Angeles-based MySpace.com won what may be the largest anti-spam award, $230 million, the Associated Press reported. A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines when the two, accused of sending 730,000 messages to MySpace members,...

Calif. Supreme Court overturns three prosecutorial recusals

Posted on May 14, 2008
The California Supreme Court overturned three decisions that removed prosecutors because of conflicts on interest on Monday, the Los Angeles Times reported. The court unanimously decided that an appellate court shouldn't have removed Santa Barbara County prosecutor Ronald Zonen for...

Presidential candidates softer on Calif. medical marijuana law

Posted on May 14, 2008
The three 2008 U.S. presidential candidates spoken, while campaigning, about changing how the federal government responds to state medical marijuana laws, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) talks about ending intervention by the federal government and letting...

Ethics commission alleges Aguirre asked city employees for campaign contributions

Posted on May 14, 2008
The San Diego Ethics Commission alleged that City Attorney Mike Aguirre illegally asked city employees to give money to his re-election campaign, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Stephen Kaufman, Aguirre's attorney, claims that Aguirre didn't know that one of his...

Voters don't know much about judicial candidates, says legal community

Posted on May 14, 2008
The public arbitrarily decides which judicial candidates to vote for, members of the Los Angeles legal community told the Whittier Daily News. Most people make uninformed decisions on who to vote for, Brent Braun, a member of Los Angeles Bar...

Gemstar CEO charged with destroying documents

Posted on May 14, 2008
Henry C. Yuen, the former chairman and chief executive of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc., was indicted on Tuesday on a felony charge of obstructing a Securities & Exchange Commission investigation. According to the new charges, brought by federal prosecutors in...

Labor attorney James Michalski joins Jackson Lewis

Posted on May 14, 2008
Labor and employment lawyer James Michalski joined Jackson Lewis' Los Angeles office as a partner. Michalski joined the firm in mid-April, leaving Epstein Becker, where he was a partner, the Metropolitan News Enterprise reported. He works on cases involving employment...

L.A. Judge David Mintz dies from lung cancer

Posted on May 14, 2008
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Mintz died from lung cancer on Monday, the Metropolitan News Enterprise reported. Mintz was 40 years old when he was elected to the seat in 2000. As a law professor at Pepperdine University, he...

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