• Ex-CFO of Girardi Keese says he was little more than a clerk

    Daily Journal
    April 1, 2025

    (Subscription required) Christopher Kamon, ex-CFO of Girardi Keese, requests a 30-month sentence, claiming he was a minor player following Tom Girardi's orders in a $15 million fraud scheme.

  • Man’s Oral Contract With Surrogate Mother Is Enforceable

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    April 1, 2025

    An oral contract under which a woman performed as a surrogate mother, agreeing that she would not have the status of a parent, is legally enforceable, the Third District Court of Appeal held on Friday.

  • Contractors Owed Duty of Care to Children Who Were Killed by Dump-Truck Driver—C.A.

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    April 1, 2025

    Div. One of this district’s Court of Appeal held Friday, in a 2-1 decision, that property developers and their contractors that failed to obtain a city permit for a truck staging area owe a duty of care to pedestrians and other third parties to protect them from the risk that truck drivers heading to and from the unsanctioned location will negligently injure them.

  • California State Bar Lawyer Exits Role Following Exam Chaos

    Bloomberg Law
    April 1, 2025

    (Subscription required) Gramme said in a January Board of Trustees meeting that admissions staff worked smoothly with the staff of Meazure Learning, the February 2025 exam administrator that was brought on to help the Bar administer remote exams and save money. She recommended then that the State Bar stick with Meazure for the July 2025 administration.