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23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Economy Briefs: Honda Motor wins appeal of small-claims judgment
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County judge overturned a nearly $10,000 small-claims judgment against American Honda Motor Co. that was won by a car owner who said the automaker misrepresented the gas mileage of her hybrid Civic, according to a ruling released Wednesday. Superior Court Judge Dudley W. ...
23, May 2012 - Modesto, CA Tribal lawyer charged in kickback scheme - Merced Sun-Star
LOS ANGELES -- A tribal lawyer and three others have been indicted for a kickback scheme involving construction projects at a Southern California desert Indian casino. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles say attorney Gary Edward Kovall ...
23, May 2012 - Novato, CA Tribal lawyer charged in kickback scheme - Marin Independent Journal
LOS ANGELES—A tribal lawyer and three others have been indicted for a kickback scheme involving construction projects at a Southern California desert Indian ... liability company to purchase real estate. Kovall then convinced the tribe to ...
23, May 2012 - Q&A: Bennett Discusses Dewey Departure - Law.com
which has been on a lateral hiring tear in its five California offices, announced Monday that it was adding a prominent group of bankruptcy lawyers from the dissolving Dewey & LeBoeuf. Bruce Bennett, who's been managing partner of Dewey's Los Angeles ...
23, May 2012 - Ventura, CA Plaintiffs' Law Firm AlderLaw, P.C. Secures Four of California's Top, Million-Dollar Verd
LOS ANGELES, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verdicts secured by plaintiffs' trial lawyer ... a California Highway Patrol officer paralyzed from the waist down after being struck by a car. It was the largest personal injury verdict in Ventura ...
23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Zabriskie tops in trial, leads Tour of California
Dave Zabriskie won the individual time trial in hot and breezy conditions Thursday to take the Tour of California overall lead in with three stages left.
23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Calif. court rules against woman exposed to asbestos while doing laundry - Legal News Line
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - An appeals court in California has ruled that Ford Motor Company had no duty to protect a woman from asbestos brought home on the clothing of her brother and father. The Monday decision of the Second Appellate District ...
23, May 2012 - Van Nuys, CA California targets health, public workers to fix budget hole - msnbc.com
courts, prisons and other services the state has traditionally provided. The cuts proposed in the latest budget plan would affect benefits for 180,000 families in Los Angeles County, California's most populous county, said county Assistant Chief ...
23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Kunis stalker ordered to stay away
LOS ANGELES, May 19 (UPI) -- A California man has been charged with two counts of felony stalking and has been ordered by a judge to stay away from American actress Mila Kunis.
23, May 2012 - Van Nuys, CA Honda wins reversal of Civic hybrid small-claims judgment - msnbc.com
American Honda Motor Co. has won a reversal of a high-profile small-claims case that would have forced the automaker to pay a Los Angeles woman nearly $ ... The court decision is final as California small-claims court rules do not allow for ...
23, May 2012 - Napa, CA Apple, Samsung CEOs join talks, but patent claims keep coming - Los Angeles Times
The 13-month-old case, in the United States District Court in Northern California, is one of many around the ... should spend a couple of fun days in Yosemite Park or Napa Valley, rather than meet in court only to pretend they're being ...
23, May 2012 - Monrovia, CA Death penalty sought for Iraq war vet in California killings - YAHOO!
LOS ANGELES ... Attorney Tony Rackauckas said he chose to seek the death penalty against Ocampo after consulting a special committee in his office that considers "the nature of the crime, the vulnerability of the victim, the defendant's criminal record ...
23, May 2012 - Honda wins reversal of Civic hybrid small-claims judgment - Los Angeles Times
Peters was ordered to pay Honda $75 in court fees. The court decision is final as California small-claims court rules do not allow for further appeals. In a statement, Honda said it was "pleased with the Court’s decision which affirms that ...
23, May 2012 - Monrovia, CA Feds: Suspects in Bryan Stow Beating at Dodger Stadium Broke Weapons Laws - NBC Los Angeles
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they had filed a criminal weapons complaint against ... spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. The men have already been charged in state court with mayhem, assault by means ...
23, May 2012 - Editorial: California business-tax hike moving on 2 fronts - Orange County Register
Jerry Brown, and/or a $10 billion income tax increase sponsored by activist lawyer Molly Munger ... in the California Legislature and as a November ballot measure. Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, is sponsoring Assembly Bill 1500 ...
23, May 2012 - Norwalk, CA Exxon Defeats Calif. Plant Workers' OT Class Action - site.law360.com
Law360, Los Angeles (May 22, 2012, 4:47 PM ET) -- A California judge on Tuesday threw out a putative class action accusing Exxon Mobile Corp. of labor code violations for ... Court in Los Angeles County told an attorney for gas and oil facility operators ...
23, May 2012 - Victorville, CA Victorville court gets new family law commissioner - Victorville Daily Press
VICTORVILLE • The Victorville courthouse recently added a family law commissioner to fill a courtroom that had been vacant since the reassignment of San Bernardino County ... Los Angeles and grew up in Southern California, New York and Brazil as a ...
23, May 2012 - Death penalty repeal to go before California voters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California voters will decide in November whether to repeal the death penalty in a state that is home to nearly a quarter of the nation's death row inmates, after activists collected the more than 500,000 signatures needed to put the measure on the ballot. The ballot initiative focuses on the high cost of the death penalty in a state that has executed 13 people since ...
23, May 2012 - Glendale, CA California legislators move to let law enforcement officers shield property records - Sacramento Be
LOS ANGELES - Corruption charges were filed Monday against ... A phone listing could not be immediately found for Schenter, and it could not be determined if he had a lawyer. Schenter is accused of unlawfully lowering property values by more ...
23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Two charged in killing of Chinese graduate students
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two men accused of fatally shooting a pair of Chinese graduate students at the University of Southern California were charged on Tuesday with capital murder, making them eligible to face the death penalty if convicted, prosecutors said. Engineering graduate students Ming Qu and Ying Wu, both 23, were killed early on April 11 as they were sitting in a parked car outside Wu ...
23, May 2012 - Pasadena, CA Data for 700,000-plus home-care workers, recipients goes missing in mail - Los Angeles Times
Last year, California ... attorneys have criticized Facebook and other companies for signing on in support of CISPA, a bill that would allow private companies to share with the government any user information that constitutes a homeland security ...
23, May 2012 - Barstow, CA Solar project in desert gets boost from California Legislature - Los Angeles Times
Jerry Brown signs the bill as expected, San Bernardino County government will have no formal ... legislation because the Sierra Club had filed a petition with the California Supreme Court challenging the Energy Commission's approval of the project, Fuentes ...
23, May 2012 - The four men arrested in Sunday's fight at Dodger stadium will not face felonies - 89.3 KPCC
A police officers walks in the seats before the game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 18, 2011 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California ... Today, District Attorney Spokeswoman Jane Robison said the ...
23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Death penalty sought for Iraq war vet in Calif. killings
California prosecutors will seek the death penalty against an Iraq war veteran charged with six murders, including the serial "thrill" killings of four homeless men in Orange County.
23, May 2012 - Torrance, CA State offers 50% discount on fines for old traffic tickets - San Jose Mercury News
Through June 30, the state of California is offering a 50 percent discount on traffic fines for tickets issued in 2008 and earlier. The amnesty program might affect more than 1 million aging traffic citations issued in Los Angeles County, officials said.
23, May 2012 - California Presidential primary: What L.A. Dems need to know - Examiner
The 2012 California Presidential primary ... and Proposition 29 (which imposes additional tax on cigarettes for cancer research) as well as for Los Angeles County District Attorney. I believe in always researching your candidates before you ...
23, May 2012 - Times endorsements: Jackie Lacey for D.A. - Los Angeles Times
There may also be a ballot measure to modify the state's three-strikes law. Most important, California is dealing ... program for dealing with juvenile offenders, addicts and recidivists. But his still-short record as city attorney is mixed.
23, May 2012 - Northridge, CA Baron and Budd California Mesothelioma Attorneys Continue to Actively Handle Lawsuits - StreetInsid
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The California mesothelioma attorneys at Baron and Budd are proud to continue actively handling lawsuits in California. Baron and Budd was one of the first law firms to ... of the California civil justice system and how ...
23, May 2012 - San Bernardino, CA Court Rules that Driving Includes Being Stopped At Red Light While Using Cell Phone - jdsupra.com
He has defended hundreds of traffic violations, including cell phone cases, all over Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino County. He also defends drug offenses, DUI’s, domestic all over the state of California. He is an attorney in Torrance ...
23, May 2012 - Vacaville, CA Gov. Brown: California facing $16 billion shortfall - Vallejo Times-Herald
SACRAMENTO -- California's budget deficit ... from state prisons to county jails. A second tax hike headed for the November ballot is being promoted by wealthy Los Angeles civil rights attorney Molly Munger. Her initiative would raise income ...
23, May 2012 - Mission Viejo, CA Strip Club Tax of $10 a Head Being Considered by California Legislature - Los Angeles Weekly
She stood mute in court when the charge ... Layne's attorneys have said there were problems at the condo, and Layne was afraid of her grandson. One of her attorneys, Mitchell Ribitwer, told reporters Monday that drugs and drug paraphernalia ...
23, May 2012 - Ontario, CA Woman says ex-detective kidnapped, raped her - KMPH.com
(AP) - A Southern California woman has testified ... Westminster police detective. The San Bernardino Sun and Los Angeles Times report that the woman took the stand Monday in the trial of Anthony Orban. His attorney, James Blatt, said outside court that ...
23, May 2012 - Santa Clara, CA 10 Sickened by Raw Milk in California - Los Angeles Weekly
Raw milk, raw skim milk (non-fat), raw cream and raw butter produced by the dairy have been recalled and are subject to a quarantine order imposed by California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Whiteford, Food Safety News reports. The vet issued ...
23, May 2012 - Long Beach, CA Brian Chase of Bisnar | Chase Personal Injury Attorneys Named 2012 Southern California Super Lawyer
Brian Chase: Seven-Time Super Lawyer, Auto Defects Expert, Award-Winning Litigator Brian Chase is a native of Southern California, a graduate of California State University, Long Beach ... Lawyer by Law & Politics Magazine and Los Angeles Magazine every ...
23, May 2012 - Pasadena, CA Clifford Chance, Cadwalader, Nixon Peabody: Business of Law - Bloomberg
“Seth represents some of Southern California’s largest academic institutions and health-care facilities,” said Richard Jones, managing partner of Nixon Peabody’s Los Angeles ... and business transactions firm with almost 500 lawyers ...
23, May 2012 - Native American Groups Applaud California Court Decision Supporting Tribal Sovereign Immunity - Bos
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Both the Native American Lending Alliance (NALA) and the Native American Fair Commerce Coalition (NAFCC) applaud the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles for ruling in favor of the ...
23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Native American Groups Applaud California Court Decision Supporting Tribal Sovereign Immunity - Yah
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Both the Native American Lending Alliance (NALA) and the Native American Fair Commerce Coalition (NAFCC) applaud the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles for ruling in favor of the ...
23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Two Charged in Killings of Chinese Students in Los Angeles - Voice of America
A Los Angeles court Tuesday charged two men who allegedly shot to ... Ming Qu and Ying Wu as the students sat in their car near the University of Southern California in April. Police say the two were shot during a robbery. The parents of the ...
23, May 2012 - Burbank, CA Former Burbank officer wants records purged, retirement badge - Burbank Leader
In his motion heard in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, Taylor asks that the city notify the California Public Employees' Retirement System and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training that his termination be changed ...
23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Death penalty sought for Iraq war vet in California killings
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California prosecutors will seek the death penalty against an Iraq war veteran charged with six murders, including the serial "thrill" killings of four homeless men in Orange County, a top prosecutor said on Monday. Itzcoatl Ocampo, a 24-year-old former U.S. Marine, is scheduled to stand trial in September on six counts of first degree murder with special circumstances ...
23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Beyond the Bubble: OC Center Stage in Court Battles over Medical Marijuana - KQED
According to the Los Angeles Times, a lawyer for the plaintiffs says he will ask a larger panel of the 9th Circuit to review the case. [Marla James et al v. City of Costa Mesa, City of Lake Forest] Just last week, the California Supreme Court ...
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