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February 02, 2006 |

Deferred Prosecution Deal Raises Objections

Thanks to a deal arranged with the feds last year, auditing giant KPMG has been able to avoid a likely criminal indictment. But now, motions by 19 indicted tax and estate professionals, most formerly with KPMG, accuse the government of stacking the deck. A defense attorney not involved in the case says the events show the lack of standards for such agreements, adding, "It's whatever prosecutors can get away with, and that's a lot, because companies trying to save themselves are willing to do anything."
3 minute read
February 04, 2010 |

Judge Censured for Ordering Lawyers to Be Paid by Retailer Gift Vouchers

California's Commission on Judicial Performance on Tuesday publicly censured Judge Brett Klein, who stepped down from the bench on Dec. 1, barring the 20-year veteran from future judicial assignments. The CJP dinged Klein for his handling of a class action against a clothing store chain and found that Klein had abused his authority when he altered the final approval order to make a $2,500 award to the lead plaintiff and $125,000 in fees to a plaintiffs lawyer payable in $10 gift vouchers from the retailer.
3 minute read
June 18, 2007 |

Am Law 200 Lawyers Reflect on Life in the War Zone

Among the more than 1 million Americans who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan since 2001, a handful are returning to prewar lives as lawyers with large firms. The American Lawyer's interviews with more than two dozen attorneys show that although the war has been largely unfelt in Am Law 200 offices, it is intensely personal for those who have worked or served in the war zone. By serving, they also pushed against colleagues' unspoken assumption that wars are fought by someone other than lawyers.
6 minute read
October 04, 2007 |

Judge Tossed Out for Delay, Neglect

The California Commission on Judicial Performance has ordered Riverside County Superior Court Judge Robert Spitzer removed from the bench, finding that he engaged in a pattern of misconduct involving "inexcusable delays, failure to act and gross neglect of court orders." The commissioners said that Spitzer's court and chambers were routinely "in shambles" and that files were often lost or misplaced. But the Superior Court's presiding judge called Spitzer "one of the hardest-working judges I've ever met."
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Goldberg v. Pacific Indemnity Company
Publication Date: 2010-12-06
Practice Area:
Industry:
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: James A. Teilborg, District Judge, Presiding Before: Arthur L. Alarcón and Pamela Ann Rymer, Circuit Judges, and David G. Trager, District Judge*
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: David B. Goodwin, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, California, for the appellants and cross-appellees.
For defendant: Robert M. Traylor, Seltzer, Caplan, McMahon, Vitek, San Diego, California, for the appellees and cross-appellants.
Case number: No. 09-16243

Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 15070 MARK H. GOLDBERG, SHERRY R. GOLDBERG, AND THE MH & SR GOLDBERG FAMILY TRUST BY MARK H. GOLDBERG AND SHERRY R. GOLDBERG, as Trustee

August 06, 2003 |

Murphy's Law

The names on James Murphy's client list are usually carefully guarded secrets. However, rare public hearings involving a few of those clients -- judges accused of misconduct -- have thrust Murphy's practice into the spotlight lately. Judicial misconduct represents only about 20 percent of Murphy's San Francisco-based practice. But for his clients, it's extremely important work. Even rumors of secret discipline can torpedo a judge's career, Murphy and other lawyers say.
5 minute read
February 02, 2006 |

Deferred Prosecution Deal Raises Objections

Thanks to a deal arranged with the feds last year, auditing giant KPMG has been able to avoid a likely criminal indictment. But now, motions by 19 indicted tax and estate professionals, most formerly with KPMG, accuse the government of stacking the deck. A defense attorney not involved in the case says the events show the lack of standards for such agreements, adding, "It's whatever prosecutors can get away with, and that's a lot, because companies trying to save themselves are willing to do anything."
3 minute read
October 01, 2008 |

Big Suits

Citigroup Settlement, Nokia v. Qualcomm, GM Securities Litigation, Mattel v. MGA Entertainment, Merrill v. SCA
17 minute read
July 24, 2003 |

News Briefs

A roundup of legal news items.
5 minute read
October 04, 2007 |

Calif. Judge Tossed Out for Delay, Neglect

California's Commission on Judicial Performance on Tuesday ordered an incorrigible clutter bug removed from the bench. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Robert Spitzer's "inexcusable delays, failure to act and gross neglect of court orders demonstrates an unwillingness or inability to perform judicial functions," according to the unanimous order. The judge's courtroom and chambers were routinely "in shambles," and files were often lost or misplaced, the commission found.
4 minute read

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