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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 28, 2010

Court Launches Settlement Program

The Los Angeles Superior Court has created a new settlement program to lighten the burden that trial courts are feeling and likely will continue to feel as a result of furlough days and courtroom closures.

By Rebecca U. Cho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The Superior Court has created a new settlement program to lighten the burden that trial courts are feeling and likely will continue to feel as a result of furlough days and courtroom closures.

To do so, it has stripped the highly lauded complex litigation court of one of its founding judges.

Los Angeles County Judge Peter Lichtman was transferred last wee...

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