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Six MAPC Lawyers have been named 2013 Rising Stars by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a Thomson-Reuters rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Selectees are considered to be...

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Michel & Associates, P.C. has won another Strategic Motion to Strike (“anti-SLAPP”) motion.  As a result, the court ordered MAPC’s client to be reimbursed for  its attorney’s fees and costs in defeating the opposing party’s anti-SLAPP motion. After being sued by the plaintiffs regarding a land boundary dispute, MAPC’s client filed a cross-complaint against the plaintiffs for trespassing...

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On February 28, 2013, the California Court of Appeal held that a person is not an "honorably retired peace officer" as defined by former Penal Code section 12027 - currently Penal Code section 16690 - unless that person has honorably retired from active duty as a peace officer.  (Gore v. Yolo County District Attorney’s Office (2013) 213 Cal.App.4th...

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Banning Hunting One Step at a Time Follow this link: Banning Hunting One Step at a Time

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NC Wildlife Commission Supports Sunday Hunting Read more: NC Wildlife Commission Supports Sunday Hunting

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CO: Plan for Federal Lands in Grand Junction Area Will Close Lands to Recreational Shooting Original post: CO: Plan for Federal Lands in Grand Junction Area Will Close Lands to Recreational Shooting

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Grassroots Movement Toppled Eastern Show See original here: Grassroots Movement Toppled Eastern Show

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Tenn. Hunters Donate Nearly 70 Tons of Venison Read this article: Tenn. Hunters Donate Nearly 70 Tons of Venison

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On February 7, 2013 the NRA, the San Francisco Veteran Police Officers Association and several San Francisco resident civil rights activists, filed their opening brief in Jackson v. San Francisco in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal seeks to overturn a November 2012 District Court ruling that upheld San Francisco’s draconian ordinances requiring handguns to be...

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A California Court of Appeal recently decided an issue of first impression: should alleged violations of a charter city’s municipal law be deemed violations of state law for purposes of Labor Code section 1102.5? (Edgerly v. City of Oakland (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th 1191.) Upon examining the plain language of section 1102.5 and the public policy considerations of the...