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Litigation

Jan. 29, 2013

UK lawyers press L.A suit against British authorities

A pair of prominent former London lawyers disbarred by British authorities have brought a $10 million RICO and race bias lawsuit in Los Angeles against the regulators and also named a California State Bar employee.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


BEVERLY HILLS - California courts regularly see lawsuits brought by disbarred or disciplined lawyers complaining about how and why the State Bar brought them down. Far less common are ones in which disbarred British lawyers sue British legal regulators in California. Yet just such an unusual lawsuit is pending in federal court in Los Angeles. In the case, two former solicitors - one now living in Califor...

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