Cityblzlist – Baltimore, MD – By Daniel Menefee The Office of the Maryland Public Defender needs $28 million to comply with a court ruling that requires indigent defendants have lawyer at bail hearings.Prosecutors say it will ... Original post: $28M Needed To Comply With Court Ruling, Public Defender Says; Prosecutors Say It Will Cost Them $83M
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The Los Angeles Times – January 27, 2012 A San Diego County deputy district attorney and a San Diego police sergeant have been charged with misdemeanors for allegedly fixing two traffic tickets, officials said Friday. [For ... Originally posted here: San Diego police officer, deputy district attorney charged with ticket-fixing
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by California grocery store owners, who challenged the authority of cities to enact ordinances that... Read more here: Grocery Store Workers Protected
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by Scott M. Franklin For businesses that utilize written contracts with arbitration clauses, it certainly is a case of "use it or lose it." Thus, in Roberts v. El Cajon Motors, Inc., a San Diego Court of Appeal found that a car dealer’s contractual right to arbitrate disputes with car buyers can be waived where the dealer takes...
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There's a growing online community engaged in small business bartering. Entrepreneurs strapped for cash and lacking capital can trade goods and services, propping up their businesses without exchanging funds. The community separates itself into barter exchanges , which are usually for-profit businesses. "Barter dollars" are earned when a trader provides a good or service. Those dollars can then...
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By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times – January 26, 2012, 9:07 p.m. Echoing arguments that have repeatedly been made in Southern California courts in recent years, a city, its police union and a newspaper sparred before ... Excerpt from: California Appeals court asked to decide officer-identity case
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Mercury News – By Tracey Kaplan – Posted: 01/26/2012 07:59:38 PM PST Ending an era in which criminal defendants’ constitutional rights were routinely jeopardized, Santa Clara County will now offer legal representation to anyone who can’t ... Follow this link: Santa Clara County courts: Now providing legal representation in misdemeanor court to anyone who can’t afford their own
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The Sacramento Bee – January 26, 2012 Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye today urged the defeat of Assembly legislation that would undermine the authority of the Judicial Council, and give courts in as few as two counties ... Read more: California Supreme Court Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye pleads her case, fights AB 1208
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