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- California Pro-Life Council, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Karen Getman, Chairman of the Fair Political Practices Commission; William Deaver, in His Official Capacity as Member of the Fair Political Practices Commission; Carol Scott, in Her Official Capacity as Member of the Fair Political Practices Commission; Gordana Swanson, in Her Official Capacity as Member of the Fair Political Practices Commission; Jan Scully, Sacramento County District Attorney, and Representative of the Class of District Attorneys in the State of California; Samuel L. Jackson, Sacramento City Attorney, and Representative of the Class of City Attorneys in the State of California; Bill Lockyer, Attorney General; Kathleen Richer Makel; Sheridan Downey, Iii; Thomas S. Knox, Defendants-Appellees., 328 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2003)
Timothy M. Muscat, Office of the Attorney General of the State of California, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California; Lawrence T. Woodlock, F...
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LOS ANGELES -- Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has been named b...
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On January 14, 2010, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that attorneys' fees may be denied in low-recovery cases brought under California'...
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The Solo and Small Practice section of the State Bar of California represents attorneys from throughout the state but its group of advisors has a stro...
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It is important that we, the voters, understand that city attorneys in California are expected to abide by ethical principles adopted by the City Attorneys Department of the League of California Cities.
This universally adopted Code of Ethics states: There should be "no politicization" of the office of city attorney and more specifically states "the city attorney or persons seeking to become city attorney should not make campaign contributions to or participate in campaigns of that city's officials.
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LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Morris Polich & Purdy LLP is pleased to announce that, at a reception in Los Angeles last night, partner Scott Freedman was named by the Daily Journal as one of the top labor and employment attorneys in California.
This esteemed recognition was awarded to Scott for his dedication to raising awareness of a new frontier in employment law: the social media landscape. In this new arena, which is constantly evolving due to technological advances, laws of all sorts are being shaped and molded to include applications that, until recently, simply did not exist. Scott specializes in the implications that these new internet- based services have for employment law and human resource issues, as well as representing companies in a wide range of other matter...
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On January 14, 2010, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that attorneys' fees may be denied in low-recovery cases brought under California'...
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) commends the U.S. Senate for confirming The Honorable Edward Davila to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by unanimous vote on Monday evening. With this confirmation, Judge Davila will be the only Latino judge in the Northern District of California, which is based in San Francisco. He was also one of 11 judicial nominees unanimously voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month.
Diana S. Sen, HNBA President, noted, "The HNBA is extremely proud of Judge Davila and we are confident that he will serve with distinction in the Northern District of California. With Judge Davila currently the only Latino judge in the Northern District of California, an...
... the interests of the more than 100,000 attorneys, judges, law professors, legal professionals, and ...
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The first of what promises to be many smaller-sized job discrimination class actions against Wal-Mart in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring a single massive class has been filed in California.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in Dukes v. Wal-Mart - using the same named plaintiffs as the original action that sought to certify 1.5 million past and present female Wal-Mart employees alleging pay discrimination - filed an amended complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Oct. 27. They claim that Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, discriminated against them on the basis of their sex by denying them equal pay or promotions, in violation of Title VII.
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You can't tell the players without a program. Here are some of the people who have spent some of the last 12 years preparing for what is expected to be the longest-running trial in the city of St. Louis. The plaintiffs --37 hospitals -- want to recoup from tobacco companies the money spent caring for patients with smoking-related illnesses and complications caused by smoking.
The attorneys involved in the case come from seven states -- including faraway California and next-door neighbor Illinois. Of course, we didn't forget the home-state crew.