Law Practice
Apr. 6, 2011
Anthony Pellicano Strikes Again and Lawyers Are the Losers
Lawyers may be held responsible for their client's illegal actions even if they were not directly complicit.
Timothy D. Reuben
Founder and CEO, Reuben, Raucher & Blum
Phone: (310) 777-1990
Email: treuben@rrbattorneys.com
Reuben is the founder and CEO at Reuben Raucher & Blum. Alongside his extensive career as a civil litigator specializing in complex matters at both the trial and appellate level, he serves pro bono as a temporary judge and settlement officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court, as well as a fee arbitrator for the LA County Bar.
In yet another case created by the antics of Anthony Pellicano, this one involving an anti-SLAPP appeal, the 2nd District Court of Appeal has found that "[t]he bottom line is this: [Civil Code of Procedure Section] 425.16 was not enacted to protect an attorney who allegedly hired an 'investigator' like Anthony Pellicano to wiretap telephones so as to get an unfair advantage in a client's legal matters." Gerbosi v. Gaims, Weil, West & Epstein, 2011 DJDAR 3619 (2011). Sadly, thi...
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