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Litigation

Jul. 13, 2016

Criticized lawyers find different results in court

Lawyers displeased about criticism — and there are a lot of them — have won one and lost one in recent high-profile California Court of Appeal decisions. By Karl Olson

By Karl Olson

Lawyers displeased about criticism - and there are a lot of them - have won one and lost one in recent high-profile California Court of Appeal decisions.

The 3rd District Court of Appeal on June 29 published a decision in Reed v. Gallagher, 2016 DJDAR 6559, which shot down a defamation claim brought by a lawyer-turned-Assembly candidate who took umbrage at a political commercial calling him an "unscrupulous lawyer" and...

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