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Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer - Monday, August 1, 2011 (08-01) 17:05 PDT SACRAMENTO — Testimony by jailhouse informants will no longer be enough to convict criminal defendants in California under hotly contested legislation signed today by Gov. Jerry Brown. SB687 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, applies to cases in which an inmate, often in exchange...

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New York Could Lose Millions in Wildlife Funds Go here to read the rest: New York Could Lose Millions in Wildlife Funds

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CPDA Cumulative Legislative Update - 07/25/2011 – 08/01/2011 Please note that SB 687 (Leno) appears below in the list of bills just signed today by California Governor Brown. ---------------------- 08-01-2011 SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that he has signed the following bills: • AB 494 by Assemblymember Dan Logue (R-Chico) – Alcoholic beverages: possession:...

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Recently, the Employment Development Department (EDD) revised publication DE 1857D – Notice to Employees Unemployment Insurance Benefits. CalChamber received several calls from concerned employers... Read this article: UI Poster DE 1857D Changed: Does Not Affect Most Employers

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CPDA is  just getting word that Governor Jerry Brown has signed SB 687 (Leno) – This is legislation sponsored by CPDA and co-sponsored by CACJ. A copy of the bill is attached and the bill analysis compiled by the Assembly Public Safety Committee is pasted in below for your reference. We should have a copy of the Governor’s...

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The National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) – representing America’s state and local prosecutors – announced Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully as its new president. Scully was sworn-in at NDAA’s annual conference earlier this month. As the first woman president of NDAA since it was founded in 1950, Scully continues a long history o Continue reading: SACRAMENTO DISTRICT...

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First, there was the Taco Bell meat lawsuit. And now, there's the Taco Bell haircut lawsuit. On behalf of Christopher Abbey, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of a Taco Bell franchise in Fayetteville, North Carolina, alleging that the company engaged in impermissible religious discrimination when it fired Abbey after he...

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California Supreme Court nominee may heal Brown’s legacy By Dan Morain, Senior editor - The Sacramento Bee – Published: Sunday, Jul. 31, 2011 – 12:00 am – Page 1E Gov. Jerry Brown is trying to make amends for missteps he made in his youth. Brown nominated Goodwin Liu to the Supreme Court last week, hoping he has found a...

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The California Public Defenders Association presents the CPDA Annual Homicide Defense Seminar Friday & Saturday, September 9th & 10th, 2011, at The San Diego Kona Kai Marina Hotel 1551 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, California 92106 Program Coordinators: Kathleen Cannon, Deputy Public Defender, San Diego County Juliana Humphrey, Deputy Public Defender, San Diego County Michael Ogul, Deputy Public...

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There are dozens of new full-day and two-day criminal defense practice seminars on DVD available at this link on the CPDA web site: http://defender411.us/mSJvMX Program topics added include: Homicide Defense Immigration Consequences Final Argument Cross-Examination Juvenile Delinquency Defense Practice Juvenile Dependenc Continue reading: California MCLE Self-Study Criminal Defense Programs on DVD Video – Updated List View original post...