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Mar

Tenn. Hunters Donate Nearly 70 Tons of Venison

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21
Feb

Briefs Submitted in Challenge to San Francisco Gun Laws that May Define Contours of Second Amendment Protections

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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...

20
Feb

Whistle-blowers Beware: Employment Violations of a Charter City’s Municipal Law Are Not Within the Purview of Whistle-blower Statute Section 1102.5

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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...

21
Nov

Federal Court Upholds Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Awards the NRA $125,000 in Attorney’s Fees

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On September 26, 2012 the United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois awarded the National Rifle Association (NRA) $125,000 to reimburse it for attorney’s fees spent winning a lawsuit against the City of Chicago over a Chicago firearm ordinance on behalf of NRA member Shawn Gowder. In striking down the law, the Court held that...

13
Nov

Employers Beware: Your Employee Handbook’s Arbitration Clause May Not be Enforceable

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by Tamara Rider The Cost of Ambiguity. Upon hiring a new employee, it is a common practice for most employers to provide the new employee with an employee handbook stating the general policies and procedures of the employer. Sometimes employers will have an arbitration clause within the employee handbook, and thereby attempt to impose binding arbitration on the...

3
Nov

NRA Recovers 1.3 Million Dollars in Attorneys’ Fees For Work on Supreme Court McDonald Case and Related Cases

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On August 14, 2012, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois awarded over 1.3 million dollars to the National Rifle Association (NRA) to reimburse it for attorneys’ fees for the legal work NRA’s lawyers did in the cases of National Rifle Association v. City of Chicago and National Rifle Association v. Village of Oak...

2
Nov

Civil Rights Attorney Chuck Michel Discusses Second Amendment Advocacy and Gun Laws on Pat Leeds’ Nov. 7 Program

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C.D. "Chuck" Michel, whose Long Beach law firm handles litigation in a wide variety of areas, including firearms law, will return to KFOK Community Radio 95.1 FM to discuss gun control with "All About Guns" host Pat Leeds on Wednesday, Nov. 7, noon-1 pm. KFOK also streams online at www.kfok.org. Michel represents clients such as the National Rifle...

16
Oct

Amicus Briefs Filed In Appeal of CRPA Foundation Court Victory Overturning AB 962

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On October 10, 2012, several amicus briefs were filed in support of the CRPA Foundation and other plaintiffs in the state’s appeal of its loss in Parker v. California.Handled by the lawyers at Michel & Associates, P.C., the Parker case is the successful CRPA Foundation challenge to the controversial ammunition regulations enacted by Assembly Bill 962 ("AB 962")....