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1 week ago | 
latimes.com | Matt Hamilton
A jury has awarded $48 million to six former students of a South El Monte elementary school who were sexually abused by a longtime teacher. The students, who ranged in age from 8 to 10 at the time of the abuse, had reported that their teacher, Joseph Baldenebro, inappropriately touched, assaulted or harassed them while they attended Miramonte Elementary School. The abuse occurred between the early 2000s and 2017.
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2 weeks ago | 
usalacrosse.com | Matt Hamilton
BEFORE MOST SOUTH FLORIDA GAMES, Natoli will tell anyone within earshot (aka her locker neighbors) her prediction for the day. I’m going to score today. The reaction is usually light-hearted for the middie that spends plenty of time on defense. She hadn’t even recorded a shot through South Florida’s first eight games. “It’s been a bit of a joke,” she said.
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3 weeks ago | 
latimes.com | Brittny Mejia |James Queally |Matt Hamilton |Matthew Ormseth
A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in Washington to drop all charges against him, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Adam Schleifer was terminated Friday morning, receiving an email informing him that the dismissal was “on behalf of President Donald J.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Brittny Mejia |James Queally |Matt Hamilton |Matthew Ormseth
15 hours agoThere was a snake on the plane. A first-class perv on an American Airlines plane masturbated for an hour next to a stunned fashion entrepreneur on a flight from NYC to Milan — but a flight attendant dismissed his revolting behavior, saying, “Men just do stuff like that,” according to a lawsuit. Neel …
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4 weeks ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Matt Hamilton
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors at the State Bar of California have filed discipline charges against a former senior attorney with the law firm of disgraced ex-lawyer Tom Girardi. The attorney is accused of concealing details of a $53-million settlement from one of his clients. The charges against Robert Finnerty, 70, center on his role as the lawyer for Joseph Ruigomez, a Bay Area man who suffered devastating burns across most of his body in the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.
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4 weeks ago | 
thederrick.com | Matt Hamilton
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors at the State Bar of California have filed discipline charges against a former senior attorney with the law firm of disgraced ex-lawyer Tom Girardi. The attorney is accused of concealing details of a $53-million settlement from one of his clients. The charges against Robert Finnerty, 70, center on his role as the lawyer for Joseph Ruigomez, a Bay Area man who suffered devastating burns across most of his body in the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.
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4 weeks ago | 
latimes.com | Matt Hamilton
Tom Girardi in 2014. Sentencing of the former lawyer has been delayed as a judge evaluates whether he should be sent to a medical facility or federal prison. Prosecutors at the State Bar of California have filed discipline charges against a former senior attorney with the law firm of disgraced ex-lawyer Tom Girardi. The attorney is accused of concealing details of a $53-million settlement from one of his clients.
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4 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Matt Hamilton
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors at the State Bar of California have filed discipline charges against a former senior attorney with the law firm of disgraced ex-lawyer Tom Girardi. The attorney is accused of concealing details of a $53-million settlement from one of his clients. The charges against Robert Finnerty, 70, center on his role as the lawyer for Joseph Ruigomez, a Bay Area man who suffered devastating burns across most of his body in the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.
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4 weeks ago | 
thederrick.com | Matt Hamilton
LOS ANGELES — She is the nation's most famous legal secretary, whose real-life advocacy on toxic groundwater was portrayed by Julia Roberts to Oscar-winning acclaim. He is the most recognizable civil rights attorney of his generation, winning millions of dollars for Black and brown families whose loved ones — George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown — died at the hands of police and sparked a global outcry.
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4 weeks ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Matt Hamilton
By Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - She is the nation's most famous legal secretary, whose real-life advocacy on toxic groundwater was portrayed by Julia Roberts to Oscar-winning acclaim. He is the most recognizable civil rights attorney of his generation, winning millions of dollars for Black and brown families whose loved ones - George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown - died at the hands of police and sparked a global outcry.
