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Original commentary, practical context and selected Cases & Articles from the firm’s record in one reading library.
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Estate / Elder Abuse · 2004
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.
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Professional Responsibility / Business · 2003
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.
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Attorney Fees / Family & Marvin Litigation · Client-supplied coverage
Client-supplied Daily Journal coverage discusses the attorney-fee dispute that followed Hillel Chodos’s representation of Navabeh Borman in dissolution and Marvin litigation. Philip Kaufler represented Chodos in the fee dispute.
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Professional Malpractice / ADR · May 19, 2020
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.
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Business / Property Litigation · Result Sept. 6, 2017
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.
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Appellate / Criminal Procedure · June 16, 2016
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.
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Attorney Fees / Appellate · June 2014
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.
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Appellate / Criminal Procedure · Jan. 3, 2014
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.
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Employment Litigation · Result Aug. 26, 2011
Client-supplied case materials report that attorneys Hillel Chodos and Philip Kaufler represented Shelly Morita in an employment case that resulted in a $3.322 million jury award.
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Verdicts & Settlements · Sept. 12, 2005
Attorneys Philip Kaufler and Arash Homampour secured a reported $12 million jury verdict for Ramone Melendez after a speeding Los Angeles County bus struck his pickup truck. The jury found Melendez 50% at fault, resulting in a reported $6 million net award.
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