Edvard Pettersson
Reporter at Courthouse News Service
Reporter with Courthouse News Service in Los Angeles. I cover federal and state courts, civil and criminal. @courthousenews
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courthousenews.com | Edvard Pettersson
The new lawsuit comes amid a flurry of litigation as offshore drilling threatens to return to the same Santa Barbara pipeline that caused a devastating oil spill in 2015. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (CN) — Environmental advocates on Tuesday sued the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, over its approval of safety regulation waivers to restart an aging oil pipeline in Central California that has been mothballed since a devastating spill in 2015.
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courthousenews.com | Edvard Pettersson
The 37-year-old man from Albuquerque was on probation from a prior case involving a church fire when he traveled to California for another arson spree. LOS ANGELES (CN) — A recidivist arsonist was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison on Monday for setting fire to a Southern California church that houses a preschool while there were 48 children inside.
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courthousenews.com | Edvard Pettersson
The former chief financial officer of Tom Girardi's law firm admitted to both helping his boss to steal their clients' money and to running a "side fraud" to embezzle the firm. LOS ANGELES (CN) — The longtime accountant at disgraced plaintiff law firm Girardi Keese was sentenced to 10 years and one month in federal prison on Friday for helping the firm's co-founder Thomas Girardi embezzle millions of dollars from his clients.
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2 weeks ago |
courthousenews.com | Edvard Pettersson
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Live Nation Entertainment and its Ticketmaster subsidiary on Thursday failed to persuade a federal judge to throw out a putative antitrust class action by consumers who claim they paid excessive prices for concert tickets because of the companies' illegal monopoly on ticket sales.
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2 weeks ago |
courthousenews.com | Edvard Pettersson
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday took a skeptical view at the order last year by a trial judge directing the Veterans Affairs Department to build as many as 1,800 supportive housing units on its campus in West Los Angeles and cancel its third-party leases, including UCLA.
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Former Girardi Keese accountant sent to prison for more than 10 years @courthousenews https://t.co/ZaFvsyODHO
Live Nation, Ticketmaster can’t shake antitrust class action @courthousenews https://t.co/9fN2qi3RHd
Ninth Circuit frowns at judge’s attempt to build housing for homeless vets @courthousenews https://t.co/JOV737HdRw