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5 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Maia Spoto |Patrick Gregory |Stephanie Gleason

The Menendez brothers will face a judge May 13 and 14 to determine if they should be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents, after a judge denied a request to withdraw a former district attorney’s sentencing recommendation despite a new risk assessment report. The green light is the latest chapter in the brothers’ resentencing saga after a series of stops and starts. Several family members are expected to testify next week on Erik and Lyle Menendez’s behalf.

5 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Maia Spoto

The Menendez brothers will face a judge May 13 and 14 to determine if they should be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents, after a judge denied a request to withdraw a former district attorney’s sentencing recommendation despite a new risk assessment report. The green light is the latest chapter in the brothers’ resentencing saga after a series of stops and starts. Several family members are expected to testify next week on Erik and Lyle Menendez’s behalf.

6 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Maia Spoto

Children living near the site of the Eaton Fire accused Edison International’s Southern California utility of exposing them to lead and asbestos carried by wildfire smoke. The complaint, filed Wednesday in California Superior Court, Los Angeles County, says Southern California Edison must pay for the continued medical care of children living near the wildfire to guard against lead-related long term health consequences.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Maia Spoto

Convicted ex-lawyer Tom Girardi was hospitalized Wednesday for “liver dysfunction,” his attorneys said in an emergency filing stating the 85-year-old will miss a hearing scheduled Thursday over whether he’s medically fit to serve prison time. They asked Judge Josephine L. Staton in the US District Court for the Central District of California to postpone the hearing where results of Girardi’s weeks-long evaluation period in a North Carolina prison hospital will be discussed.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Maia Spoto

The February administration of California’s new Bar Exam, that was supposed to save the cash-strapped Bar about $3.8 million annually, instead is expected to cost Bar $5.6 million, the State Bar’s executive director Leah Wilson told state lawmakers Tuesday. The estimate accounts for $3 million in fee waivers, around $2 million to book testing sites, and around $620,000 to return to the Multistate Bar Exam in July, said Wilson, who will step down after her term ends in July.