The Birdchaser (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The songbirds of Los Angeles may get a reprieve from feral cat predation. Six conservation groups won a lawsuit on Friday against the City of Los Angeles and its Department of Animal Services to stop the practice of encouraging feral cat colonies until the legally required environmental impact reviews are performed.The Los Angeles Superior Court found that the City...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
A judge has denied a request by an advocacy group to immediately halt construction of a war memorial it claims was being built without proper approvals at a historic downtown Los Angeles site. A Superior Court judge denied The City Project's motion for a... Los Angeles - Downtown Los Angeles - Superior Court - California - United States
Triple Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Renewable energy is desperately needed to combat climate change, and communities should support developers of solar and wind energy projects. However, the acronym NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) still expresses well the sentiment of some folks. Take a recent Los Angeles Superior Court case for example. The Tesoro del Valle Master Homeowners Association (HOA), a [...]
BritneyAddiction - Your Addiction Starts Here. Latest... (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
TMZ delivered a message to the public over the weekend that isn’t rooted in anything happening at the courthouse in Los Angeles and it’s not the first time. No motions have been made and no documents have been filed to indicate that the conservatorship is coming to an end soon. “If there is a motion to terminate there would a document on file. There isn’t any,”...
Settle It Now Negotiation Blog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
The man who brought suit against Rock Hudson for concealing his AIDS -- Marc Christian MacGinnis - has died in Los Angeles of complications brought on by smoking cigarettes . Despite MacGinnis' exposure to the HIV virus, he may never have contracted HIV; at any rate, the papers report that he did not die of complications arising from his exposure. Why discuss MacGinnis in a blog about negotiation...
Paralegal SLO (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by advocacy group The City Project argues that the Eugene A. Obregon Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial would alter parts of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles site that have important historical... '> http://bit.ly/90h5jl
Paralegal SLO (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that opinion letters sent by outside counsel to a corporate client is protected by the attorney-client privilege, irrespective of the letter’s content. They also said that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Emilie H. Elias... '> http://bit.ly/4vwL0s
CSI Files (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
In May, CSI Files reported that real estate agents Scott and Melinda Tamkin filed a $6 million lawsuit against CSI: Crime Scene Investigation writer and producer Sarah Goldfinger for defamation and invasion of privacy. CBS filed a motion to have the case dismissed under a California free-speech law, but it was denied by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. The judge stated that...
