Court reviews Lynne Spears’ appeal, Sam Lutfi
Update March 12, Lynne Spears filed her opening brief and avoided a judge dismissing her appeal based on missing the deadline. Update March 1, Monday: A representative for the Second District of the Court of Appeals says Lynne Spears has 15 days to respond or a default judgment will be entered and the appeal dismissed. Spears’ previously sought and was granted an extension of time to file in early December. Her notice of appeal was lodged in mid August. Update Feb. 28 evening Sam Lutfi’s counsel is the one asking to be relieved, not Lynne Spears, based on court docs now in possession. Lutfi’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, cites “a break down in the attorney-client relationship such that counsel is no longer able to effectively represent...
California judge disqualified, challenge of prejudice Courtney Love gets new judge in guardianship case
Update: Courtney Love Cobain retweeted this story today. She offered no corrections or additional comments. Be sure to check out Misc. Court Docs. There’s a document at the top for you Love fans. Update II: Feb. 19. Love says Judge Mitchell Beckloff recused himself but she waived it. —– A new judge has been assigned to the guardianship matter of Frances Bean Cobain and a related temporary restraining order against her mother, Courtney Love. The case was transferred to Judge Mitchell Beckloff on Jan. 22 in Los Angeles County. Commissioner Reva Goetz was disqualified by a California Code of Civil Procedure Section 170.6 challenge, said Liz Martinez, a public affairs office representative. Section 170.6 provides that no judge, commissioner or...
Opinion piece: recruiting v. journalism, service
I’m in my third semester of journalism and doing a story remote from Phoenix. That’s okay. I have years of experience working across the country from a single location as a technical recruiter, staffing manager and a director. The straw that broke the camel’s back there was the dot.com bust and a new found passion in dealing with some of the rarest of rare, software and IP network engineers: fascinating world. I could never go back to “corporate” after that and I could never work for any organization that didn’t do the best for their job candidates. That includes Google based on firsthand experience with them. A job candidate is a special person and their experiences with a company in the interview process affect not only themselves but family,...
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