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August 3, 2006
Let justice roll down...
"Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an overflowing stream." That passage from the Book of Amos (5:24) is the sort of thing lawyers working for nonprofit organizations repeat to themselves before marching off to court to fight the good fight. Of course, it may not be what the la ... More >>
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July 27, 2007
Friday's Headlines & Surprises: Excessive Force?
Shoot 15 times, ask softball questions later: The parents of Ashley MacDonald, the 18-year-old Huntington Beach girl killed by two police officers, filed an excessive force lawsuit yesterday in U.S. District Court, according to Christine Hanley at the Times. According to their suit, Kenneth MacDona ... More >>
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October 5, 2007
Sheriff Loses Battle To End Federal Case
A U.S. District Court in Los Angeles has refused Sheriff Michael S. Carona’s demand to dismiss a First Amendment complaint filed by former Carona challenger, ex-sheriff’s Lt. William Hunt, according to a press release issued this morning by Silver, Hadden, Silver, Wexler & Levine. Hunt attorne ... More >>
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July 17, 2008
Porn and Taxes
Getting stiffed by a porn star took on a whole new meaning Monday when Huntington Beach's Janine Lindemulder was arraigned in federal court for allegedly failing to pay about $80,000 in income taxes, The Smoking Gun reports today. The racktacular 39-year-old entered a not guilty plea and was releas ... More >>
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October 28, 2008
Can Joe The Juror Help Mike Carona in Corruption Trial?
Brian Sun, the Los Angles-based lawyer representing indicted ex-Orange County sheriff Mike Carona, emerged from U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford's Santa Ana courtroom this afternoon all smiles. Minutes before, Sun and federal prosecutor Ken Julian had selected a panel of 12 citizens to hear ... More >>
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March 19, 2009
Feds Indict Computer Tech for Long Beach Oil Rigs
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted an Upland IT contractor for allegedly sabotaging the offshore oil rig computer systems that he helped install for a Long Beach-based company. Mario Azar, 28, was charged Tuesday with a single count of unauthorized impairment of a protected computer, an al ... More >>
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March 24, 2009
Feds: Mike Carona Qualifies for Lengthy Taxpayer-Funded Trip After Miracle!
A federal sentencing official has recommended that ex-Sheriff Mike Carona win an all-expenses-paid 78-month trip to the slammer for his unrepentant corruption while in control of California's second largest police agency.This should come as a surprise to Carona, his defense lawyers and other folks w ... More >>
News
November 8, 2007
Taken to School
Judge dismisses a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by professors alleging class-hour fraud against Chapman University
Columns
November 18, 2004
Diary of a Mad County
Judge dismisses a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by professors alleging class-hour fraud against Chapman University
Columns
December 17, 1998
Whose Online is it, Anyway?
Judge dismisses a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by professors alleging class-hour fraud against Chapman University
Columns
October 8, 1998
What Happened?
Judge dismisses a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by professors alleging class-hour fraud against Chapman University
News
May 28, 1998
Making Dornans Enemies List
Judge dismisses a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by professors alleging class-hour fraud against Chapman University
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April 26, 2009
To The Very End, Mike Carona is a Shameless Hypocrite
It's not a crime if the sheriff does itPlease, please, please don't punish me for my criminal activity!--The position ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona is taking with U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford, who will decide on April 27 what punishment is fitting for the former top cop's repeate ... More >>
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July 6, 2009
Bigger PR Nightmare: Henry Nicholas III or OC Register?
FishBowlLA.com connects the dots today between indicted Broadcom co-founder Henry Nicholas III, the Orange County Register's parent company and the "PR guy" for both of them: Sitrick & Co. does PR for Freedom Communications, Inc.Mike Sitrick is also the PR guy for Dr. Henry Nicholas III, the for ... More >>
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February 1, 2010
[UPDATED:] Trabuco Canyon's Lila Rizk Guilty in Massive Real Estate Fraud
UPDATE: At her sentencing in a Los Angeles federal court today, Trabuco Canyon's Lila Rizk received a three-year prison term for her role in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that caused tens of millions of dollars in losses to federally insured banks.A federal jury on Aug. ... More >>
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August 20, 2009
Teaching Museum Uses Adventure Films to Help Fund Mendez v. Westminster Exhibit
Jonathan Copp, RIP.What do the plucky Museum of Teaching and Learning, an internationally acclaimed film festival and the landmark Mendez v. Westminster School District case of 1946 have in common?All three could learn you something.The Fullerton-based Museum of Teaching and Learning (MOTAL) is s ... More >>
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May 15, 2009
Dirty Ex-Sheriff Loses Fight to Remain Out of Prison Pending Appeal
Carona's new executive suiteMike Carona's lawyers came to federal court this morning, claimed that federal prosecutors in the ex-sheriff's case are more of a threat to society and pleaded with a judge to give the top cop turned convicted felon a break: allow him to remain free pending an appeal of h ... More >>
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October 2, 2009
Agran Crony and Gore Campaigner Agrees to Guilty Pleas in Federal Wire Fraud Case
Irvine attorney Sandeep Baweja, the 39-year-old money man for that town's "progressive" political boss Larry Agran and a former official with Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, agreed in court papers to plead guilty to two felony charges related to a scheme where he ripped off nearly all of the $ ... More >>
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October 7, 2009
Locals Among Dozens Caught Up in International Criminal Phishing Scheme
No, not that kind of fish fry. Congratulations, Orange County! Some of your residents were among today's arrestees in the largest cyber crime case of its kind. "Operation Phish Phry," the first joint cyber investigation between Egyptian law enforcement authorities and United States of ... More >>
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October 21, 2009
Santa Ana-Based Street Gang Implicated in $25 Million Medicare Fraud Cases
A Long Beach man and a Santa Ana street gang have been implicated in an alleged Medicare fraud schemes that resulted in approximately $25 million in fraudulent bills to the Medicare program, various federal authorities announced this morning. In all, 18 defendants, most of whom reside ... More >>
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November 13, 2009
Judge Sends the Law after Orly Taitz for Ignoring $20,000 Fine
A Georgia federal judge last month fined Laguna Niguel's Dr. Orly Taitz Esq. for repeatedly filing "frivolous" lawsuits about Barack Obama's eligibility to be president. The deadline to pay that fine came and went Thursday; Taitz told the Columbia Ledger-Enquirer that she has no intention of payi ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Ahmad Noory Could Get 45 Years for Alleged Role in Insider Trader Scheme
A Ladera Ranch man is expected to surrender to federal authorities this afternoon to face charges connected to an insider trading scheme in which he and four others allegedly used confidential information obtained from two investor relations firms to generate more than $1.7 million in illegal ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
One More "Airplane!" Scene Now Dated
No-nonsense, double-sunglassed chief pilot Rex Kramer (Robert Stack) shoves, punches and tosses donation solicitors--including a Hare Krishna (David Leisure)--blocking his path at a busy airport in the 1980 comedy Airplane!Like much of the flick's now-dated humor (Airplane! was the best motion pi ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Judge Denies Restraining Order to Keep Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Open
A federal judge has denied a restraining order aimed at keeping medical marijuana dispensaries open in Costa Mesa and Lake Forest while the court considers a lawsuit filed on behalf of four MedMar Patient Care Collective patients and based on the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).
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April 21, 2010
Phu Tan "Peter" Luong, Accused of Using Wheelchair Scam Funds to Start Business Hawking Dangerous Boner Pills
Phu Tan Luong, a 55-year-old health-care fraudster who moved from Huntington Beach to a federal prison cell in Plano, Texas, where he is serving 10 years for a scam involving wheelchairs and hospital beds, has now been charged with distributing ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Indian Tribe Tax Idea Slapped Down
screenrant.comBarbarian Tax Man"We find all of the state's arguments unpersuasive."--From the Ninth Circuit's ruling this week that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's made strong-arm efforts to force the Rincon San Luiseno Band of Mission Indians to accept an illegal tax on tribal gambling ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Closing Arguments in Prop. 8 Trial Begin Today
Today marks the beginning of the closing arguments in the trial brought in San Francisco federal court against California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8.A few developments from recent weeks in the Prop. 8-watching world if you haven't been following along:
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August 9, 2010
FBI Nabs Alleged Irvine Swindler
What's the answer, Nickles?Year after year, the FBI breaks up Southern California Ponzi schemes and year after year they return. Apparently, there's just too much damn money at stake. Men continue to roll the dice and ignore the potential dire consequences.Irvine's Richard H. Nickles is faci ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
UPDATED: Prop 8 Judge: Same-Sex Weddings Can Resume ... on Wednesday
Law.UCI.eduChemerinskyUPDATE: The dean of the UCI Law School does not see grounds for an appeal of the stay against gay weddings in California (see below) . . . U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker in San Francisco today lifted the stay on same-sex marriages in California--beginning ... More >>
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October 12, 2010
UPDATED: OC-Born Judge Throws Out 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Anti-DADT activist and fired soldier Dan ChoiUpdate, Oct. 12, 1:02 p.m.: Riverside federal judge Virginia Phillips has double-downed on her initial ruling against Don't Ask, Don't Tell, issuing a worldwide injunction barring enforcement of the rule. The government has sixty days to appeal, but ... More >>
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September 14, 2010
Souhair Khatib, Who Had Her Hijab Removed in OC Jail, to Get Her Day in Appeals Court
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a new hearing in the case of a Muslim woman who claims her constitutional rights were violated when Orange County sheriff's deputies forced her to remove her headscarf while she was being held in a courthouse holding facility.Chief Judge Alex Kozin ... More >>
Columns
September 16, 2010
Spanish in the Workplace, Part Ninety-Eleven
[¡Ask a Mexican!] What better way to learn Spanish than shutting your yap and watching 'Sábado Gigante'?
Blogs
October 22, 2010
Chronic Tacos Sues Chronic Tacos For Trademark Infringement
Chronic Tacos Enterprises [ugly, noisy website alert], the group behind the Chronic Tacos brand, have filed suit in United States District Court against the Huntington Beach franchisee of the brand, saying that they continue to use the Chronic Tacos trademark despite not having a valid franchise ... More >>
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July 20, 2010
3 of Top 10 Most Wanted International Fugitives Hail From Orange County
Long before the Interwebs were awash with lists like "Top 10 Squeaky Cat Toys" and "Top 25 Geeky Video Game Comic Book D&D Tie-Ins," the FBI was issuing its top 10 lists of most-wanted criminals.Perhaps you've even seen them at the post office.The long arm of the bureau extends beyond the 50 ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
Federal Judge Grants Partial Victory for Liberal OC in its Pissing Match Against Orange Juice! But Calls Boths Sides "Childish"
In perhaps the greatest waste of a courtroom in this county since the Rocco trial, a federal judge has sided with the Liberal OC in its lawsuit against the Orange Juice! blog. But U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter was hardly sympathetic to the Liberal OC."This case tells the story of an o ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
YouPorn Shared More Than Sex Videos Claims Lawsuit Filed by Newport Beach Pair
Two Newport Beach men have filed a lawsuit accusing operators of the YouPorn adult video sharing website of "sniffing," which is not an exotic new sex act (well, at least not in this particular context) but the improper monitoring of other sites users have visited.
News
January 13, 2011
Mike Carona: No More Excuses
[Moxley Confidential] Federal Appeals Court upholds the ex-sheriff's conviction, and he's finally headed to prison
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January 20, 2011
Supreme Court Smacks Down Local Armenian Genocide Deniers
This week, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of Griswold v. Driscoll, a Massachusetts-based case in which a group of plaintiffs sued the State Board of Education because it didn't include references to Armenian-genocide deniers in school curricula covering the Armenian ge ... More >>
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February 8, 2011
Barbara Coe Calls U.S. Federal Court Judge Vaughn Walker a 'Homo'
California Coalition for Immigration Reform head witch Barbara Coe sends so many damn e-mails to her minions that some inevitably fall behind the radiator--like the one I just found that's dated Aug. 6, 2010. The occasion was the repealing of the anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8 by U.S. District C ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
[UPDATED] Luis Mijangos Guilty of Being Sextortion Hacker
UPDATE, MARCH 22, 4:46 P.M.: Santa Ana's Luis Mijangos, who had previously pleaded not guilty to 16 federal charges, pleaded guilty Monday to two federal counts related to his tricking about 230 people into downloading a virus that allowed him to hack into their computers, and then extort from th ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Decision Against Resuming Same-Sex Weddings Emboldens Prop. 8 Backers But Fails to Deter Foes
Three federal judges ruled today that gay marriage cannot resume in California until state and federal appeals courts decide the fate of Proposition 8--something that may be more than a year away.Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Michael Daly Hawkins and N. Randy Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeal for t ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Mattel Getting Bitch-Slapped:] Chick Fight! Chick Fight! Barbie vs. Bratz
UPDATE, APRIL 21, 12:31 P.M.: The sluttier, younger chick wins!A federal court jury in Santa Ana not only rejected claims that MGA Entertainment's popular line of Bratz dolls violates the copyright of Mattel's Barbie, but the panel awarded MGA $88.4 million for trade secrets misappropriated by M ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
[UPDATED with Award Proposal:] Bratz Maker MGA Wants $339 Million From Barbie Sugar Daddy Mattel
UPDATE, MAY 25, 9:30 A.M.: Analysts agree that in the seven years since Barbie-maker Mattel first went after Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment in court, the smaller company's fortune dwindled while Mattel remained a toy industry giant. MGA is hoping to retrieve $339 million of that fortune in ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
[UPDATED with Defendant's Claims, New Details:] Samuel Martinez Gonzalez Accused of Bringing Teen Girls From Texas to Work for Him as Prostitutes
UPDATE, AUG. 16, 12:04 P.M.: Through the court affidavit and his appearance before a federal magistrate in Santa Ana Monday afternoon, we now know Samuel Martinez Gonzalez's side of the story that has him facing a maximum sentence of life behind bars if convicted.The 26-year-old Santa Ana man cl ... More >>
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September 2, 2011
[UPDATED with Victims Speak:] Luis Mijangos, Sextortion Hacker, Gets 6 Years
UPDATE, SEPT. 2, 11:04 A.M.: Two victims of Luis Mijangos hacking into dozens of computers to obtain personal data--and in some cases demanding sexually explicit videos from female victims in exchange for not distributing other images--spoke at the undocumented immigrant's sentencing."During to ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Euirang "Chris" Hwang, Phony Billionaire Who Preyed on Koreans, Gets 6.5 Years for Ponzi Scam
Dammit, again, it's Ponzi not Fonzie.38-year-old Euirang "Chris" Hwang was sentenced this week in federal court to 6 1/2 years in prison for operating an Irvine investment business that was actually a front for a Ponzi scheme targeting Korean Americans.After Hwang pleaded guilty to federal wire f ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
[UPDATED with Judge's Ruling:] Justice Dept. Must Pay for Lying in Suit Against FBI by OC Muslims
UPDATE, NOV. 18, 10:57 A.M.: "The Court must impose monetary sanctions to deter the Government from deceiving the Court again," Judge Cormac Carney of the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana writes in his Islamic Shura Council v. FBI ruling. He gave the council 14 days to come up with ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Court Okays George Jaramillo's $529,000 Pay Day; Cites Peace Officer's Bill of Rights
George and Mike: Before the stormA California Court of Appeal has affirmed a lower court's decision to award George Jaramillo nearly $529,000 in backpay and lawyer fees because the former Orange County assistant sheriff's 2004 firing blatantly violated the state's peace officer's bill of rights ( ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Leo James Zabala Jr. Accused of Posting Craigslist Personals Seeking Sex With High School Girls
After a personal ad posted Sept. 6 in Craigslist's Orange County "Casual Encounters" section offered to pay high school girls $60 for intercourse and $40 for head, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investi ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
PETA Loses Whale of a Slave Suit But Still Crows
A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) that argued five orcas should be freed from SeaWorld under the anti-slavery 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.Judge Jeffrey Miller of the U.S. District Court in San Diego reasoned in ... More >>
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