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• Young Hollywood, Old Problems

  Cheryl Buchanan | December 29, 2007 12:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  For whatever reason, 2007 is the year that mug shots became the new head shots and rehab became the second best way to get headlines for Young Hollywood. Unfortunately for any of the rest of you who may also be on the roads between midnight and 6 a.m., DUIs seem to have become the best way to get headlines in an industry where almost all publicity is still good publicity. When...

• Action Brought for Alleged Overtime and Minimum Wage Violations

  Michael Eyerly | December 21, 2007 6:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  California wage and hour laws allegedly violated by failure to pay overtime or minimum wages to janitorial workers.Breaking rocks for the man. As many as 300 workers were allegedly paid as little as $50 a day for working 10-hour shifts and seven day work-weeks by two Southland janitorial services companies. But isn't that illegal. Yes it is.To begin, as of January 1, 2008 the minimum wage for...

• Mortgage Lending Fraud - Class Actions the best answer

  Paul Kiesel | December 19, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Mortgage Lending Class Action crisis in California only gets worse.When we brought the first class actions in California involving the Sub-Prime mortgage mess in June of 2007 I blogged here and said, prophetically, "this is the tip of the ice berg." True to that prediction matters have only gotten far far worse since then, and, I'm afraid, are only going to continue to trouble our economy and,...

• Is Your Doctor on Drugs?

  Lance Rubin | December 18, 2007 6:48 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  It's one of the most important choices you make -- picking a doctor. But how much do you really know about the people who are supposed to provide your medical care? Thousands of doctors hooked on drugs and alcohol continue to practice medicine while receiving treatment for substance abuse, yet most patients will never know about their physicians' addictions. How much information are patients...

• Los Angeles to Drain Two Reservoirs Due to Cancer Risk

  Jenny Albano | December 17, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Two reservoirs in Los Angeles that supply drinking water to residents had to be shut down after officials found the water to be contaminated with high levels of a cancer causing chemical, bromate.The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power intend to drain 600 million gallons of water from Elysian and Silver Lake reservoirs early next year, a process that will leave them out of action for three...

• Beware Defective, Unsafe and Lead Tainted Toys This Season

  Paul Kiesel | December 14, 2007 11:51 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The volume of lead-tainted toys recalled from the market this year has been staggering. Parents face very difficult choices this holiday season as they try to shop for kids. Many stores have not bothered to clear aisles of toys that are free of lead, and some stores simply haven't been able to remove all the lead toys because of the sheer volume of the recalls:Many Chicago-area stores are...