In 1992, the newspaper filed a lawsuit against the presiding judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging that the judge
falsely imprisoned three employees for distributing a parody memorandum supposedly signed by the judge. In turn, the judge countersued the newspaper for
defamation. After appeals, the lawsuit by the judge was eventually decided in favor of the newspaper; in 1994, the newspaper received $40,000 in a settlement for its lawsuit against the judge. MetNews sued the
Daily Journal Corporation, whose chairman is
Charlie Munger, in 1997 for
predatory pricing. In specific, the allegation was that the
Daily Journal sold legal notices by companies such as
Fannie Mae at a price below cost. In 2000, the case was resolved in favor of the
Daily Journal. The newspaper filed a lawsuit against Cooley, which was settled with a payment of $40,000 and an agreement that Cooley's office would take measures to comply with the
Privacy Protection Act of 1980. To fill vacancies in
California courts of appeal, the
Governor of California submits names to the
State Bar of California for confidential evaluations prior to formally nominating them. In August 2009, the newspaper reported that the State Bar had rated
Chuck Poochigian "not qualified" for a state appeals court because he lacked legal experience. The leak occurred before Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger nominated Poochigian, ==Other publications==