A funnel hovered over the American West. Into the large
end went investor dollars and investor dreams. Out the little end
streamed dollars into Las Vegas, where a Nevada intermediary
made loans to Nevada land developers who had high hopes for big
projects. The funnel channeled over $40 million in 2006 and
2007. But remember what happened next: the subprime
meltdown. The inv... More...   $0 (06-11-2020 - CA)

While Michael Tilkey and his girlfriend Jacqueline Mann were visiting at her
home in Arizona, the two got into an argument. Tilkey decided to leave the apartment.
When he stepped out onto the enclosed patio to collect his cooler, Mann locked the door
behind him. Tilkey banged on the door to regain entry, and Mann called police. Police
arrested Tilkey and charged him under Arizona ... More...   $0 (04-24-2020 - CA)

Defendants and appellants Sony Music Entertainment
(Sony), John Branca, as co-executor of the estate of Michael J.
Jackson (the Estate), and MJJ Productions, Inc. (collectively
Appellants) appealed from an order of the superior court partially
denying their motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute.
(Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)
1 We previously issued an opinion in
t... More...   $0 (01-09-2020 - CA)

Los Angeles, CA - Vernon Unsworth sued Elon Musk on a libel and slander theory claiming that Musk slandered him when he referred to him as the "Pedo Guy" during the cave rescue efforts in Southeast Asia in 2016,

Unsworth did not think that Musk's idea of using a mini-submarine to rescue the trapped boys was not a good one and said so. Musk did not like the criticism.
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Knoxville, KY: Ted Sandmann and Julie Sandman, next friends of Nicholas Sandman sued the WP Company, LLC, d/b/a Washington Post on libel and slander theories claiming that it defamed him in articles and posts issued about an encounter between Nicholas and a Native American elder in Washington, DC early in 2019.

The Post moved for dismissal claiming that the opinions expressed by it were p... More...   $0 (07-27-2019 - KY)

Los Angeles, California personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who claimed defendant drugged and raped her.

In 2014, plaintiff Janice Dickinson publicly alleged that
defendant William Cosby drugged and raped her in 1982. Cosby
responded by issuing a demand letter and several press releases
through his attorney, which expressed or implied that Dickinson
was lying. Dic... More...   $0 (07-27-2019 - CA)

In 2011, pursuant to Richmond Marijuana Ordinance No. 28-10 NS (ordinance),
the City of Richmond issued a medical marijuana collective permit to Richmond
Compassionate Care Collective (RCCC). It was the first collective to obtain such a
permit.
Three other permits were later issued over the ensuing years, to: (1) Richmond
Patients Group (RPG), acting through principals William ... More...   $0 (03-17-2019 - CA)

During the course of the 2016 political campaign to represent the 49th
Congressional District, challenger candidate Doug Applegate's campaign ran two
television advertisements about incumbent Darrell Issa that Issa contends were false and
defamatory. Issa filed a lawsuit against Applegate, Doug Applegate for Congress, Inc.,
and Robert Dempsey (the respondents), alleging a cause of... More...   $0 (01-25-2019 - CA)

Consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
United States Constitution, may California exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a
nonresident in a paternity action where the mother and young child live in California and
conception occurred in another state? Mariana L. initiated a paternity and child support
action in San Diego County against David ... More...   $0 (11-27-2018 - CA)