LOS ANGELES — Despite what have been interpreted as warning signs, Tony Russon testified last week that he continued to trust the owner of Diversified Lending Group during the years that the fund was taking on investors and financing premiums for insurance policies.
LOS ANGELES — Christine Ramirez’s vision of a carefree retirement vanished when an investment scheme that “guaranteed” returns as high as 12 percent collapsed in 2009, taking her life savings with it.
SAN JOSE – In a suit alleging that an employer retaliated against an employee by suing her for defamation, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California determined the claim should go to trial.
SAN FRANCISCO – Earlier this year, the 9th Circuit Appellate Court reinforced a lower court decision awarding damages of $9.4 million, payable by the Iranian government, for its alleged sponsorship of the terrorist group behind a suicide bombing in Jerusalem on Sept. 4, 1997.
SAN FRANCISCO – A California nonprofit group that is assembling a statewide comprehensive database of patient health care information has hired its first full-time general counsel as the organization takes on more participants and adds new services in a bid to make the state’s health care system more efficient.
SAN FRANCISCO – A North Carolina man that was contracted as part of a crew abroad a government ship is suing over alleged injuries he sustained while on the job.
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Integrated Data Exchange, also known as Cal INDEX, appointed recently retired attorney Gerald “Jerry” Peters as general counsel last month.