The fuller record behind the headline.

Attorney Philip Kaufler represented the granddaughter/respondent in an elder-abuse matter in which the Court of Appeal affirmed an approximately $1 million judgment and held that she had standing to sue.

Client-supplied Los Angeles Daily Journal coverage reports that Philip Kaufler represented television producer Deborah Pratt in an accounting-malpractice matter and obtained a $2,474,752 arbitration award.

Client-supplied Los Angeles Times coverage reports that an appellate panel reversed former Beverly Hills schools superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard’s felony convictions for misappropriating public funds.

A Los Angeles judge ruled that a California law broadly requiring divorce records containing financial information to be sealed violated the First Amendment. Philip Kaufler, representing Janet Burkle, was quoted supporting public access to the proceedings.

Client-supplied case materials describe a dispute over a jointly owned horse-boarding ranch in which the defense prevailed on Flannery’s claims and Andrea Murray obtained $163,479 on an accounting cross-claim.

The California Supreme Court addressed whether Penal Code § 424 applies to every public officer or only officers with actual authority over the receipt, safekeeping, transfer or disbursement of public money.

The Court of Appeal reversed a $7.8 million attorney-fee award after concluding that a five-times multiplier was improper in the quantum meruit dispute. Philip Kaufler represented Hillel Chodos on appeal.

The Court of Appeal held that an attorney-client business transaction was voidable where required written disclosures, advice to seek independent counsel and written consent were not provided.

The Court of Appeal held that a granddaughter with a contingent interest in her grandmother’s estate had standing to pursue an elder-abuse action, consistent with the statute’s protective purpose.