Los Angeles School Injury and Accidents

(Los Angeles Injury Lawyers Blog)
Los Angeles Unified school district is one of the nations largest school districts. The districts encompasses most of Los Angeles County and includes 968 different schools. The school districts has millions of students in its ... suspect that your child's school injury was caused by the school, its employees or negligence on the part of the district that you contact a lawyer immediately to preserve your rights. A school district and its employees are public entities. With all government entities a ...
November 20, 2008 06:36 pm
... filing further ADA accessibility cases in our local federal trial court here in Los Angeles. See Justice Berzon's and Kozinski's spirited dissents to ... background of Mr. Molski's "serial litigation," [Plaintiff] Molski and his lawyer Thomas Frankovich ("Frankovich") were purportedly in the business of tracking down public accommodations ... finding, the Ninth Circuit noted some of the reasons why Molski and his lawyer could not be condemned for their pursuit of serial ADA litigation. The ADA, noted ...
November 20, 2008 05:35 pm

Nine CA lawyers among 30 new partners at Latham & Watkins

(The National Law Journal's L.A. Legal Pad)
... , effective January 1, 2009. Among those attorneys are: <p>Press Release: LATHAM & WATKINS ELECTS 30 NEW PARTNERS</p> Los Angeles Brian Glennon is a litigator with a focus on securities and professional liability litigation and white collar ... , securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits. He received a JD from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 2000. Joshua Holian is a litigator focused on antitrust and trade regulation issues ...
November 20, 2008 04:37 pm
U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien, Oct. 16, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP/Ric Francis) There's been much made over the facts and the law of the MySpace suicide case. Some believe the story is clear, and that all that's left to decide is whether Lori Drew's conduct qualifies her for prosecution under the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act. But the factual question, we think, is equally compelling: To what extent did Drew, the woman accused of making ...
November 20, 2008 11:40 am
LOS ANGELES -- The woman accused of making unauthorized use of MySpace to inflict emotional harm on a 13-year-old girl, who then committed suicide, "fully intended to hurt and prey on Megan Meier's psyche," a prosecutor charged Wednesday, as ... computer, and that no messages were sent by Drew. Top image: Sept. 4, 2008 file photo shows Lori Drew leaving court in Los Angeles. Nick Ut/AP See Also: Defense Says Jury Pool Filled with 'Viciousness' Towards Lori Drew Jury Selection Begins in MySpace ...
November 20, 2008 12:18 am
... 19, 2008, and I'm James Milles, Professor of Law. Our guest today is Richard L. Abel, Mitchell J. Connell Professor of Law, University of California at Los Angeles. Professor Abel's new book, Lawyers in the Dock, examines some of the most common ethical complaints made about lawyers. Using detailed records of disciplinary proceedings, he describes six cases based on three of the most common complaints: client neglect, fee disputes, excessive loyalty to ...
November 19, 2008 10:45 pm

LAGUNA NIGUEL PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS

(Los Angeles Injury Lawyer Blog)
Laguna Niguel is a city located in the southern part of Orange County. The city boasts a population of more than 60,000 people. Laguna Niguel is home to many parks such as Badlands Park and Laguna Niguel Regional Park. During the weekends many people visit these parks to rest. However, most residents in Laguna Niguel drive a car alone to work so there are many vehicles on the road. This could be a source of many of their accidents. In 2006, the city had an accident fatality rate of 6.6 per 100, ...
November 19, 2008 07:28 pm

When Settling Easement Disputes, Don't Skimp on the Details

(Abbott " Kindermann Land Use Law Blog)
... the settlement. Plaintiff Noel Hines and Defendant Pat Lukes owned and resided on contiguous lots in the City of Los Angeles. Lukes also owned an easement over a portion of the Hines property. The parties disputed the scope of that ... this article should not be construed to be formal legal advice by Abbott & Kindermann, LLP, nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship. Because of the changing nature of this area of the law and the importance of individual facts, readers are encouraged to ...
November 19, 2008 07:17 pm
... made national headlines late last year. But as the judge questioned the jury pool Tuesday, it became clear that some of them weren't familiar with the case prior to stepping into the Los Angeles federal courtroom this week. When asked to describe what they'd heard about the case, their responses ... Drew intended to cause emotional distress to Meier. Image: Lori Drew walks to federal court in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Ric Francis/AP See Also: Defense Says Jury Pool Filled with ' ...
November 19, 2008 05:55 pm

Potential Jurors in My Space Suicide Case Enraged

(Settle It Now Negotiation Blog)
... from Public Defender Blog: Why Lori Drew is so screwed Because almost all the testimony on the first day focused on Megan Meier's suicide. __________________________________________________________________ Defense Says Jury Pool Filled With 'Viciousness' Towards Lori Drew LOS ANGELES - The pool of potential jurors assembled for the trial of Lori Drew is tainted by a deep animus for the 49-year-old Missouri woman accused of helping ...
November 19, 2008 01:28 am

TUSTIN ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS

(Los Angeles Injury Lawyer Blog)
Tustin is a city in Orange County that boasts a population of more than 70,000 people. The city is well known for its diversity because many different races live in the city. However, compared to its livable land mass, the city has a relatively high population. Tustin's population density is approximately 6200 people per square mile. Unfortunately this means that the city is crowded and has the potential to be involved in a lot of traffic accidents. Also, one of the leading industries in the ...
November 19, 2008 01:23 am
... s suicide in considering Drew's guilt or innocence. After reading the questionnaires, defense lawyer Steward urged the judge to reconsider, and keep the suicide out of the case. But ... Drew's. O'Brien said that the questionnaires were serving their purpose, by giving the lawyers and the court the means to bar those potential jurors who'd made up ... unregulated?" reads one of the questions. Image: Lori Drew walks to federal court in Los Angeles Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ric Francis) See Also: Jury Selection ...
November 18, 2008 11:18 pm
... Stock w/Warrants $3,500,000,000 at Par 11/14/2008, Broadway Financial Corporation, Los Angeles CA: Purchase Preferred Stock w/Warrants $9,000,000 at Par 11/14/2008, Washington Federal Inc., Seattle WA: Purchase Preferred Stock w/Warrants $200,000, ... New York Times, Nov. 19, 2008, at B1 ("More companies that file for bankruptcy protection are shutting down, lawyers say, because they cannot obtain enough financing to operate while they reorganize." Id.). Where ...
November 18, 2008 08:16 pm
... a 13-year-old girl's suicide. But when jury selection begins Tuesday in a Los Angeles federal courtroom, a judge said he would instruct jurors that the case is about ... of neighborhood discord and death in the town of Dardenne Prairie, Mo. Drew's lawyer, Dean Steward, argued in vain that once jurors hear the story, they will not see ... , U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O'Brien, noting that MySpace was headquartered in Los Angeles, found a statute that seemed to apply. O'Brien said this was the first time the ...
November 18, 2008 05:32 pm

"Cutting Class"

(The UCL Practitioner)
... 64 bars these class actions unless all potential class members show reliance on the deceptive act at issue. Consumer lawyers counter that only the named plaintiffs (the class representatives) need to do this. The lower courts are divided, which has led to a ... the lead case, In re Tobacco II Cases, no. S147345. This reminded me of an article in the September 2008 issue of Los Angeles Lawyer, which had what can only be described as a gross error (since corrected in the online version). The article ...
November 18, 2008 02:00 pm
... them at the gate. She never showed up and couldn't be located. Her mysterious disappearance drew national attention when trial lawyer Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. joined the family in the search. Cochran was one of the attorneys who represented O.J. Simpson during his 1995 murder trial in Los Angeles. In 2003, Dabney's husband, who had filed a $10 million lawsuit against American Airlines, agreed to an undisclosed settlement. ...
November 18, 2008 10:01 am

Heather Locklear charged with DUI in Santa Barbara

(California Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog)
Actress Heather Locklear was arrested in Santa Barbara County about two months ago on suspicion of driving under the influence. Today, the Los Angeles Times reported that she has been charged with DUI in relation to that arrest. The arrest occurred after a California Highway Patrol officer saw Locklear in a parked car blocking a freeway traffic lane in Montecito and later determined she was under the influence. ...
November 18, 2008 03:13 am

Lawyer Ethics In Popular Culture

(Law " Humanities Blog)
Michael Asimow, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, and Richard Weisberg, Yeshiva University, Cardozo School of Law, have published "When the Lawyer Knows the Client is Guilty: Client Confessions in Legal Ethics, Popular Culture, ... client is telling the truth. It presents numerous models of successful strong adversarialists and unsuccessful weak adversarialists. Few literary lawyers manage to be both skilled advocates and decent human beings. Download the article from SSRN here.
November 17, 2008 11:27 pm
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November 17, 2008 02:00 pm

Where To Store Your Estate Plan

(California Tax Attorney Blog)
Where should you keep estate planning documents prepared by your attorney licensed in California? Where should people expect to find your living trust, will, durable power of attorney and advance health care directive? You want to be sure that those documents stay safe and can be easily found when your family needs to find them. Do not keep them in a safe deposit box at the bank. The best place is in your home where they can easily be found when they are needed. Don't lock them into a box for ...
November 17, 2008 12:33 pm
 
 

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