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MCLE

Turning down reasonable 998 offers can be costly

Mar. 28, 2024

Section 998 offers can be used strategically to evaluate ...

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Legal ethics lessons learned from COPRAC opinions

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Common misconceptions about PAGA penalties

Mar. 21, 2024

Parties need to educate themselves about the penalties an...

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Today's News

Labor/Employment

LAPD K9 trainer awarded $11.56M for harassment

Mar. 28, 2024
By Skyler Romero

The plaintiff had worked with the department’s K9 bomb detection unit since 2005 when he was dismissed in 2017 and transferred to a desk job under the superv...


Real Estate

LA County, lender settle PACE loan fraud case for $12M

Mar. 28, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The lawsuit alleged that the program, intended to upgrade homes with renewable energy, turned into a nightmare for many families, with loans based on home eq...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

In her 128-page ruling, Judge Yvette D. Roland found that the Office of Chief Trial Counsel proved 10 of the 11 charges against Eastman. She ordered that Eas...


Administrative/Regulatory

San Diego calls school lead remediation unfunded mandate

Mar. 28, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The city claims that failure to comply could result in the suspension of its water permit, resulting in the loss of water access for 1.3 million residents, a...


Columns

Cannabis

California’s cannabis law leaves law enforcement agencies in a haze

Mar. 27, 2024
By Geoffrey S. Sheldon , Emanuela Tala

Unless and until SB 1264 or a similar bill is passed it appears that public safety officers are generally free to use marijuan...


Real Estate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Changes are coming, but real estate commissions may stay the same

Mar. 28, 2024
By Tyler Sanchez , Marius Mateescu

The settlement includes practice changes that decouple the buyer’s commission payment from the sale of a home listed on NAR-af...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

The European Commission has forced Apple to allow iPhone users to directly download apps from the web and install other app st...



Verdicts & Settlements

CERCLA Department of Toxic Substan... $9,301,719
Consumers Legal Remedies Act Michael Charles, individual... $5,650,000
Commodities Securities and Exchange Com... $4,906,950
Retaliation James Sharlein v. City of L... $1,546,000
Wage and Hour Victor Moreno, individually... $1,129,000
Wage and Hour Rudy Jose Benavidez, on beh... $1,010,000
Wrongful Termination James Merrick, Cristina Car... $731,250
Premises Liability Jane Doe v. Roe Contractor $615,000
Wage and Hour Silvestre Gonzalez, an indi... $475,000
Excessive Force Mario Morones v. County of ... $430,000

Attorney Profiles


On the Move

Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP

Mar. 22, 2024


Richard A. Galafaro as Co-Managing Partner in Los Angeles

Galofaro has experience structuring and implementing sophisticated transfer tax planning techniques, including sales to defective grantor trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning. He also advises clients concerning business and succession planning, charitable giving, and the establishment and administration of private foundations.


Steven J. Elie as Co-Managing Partner in Los Angeles

Elie has extensive experience defending and prosecuting a broad range of environmental, administrative and litigation matters. He has handled a wide variety of insurance, commercial litigation and white-collar criminal matters as well as pre-litigation counseling for businesses, non-profit organizations and public entities.


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Community News

Community News

Laurie Levenson to be honored by LA County Law Library

Mar. 20, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Capri Maddox, general manager of the Los Angeles Civil, Human Rights and Equity Department, will also be honored at the April ...



Special Reports

Top Family Lawyers 2024

Mar. 20, 2024

The annual list of the best California attorneys handling divorce and custody matters.


Daily Appellate Report

Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Rojas

Though Assembly Bill 333 required reversal of defendant's active gang participation conviction, jury's gang-murder special-circumstance finding under Penal Code Section 190.2 was affirmed...


Anti-SLAPP

Williams v. Doctors Medical Center of Modesto

Doctor was not precluded from bringing second lawsuit because the issues in the fee order and anti-SLAPP order were not identical.


Criminal Law and Procedure

Modification: In re Seumanu

Because petitioner for habeas relief failed to adequately provide record materials and meet strict pleading requirements, all but one request for certificate of appealability was denied.


Contracts

Alameda Health System v. Alameda County Employees' Retirement

Public entity's breach of good faith and fair dealing claim failed because it contractually agreed to funding method used by retirement system.


Criminal Law and Procedure

Hart v. Broomfield

District court did not err in denying habeas relief, where California Supreme Court could have reasonably deemed potentially suppressed evidence immaterial.