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)
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 drive a 13-year-old girl to suicide, Drew's defense attorney said Tuesday. After reviewing answers to questionnaires filled out by 75 jury candidates Tuesday afternoon, defense attorney H. Dean ...
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
... 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
... begin tomorrow. Judge George Wu, Jan. 19, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Robert Gauthier) According to the AP, at the Friday hearing, Drew's lawyer, Dean Steward, argued the suicide evidence would lead jurors to focus on the death, rather than whether Drew violated the terms ... , a GWU law prof (and colleague of Orin Kerr, who's been providing assistance to Drew's lawyer), is none too pleased with Judge Wu's evidential ruling. He writes: I have no idea if ...
November 17, 2008 09:19 am
... Bush Administration concerning the application and interpretation of international law in the context of counterterrorism is recounted in a Wednesday Los Angeles Times story. Here it is: Reporting from Washington -- As the clock runs down on the Bush administration, ... , the No. 2 civilian in the Pentagon. Officials said that England was intrigued by the proposal, but that lawyers at the Justice Department had raised questions about the wisdom of formal recognition. By recognizing the standard as " ...
November 15, 2008 10:30 pm
Pileup accidents are one of the worst accidents to get into because drivers usually have no control of the outcome. Most of the time drivers are late spotting that there is a pile up and cannot slow down in time. Even if they do manage to slow down in time, they are at risk of getting rear ended from other cars. Also, if some of the cars involved in the accident are trucks and big rigs then the injuries sustained will be greater because of their size and mass. In a recent pileup on the I-40, ...
November 15, 2008 09:09 pm

Multi Party Mediation - Part 1

(mediator blah...blah...)
... is that you usually get to hear about it first. So it was this week when Eleanor Barr, an accomplished mediator out of Los Angeles, asked for advice on how to structure a 13 party mediation. It did not take long before a wise old owl, who had heard Eleanor's request floating on a winter wind ... "schedules" (first couple of rounds - then who's caucusing with whom may change) Because the key lawyers were all from the Twin Cities metro area, many with offices within walking distance of the ...
November 14, 2008 10:39 pm

Morning Docket 11.14.08

(Above the Law)
... drink in her face, threatened her life, and ordered his bodyguards to administer a beatdown. [Courthouse News Service] * Mormons, Prop 8, and an unidentified white, powdery substance. [Los Angeles Times] * New North Carolina senator is not a sore winner. Senator-elect Kay Hagan drops ... against Senator-not-for-long Elizabeth Dole. Hagan had sued for defamation after Dole ran a TV ad accusing her of being "godless." [CNN] * Skadden sues Thelen. [American Lawyer]
November 14, 2008 02:54 pm
The Recorder is reporting that Howrey will take on 40 lawyers from Thelen's prestigious San Francisco construction practice: The group -- which Howrey characterized as "most of the construction practice" from Thelen -- includes Thelen Chairman Stephen O'Neal, construction ... II, D.C. office managing partner Andrew Ness, San Francisco partner David Buoncristiani (who handles matters for client Bechtel), Los Angeles partner Robert Thum and D.C. partner David Dekker. Most of the 18 partners and about ...
November 14, 2008 02:33 am

On Blogging

(The D " O Diary)
... on a panel at a seminar sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. The topic of the panel was "Blogging for Lawyers." Appearing with me on the panel was Francis Pileggi, the author of the Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog (here). In ... expert, in national and international publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, among many others. I have been invited to speak at or ...
November 14, 2008 12:14 am
The lawyer for Kevin Cogill, the Los Angeles man charged with uploading nine unreleased Guns N' Roses tracks from the upcoming Chinese Democracyalbum, said Thursday his client's plea deal with prosecutors does not require any prison time. "We're looking at straight probation as a result of taking this deal," attorney David Kaloyanides said in a telephone interview. Probation, which includes minimal restrictions, is usually a year, he said. Federal authorities acknowledgedthe ...
November 13, 2008 08:23 pm
 
 

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