By C.D. Michel Michel & Associates filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief today in the California Court of Appeal, in support of the Sierra Club’s lawsuit against Orange County to obtain GIS parcel data under the California Public Records Act (PRA). The PRA is an invaluable tool that MAPC uses regularly on behalf of its clients...
Read MoreAlthough the case is still pending and a final ruling is yet to be issued, NRA's intervention on behalf of its members in the case Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, et al., has already resulted in several legal victories. CBD’s lawsuit, filed on January 27, 2009, alleges that the Bureau of Land Management...
Read Moreby Joshua R. Dale and Tamara M. Rider Appellate decisions and legislation in the wage-and-hour field have, in recent years, resulted in significant changes in how wage-and-hour claims would be litigated. 2008, for example, brought the Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court(4th Dist.) 165 Cal. App. 4th 25 decision, which employers saw as a step back from an...
Read MoreActing quickly, on December 14, 2010, attorneys for the NRA, CRPA Foundation, and a number of San Diego residents filed a Notice of Appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to overturn a Southern District Court ruling from December 10, 2010 that upheld San Diego Sheriff William Gore’s restrictive policies on issuing permits to carry concealed...
Read MoreThe California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has submitted its Proposed Regulations to the Office of Administrative Law that would implement the so-called "Green Chemistry Initiative." The submission begins the official rulemaking process, including the public comment period. To see the proposed regulations click here . Visit link: NRA AND CRPA FOUNDATION SUBMIT COMMENTS OPPOSING CALIFORNIA DTSC...
Read MoreU.S. District Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Admission Application for Chuck Michel ---
Read MoreChuck Michel Named Daily Journal Top 100 Lawyer in California
Read MoreWHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? As of: April 17, 2014 A landmark ruling came down on February 14, 2014 in the NRA-supported case of Peruta v. County of San Diego. A three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down San Diego County Sheriff William Gore’s policy requiring that law-abiding adults prove they...
Read MoreOne of these things is not like the other, but the Bakersfield Fire Department doesn’t seem to understand the difference: "Have you committed any act or acts that would have been determined to be a misdemeanor or felony?" "Have you been adjudged a ‘Mentally Disordered Sex Offender’?" "Have you ever used, experimented with, tried, consumed, possessed . ....
Read MoreFiling Date Filing Party Document Description 9/24/2013 Plaintiff Civil Case Cover Sheet 9/24/2013 Plaintiff Summons 9/24/2013 Plaintiff Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Petition for Writ of Mandamus
Read MoreKHTS AM Radio – Fri, 07/12/2013 – 3:33pm A report detailing Los Angeles County concerns with AB 109 will be reviewed Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The report was conducted by the county’s …[select title for full text] Read more here: Los Angeles County Supervisors To Look At AB 109 Report
Read MoreThe Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced recently that the Office of Administrative Law granted the DWC’s requests for re-adoption of the six sets... Read the rest here: DWC Request for Re-Adoption of Emergency Regulations is Approved
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