L.A. Legal Pad
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UPDATE: Jamie McCourt's Dodger CEO bid denied
Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled today that Jamie McCourt should not be reinstated as chief executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers. “From an employment analysis, there’s no law that would support the court reinstating an employee,”…
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Church pastor accused of sexual impropriety
The Rev. Brenda Lamothe, a former employee of First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, has accused the pastor in a civil lawsuit with forcing her into sexual service for four years and firing…
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MOVERS: Sheppard Mullin gets Neuman, Kiely, and three associates from Allen Matkins
Jerold B. Neuman and Michael J. Kiely have joined the Los Angeles/Downtown office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partners in the firm's Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group. Neuman and…
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MOVERS: Five litigators move to Crowell & Moring
Crowell & Moring LLP's Los Angeles office has added five litigators to its California practice. The additions include partners Michael L. Cypers, a trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience from Mayer Brown…
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Discrimination settlement results in record payment
The U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday that real estate mogul Donald Sterling agreed to pay a record $2.7 million to settle allegations that he discriminated against African-Americans, Hispanics and families with children at his…
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SoCal may get Mehserle trial
State court officials have recommended Los Angeles and San Diego counties as possible sites for the murder trial of former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle. After a judge ruled last month that Mehserle could not…
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Lovin' is what they got, but not the name
A preliminary injunction was issued yesterday by Judge Howard Matz, preventing the surviving members of the rock band Sublime from performing and recording under their old moniker. The injunction was part of a trademark lawsuit…
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Lawry's settles male discrimination suit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the Lawry's chain in 2006, three years after a busboy at their Las Vegas restaurant claimed he was barred from a more lucrative serving job. At the time,…
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Qualcomm lied, claim their former attorneys
Qualcomm Inc. was sanctioned by San Diego Magistrate Judge Barbara Major in January 2008 for intentionally withholding "tens of thousands of e-mails" in an infringement case against Broadcom Corp. involving video compression technology patents. The…
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Marijuana makes for agreeable foes at Berkeley this week
The California Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on the campus of UC Berkeley today in five cases. One of those cases is People v. Kelly, a rare instance in which the opposing parties agree…