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27
Aug
Clerical Error Could Cost $11 Million
Lori Paul
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Yes, you heard right, $11 million is the amount that an NFL cheerleader thought she had won in a defamation judgment against a gossip website.  The result may be nullified because her lawyers sued the wrong company, politico.com reported Thursday.

Sarah Jones, a Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader and Kentucky teacher, meant to sue TheDirty.com after comments on the site in December suggested she had an affair with a player and also contracted two venereal diseases. The site is run by Scottsdale-based Dirty World LLC.  But due to a clerical error, the lawsuit was filed against TheDirt.com.

On Wednesday U.S. District Court judge William O. Bertelsman ordered Los Angeles-based Dirty World Entertainment Recordings to pay $1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages for failing to respond to the lawsuit filed in February.

This would be a paralegal’s nightmare, entering the wrong name and it not being caught until after the judgment is entered by default.  Ughhh, I will be sure to triple check every document that I prepare now.

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16
Jun
Paralegal spends $1.25M for Pacific Palisades 3BD | BlockShopper Los Angeles
Lori Paul

Paralegal spends $1.25M for Pacific Palisades 3BD | BlockShopper Los Angeles.  Wow, really?  I want to work where this paralegal works!  I don’t know about you, but I wonder how anyone can afford a home right now, let alone one at $1.25 million.   All kidding aside, congratulations from one paralegal to another!

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30
Mar
Court Delays in Filings and More Layoffs
Lori Paul
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I received an email today from OneSource regarding California Court news and would like to pass some of it along to you, my paralegal friends.

Steve Vann, the Director of California Fulfillment with OneLegal, LLC, sent this information on to Mark Schwartz of OneLegal, in which Mark thought highlights very well how the unfortunate trend in the California courts reduction of personnel is affecting OneLegal, we in the legal profession as well as the courts.

Oakland [Superior] is telling OneLegal they will be holding on to orders longer and will be requiring that they drop off more orders in the coming days. Oakland is not the only court as this is also what was heard from Nicole yesterday about LA [Superior].  Sonoma [Superior] is also another court where we are seeing caption pages [a.k.a. filed-endorsed copies] delayed.

This is a trend that he feels will continue into the foreseeable future. With the increased lay-offs and growing order volume the court clerks are simply not able to keep up with the volume.

These orders are all being stamped as accepted the same day they drop them off, but it is taking longer to get the caption pages back. This also means that OneLegal and we paralegals, will be delayed in getting news of rejected documents.

This is concerning to all of us especially when we all just learned as reported by the Daily News, the Los Angeles Superior Court is laying off 329 of their staff and closing 17 Los Angeles area court rooms.  Troy Anderson, Staff Writer for the Daily News, wrote, “Presiding Judge Charles W. “Tim: McCoy, Jr., said another 1800 layoffs are possible, 34 percent of the court work force, and 180 courtrooms and nine courthouses could be shuttered by 2013 if the system doesn’t get more state funding.” 

To read more, click here. You can also click here to read the court’s news release.

Chief Justice Ronald George recently said that CA court closures must not continue into the next fiscal year. Click here to read his comments.

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20
Feb
Governor Appoints Former Paralegal as Judge for Los Angeles
Lori Paul

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday announced the appointments of 7 to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. One of those appointed is Karen Ackerson-Brazille who was formerly a paralegal.

Ms. Ackerson-Brazille, 45, of Los Angeles, has been a deputy attorney general for the California Attorney General’s Office since 2000. Previously, she was a sole practitioner from 1992 to 2000 and an associate for Albright, Yee and Schmit in 1992. Ackerson-Brazille was a law clerk for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office from 1989 to 1992, serving in the Department of Airports from 1990 to 1991. She was a paralegal for the U.S. Air Force Reserves from 1985 to 1991. Ackerson-Brazille earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Whittier School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego. She fills the vacancy created by the conversion of a court commissioner position on March 31, 2009. Ms. Ackerson-Brazille is a Republican as reported in the governor’s press release.

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