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  Discipline

  Kirk Kerkorian’s wiretapping attorney faces disbarment over 2008 conviction

  SAN FRANCISCO (Northern California Record) — Longtime Beverly Hills attorney Terry Neal Christensen has been disbarred following an Aug. 1 California Supreme Court order over his 2008 conviction of wiretapping billionaire Kirk Kerkorian's ex-wife, Lisa Bonder, according to a recent report issued by the State Bar of California and court documents.

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  Discipline

  Texas attorney ordered to pay millions in alleged loan modification scam disbarred in California

  SAN FRANCISCO – Fort Worth, Texas attorney Chance Edward Gordon, slapped with an $8.6 million federal judgment over his loan modification services and who exhibited "outrageous behavior" during an official investigation, has been disbarred following a California Supreme Court order.

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  Lawsuits

  As Supreme Court bans foie gras, restaurant association says change will impact California restaurant industry

  The Supreme Court has allowed California to ban foie gras after six years of the state waiting to enforce a ruling that was initially made 15 years ago.

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  From Legal Newsline

  Money for nothing: SCOTUS could stop class action funds from being steered to non-parties

  By Daniel Fisher | 12 months ago

  WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a case that could end cy pres, the practice of steering money in class action settlements to organizations with absolutely no connection to the underlying lawsuit.

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  From Legal Newsline

  No quit in trial bar after SCOTUS ruling, still filing lawsuits in favorite courts

  By John O'Brien | 1 year ago

  WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Since last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that dealt a blow to forum-shopping personal injury attorneys, companies threatened with sprawling, 50-state litigation have not been forced into defending cases all over the country.

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  California employers at reduced risk for labor litigation following Supreme Court decision, litigators say

  WASHINGTON – California employers now have a lower risk of ending up in court fighting Federal Arbitration Act and National Labor Relations Act lawsuits following a split U.S. Supreme Court decision in a major arbitration case earlier this month, two California litigators said in recent interviews.

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  Nonpartisan groups petition U.S. Supreme Court in California's foie gras fight

  WASHINGTON – Ilya Shapiro hopes the U.S. Supreme Court decides to hear foie gras producers and sellers' challenge to California's ban on the product in the name of freedom.

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  Assessment of California regulations needed, says business development exec

  SACRAMENTO - If there is one person who knows the business of doing business in California and its relationship with state neighbors and rivals, it is Barry Broome.

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  From Legal Newsline

  Climate lawyers hope 'public nuisance' strategy reverses years of failure

  By Daniel Fisher | 1 year ago

  SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - First they tried suing the utility companies. Then they tried suing the automakers. They even tried suing oil companies on behalf of an Alaskan village in danger of being inundated by oil-fueled rising sea levels.

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  From Legal Newsline

  Lawyer: Spokeo ruling not turning out like defendants hoped

  By Glenn Minnis | 1 year ago

  WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Despite optimism from the defense side, a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to again consider a high-profile class action lawsuit is a boost to plaintiffs lawyer, a Philadelphia attorney says.