TORRANCE – Attorneys defending Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday cited test findings and statements by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conclude there was no asbestos in baby powder that a woman claimed caused her mesothelioma.
SAN FRANCISCO – Pasadena attorney Stephen Rawliegh Golden faces suspension and probation following an Aug. 8 California Supreme Court order over allegations stemming from loan modification services, according to a recent State Bar of California announcement and court documents.
California lawsuit reform advocates are welcoming a recent decision by the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment that warning labels are not needed for coffee after it determined there was no significant risk that trace amounts of a chemical in the beverage causes cancer.
FRESNO – A Fresno County resident employed by a Sanger poultry processing plant alleges the company's human resource department did not take corrective action when she reported that she was harassed by a manager and a supervisor.
SAN FRANCISCO (Northern California Record) — Pasadena attorney George Mason Turner, practicing in California for nearly 50 years, faces possible disbarment by default following a recently announced California State Bar Court recommendation regarding alleged misconduct in a single client matter.
A decades-long suit filed by the descendant of a Dutch art gallery owner claiming the descendant is the rightful owner of two Renaissance paintings stolen by the Nazis during World War II recently ended with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finding that the Dutch government had transferred ownership of the paintings as a sovereign act.
SAN FRANCISCO (Northern California Record) — Pasadena attorney Art Hoomiratana, thought to be living in Utah, faces disbarment by default following a California State Bar Court recommendation for allegedly failing to comply with a previous probation.
SAN FRANCISCO – Morrison & Foerster, a big name in the legal world, is now facing a $100 million class action suit brought by Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP on behalf of three current Morrison & Foerster female employees and its California offices.
