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Online-educated attorneys admitted to U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on March 21, 2008
Four graduates of Concord Law School became the first completely online-educated attorneys to be admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court this week. Concord Law School, of Kaplan University, was founded in 1998 and is an entirely online law school. Four...

Federal judge says California challenge to abortion law too early

Posted on March 20, 2008
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White tossed California's challenge to a national abortion law on Tuesday, CBS 8 reported. The state sued because of what was left out of an amendment to a federal bill in 2004 penalizing states that discriminate...

Justices question California union law

Posted on March 20, 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday on whether a state can block employers from using public money to influence employees views on unions, the Associated Press reported. It all started with a law passed by California in 2000 blocking...

Melvyn Weiss pleads guilty to illegal kickback scheme

Posted on March 20, 2008
Melvyn Weiss will plead guilty to a federal racketeering charge as part of a plea agreement that will lead to a sentence between 18 months and 33 months. Weiss, the fourth current or former partner at the firm to admit...

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Suit alleges city attorney candidates dishonestly claimed to be lawyers

Posted on March 20, 2008
A lawsuit filed by the general counsel of San Diego's Republican Party challenges the attempt by two candidates for San Diego City Attorney to list themselves as lawyers. The suit filed on Monday by attorney David King challenges the listing...

Sex offender restrictions increase homelessness, finds San Diego sergeant

Posted on March 20, 2008
The new laws in San Diego restricting where former sex offenders can live has led to a 40 percent increase in sex offenders registering as homeless, San Diego Police Sgt. Mark Sullivan told a community forum on the laws yesterday....

Thelen Reid lays off 26 associates, 85 staff

Posted on March 20, 2008
Thelen Reid laid off 26 associates and 85 staff on Wednesday afternoon, The Recorder reported. It also shortened it's summer associate program from 11 to eight weeks and is moving the start date for first-years from September to January, citing...

San Diegans react to D.C. handgun case

Posted on March 20, 2008
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the Washington D.C. law banning handguns, people in San Diego weigh in (WATCH).

Immigration law professor Hiroshi Motomura joins UCLA law faculty

Posted on March 20, 2008
Immigration law professor Hiroshi Motomura is joining the UCLA School of Law this fall as a professor of law. Motomura previously was a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law. He was a visiting professor of law...

Colbern Stuart joins Katten Munchin as L.A. partner

Posted on March 20, 2008
Intellectual property attorney Colbern Stuart joined Katten Munchin's Los Angeles office as a partner. Stuart, who was previously a partner at Heller Ehrman's San Diego office, focuses on patent and trademark infringement, theft of trade secrets and unfair business practice...

James Danaher joins Luce Forward in San Diego

Posted on March 20, 2008
James Danaher joined Luce Forward's downtown San Diego office as an associate. He is a United States Registered Patent Attorney and will assist with both patent prosecution and litigation. He previously worked on insurance litigation, medical malpractice and professional liability...

Riverside judge and L.A. lawyer to speak on judicial reform in Afghanistan

Posted on March 19, 2008
The partner in charge of Arent Fox's Los Angeles office and a federal judge in Riverside will report to the United Nations on Thursday after recently meeting with Afghanistan's legal leaders. Arent Fox's Robert O'Brien give recommendations on how the...

Goodwin Procter adds four corporate partners

Posted on March 19, 2008
Goodwin Procter has added four new corporate partners to its Los Angeles offices. Eric R. Reimer, Elliott D. Hinds, Q. Scott Kaye and Marc A. Jones have joined the Boston-based firm from McDermott Will & Emery. Reimer, who was chairman...

Brown takes aim at lending companies, claiming they are scamming homeowners

Posted on March 19, 2008
California Attorney General Jerry Brown shut down six lending companies this week for alleged predatory behavior. Calling them "mortgage scam artists," Brown claims the firms - Lifetime Financial, Nations Mortgage, Greenleaf Lending, Virtual Escrow, Olympic Escrow and Direct Credit Solutions...

Steward leaves ex-sheriff Carona's legal team

Posted on March 19, 2008
Federal law expert H. Dean Steward left the legal team of indicted former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, the Orange County Register reported. Carona told the newspaper they couldn't afford to keep Steward on the team. Steward has represented Carona...

Aguirre holds forum on legal issues in banning registered sex offenders

Posted on March 19, 2008
A community forum will discuss the legal issues around a new law banning registered sex offenders from going within 300 feet of places frequented by children will be discussed at a community forum held by City Attorney Michael Aguirre, Fox...

L.A. corruption unit disbanded

Posted on March 17, 2008
Los Angeles' federal public integrity unit was disbanded last Monday by the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles Thomas O'Brien, The Recorder reported. The 17 attorneys in the unit will move to the major fraud and organized crime section, spokesperson Thom...

Indictment could affect civil suits against Carona

Posted on March 17, 2008
The indictment against former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona could affect the civil suits accusing him of abusing power, the Los Angeles Times reports. The county could be motivated to settle the suits, the Times reported, citing 'legal experts'. UCLA...

San Diego attorney files age discrimination suit against Aguirre's office

Posted on March 17, 2008
San Diego attorney Mark Stiffler filed a lawsuit claiming the city attorney's office fired him because of his age, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The lawsuit against the city alleges that deputy city attorneys over the age of 40 regularly...

Milberg Weiss gets highest ranking for securities settlements in 2007

Posted on March 14, 2008
Two San Diego firms were among the top five plaintiff law firms on RiskMetric Groups's 2007 list, ranking firms by the total dollar amount of final securities class action settlements in 2007. The list, highlighted by the Wall Street Journal's...

Family rights group petitions DOJ to investigate extra pay for L.A. judges

Posted on March 14, 2008
A group focused on family rights issues is petitioning the U.S. Department of Justice to determine if trials against Los Angeles County are still fair, when the county allegedly pays judges an extra $40,000 annually, in cases where the county...

Spector tries to remove judge from murder trial

Posted on March 14, 2008
Phil Spector's defense attorneys filed a motion on Wednesday to remove the judge from his upcoming murder retrial. They claim that Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler favored the prosecution during Spector's last year's trial - which ended...

FDA focused lawyer/pharmacist joins Baker Hostetler as partner

Posted on March 13, 2008
Lawyer and pharmacist Karen A. Weaver joined Baker Hostetler's Los Angeles office as a partner. Weaver focuses on assisting clients with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory and compliance matters. She also helps clients draft and negotiate in- and out-licensing,...

Former chair of Morrison's venture capital group goes to Mintz Levin

Posted on March 13, 2008
Venture capital specialist Jeremy D. Glaser has emerged from Morrison & Foerster to join Mintz Levin's San Diego office to expand its representation of emerging growth companies. Glaser was former co-chair of Morrison's emerging company/venture capital group and has expertise...

Long Beach bans sex offenders living by child-care centers and beaches

Posted on March 13, 2008
The Long Beach City Council voted unanimously to ban people on parole for committing sex offenses from living within 2,000 feet of child-care centers, parks, beaches and schools, CBS 8 reported. They also won't be allowed to loiter within 300...

Judge orders officials to shut down substandard juvenile halls

Posted on March 13, 2008
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Patrick Mahoney issued an injunction requiring the state Corrections Standards Authority that inspects juvenile halls to demand counties to meet legal standards or shut them down, the San Francisco Chronicle reported...

Supervisors to hear $700 million jail-building plan

Posted on March 13, 2008
A $672 million jail-building plan will be proposed to supervisors next week, urged by criticism of Los Angeles prison overcrowding and inmate violence, the Daily News reports. Under the plan, Downtown's Men's Central Jail would be closed, the Sybil Brand...

Judge slams ICE decision to withhold treatment for prisoner with penile cancer

Posted on March 13, 2008
A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that immigration officials' alleged denial of medical treatment or testing to a detainee who then died of penile cancer was "beyond cruel and unusual" punishment, the Los Angeles Times reported. U.S. District Judge...

State bar passes rule to keep bad lawyers accountable

Posted on March 12, 2008
California lawyers facing discipline charges by the State Bar Court will have to first admit their guilt or plead no contest to pending charges before resigning, The Recorder reported. The idea is to keep bad lawyers accountable, preventing them from...

L.A. judge cuts damages against Dole over pesticide use

Posted on March 12, 2008
Dole doesn't have to pay punitive damages to the estimated 6,000 field workers made sterile by a pesticide used in Nicaragua 30 years ago, a Los Angeles judge ruled.. L.A. Superior Court Judge Victoria Chaney overturn jury verdicts finding Dole...

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