Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.2, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Michel & Associates, P.C. Attorneys at Law ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://michellawyers.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Federal Firearm Rights Restoration Opens to the Public November 4, 2026. Only the First 5,000 Applicants Will Get In.](https://michellawyers.com/federal-firearm-rights-restoration-opens-to-the-public-november-4-2026-only-the-first-5000-applicants-will-get-in/) - Michel & Associates, P.C. | October 13, 2026 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched its new Federal Firearm Rights Restoration (FFRR) program under 18 U.S.C. § 925(c). For the first time in decades, people who are federally prohibited from possessing firearms have a working federal process to ask for their rights back. The - [D.C. Appeals Court Strikes Down Magazine Ban — Creating Major Split with Ninth Circuit in Duncan v. Bonta](https://michellawyers.com/d-c-appeals-court-strikes-down-magazine-ban-creating-major-split-with-ninth-circuit-in-duncan-v-bonta/) - In a significant Second Amendment development, the Benson v. United States decision from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has struck down Washington, D.C.’s ban on so-called “large-capacity magazines,” ruling in a 2–1 decision that the restriction violates the Second Amendment. The ruling carries national implications because it creates a direct conflict with - [Rhode v. Bonta Heads to Ninth Circuit En Banc Panel: A Critical Moment for California’s Ammunition Rights](https://michellawyers.com/rhode-v-bonta-heads-to-ninth-circuit-en-banc-panel-a-critical-moment-for-californias-ammunition-rights/) - After years of uncertainty for pro-Second Amendment cases before en banc panels in the Ninth Circuit, Rhode v. Bonta now heads into oral argument on March 25 in Pasadena before what may be the most favorable panel composition we could hope for. In a special edition of California Rifle & Pistol Association TV released - [The Limits of Crime-Gun Trace Data](https://michellawyers.com/the-limits-of-crime-gun-trace-data/) - The Limits of Crime-Gun Trace Data A new article published by the University of Wyoming’s Firearms Research Center examines how ATF and California crime-gun trace data can be misinterpreted to imply wrongdoing by lawful firearm retailers. The Limits of Crime-Gun Trace Data, authored by Jason A. Davis, C.D. “Chuck” Michel, and Anna M. Barvir, responds - [Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Landmark Second Amendment Cases](https://michellawyers.com/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-landmark-second-amendment-cases/) - The United States Supreme Court concluded its current term by granting certiorari in the consolidated cases of Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, marking another significant development in Second Amendment jurisprudence. The cases present several important constitutional questions that have remained unresolved. Among them: What qualifies as an "arm" protected by the - [Supreme Court Strikes Down Hawaii's "Sensitive Places" Law In Landmark Second Amendment Victory](https://michellawyers.com/supreme-court-strikes-down-hawaiis-sensitive-places-law-in-landmark-second-amendment-victory/) - In a major victory for Second Amendment advocates nationwide, the United States Supreme Court today issued its decision in Wolford v. Lopez, holding that Hawaii's expansive "sensitive places" carry restrictions violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. The Court reversed the Ninth Circuit's prior ruling and reaffirmed that states may not broadly prohibit the carrying - [Supreme Court Delivers Important Second Amendment Victory in United States v. Hemani](https://michellawyers.com/supreme-court-delivers-important-second-amendment-victory-in-united-states-v-hemani/) - The U.S. Supreme Court issued an important Second Amendment decision in United States v. Hemani, striking down the federal government's attempt to prosecute a firearm owner under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) based solely on his status as an unlawful user of marijuana. The case involved a man who used marijuana several times per week - [Duncan v. Bonta Nears Historic Supreme Court Action After More Than 20 Relists](https://michellawyers.com/duncan-v-bonta-nears-historic-supreme-court-action-after-more-than-20-relists/) - The Supreme Court's continued consideration of Duncan v. Bonta has become one of the most closely watched developments in Second Amendment litigation. After being relisted more than 20 times, the case is approaching historic territory and has left gun owners, legal scholars, and constitutional advocates wondering when the Court will finally act. At the - [The Constitutional Fight Over Magazine Bans Is Heating Up](https://michellawyers.com/the-constitutional-fight-over-magazine-bans-is-heating-up/) - As the firearms industry and Second Amendment community continue waiting for movement from the Supreme Court in Duncan v. Bonta, the national legal landscape surrounding magazine bans continues to intensify. Last week, the federal Department of Justice announced a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s prohibition on magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds. The action - [Major Second Amendment Victory Strikes Down California’s Youth Marketing Ban](https://michellawyers.com/major-second-amendment-victory-strikes-down-californias-youth-marketing-ban/) - A decisive court victory in Junior Shooting Sports Magazines, Inc. v. Bonta has struck down California’s unconstitutional restrictions on so-called “youth marketing” in the firearms space—protecting both First and Second Amendment rights. The ruling confirms that the State overstepped its authority by attempting to limit lawful communications and suppress youth participation in shooting sports. - [A Major First Amendment Victory: AB 2571 Struck Down for Good](https://michellawyers.com/a-major-first-amendment-victory-ab-2571-struck-down-for-good/) - Michel & Associates, P.C. is proud to celebrate a decisive and complete victory in Junior Shooting Sports Magazines, Inc. v. Bonta—a landmark challenge to California’s unconstitutional attempt to ban lawful communications about firearms, firearm-related products, and events allegedly “targeting minors.” Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 2571 in an effort that threatened junior shooting - [D.C. Court Strikes Down Magazine Ban — Paving the Way for California](https://michellawyers.com/d-c-court-strikes-down-magazine-ban-paving-the-way-for-california/) - A federal appeals court has struck down Washington, D.C.’s ban on “large-capacity magazines” in a 2-1 ruling in Benson v. United States, declaring that restrictions on magazines violate the Second Amendment. Why it matters to California gun owners: this decision creates a direct circuit split with the Ninth Circuit, which upheld California’s magazine ban - [Sacramento’s Latest Anti-2A Push: SB 948 Targets Lawful Gun Owners. Again.](https://michellawyers.com/sacramentos-latest-anti-2a-push-sb-948-targets-lawful-gun-owners-again/) - After a relatively quiet start to the legislative session—perhaps in part due to California’s ongoing budget deficit crisis, the lull in anti-Second Amendment proposals was short-lived. In the latest episode of CRPA TV, California Rifle & Pistol Association Legislative Director Rick Travis breaks down SB 948, Sacramento’s newest attempt to burden lawful firearm owners - [Is SCOTUS Staying Silent on 2A Cases… or Is Something Bigger Brewing?](https://michellawyers.com/is-scotus-staying-silent-on-2a-cases-or-is-something-bigger-brewing/) - After last Friday’s Supreme Court conference, several high-profile Second Amendment cases—like Duncan v. Bonta—were expected to appear on the order list. Yesterday, the Court’s order list did not include any of them. Does that mean “no news is good news,” or is time running out? Attorney Anna Barvir, who has worked extensively on Duncan - [Supreme Court Poised to Reshape the Second Amendment: Wolford v. Lopez Argued as Duncan v. Bonta Awaits Conference](https://michellawyers.com/supreme-court-poised-to-reshape-the-second-amendment-wolford-v-lopez-argued-as-duncan-v-bonta-awaits-conference/) - The current session of the Supreme Court of the United States is shaping up to be one of the most consequential for Second Amendment jurisprudence in decades—addressing not only who may exercise the right to keep and bear arms, but where those rights may be exercised. Soon, the Court may also take up the - [The Supreme Court Is About to Decide the Future of the Second Amendment.](https://michellawyers.com/the-supreme-court-is-about-to-decide-the-future-of-the-second-amendment/) - History is unfolding before our eyes. An extraordinary number of Second Amendment cases are currently before the U.S. Supreme Court — either already argued, set for argument, or awaiting action on cert petitions. The decisions that come down in the next few weeks could redefine constitutional protections for generations. Here’s what to watch: Friday, - [Michel & Associates Amicus Brief in United States v. Hemani Challenges Federal Marijuana-Related Gun Ban](https://michellawyers.com/michel-associates-amicus-brief-in-united-states-v-hemani-challenges-federal-marijuana-related-gun-ban/) - Michel & Associates, P.C. (MAPC) has assisted the Second Amendment Law Center (2ALC), California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA), the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and allied groups in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Hemani, a case challenging the federal government’s lifetime ban on firearm possession for marijuana - [Olympic Champion Kim Rhode Talks Rhode v. Bonta and the Future of Second Amendment Litigation](https://michellawyers.com/olympic-champion-kim-rhode-talks-rhode-v-bonta-and-the-future-of-second-amendment-litigation/) - Kim Rhode understands better than most that meaningful victories require patience, discipline, and relentless effort. A six-time Olympic medalist—crowned by a world-record performance at the London Games in 2012—Rhode is one of the most accomplished competitive shooters in history. She brings that same grit and determination to her advocacy for the Second Amendment. At last - [Big Win for Ammo Rights: DOJ and 26 States Step In](https://michellawyers.com/big-win-for-ammo-rights-doj-and-26-states-step-in/) - The U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of 26 states have filed amicus briefs in support of the challenge to California’s ammunition background check law in Rhode v. Bonta. The federal Department of Justice submitted an amicus brief backing the plaintiffs, emphasizing the constitutional defects in California’s ammunition purchasing scheme. In addition, attorneys - [UPDATE: Supreme Court Cases Could Redefine Who Can Exercise 2A Rights](https://michellawyers.com/update-supreme-court-cases-could-redefine-who-can-exercise-2a-rights/) - Gun control advocates don’t just attack the Second Amendment DIRECTLY. They’re constantly working to decide who can actually exercise it, and where. From imposing subjective criteria for CCW permit applicants, to invalidating CCWs in so-called “sensitive places,” to excluding non-violent members of disfavored communities, to banning hardware like magazines and many handguns and long guns, - [Supreme Court 2A Update: Duncan v. Bonta Moves Forward!](https://michellawyers.com/supreme-court-2a-update-duncan-v-bonta-moves-forward/) - Since our reply brief has now been filed, along with amicus briefs from multiple supporters, including 27 state Attorneys General, last week the U.S. Supreme Court formally distributed the case of Duncan v. Bonta for consideration at a court conference. The justices are scheduled to consider the case at their November 21st conference, where they - [Still Leading the Fight for Your Rights](https://michellawyers.com/still-leading-the-fight-for-your-rights-2/) - We are proud to announce that C. D. “Chuck” Michel, Founding Partner of Michel & Associates, P.C., has once again been named one of California’s Top 100 Lawyers by the Daily Journal for 2025. This repeat recognition underscores Chuck’s decades-long dedication to defending constitutional rights and his leadership in some of the most influential firearms and - [Federal Court Halts Enforcement of AB 2571](https://michellawyers.com/federal-court-halts-enforcement-of-ab-2571/) - The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has issued a complete injunction in Junior Shooting Sports Inc. v. Bonta, stopping California from enforcing its unconstitutional restrictions on youth shooting sports. This case was filed immediately after the passage of AB 2571 in 2022—just weeks after the Bruen decision. The Court’s - [Amicus Brief Filed in Knife Rights v. Bonta](https://michellawyers.com/amicus-brief-filed-in-knife-rights-v-bonta/) - Amicus Brief Filed in Knife Rights v. Bonta The fight for your constitutional rights continues in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Michel & Associates, P.C., representing the Second Amendment Law Center, has filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in Knife Rights v. Bonta. The amicus (“friend of the court”) brief provides the court with essential context, constitutional analysis, and historical - [California’s 11% Gun & Ammo Tax Challenge Is Moving Forward— Help Us Win!](https://michellawyers.com/californias-11gun-ammo-tax-challenge-is-moving-forward-help-us-win/) - When California enacted Assembly Bill 28 in 2024, it imposed an 11% excise tax on firearms and ammunition—a thinly veiled attempt to penalize lawful citizens for exercising a fundamental right. As soon as the law passed, CRPA joined the fight, challenging the tax in court. Challenging a tax is legally more complex than a straightforward - [United States DOJ Sues LA County Sheriff Over CCW Licensing Delays](https://michellawyers.com/united-states-doj-sues-la-county-sheriff-over-ccw-licensing-delays-2/) - The long-standing battle for CCW rights in California just gained a powerful new ally: the Trump Administration. Today, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging that the Department’s concealed carry licensing (CCW) process violates the constitutional rights - [United States DOJ Sues LA County Sheriff Over CCW Licensing Delays](https://michellawyers.com/united-states-doj-sues-la-county-sheriff-over-ccw-licensing-delays/) - The long-standing battle for CCW rights in California just gained a powerful new ally: the Trump Administration. Today, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging that the Department’s concealed carry licensing (CCW) process violates the constitutional rights of - [New Lawsuit Challenges Santa Clara County’s Exorbitant CCW Prices](https://michellawyers.com/new-lawsuit-challenges-santa-clara-countys-exorbitant-ccw-prices/) - New Lawsuit Challenges Santa Clara County’s Exorbitant CCW Prices On behalf of our clients, the California Rifle& Pistol Association (CRPA) and the Second Amendment Foundation, this week Michel & Associates, P.C. filed suit against the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department over its unconstitutional application process and fees charged to process applications for a license to - [Still Leading the Fight for Your Rights](https://michellawyers.com/still-leading-the-fight-for-your-rights/) - Still Leading the Fight for Your Rights We are proud to announce that C. D. “Chuck” Michel, Founding Partner of Michel & Associates, P.C., has once again been named one of California’s Top 100 Lawyers by the Daily Journal for 2025. This repeat recognition underscores Chuck’s decades-long dedication to defending constitutional rights and his leadership - [The Fight for Ammo Rights Continues: Rhode v. Bonta  ](https://michellawyers.com/the-fight-for-ammo-rights-continues-rhode-v-bonta/) - The long road to success in Rhode v. Bonta may still have a ways to go, but our latest filing is aimed at moving things forward. Building on the significant victory we secured just a few weeks ago, Michel & Associates, P.C. has filed a brief opposing the state’s attempt to delay justice through an - [Ammo Sales Restrictions Victory Under Attack—We’re Fighting Back](https://michellawyers.com/ammo-sales-restrictions-victory-under-attack-were-fighting-back-2/) - Ammo Sales Restrictions Victory Under Attack—We’re Fighting Back California’s ammunition background check laws — passed by Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 63 — just suffered another defeat in the Rhode v. Bonta case. But the fight is far from over. As expected, the State has filed for an en banc review at the Ninth Circuit, attempting to - [Nguyen v. Bonta: A Critical Second Amendment Battle](https://michellawyers.com/nguyen-v-bonta-a-critical-second-amendment-battle/) - Big Court Win Over 1-Gun-a-Month Law is Final! We are thrilled to share a major victory for Second Amendment rights in California. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a “mandate” overturning California’s “one-gun-per-month” restriction, setting a historic precedent for gun owners across the state on how the Supreme Court’s Bruen test should - [Social media to help farmers deal with climate change](https://michellawyers.com/social-media-to-help-farmers-deal-with-climate-change/) - Whether farmers believe in climate change or not - 66 percent do - their actions show that they are adapting to global warming, according to panelists at a July 8 discussion on campus. - [Ammo Sales Restrictions Victory Under Attack—We’re Fighting Back](https://michellawyers.com/ammo-sales-restrictions-victory-under-attack-were-fighting-back/) - Ammo Sales Restrictions Victory Under Attack—We’re Fighting Back California’s ammunition background check laws — passed by Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 63 — just suffered another defeat in the Rhode v. Bonta case. But the fight is far from over. As expected, the State has filed for an en banc review at the Ninth Circuit, attempting to - [CRPA’s Magazine Ban Challenge Moves to Scotus](https://michellawyers.com/crpas-magazine-ban-challenge-moves-to-scotus/) - CRPA’s Magazine Ban Challenge Moves to Scotus The fight for your Second Amendment rights has reached a critical moment. On behalf of our client the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA.org), we filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in Duncan v. Bonta case. This case challenges California’s unconstitutional ban on - [](https://michellawyers.com/63339-2/) - Ammo Sales Restrictions Victory Under Attack—We’re Fighting Back California’s ammunition background check laws — passed by Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 63 — just suffered another defeat in the Rhode v. Bonta case. But the fight is far from over. As expected, the State has filed for an en banc review at the Ninth Circuit, attempting to - [Major Legal Win: Court Rules Against L.A. County’s CCW Delays](https://michellawyers.com/major-legal-win-court-rules-against-l-a-countys-ccw-delays/) - Michel & Associates, P.C. is proud to announce a significant legal win in federal court that strengthens the rights of California gun owners in general and those who apply for concealed carry permits in particular. Our clients’ lawsuit challenges the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s policies and practices for unlawful delays in issuing CCW permits. - [](https://michellawyers.com/57591-2/) - U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Admission Application for Chuck Michel --- - [C. D. "Chuck" Michel Named a 2022 Top 100 Lawyer in California by Daily Journal](https://michellawyers.com/chuckmicheldailyjournaltop100lawyer/) - Chuck Michel Named Daily Journal Top 100 Lawyer in California - [](https://michellawyers.com/55145-2/) - Missouri Attorney General's Letter to FBI Director - [New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Kevin P. Bruen](https://michellawyers.com/new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-inc-v-kevin-p-bruen/) - [Gentry v. Harris](https://michellawyers.com/gentry-v-harris/) - Filing 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 - [Los Angeles County Supervisors To Look At AB 109 Report](https://michellawyers.com/los-angeles-county-supervisors-to-look-at-ab-109-report/) - KHTS 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] - [Bakersfield Firefighter Applicants Inappropriately Questioned on Gun Ownership](https://michellawyers.com/bakersfield-firefighter-applicants-inappropriately-questioned-on-gun-ownership/) - One 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, - [NRA VICTORY IN THE PERUTA "SHALL-ISSUE" CALIFORNIA CCW CASE](https://michellawyers.com/nra-victory-in-the-peruta-shall-issue-california-ccw-case/) - WHAT 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 - [The Fires of Arizona](https://michellawyers.com/the-fires-of-arizona/) - A reader says we need to consider the effect of our lifestyle on the planet. - [Peddle Pushing to Disaster](https://michellawyers.com/peddle-pushing-to-disaster/) - As part of the campaign to regulate the right to bear arms into near non-existence, California is now considering impeding you from buying any ammunition. In the never-ending tragi-comedy that is California gun control, state Senator Kevin De León has introduced SB 53, a bill to regulate all ammunition retailing. SB 53 requires every consumer to get permission (i.e., a license) and pay a fee to buy a few rounds regardless of the use, be it sporting, hunting or self-defense. A De León press release notes that California’s statutory definition for “handgun ammunition” is so unconstitutionally vague that legislation to control just handgun ammo was struck down by a court. But rather than addressing poorly worded prior legislation, or better yet go after the criminals who actually misuse guns, De León decided to over-regulate everything. He now wants to require hunters, target shooters and tin-can plinkers to surrender thumb prints, pass background checks, and pay for the right of buying ammo, which they will only be able to purchase from a gun store. De León’s propaganda dissolves under the weight of his own admissions. “California,” De León says, “has enacted legislation designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.” This may come as a surprise to law enforcement in Oakland, Los Angeles and other California bergs where criminals have no problem acquiring guns and no compunction concerning their misuse, despite what existing legislation may have been “designed” to do. The Brady Campaign, America’s leading gun control organization, ranks California gun laws as the highest on their approved list. California gets a Brady Campaign ranking of 80% for gun control legislative strictness (we can only imagine what it would take to get 100%). Yet according to the FBI, the Golden State has violent crime and homicide rates above national averages, and oddly a gun murder rate 17% above the national norm. The federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, the analyst of record for criminal activity, notes that a full 40% of crime guns come from completely unregulated and wholly illegal street vendors (up from 37% in 1997). These contraband black market entrepreneurs also traffic in ammo, and have multiple means to bypass De León’s ammunition paperwork tiger. Likewise, common thugs routinely ask transient girlfriends or gang inductees to perform straw purchases of guns. They will simply have them do the same for bullets. The false promise of SB 53, and most gun control legislation, lays in the absolution of criminal intent. The net effect is that criminals remain armed and they will remain loaded while you and your neighbor jump over De León’s red tape, with no effect on reducing crime and violence. By applying and imposing the same type of schemes, regulations, and public inconveniences that they have in the past, De León and other politicians seek to repeat past failures – pushing California’s citizens into defenselessness, and our state’s homicide rates higher in the process. De León’s SB 53 is a ruse and another step in the same wrong direction. Policy requires efficacy, otherwise it wastes time, resources, voter patience and money (none of the latter, incidentally, will be given to localities to compensate them for their mandated participation in SB 53’s red-tape scheme). Where Sacramento fails, aside from balancing the budget, is in prevention of criminal activity. With a staggering recidivism rate and rotating-door incarceration practices, violent people are returned to society without the benefit of rehabilitation. With a nation-leading recidivism rate of over 61% for violent offenders, California endangers citizens not by under-regulating guns and ammo, but by under-regulating thuggery. Whereas incarcerating violent people works, releasing them into the arms of street gun dealers does not. Nor does asking your hunting buddy for a thumbprint when buying shells to harvest a few quail. Through SB 53, De León peddles Californian faster toward a more dangerous future. - [Two Interns File Class-Action Lawsuit Against NBCUniversal](https://michellawyers.com/two-interns-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-nbcuniversal/) - On July 3, two unpaid interns filed a class-action lawsuit against NBCUniversal, alleging that they should have been classified as employees, not as “interns.”... - [Free Hunting Days in CA Clears Appropriations Committee](https://michellawyers.com/free-hunting-days-in-ca-clears-appropriations-committee/) - NSSF supported legislation (SB 1179) was passed out of the California Assembly Appropriations Committee (17-0) and will now go to the Assembly Floor for a vote. - [California Update: Anti-Gun Bills Brought Down in the Golden State](https://michellawyers.com/california-update-anti-gun-bills-brought-down-in-the-golden-state/) - Last night proved a strong one for sportsmen, hunters and gun-owners in California as a litany of anti-gun bills met their demise. Assembly Bill 1810, legislation that would have established a long-gun registry, died in the state senate. Assembly Bill 2354, legislation that would have further expanded the already burdensome and onerous ammunition registration laws, was also defeated. Likewise, legislation that would have mandated the spaying and neutering of domesticated animals, which would have adversely affected breeders of hunting dogs, was similarly voted down. Finally, AB 1934, legislation that would have banned the open carrying of handguns, passed 21-16 in the Senate, but later died in the Assembly. All in all, a very strong night for the sportsmen and pro-gun community. - [Judiciary Committee Hearing Related to U.S. v. Stevens Set for Wednesday](https://michellawyers.com/judiciary-committee-hearing-related-to-u-s-v-stevens-set-for-wednesday/) - The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing entitled “Prohibiting Obscene Animal Crush Videos in the Wake of United States v. Stevens ” for Wednesday at 10 a.m. Ths is an outgrowth of the U.S - [Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing Related to U.S. v. Stevens](https://michellawyers.com/senate-judiciary-committee-holds-hearing-related-to-u-s-v-stevens-2/) - The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing entitled “ Prohibiting Obscene Animal Crush Videos in the Wake of United States v. Stevens .” This hearing was an outgrowth of the U.S - [Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing Related to U.S. v. Stevens](https://michellawyers.com/senate-judiciary-committee-holds-hearing-related-to-u-s-v-stevens/) - The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing entitled “ Prohibiting Obscene Animal Crush Videos in the Wake of United States v. Stevens .” This hearing was an outgrowth of the U.S - [Get Prepped for Upcoming Elections with NSSF’s Voter Education Webpage](https://michellawyers.com/get-prepped-for-upcoming-elections-with-nssf’s-voter-education-webpage-2/) - The 2010 elections are right around the corner. This year, it’s more critical than ever that hunters, shooters and gun owners make their votes count at the polls. The National Shooting Sports Foundation has set up a webpage — nssf.org/VoterEducation — that provides links to up-to-the-minute news, polling data and election-race information. - [Get Prepped for Upcoming Elections with NSSF’s Voter Education Webpage](https://michellawyers.com/get-prepped-for-upcoming-elections-with-nssf’s-voter-education-webpage/) - The 2010 elections are right around the corner. - [Ballot measure would ensure right to hunt, fish in AZ](https://michellawyers.com/ballot-measure-would-ensure-right-to-hunt-fish-in-az-2/) - Supporters of a proposition to make hunting and fishing constitutional rights in Arizona say they’re making a pre-emptive strike against any threat to what they deem long-standing traditions. The ballot measure is being supported by NSSF, NRA, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission and Gov. Jan Brewer (R). A debate covering this issue will be held tonight at 8 p.m. local time in the auditorium at Gateway Community College in east Phoenix. Cox Cable will televise the event on Channel 7 at a later date - [Ballot measure would ensure right to hunt, fish in AZ](https://michellawyers.com/ballot-measure-would-ensure-right-to-hunt-fish-in-az/) - Supporters of a proposition to make hunting and fishing constitutional rights in Arizona say they’re making a pre-emptive strike against any threat to what they deem long-standing traditions. The ballot measure is being supported by NSSF, NRA, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission and Gov. Jan Brewer (R). A debate covering this issue will be held tonight at 8 p.m. local time in the auditorium at Gateway Community College in east Phoenix. Cox Cable will televise the event on Channel 7 at a later date - [NRA Joins NSSF in Supporting Firearms Microstamping Study Bill](https://michellawyers.com/nra-joins-nssf-in-supporting-firearms-microstamping-study-bill-2/) - The National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced its support for NSSF-backed legislation to further study the flawed concept of firearms microstamping. The Firearms Microstamping Evaluation and Study Act (H.R. 5667) directs the U.S - [NRA Joins NSSF in Supporting Firearms Microstamping Study Bill](https://michellawyers.com/nra-joins-nssf-in-supporting-firearms-microstamping-study-bill/) - The National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced its support for NSSF-backed legislation to further study the flawed concept of firearms microstamping. The Firearms Microstamping Evaluation and Study Act (H.R. 5667) directs the U.S - [Congressman Introduces Bill to Remove Ammunition Exemption From TSCA](https://michellawyers.com/congressman-introduces-bill-to-remove-ammunition-exemption-from-tsca/) - Following a strong grassroots campaign led by NSSF, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last month denied a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) – an established anti-hunting group — to ban the production and distribution of traditional ammunition under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) of 1976. The EPA was forced to deny the petition based on language in the TSCA that specifically exempts ammunition from being considered a “chemical substance.” Now, a well-established anti-gun politician is attempting to change or remove that exemption. - [ABA Committee Adopts Microstamping Resolution](https://michellawyers.com/aba-committee-adopts-microstamping-resolution/) - The American Bar Association’s (ABA) House of Delegates has adopted a microstamping resolution submitted by their own Standing Committee on Gun Violence, whose members include Dennis Henigan of the Brady Campaign. The resolution urges “federal, state and territorial governments to enact laws requiring that all newly-manufactured semi-automatic pistols be fitted with microstamping technology.” Prior to the committee vote, NSSF sent letters to each committee member urging them to revise the initial draft resolution and join with members of the firearms industry and law enforcement in supporting a federal study on the concept of firearms microstamping . - [New York Times Runs NSSF Letter to the Editor](https://michellawyers.com/new-york-times-runs-nssf-letter-to-the-editor/) - The New York Times ran a letter to the editor from NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane responding to the paper’s opposition to the ATF Reform and Modernization Act . In his letter, Keane said, “It is regrettable that you oppose federal legislation that will help law enforcement and further empower the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.” Keane went on to correct misinformation in the editorial noting that the ATF Reform and Modernization Act does not make it harder for A.T.F. to pull a corrupt gun dealer’s license and, in fact, “enhances A.T.F - [Senator Introduces Bill to Protect Traditional Ammunition](https://michellawyers.com/senator-introduces-bill-to-protect-traditional-ammunition/) - Following continued attacks by anti-hunting groups to ban traditional ammunition (ammunition containing lead-core components) under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) of 1976, Sen. - [CT Gubernatorial Candidate Reaches Out to Sportsmen](https://michellawyers.com/ct-gubernatorial-candidate-reaches-out-to-sportsmen/) - Tom Foley, Republican candidate for governor in Connecticut, fired off a letter this week to sportsmen in the Constitution State promising to “protect the individual’s right to legally purchase, own, carry, and use firearms.” Foley also pledged to not change any existing firearm-related laws in the state. In concluding his outreach letter to sportsmen, Foley noted, “I am the only candidate in this election who will protect both our state’s natural resources, and the rights of our sportsmen and women to enjoy them.” Here’s the complete letter: Dear Sportsman, Among the many things that make Connecticut special are its beautiful and diverse natural resources, and its proud fishing and hunting traditions. - [8,000 Firearm Retailers Have Attended Seminars](https://michellawyers.com/8000-firearm-retailers-have-attended-seminars/) - The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System recently concluded a national tour of their jointly sponsored Firearms Retailer Seminars. Venues for 2010 were El Paso, Tex.; Anaheim, Calif.; Harrisburg, Penn., Marietta, Georgia; and St - [Bill to Protect Traditional Ammunition Introduced in U.S. House](https://michellawyers.com/bill-to-protect-traditional-ammunition-introduced-in-u-s-house/) - Following continued attacks by anti-hunting groups to ban traditional ammunition (ammunition containing lead-core components) under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) of 1976, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) has introduced legislation (H.R - [Anti-gun Opposition to ATF Reform and Firearms Modernization Act Grows](https://michellawyers.com/anti-gun-opposition-to-atf-reform-and-firearms-modernization-act-grows/) - Today, the New York Times did something rather unorthodox. It ran a letter to the editor by two long-ago ATF directors that was in response to my letter to the Times published online this week - [MAIG Study Misuses Firearms Trace Data](https://michellawyers.com/maig-study-misuses-firearms-trace-data/) - In a recent report by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) coalition, an anti-gun organization led by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the group misuses firearms tracing data in order to push its own gun-control agenda. Let’s set the record straight: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has repeatedly stated, “ The appearance of [a licensed dealer] or a first unlicensed purchaser of record in association with a crime gun or in association with multiple crime guns in no way suggests that either the federal firearms licensed dealer (FFL) or the first purchaser has committed criminal acts - [NORML.ORG - NORML To Celebrate 40-Year Anniversary](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-norml-to-celebrate-40-year-anniversary/) - Washington, DC: NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, will celebrate the 40-year anniversary of its founding on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. NORML is the oldest and most respected marijuana law reform organization in the nation, and the only such organization to represent itself as the marijuana consumers' lobby. "Over the last four decades, NORML took what was then a nascent marijuana legalization movement in this country, and moved it into the political mainstream.," NORML founder Keith Stroup said. "Because of NORML's willingness to challenge marijuana prohibition and to make the case that marijuana consumers are good citizens, not criminals, we are now approaching the tipping point with this issue in America. In the end, we are only incidentally talking about marijuana we are really talking about personal freedom." NORML celebrates this 40th anniversary with an exciting find from its voluminous archive of marijuana-related media: a public service advertisement for the organization recorded in 1976 by reggae legend Peter Tosh. The reintroduction of the Tosh PSA coincides with Sony Music's April 16 reissue of classic Tosh albums, including 'Legalize It'. "We are excited to partner with the Tosh Family Estate and Sony Music in releasing this historic clip from the man who touched millions of cannabis consumers with anthems like 'Legalize It' and 'Get Up, Stand Up,'" said NORML Outreach Coordinator Russ Belville, host of the organization's daily webstream / podcast, NORML SHOW LIVE . NORML SHOW LIVE and the NORML Stash Blog will be featuring more material from the NORML Archives in celebration of the 40th anniversary, leading up to the organization's 40th annual conference this April 21-23 in Denver, Colorado. The Tosh Family and Sony Music will also be working with NORML for more exciting Peter Tosh releases later this year. For more information, please contact NORML Executive Director, Allen St. Pierre, or NORML Legal Counsel Keith Stroup, at (202) 483-5500. - [NORML.ORG - DEA Criminalizes Synthetic Marijuana Products Sold Over The Counter - New Ban Treats 'Fake Pot' Products Like Heroin Under Federal Law](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-dea-criminalizes-synthetic-marijuana-products-sold-over-the-counter-new-ban-treats-fake-pot-products-like-heroin-under-federal-law/) - Washington, DC: The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) this week exercised its 'emergency scheduling authority' to criminally prohibit the possession and sale of chemical agents contained in so-called 'fake' herbal marijuana products, commonly sold over the counter under the brand names 'K2' and 'Spice.' The agency had initially announced its intent to outlaw the chemicals last November. The specific compounds prohibited under the new DEA ban are: JWH-018, JWH-073, JWH-200, CP-47,497, and cannabicyclohexanol. Each of these compounds is now placed in the same category as heroin under federal law. "Except as authorized by law, this action makes possessing and selling these chemicals or the products that contain them illegal in the United States," the DEA stated Tuesday in a press release. "This emergency action was necessary to prevent an imminent threat to public health and safety." The agency says that the federal ban will remain in effect for at least one year while the DEA and the United States Department of Health and Human Services "further study whether these chemicals should be permanently controlled." The chemicals in question are synthetic cannabinoid agonists , which are added to otherwise inert herbal products. Once ingested, they interact with endogenous cannabinoid receptors to elicit certain physical and euphoric responses that are similar to some of the effects of marijuana. Commenting on the new ban, NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said: "The popularity of these products is a predictable outgrowth of criminal marijuana prohibition. As prohibition is apt to do, it has driven the production of a commodity into the hands of unregulated, unknown dealers, and artificially driven up the potency of the commodity – thus exponentially increasing the potential health risks to the consumer." He continued: "Since most manufacturers of these products reside overseas and are not subject to federal laws and regulations, it is unlikely that the DEA's action – as well as the similar bans in other states – will in any way halt the dissemination, use, or misuse of these products by the public. The clamp down will likely only make the situation more dangerous – from both a legal standpoint and from a health standpoint – to the consumer." NORML takes no official position regarding the use or regulation of these synthetic products. For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500, or Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . - [NORML.ORG - Register Now To Attend NORML's 2011 National Conference](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-register-now-to-attend-normls-2011-national-conference/) - Washington, DC: NORML is now accepting registrations to attend its 2011 national conference , taking place April 21 through April 23 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver, Colorado – one of America's premier 'pot friendly' cities. Panel discussions at this year's conference, which celebrates the 40-year-anniversary of NORML's founding, will include: Pot-n-Politics: 2011-2012 Marijuana Initiatives; Cannabis Commerce: Coming of Age; NORML Women's Alliance : Closing The Cannabis Gender Gap; Medibles: Cannabis & Cooking; Marijuana and Safety: Real Myths, Real Concerns This year's keynote speaker will be Colorado Democrat Congressman Jared Polis . NORML invites the public to join hundreds of likeminded marijuana law reformers at the nation's only annual conference dedicated to ending cannabis prohibition. Online registration, as well as further details regarding conference speakers, agenda, and social events, is available at: http://www.norml.org/conference . - [NORML.ORG - Nearly One Out Of Two Americans Back Legalizing Pot, Says Latest Pew Research Poll](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-nearly-one-out-of-two-americans-back-legalizing-pot-says-latest-pew-research-poll/) - Washington, DC: Americans' support for legalizing the adult use of marijuana has risen from 16 percent approval in 1990 to 45 percent today – according to the latest Pew Research poll , released last week. Support rose four percent in the last year, pollsters reported. More men than women (48 percent to 42 percent) backed legalization , as did more Democrats (53 percent) than Republicans (30 percent). Younger voters (age 18 to 29) were most likely to say that they support legalizing cannabis (54 percent), while only 30 percent of those age 65 or older supported the position. Fifty percent of respondents said that they opposed legalizing marijuana – the lowest level of opposition support ever reported by the poll. The findings are strikingly similar to those reported last fall by Gallup , which found that an all-time high of 46 percent of Americans support legalizing marijuana, and an all-time low of 50 percent oppose the idea. For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202 483-5500) or visit: http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1920 . - [NORML.ORG - Marijuana Inhalation Associated With Spontaneous Tumor Regression, Study Says](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-marijuana-inhalation-associated-with-spontaneous-tumor-regression-study-says/) - Vancouver, British Columbia: Cannabis inhalation is associated with spontaneous brain tumor regression in two subjects, according to a pair of case reports to be published in Child's Nervous System , the official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. Investigators at the British Columbia Children's Hospital in Vancouver documented the mitigation of residual tumors in two adolescent subjects who regularly inhaled cannabis. Authors determined that both subjects experienced a "clear regression" of their residual brain tumors over a three-year-period. "Neither patient received any conventional adjuvant treatment" during this time period, investigators wrote. "The tumors regressed over the same period of time that cannabis was consumed via inhalation, raising the possibility that cannabis played a role in tumor regression." Researchers concluded, "Further research may be appropriate to elucidate the increasingly recognized effect of cannabis/cannabinoids on gliomas (brain cancers)." A 2006 pilot study published in the British Journal of Cancer previously reported that the intratumoral administration of the cannabinoid THC was associated with reduced tumor cell proliferation in two of nine human subjects with brain cancer. Separate preclinical studies assessing the anti-cancer activity of cannabinoids and endocannabinoids indicate that the substances can inhibit the proliferation of various types of cancerous cells, including breast carcinoma , prostate carcinoma , and lung cancer . For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . Full text of the study, "Spontaneous regression of septum pellucidium/forniceal pilocytic astrocytomas – possible role of cannabis inhalation," will appear in the journal Child's Nervous System. - [NORML.ORG - National Institutes Of Cancer Website Recognizes Cancer-Killing Properties Of Cannabinoids](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-national-institutes-of-cancer-website-recognizes-cancer-killing-properties-of-cannabinoids/) - Bethesda, MD: The website of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a component of the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH), has acknowledged the cancer-fighting properties of marijuana's active components, but stopped short of recognizing that oncologists may recommend cannabis as an anti-proliferative treatment therapy. The agency last week added a new section to its cancer.gov website to address the issue of marijuana and cancer. The section, entitled ' Cannabis and Cannabinoids (PDQ),' provides "an overview of the use of cannabis and its components as a treatment for people with cancer-related symptoms caused by the disease itself or its treatment." The website states that preclinical trials have shown that marijuana's active compounds may selectively target and inhibit cancer cell growth. "Cannabinoids may cause antitumor effects by various mechanisms, including induction of cell death, inhibition of cell growth, and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and metastasis," the site reads. "Cannabinoids appear to kill tumor cells but do not affect their non-transformed counterparts and may even protect them from cell death." The site further states : "The potential benefits of medicinal Cannabis for people living with cancer include antiemetic effects, appetite stimulation, pain relief, and improved sleep." However, previous language included in this section of the website stating, "In the practice of integrative oncology, the health care provider may recommend medicinal Cannabis not only for symptom management but also for its possible direct antitumor effect" was removed by site administrators on Monday, March 28. That portion of the website has been modified to now read, "Though no relevant surveys of practice patterns exist, it appears that physicians caring for cancer patients who prescribe medicinal Cannabis predominantly do so for symptom management." New language added to the page further states, "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved the use of Cannabis as a treatment for any medical condition." The NCI amended its language after several media outlets reported that their initial assessment " could have an impact on the classification of marijuana as a schedule I drug." Under federal law, cannabis is defined as a schedule I controlled substance with no recognized medical utility. In a prepared statement , the NCI stated that its online material should not be viewed as "treatment recommendations and are not representative of any federal policy." The agency added, "In light of the attention garnered by the PDQ summary statement on 'Cannabis and Cannabinoids,' reviewers ... reexamined the recently posted statement and decided to change the wording, in order to clarify the meaning that the Board originally intended to convey and to correct several possible misinterpretations." For several decades, preclinical studies have documented the anti-cancer activity of cannabinoids and endocannabinoids in various types of cancerous cells, including breast carcinoma, prostate cancer, colorectal carcinoma, skin carcinoma, lung carcinoma, oral cancer, and lymphoma. United State's researchers initially documented the anti-tumor effects of cannabinoids in a 1975 study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500 or Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . NORML's literature review of cannabis' anti-cancer properties is available online at: http://www.norml.org//index.cfm?Group_ID=7002 . - [NORML.ORG - Three Out Of Four Americans Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana In Their State](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-three-out-of-four-americans-support-legalizing-medical-marijuana-in-their-state/) - New York, NY: Some three out of four (74 percent) Americans believe that marijuana should be legalized as a 'medical treatment' option in their state, according to an online Harris Interactive poll of 3,171 adults. By contrast, fewer than half of respondents (42 percent) say that they support 'the legalization of marijuana for ... recreational use.' Support for marijuana law reform varies regionally the poll found. Pollsters reported that adults in the East are most supportive of legalizing marijuana for both medical use (80 percent) and for recreational purposes (50 percent). The West is the next most supportive region of the country with 76 percent of respondents supporting legalizing medical marijuana and 50 percent endorsing its personal use. In the Midwest, 74 percent of respondents supported legalizing medical cannabis, but less than two in five (39 percent) endorsed legalizing its recreational use. Southerners were least supportive of marijuana law reform, with 69 percent of respondents endorsing medical marijuana legalization and only 34 percent supporting the plant's broader legalization. Respondents between the ages of 47 and 65 were most likely (80 percent) to support legalizing cannabis for therapeutic purposes, while respondents age 18 to 34 were most likely (49 percent) to back full legalization. Results of a Pew Research poll released earlier this month found that Americans' support for legalizing the adult use of marijuana has risen from 16 percent approval in 1990 to 45 percent today. Complete details and methodology of the Harris Interactive poll is available online at: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/mid/1508/ArticleId/742/Default.aspx . - [NORML.ORG - Last Chance To Register For NORML's 2011 National Conference](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-last-chance-to-register-for-normls-2011-national-conference/) - Washington, DC: NORML is still accepting registrations to attend its 2011 national conference , taking place next week – April 21 through April 23 – at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver, Colorado, one of America's premier 'pot friendly' cities. Panel discussions and plenary speeches at this year's conference, which celebrates the 40-year-anniversary of NORML's founding, will include : Pot-n-Politics: 2011-2012 Marijuana Initiatives; Cannabis Commerce: Coming of Age; NORML Women's Alliance : Closing The Cannabis Gender Gap; Medical Marijuana: More Than Just THC; Medibles: Cannabis & Cooking; NORML at 40-Years-Old; Marijuana and Safety: Real Myths, Real Concerns; The Feds, Marijuana, and You; Marijuana Nation: The Statistics of Cannabis and its Consumers This year's keynote speaker is United States Congressman Jared Polis , a Democrat from Colorado's second congressional district. In an interview conducted last week with CBS News, Congressman Polis called for an end to federal interference in marijuana policy and acknowledged that the passage of statewide medical cannabis legislation has "created thousands of jobs" and "several millions of dollars of tax revenue." On Day 1 of the Conference, NORML will host a debate among Denver's leading mayoral candidates. Former television talk-show host and medical cannabis advocate Montel Williams will moderate the debate. Social events at this year's conference features performances by legendary recording artist Ziggy Marley, comedian Ngaio Bealum, and Nashville singer/songwriter Greta Gaines . NORML invites the public to join hundreds of likeminded marijuana law reformers at the nation's only annual conference dedicated to ending cannabis prohibition. Online registration, as well as further details regarding conference speakers, agenda, and social events, is available at: http://www.norml.org/conference . - [Grand jury criticizes Riverside County’s legal defense contract process](https://michellawyers.com/grand-jury-criticizes-riverside-countys-legal-defense-contract-process/) - Grand jury criticizes Riverside County’s legal defense contract process – 11:13 PM PDT on Sunday, April 24, 2011 - By DUANE W. GANG – The Press-Enterprise Riverside County supervisors failed to follow their own policies when awarding a new criminal defense contract earlier this year, a newly released grand jury report concludes. The report, made public this month and set to go before supervisors Tuesday, asserts the board’s action circumvented the recommendations of three Northern California public defenders brought on to evaluate competing bids. http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_defense25.24e8ca0.html - [California’s court reporters fight to protect their turf](https://michellawyers.com/californias-court-reporters-fight-to-protect-their-turf/) - In an era of multibillion-dollar budget shortfalls, the Legislative Analyst’s Office has recommended a switch from stenographic to electronic court reporting. The LAO says the move would save the state $113 million a year. http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_defense25.24e8ca0.html - [Yolo County’s Public Defender there for those in need](https://michellawyers.com/yolo-countys-public-defender-there-for-those-in-need/) - Yolo County’s Public Defender there for those in need – By BETH GABORCreated: 04/26/2011 02:31:27 AM PDT In the landmark 1963 case of Gideon v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the Constitution and held that a fundamental and essential prerequisite to a fair criminal justice system is the right to be defended by competent and effective lawyers. The court stated, “… reason and reflection require us to recognize that in our adversary system of criminal justice, any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him. This seems to us to be an obvious truth.” [continued...] http://www.dailydemocrat.com/guestopinions/ci_17929522 - [California – Riverside County Board of Supervisors to review report on indigent defense](https://michellawyers.com/california-riverside-county-board-of-supervisors-to-review-report-on-indigent-defense/) - California – Riverside County Board of Supervisors to review report on indigent defense – today8:57 AM, Apr. 26, 2011 - The process of awarding contracts to law firms that pick up work from the Riverside County Public Defender’s Office and monitoring how much work is actually done needs to be improved “to ensure transparency,” according to a report to be considered by the Board of Supervisors today [more...] http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110426/NEWS0802/110426003/1015/news08/Supervisors-review-report-indigent-defense-today - [In the age of the Internet: How The Police Get Your Phone Records – By Rachel Swaby](https://michellawyers.com/in-the-age-of-the-internet-how-the-police-get-your-phone-records-by-rachel-swaby/) - In the age of the Internet: How The Police Get Your Phone Records – By Rachel Swaby on April 27, 2011 at 6:00 AM Every time I receive a call, my mobile carrier takes note of the incoming telephone number, the time, date and duration of the conversation, and – because the call is sent through a network of mobile towers – my location. As it turns out, I’m also carrying the right kind of smart phone, which means my device itself jots down my spot on the earth, as well. Between the brick and carrier, I’ve amassed a strikingly detailed digital portrait of every [click on the link below for the full story at the Gizmodo Web site] http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/04/how-the-police-get-your-phone-records/ - [NORML.ORG - Gallup: Record Percentage Of Americans Now Support Marijuana Legalization](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-gallup-record-percentage-of-americans-now-support-marijuana-legalization/) - Princeton, NJ: A record 50 percent of Americans now believe that marijuana ought to be legalized for adult use, according to a nationwide Gallup poll of 1,005 adults. The percentage of Americans favoring legalization is up four percent from 2010. It is the highest percentage ever recorded by Gallup, which has tracked public opinion data regarding marijuana policy since 1969. The 2011 survey results also mark the first time ever that Gallup has reported that more Americans support legalizing cannabis (50 percent) than oppose it (46 percent). Gallup reported that support for legalizing cannabis was highest among self-described liberals (69 percent) and those between the ages of 18 to 29 (62 percent). Support was weakest among Republicans (35 percent), self-described conservatives (34 percent), and those over the age of 65 (31 percent). Fifty-five percent of male respondents said they favored legalization versus only 46 percent of female respondents. Respondents' support for legalization was greatest in the west and Midwest regions of the country and weakest in the south. Since 2005, support for legalization has increased in every demographic polled by Gallup. "When Gallup first asked about legalizing marijuana, in 1969, 12 percent of Americans favored it. ... Support remained in the mid-20s ... from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, but has crept up since, passing 30 percent in 2000 and 40 percent in 2009 before reaching the 50 percent level in this year's Oct. 6-9 annual Crime survey," the polling firm stated in a press release . "If this current trend on legalizing marijuana continues, pressure may build to bring the nation's laws into compliance with the people's wishes." The Gallup poll results are based on telephone interviews conducted October 6-9, 2011. It has a 4 percent margin of error. For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500, or Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . - [NORML.ORG - Montana: Voters Will Decide In 2012 On Statewide Medical Cannabis Measure](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-montana-voters-will-decide-in-2012-on-statewide-medical-cannabis-measure/) - Helena, MT: Montanans next November will decide whether to reinstate the provisions of the 2004 voter-approved medical marijuana initiative. The measure's proponents, Patients for Reform--Not Repeal , gathered sufficient signatures from registered voters to place Initiative Referendum 124 ( I-124 ) on the 2012 statewide ballot, a representative from the Secretary of State's office affirmed this week. Earlier this year, state lawmakers approved legislation -- Senate Bill 423 -- amending Montana's nearly seven-year-old medical marijuana law . The act took effect on July 1. The intent of SB 423 was to reduce total number of state-qualified medical cannabis patients from an estimated 30,000 to fewer than 2,000. Among its provisions , the new law requires that advising physicians be reported to the state Board of Examiners if they recommend cannabis to more than 25 patients per year. The measure also imposes stricter qualifying requirements for chronic pain patients and prohibits licensed caregivers from receiving any financial compensation for providing cannabis to qualified persons. Since the enactment of SB 423, the total number of state authorized medical marijuana patients has fallen some 15 percent. Passage of I-124 would repeal SB 423. Said a spokeswoman for the I-124 campaign: "This new program does not work. ... Montanans agree that patients with serious conditions should have access to medical marijuana and that government has no business interfering in medical decisions between those patients and their doctors." Senate Bill 423 will remain in effect until next November's vote. Voters initially approved Montana's 2004 medical marijuana law by 62 percent. For more information, please visit http://www.patientsforreform.org/ or http://www.montananorml.org/ . - [NORML.ORG - Montana: Voters Will Decide In 2012 On Statewide Medical Cannabis Measure](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-montana-voters-will-decide-in-2012-on-statewide-medical-cannabis-measure-2/) - Helena, MT: Montanans next November will decide whether to reinstate the provisions of the 2004 voter-approved medical marijuana initiative. The measure's proponents, Patients for Reform--Not Repeal , gathered sufficient signatures from registered voters to place Initiative Referendum 124 ( I-124 ) on the 2012 statewide ballot, a representative from the Secretary of State's office affirmed this week. Earlier this year, state lawmakers approved legislation -- Senate Bill 423 -- amending Montana's nearly seven-year-old medical marijuana law . The act took effect on July 1. The intent of SB 423 was to reduce total number of state-qualified medical cannabis patients from an estimated 30,000 to fewer than 2,000. Among its provisions , the new law requires that advising physicians be reported to the state Board of Examiners if they recommend cannabis to more than 25 patients per year. The measure also imposes stricter qualifying requirements for chronic pain patients and prohibits licensed caregivers from receiving any financial compensation for providing cannabis to qualified persons. Since the enactment of SB 423, the total number of state authorized medical marijuana patients has fallen some 15 percent. Passage of I-124 would repeal SB 423. Said a spokeswoman for the I-124 campaign: "This new program does not work. ... Montanans agree that patients with serious conditions should have access to medical marijuana and that government has no business interfering in medical decisions between those patients and their doctors." Senate Bill 423 will remain in effect until next November's vote. Voters initially approved Montana's 2004 medical marijuana law by 62 percent. For more information, please visit http://www.patientsforreform.org/ or http://www.montananorml.org/ . - [OP-ED: ON THE DEFENSIVE: Wisconsin needs to address over-criminalization](https://michellawyers.com/op-ed-on-the-defensive-wisconsin-needs-to-address-over-criminalization/) - OP-ED: ON THE DEFENSIVE: Wisconsin needs to address over-criminalization POSTED: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 at 1:08 pmBY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF – Anthony Cotton A fundamental principle of the American justice system is individuals should not be subject to criminal prosecution and penalties unless they intentionally engage in inherently wrongful conduct or conduct that they know to be unlawful. With this principle in mind, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [use the ink below for the full story at wislawjournal.com] http://wislawjournal.com/blog/2011/04/26/wisconsin-needs-to-address-over-criminalization/ - [San Francisco county deputy public defender sues Alameda County Sheriff’s Office](https://michellawyers.com/san-francisco-county-deputy-public-defender-sues-alameda-county-sheriffs-office/) - San Francisco county deputy public defender sues Alameda County Sheriff’s Office – by Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, April 26, 2011 An attorney with the San Francisco public defender’s office has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, claiming he was pulled over for no reason for a traffic stop last year and was handcuffed when he tried to videotape deputies who searched his car. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/26/BAJT1J7V3V.DTL - [LA Times Editorial: Unlicensed drivers: Impounding is not the answer](https://michellawyers.com/la-times-editorial-unlicensed-drivers-impounding-is-not-the-answer/) - LA Times Editorial: Unlicensed drivers: Impounding is not the answer Chief Beck is right to curb the impounding of vehicles driven by unlicensed motorists. A better solution is to allow all immigrants, regardless of status, to apply for licenses. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-impound-20110429,0,6368563.story LA Times Editorial: Unlicensed drivers: Impounding is not the answer - [NORML.ORG - Study: Crohn's Patients Who Use Cannabis Report Fewer Surgeries, Are Less Likely To Use Prescription Drugs](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-study-crohns-patients-who-use-cannabis-report-fewer-surgeries-are-less-likely-to-use-prescription-drugs/) - "All patients stated that consuming cannabis had a positive effect on their disease activity" Tel Aviv, Israel: Cannabis use is associated with a reduction in Crohn's disease (CD) activity and disease-related surgeries, according to the results of a retrospective observational study published in the August issue of the Journal of the Israeli Medical Association . Investigators at the Meir Medical Center, Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology assessed 'disease activity, use of medication, need for surgery, and hospitalization' before and after cannabis use in 30 patients with CD. Authors reported, "All patients stated that consuming cannabis had a positive effect on their disease activity" and documented "significant improvement" in 21 subjects. Specifically, researchers found that subjects who consumed cannabis "significantly reduced" their need for other medications. Participants in the trial also reported requiring fewer surgeries following their use of cannabis. "Fifteen of the patients had 19 surgeries during an average period of nine years before cannabis use, but only two required surgery during an average period of three years of cannabis use," authors reported. They concluded: "The results indicate that cannabis may have a positive effect on disease activity, as reflected by a reduction in disease activity index and in the need for other drugs and surgery. Prospective placebo-controlled studies are warranted to fully evaluate the efficacy and side effects of cannabis in CD." Researchers at the Meir Medical Center are presently evaluating the safety and efficacy of inhaled cannabis for patients with CD and Ulcerative Colitis in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis are inflammatory bowel diseases. According to survey data published earlier this year in the European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology , an estimated one-third of patients with colitis and one-half of subjects with CD acknowledge having used cannabis to mitigate their disease symptoms . For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . Full text of the study, "Treatment of Crohn's disease with cannabis: an observational study," appears in the Journal of the Israeli Medical Association. The study also appears online here: http://www.ima.org.il/imaj/ar11aug-01.pdf . - [NORML.ORG - Marijuana Prosecutions For 2010 Near Record High](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-marijuana-prosecutions-for-2010-near-record-high/) - Pot Arrests Now More Than Half Of Total Drug Arrests Nationwide Washington, DC: Police made 853,838 arrests in 2010 for marijuana-related offenses, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report , released today. The annual arrest total is among the highest ever reported by the agency and is nearly identical to the total number of cannabis-related arrests reported in 2009. According to the report, marijuana arrests now comprise more than one-half (52 percent) of all drug arrests in the United States. An estimated 46 percent of all drug arrests are for offenses related to marijuana possession. "Today, as in past years, the so-called 'drug war' remains fueled by the arrests of minor marijuana possession offenders, a disproportionate percentage of whom are ethnic minorities," NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said. "It makes no sense to continue to waste law enforcements' time and taxpayers' dollars to arrest and prosecute responsible Americans for their use of a substance that poses far fewer health risks than alcohol or tobacco." Of those charged with marijuana law violations, 750,591 (88 percent) were arrested for marijuana offenses involving possession only. The remaining 103,247 individuals were charged with "sale/manufacture," a category that includes virtually all cultivation offenses. By region , the percentage of marijuana arrests was highest in the Midwest (63.5 percent of all drug arrests) and southern regions (57 percent of all drug arrests) of the United States and lowest in the west, where pot prosecutions comprised only 39 percent of total drug arrests. By contrast, the percentage of arrests for heroin and cocaine was lowest in the Midwest (14 percent of all arrests) and highest in the northeast (29 percent of all arrests). Overall, law enforcement agents nationwide arrested 1,638,846 people last year for drug abuse violations, surpassing arrests for all other crimes. Since 2000, law enforcement have reported making an estimated 7.9 million arrests for marijuana violations. For more information, please contact Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel, at (202) 483-5500, or Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . - [NORML.ORG - NORML Acknowledges Centennial Anniversary Of Pot Prohibition](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-norml-acknowledges-centennial-anniversary-of-pot-prohibition/) - Washington, DC: NORML acknowledges the 100-year-anniversary of marijuana prohibition, which began on April 29, 1911 in Massachusetts. On that date, Massachusetts lawmakers enacted the first statewide law criminally prohibiting the possession and sale of cannabis by adults. Following Massachusetts' lead, lawmakers in over 30 additional states -- including California, Maine, Indiana, and Wyoming in 1913 -- implemented similar statewide prohibitions. Federal lawmakers in 1937 imposed a national ban on the plant by enacting the Marihuana Tax Act . California NORML Director Dale Gieringer states : "The evidence is overwhelming that the 100-year war on cannabis has failed.[P]rohibition has served as a crime-creation program, criminalizing otherwise innocent Americans, promoting a criminal market, and generating disrespect for the law. ... As in 1911, so today it is government officials, drug cops and bureaucrats, now entrenched in a multibillion-dollar complex of anti-drug agencies and programs, who are the staunchest supporters of the failed system that keeps them on the public payroll. Americans would be well advised to reject their bankrupt paternalism and reclaim their historical freedom to use cannabis." For more information, please contact either Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500, or Dale Gieringer, California NORML Coordinator, at: dale@canorml.org . - [SF Bay Area Criminal Defense Attorney Susan Leff receives National Defense Investigators Association’s “Profiles in Courage Award...](https://michellawyers.com/sf-bay-area-criminal-defense-attorney-susan-leff-receives-national-defense-investigators-associations-profiles-in-courage-award/) - Attorney Susan Leff & Son Frankie SF Bay Area Criminal Defense Attorney Susan Leff receives National Defense Investigators Association’s “Profiles in Courage Award 2011″ Criminal defense attorney Susan Leff was honored recently at the National Defense Investigators Association’s convention in Southern California for her many years dedicated to training defense investigators, attorneys, paralegals, law students, and for her work in police misconduct cases Continue reading: SF Bay Area Criminal Defense Attorney Susan Leff receives National Defense Investigators Association’s “Profiles in Courage Award 2011″ - [NORML.ORG - Cannabinoid Shown To Be Neuroprotective In Model Of Acute Alcohol Withdrawal](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-cannabinoid-shown-to-be-neuroprotective-in-model-of-acute-alcohol-withdrawal/) - "[T]hese observations show ... that the stimulation of the endocannabinoid system could be protective against the hyper-excitability developed during alcohol withdrawal" Caen, France: The administration of the synthetic cannabinoid agonist HU-211 decreases nerve cell death in an in vitro model of ethanol withdrawal, according to data published online in the journal of the Public Library of Science ( PLoS ONE ). An international team of investigators from the INSERM medical research center in Caen, France and Complutense University in Madrid, Spain assessed the anti-excitotoxic effects of the synthetic cannabinoid HU-211 in culture. Researchers demonstrated that cannabinoid administration protected neurons from cell death in an experimental model of ethanol withdrawal. By contrast, the administration of a cannabinoid antagonist (rimonabant) during ethanol withdrawal greatly increased the likelihood of cell death. "[T]hese observations show, for the first time, that the stimulation of the endocannabinoid system could be protective against the hyper-excitability developed during alcohol withdrawal," investigators concluded. "By contrast, the blockade of the endocannabinoid system seems to be counterproductive during alcohol withdrawal." In humans, the abrupt cessation of alcohol in dependent subjects may be associated with tremor, delirium, brain damage, and death. Separate pre-clinical studies have previously documented that the administration of the non-psychotropic organic cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) in laboratory animals is neuroprotective against cerebral infarction and ethanol-induced neurotoxicity (alcohol poisoning). In 2009 and 2010, a pair of studies conducted by investigators at the University of California at San Diego reported that the consumption of cannabis may offset certain alcohol-induced brain abnormalities, including the loss of white matter integrity and memory, in human subjects with a history of both alcohol and marijuana use. For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . Full text of the study, "Pharmacological Activation/Inhibition of the Cannabinoid System Affects Alcohol Withdrawal-Induced Neuronal Hypersensitivity to Excitotoxic Insults," appears online in the journal PLoS ONE. - [San Francisco Reentry Summits – Youtube.com videos](https://michellawyers.com/san-francisco-reentry-summits-youtube-com-videos/) - San Francisco Reentry Summits – Youtube.com videos an Francisco Safe Communities Reentry Council’s 3rd Annual Reentry Summit, “Reentry Works,” September 29, 2008, held at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Continue reading: San Francisco Reentry Summits – Youtube.com videos - [Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Attorney](https://michellawyers.com/day-in-the-life-of-a-criminal-defense-attorney/) - Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Attorne Continue reading: Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Attorney - [Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Attorney](https://michellawyers.com/day-in-the-life-of-a-criminal-defense-attorney-2/) - Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Attorne Continue reading: Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Attorney - [In Defense of Defense Lawyers – Video](https://michellawyers.com/in-defense-of-defense-lawyers-video-2/) - In Defense of Defense Lawyer Continue reading: In Defense of Defense Lawyers – Video - [In Defense of Defense Lawyers – Video](https://michellawyers.com/in-defense-of-defense-lawyers-video/) - In Defense of Defense Lawyer Continue reading: In Defense of Defense Lawyers – Video - [Criminal Defense – Miscellaneous Video Playlist](https://michellawyers.com/criminal-defense-miscellaneous-video-playlist/) - Criminal Defense – Miscellaneous Videos Playlis Continue reading: Criminal Defense – Miscellaneous Video Playlist - [NORML.ORG - Maryland: Governor Signs Measure Expanding Limited Legal Protections For Medical Cannabis Patients](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-maryland-governor-signs-measure-expanding-limited-legal-protections-for-medical-cannabis-patients/) - Annapolis, MD: Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley this week signed legislation , Senate Bill 308, that expands the state's eight-year-old 'affirmative defense' law . Senate Bill 308 removes fines and criminal penalties for citizens who, at trial, successfully raise an 'affirmative defense' establishing that they possessed limited amounts of marijuana for medical purposes. Under present law, patients who successfully raise an 'affirmative defense' of medical necessity at trial still face a misdemeanor conviction (but no jail time) and a $100 fine. Citizens who cultivate cannabis or who possess quantities of marijuana above one ounce may still raise an 'affirmative defense' at trial and, if successful, will have their sentence mitigated. As initially introduced, SB 308 and its House companion bill sought to establish a government-regulated program to provide qualified patients with legal access to state-licensed producers and distributors of medical cannabis. However, the measure was rewritten in March after Maryland's Department of Health secretary publicly testified against it. State lawmakers are expected to revisit the possibility of regulating the production and distribution of medical marijuana next year, after the issue is further examined by a legislative 'work group' of medical, legal, and law enforcement professionals. Additional information regarding Maryland's medical marijuana affirmative defense law is available at: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3391#Maryland . - [NORML.ORG - Frequency Of Marijuana Use Associated With Lower Prevalence Of Obesity, Study Says](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-frequency-of-marijuana-use-associated-with-lower-prevalence-of-obesity-study-says/) - "People using cannabis are less likely to be obese than people who do not use cannabis," authors say Colombes, France: The prevalence of obesity in the general population is sharply lower among marijuana consumers than it is among nonusers, according to an analysis published online this week in the American Journal of Epidemiology . Investigators at the Louis Moureir Hospital in Colombes, France analyzed cross-sectional data from two representative epidemiological studies of US adults age 18 and older: the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) and the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication. Combined, the surveys included over 50,000 eligible respondents. Authors controlled for respondents' sociodemographic characteristics, including age, ethnicity, educational level, marital status, and tobacco use, but they did not factor into account subjects' physical activity or diet. "The prevalence of obesity was significantly lower in cannabis users than in nonusers (16.1 percent versus 22 percent in the NESARC and 17.2 percent versus 25.3 percent in the NCS-R)," researchers reported. They added, "The proportion of obese participants decreased with the frequency of cannabis use" -- noting that respondents who reported using the substance 'three days per week or more' were least likely to be obese compared to those who reported 'no cannabis use in the past 12 months.' Authors concluded, "[E]ven if cannabis consumption increases appetite, people using cannabis are less likely to be obese than people who do not use cannabis." The study is the first large-scale trial to evaluate the association between cannabis use and weight in the general population. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the prevalence of obesity is approximately 34 percent among adults in the United States, contributing to 13 percent of total US mortality. For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . Full text of the study, "Obesity and cannabis use: results from two representative national surveys," appears online in the American Journal of Epidemiology. - [NORML.ORG - Angus Reid Poll: 55 Percent Of Adults Support Legalizing Marijuana](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-angus-reid-poll-55-percent-of-adults-support-legalizing-marijuana/) - New York, NY: Fifty-five percent of American adults support legalizing marijuana, up from 52 percent in 2010, according to the results of a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll. Pollsters conducted an online survey of a representative national sample of 1,003 American adults. A solid majority , including 63 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of Independents, said that they endorsed the legalization of marijuana. Forty percent of those polled said that they opposed the idea and five percent were undecided. The poll's margin of error is +/- 3.1 percent. The Angus Reid results are slightly higher than those published by other polling firms, such as Gallup , which use random digital dial sampling. More men (57 percent) than women (53 percent) voiced support for legalizing cannabis. Respondents between the ages of 35 to 54 were most likely to support legalization (57 percent); however, a majority of respondents from every age group polled -- including those age 55 and over -- said that they backed making marijuana legal. No more than ten percent of respondents said that they favored making any other illicit substance legal. For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500. - [NORML.ORG - Medi-Pot Most Often Consumed For Pain, Muscle Spasms, Study Says](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-medi-pot-most-often-consumed-for-pain-muscle-spasms-study-says/) - "These data suggest that the patient population has evolved from mostly HIV/AIDS and cancer patients to a significantly more diverse array" Santa Cruz, CA: Patients in California with a physician's recommendation are predominantly using cannabis to treat symptoms of pain , insomnia, and anxiety, according to population data published in the present issue of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs . Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz analyzed data from 1,746 consecutive admissions to nine medical marijuana assessment clinics operating throughout California. Authors reported, "[R]elief of pain, spasms, headache, and anxiety, as well as to improve sleep and relaxation were the most common reasons patients cited for using medical marijuana." Patients typically reported that cannabis provided them with more than one therapeutic benefit, and four in five (79.3 percent) reported having first tried other medications prescribed by their physicians, almost half of which were opiates. Of those sampled, three-fourths of the patients were male and three-fifths were Caucasian. Compared to the US Census of California, the patients in this sample were on average "somewhat younger, report[ed] slightly more years of formal education, and [were] more often employed." Two-fifths of patients in the sample "had not been using marijuana recreationally prior to trying it for medicinal purposes." Investigators also reported that patients' use of tobacco was "somewhat higher than in the general population, but [that their] prevalence of alcohol use was significantly lower" than that of the general population. Patients use of other illicit substances, including cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin was also lower than that of the general population. Over 80 percent of the patients in the sample reported consuming cannabis via inhalation (86.1 percent). Twenty-five percent of patients sampled consumed cannabis orally. Twenty-two percent vaporized cannabis and approximately three percent said that they used the substance topically. Most patients (40.1 percent) reported consuming up to three grams of cannabis per week. Thirty-six percent of patients reported using four to seven grams of cannabis, and 23.3 percent said they consumed more than seven grams of marijuana per week. A majority of respondents (56.1 percent) said they used cannabis prior to sleep. Authors concluded: "Compared to earlier studies of medical marijuana patients, these data suggest that the patient population has evolved from mostly HIV/AIDS and cancer patients to a significantly more diverse array. ... This suggests that the patient population is likely to continue evolving as new patients and physicians discover the therapeutic uses of cannabis." For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . Full text of the study, "Who are medical marijuana patients? Population characteristics from nine California assessment clinics," appears in The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. - [2011 Lifetime Achievement Award – Public Defender Gregory Paraskou](https://michellawyers.com/2011-lifetime-achievement-award-public-defender-gregory-paraskou/) - In California – Presentation of a “Lifetime Achievement Award” to recently retired Santa Barbara County Chief Public Defender Gregory Paraskou, who also served with distinction in the Santa Clara County Public Defender Office, with a total of nearly 40 years of service as a criminal defense attorney / public defender Continue reading: 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award – Public Defender Gregory Paraskou - [NORML.ORG - New Jersey Medical Marijuana Law Finally To Be Implemented](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-new-jersey-medical-marijuana-law-finally-to-be-implemented/) - Trenton, NJ: Governor Chris Christie announced at a press conference on July 19 he is now ready to reverse his suspension of the program and allow six state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries to move ahead with their operations. After discussing the various potential conflicts between state and federal laws Christie told the AP, "I have instructed the Commissioner of Health to move forward as expeditiously as possible to implement the [program]." "We welcome Governor Christie's new commitment to getting the medical marijuana program up and running," said New Jersey NORML spokesperson Chris Goldstein. "This wait has been long and painful for patients. If he is sincere, then the next step is for the Christie administration to finalize some workable regulations." Medical marijuana advocates have been arguing for the need to revise the medical marijuana regulations previously issued by the administration. "The physician registry is unnecessary and will disqualify numerous patients. Plus the cap on THC level is arbitrary and home delivery is not being permitted. These are all roadblocks to patient access that we hope the Christie Administration will reconsider," according to Ken Wolski, a registered nurse and executive director of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey (CMMNJ). For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500 or New Jersey NORML's Chris Goldstein at: chris@norml.org - [NORML.ORG - Criminal Justice Referrals Driving Pot 'Treatment' Admissions, Ten-Year Federal Analysis Finds](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-criminal-justice-referrals-driving-pot-treatment-admissions-ten-year-federal-analysis-finds/) - Rockville, MD: The percentage of individuals admitted into drug treatment programs for their use of marijuana increased from 13.5 percent of all admissions in 1999 to 18 percent of all admissions in 2009, according to statistics compiled by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The percentage change is similar to the proportional increase in marijuana arrests reported over the same period of time. According to SAMHSA, over 56 percent of those admitted to drug treatment for marijuana were referred by the criminal justice system. Only 15 percent of those admitted into treatment for marijuana were self-referred. By contrast, 38 percent of those admitted to drug or alcohol treatment for the use of substances other than marijuana were referred by the criminal justice system and 33 percent were self-referred. Eighty-seven percent of those in treatment for marijuana had been arrested in the 30 days prior to their admissions. SAMHSA reported that 74 percent of those admitted to treatment for marijuana were male and 48 percent were non-Hispanic whites. The average age of those admitted to treatment for cannabis was 24. Between 1999 and 2009, the annual reported number of marijuana arrests rose from just over 700,000 to nearly 860,000 -- an increase of almost 20 percent. For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500, or Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . Additional information on marijuana treatment admission data is available from NORML here: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=8198 . Full text of the report, "Treatment Episode Data Sets (TEDs) 1999-2009: National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services," is available online at: http://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/teds09/teds2k9nweb.pdf . - [NORML.ORG - Members Of Congress Introduce First Federal Measure Since 1937 To Legalize The Adult Use Of Marijuana -- Bipartisan Coalition Backs The...](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-members-of-congress-introduce-first-federal-measure-since-1937-to-legalize-the-adult-use-of-marijuana-bipartisan-coalition-backs-the/) - Washington, DC: House lawmakers introduced legislation in Congress today to end the federal criminalization of the personal use of marijuana. The bipartisan measure -- HR 2306, the ' Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011 ' and sponsored by Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank and Texas Republican Ron Paul along with Reps. Cohen (D-TN), Conyers (D-MI), Polis (D-CO), and Lee (D-CA) -- prohibits the federal government from prosecuting adults who use or possess marijuana by removing the plant and its primary psychoactive constituent, THC, from the five schedules of the United States Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Under present law, all varieties of the marijuana plant are defined as illicit Schedule I controlled substances, defined as possessing 'a high potential for abuse,' and 'no currently accepted medical use in treatment.' Said Rep. Frank, "We do not believe that the federal government ought to be involved in prosecuting adults for smoking marijuana." Said Rep. Cohen, "The federal government shouldn’t be spending its time on marijuana." The 'Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act' seeks to federally deregulate the personal possession and use of marijuana by adults. It marks the first time that members of Congress have introduced legislation to eliminate the federal criminalization of marijuana since the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. Language in this Act mimics changes enacted by Congress to repeal the federal prohibition of alcohol. Passage of this measure would remove the existing conflict between federal law and the laws of those sixteen states that allow for the limited use of marijuana under a physicians' supervision. It would also allow state governments that wish to fully legalize and regulate the responsible use, possession, production, and intrastate distribution of marijuana for all adults to be free to do so without federal interference. Speaking today at a press conference in support of the measure, NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said, "The federal criminalization of marijuana has failed to reduce the public's demand or access to cannabis, and it has imposed enormous fiscal and human costs upon the American people. It is time to end this failed public policy and to provide state governments with the freedom to enact alternative strategies -- such as medicalization, decriminalization, and/or legalization -- without running afoul of the federal law or the whims of the Department of Justice." NORML, along with representatives from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), and the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), worked closely with members of Congress in drafting the measure. For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, or Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel, at (202) 483-5500. Additional information regarding this measure is available online at: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=8600 . - [NORML.ORG - Inhaled Cannabis Beneficial For Fibromyalgia Patients, Study Says](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-inhaled-cannabis-beneficial-for-fibromyalgia-patients-study-says/) - Barcelona, Spain: The use of cannabis is associated with beneficial effects on various symptoms of fibromyalgia, including the relief of pain and muscle stiffness, according to the results of an observational case-control study published online in the journal PLoS (Public Library of Science) ONE . Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome associated with musculoskeletal pain and fatigue. Symptoms of fibromyalgia are poorly controlled by conventional medications. Investigators at the Institut de Recerca Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain, assessed the associated benefits of cannabis in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) compared with FM patients who did not use the substance. Twenty-eight users and non-users participated in the study. Authors reported: "Patients used cannabis not only to alleviate pain but for almost all symptoms associated to FM, and no one reported worsening of symptoms following cannabis use. ... Significant relief of pain, stiffness, relaxation, somnolence, and perception of well-being, evaluated by VAS (visual analogue scales) before and two hours after cannabis self-administration was observed." Cannabis users in the study also reported higher overall mental health summary scores than did non-users. Investigators concluded: "The present results together with previous evidence seem to confirm the beneficial effects of cannabinoids on FM symptoms. Further studies regarding efficacy of cannabinoids in FM as well as cannabinoid and stress response system involvement in their pathophysiology are warranted." For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . Full text of the study, "Cannabis use in patients with fibromyalgia: effect on symptoms relief and health-related quality of life," is available online free of charge at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080871/?tool=pubmed . - [NORML.ORG - Congressional House Members Introduce Multiple Medical Marijuana Reform Measures](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-congressional-house-members-introduce-multiple-medical-marijuana-reform-measures/) - Washington, DC: A bi-partisan coalition of United States House lawmakers have introduced multiple measures in Congress to reform federal marijuana laws. House Bill 1983, The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act , ensures that medical cannabis patients, caregivers, or third-party providers in states that have approved its use will no longer have to fear arrest or prosecution from federal law enforcement agencies. It states, "No provision of the Controlled Substances Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict in a State in which marijuana may be prescribed or recommended by a physician for medical use under applicable State law." Says the bill's primary sponsor, Rep Barney Frank (D-MA): "The time has come for the federal government to stop preempting states' medical marijuana laws. For the federal government to come in and supersede state law is a real mistake for those in pain for whom nothing else seems to work. This bill would block the federal prosecution of those patients who reside in those states that allow medical marijuana." House Bill 1984, The Small Business Banking Improvement Act of 2011 , provides that state-authorized medical marijuana businesses have full access to banking services by amending the federal Bank Secrecy Act. The measure is sponsored by Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), who states: "When a small business, such as a medical marijuana dispensary, can't access basic banking services they either have to become cash-only -- and become targets of crime -- or they'll end up out-of-business. In states that have legalized medical marijuana, and for businesses that have been state-approved, it is simply wrong for the federal government to intrude and threaten banks that are involved in legal transactions." Finally, House Bill 1985, The Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2011 , amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for expenses in connection with the trade or business of selling medical cannabis pursuant to state law. Says the bill's lead sponsor, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA): "Our tax code undercuts legal medical marijuana dispensaries by preventing them from taking all the deductions allowed for other small businesses. While unfair to these small business owners, the tax code also punishes the patients who rely on them for safe and reliable access to medical marijuana prescribed by a doctor. The Small Business Tax Equity Act would correct these shortcomings." In May, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), a co-sponsor of both H.R. 1984 and H.R. 1985, also reintroduced H.R. 1831, The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011 , which would exclude low potency varieties of marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act. The measure has 25 Congressional co-sponsors and is presently before the both the House Judiciary and the Energy and Commerce Committees. For more information, please visit NORML's 'Take Action Center' online at: http://www.capwiz.com/norml2/issues/ . - [NORML.ORG - Last Chance To Register For NORML's Sixth Annual Aspen Legal Seminar Three-Day Event Takes Place June 2-4](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-last-chance-to-register-for-normls-sixth-annual-aspen-legal-seminar-three-day-event-takes-place-june-2-4/) - Washington, DC: NORML is still accepting registrations from criminal defense attorneys and the general public to attend its sixth annual Aspen Legal Seminar . The seminar takes place next week from Thursday, June 2 through Saturday, June 4 at The Gant Hotel in downtown Aspen -- one of the nation's most cannabis-friendly cities. Plenary topics at this year's conference include: Religious Use of Marijuana as a Legal Defense; DUI Marijuana: The Science and Trial Tactics; Medical Marijuana and Workers' Rights; Jury Nullification; Cannabis and Family Courts: A Survival Guide Speakers at this year's event include NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano ; Leland Berger , legal counsel for the American Alliance for Medical Cannabis ; Gerald Goldstein , past president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and legal counsel for the late-Hunter S. Thompson; John Wesley Hall , Fourth Amendment expert and Immediate Past President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Jeralyn Merritt , founder of TalkLeft.com and frequent television legal analyst for Fox News and MSNBC; Marjorie Russell , chair of the Litigation Skills Department at the Thomas Cooley Law School in Michigan, and NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre . Social events at this year's conference include an opening night reception, a benefit dinner catered by Aspen chef Chris Lanter , and an afternoon cookout at the fabled Owl Farm, the legendary Woody Creek home of the late, best-selling author and NORML Advisory Board member Hunter S. Thompson. "NORML is proud to make this once-a-year legal seminar open to lawyers and the public," said NORML founder and Legal Director Keith Stroup. "Don't miss this rare opportunity to join NORML's staff and some of the nation's top pot lawyers and activists in this unique and intimate setting. Registration information and this year's conference agenda is online at: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6823 . - [Mineral Leases Give Boost to Rural Ohio](https://michellawyers.com/mineral-leases-give-boost-to-rural-ohio/) - Residents of the upper Ohio River Valley are in the midst of an energy boom as companies pay them for the rights to oil and gas reserves on their property. - [In Brazil, Violence Hits Tribes in Scramble for Land](https://michellawyers.com/in-brazil-violence-hits-tribes-in-scramble-for-land/) - The killings and disappearances of indigenous leaders continue to climb, leaving a stain on Brazil’s rise as an economic powerhouse. - [Homes Keep Rising in West Despite Growing Wildfire Threat](https://michellawyers.com/homes-keep-rising-in-west-despite-growing-wildfire-threat/) - Just as many Easterners resist stepping back from their increasingly flooded coast, Westerners build where they want to build and balk at controls. - [Employers Beware: Your Employee Handbook’s Arbitration Clause May Not be Enforceable](https://michellawyers.com/employers-beware-your-employee-handbooks-arbitration-clause-may-not-be-enforceable/) - 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 - [ONLY FOR OUR POLICE CLIENTS & FRIENDS: CRPA OFFERS LEOSA/H.R. 218 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS](https://michellawyers.com/only-for-our-police-clients-friends-mapc-offers-free-leosah-r-218-educational-materials/) - For our law enforcement clients and friends, the California Rifle & Pistol Association is now pleased to offer wallet sized reference cards explaining the application of the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act ("LEOSA"), also known as H.R. 218 and codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 926B and 926C. The wallet sized card summary of LEOSA will come - [MAPC Lawyers File Amicus Brief in Electronic Public Records Act Case](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-lawyers-file-amicus-brief-in-electronic-public-records-act-case/) - 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 - [MAPC Lawyers Publish "What Didn’t Happen in 2010 for California Wage-and-Hour Laws"](https://michellawyers.com/what-didnt-happen-in-2010-for-california-wage-and-hour-laws/) - by 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 - [CNX Land Resources Allows Grouse Research on Ranch](https://michellawyers.com/cnx-land-resources-allows-grouse-research-on-ranch/) - An NWTF Energy for Wildlife partner is helping a University of Montana graduate student study the impact of coal-bed natural gas development on sage grouse populations for the U.S. Department of Energy. - [Logger Explores Traditional Methods to Protect Scenery](https://michellawyers.com/logger-explores-traditional-methods-to-protect-scenery/) - Tom Weidner, a professional logger in northeastern California, wanted to preserve the breathtaking scenery of the Warner Mountain Range when he took on an aspen regeneration project in the Modoc National Forest. So he decided to try logging the area using his team of Belgian horses. - [NWTF Ohio State Chapter Helps Fund Large Habitat Purchase](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-ohio-state-chapter-helps-fund-large-habitat-purchase/) - National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) volunteers in the buckeye state contributed $250,000 toward an Ohio Division of Wildlife (ODOW) purchase of more than 800 acres of wildlife habitat. - [NWTF Conservation for the Department of Defense](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-conservation-for-the-department-of-defense/) - A memorandum of understanding between the NWTF and the Department of Defense should mean improvements in wild turkey habitat across the nation. - [Ohio Takes a Stand for Hunting](https://michellawyers.com/ohio-takes-a-stand-for-hunting/) - Of the 14.7 million hunters active in 2002, only .0001 percent were supervised youth involved in an incident. - [NWTF Donation Helps with Land Purchase](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-donation-helps-with-land-purchase/) - People in Foard County will now have 480 more acres to enjoy the outdoors thanks to the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Texas Prairie Rivers Regional Partnership and the Pease River Partners Foundation. - [Partnership Renewed to Improve Habitat, Hunting Opportunities](https://michellawyers.com/partnership-renewed-to-improve-habitat-hunting-opportunities/) - Imagine thousands of acres of public land just a few miles from your home. The land is a hunter's dream with elk, wild turkeys and trophy deer -- but you can't access the land because it's surrounded by private property. - [NWTF brings Hunting Heritage and Conservation to Mexico](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-brings-hunting-heritage-and-conservation-to-mexico/) - Like many other Mexican towns, Huichapan is experiencing difficult economic times and a changing culture. Residents there, however, aren't ready to let certain aspects of their culture disappear, such as the town's hunting heritage. - [NWTF Launches New National Magazine](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-launches-new-national-magazine/) - The National Wild Turkey Federation is launching its sixth national publication, Get in the Game magazine. - [CNX Land Resources Allows Grouse Research on Ranch](https://michellawyers.com/cnx-land-resources-allows-grouse-research-on-ranch-2/) - An NWTF Energy for Wildlife partner is helping a University of Montana graduate student study the impact of coal-bed natural gas development on sage grouse populations for the U.S. Department of Energy. - [NWTF Research Could Offer Bonus to Turkey Hunters](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-research-could-offer-bonus-to-turkey-hunters/) - Spring Hunters in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania could receive a surprise during the next four years. - [Wild Turkeys and Hunters Continue to Increase Across North America](https://michellawyers.com/wild-turkeys-and-hunters-continue-to-increase-across-north-america/) - At the ninth National Wild Turkey Symposium in Grand Rapids, Mich., biologists from around the country learned that wild turkey populations and hunter numbers have both increased since 1999. - [Youth Hunter Applications Flock to Minnesota DNR for 2006 Spring Gobbler Season](https://michellawyers.com/youth-hunter-applications-flock-to-minnesota-dnr-for-2006-spring-gobbler-season/) - Dave Mahlke first carried his kids to the duck blind when they were 4 years old. By the time they were 8, they had learned how to be safe, ethical hunters and both had taken their first ducks. - [Serving More than Meals](https://michellawyers.com/serving-more-than-meals/) - For millions of families across North America, Thanksgiving and Christmas mean more than just holidays and lots of food. They are special occasions bringing friends and family together to strengthen and renew relationships, create new friendships and celebrate great traditions. With this in mind, the holidays can be extraordinarily difficult for thousands of military men and women overseas. - [NWTF Dollars Provide More Hunting Opportunities](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-dollars-provide-more-hunting-opportunities/) - Minnesota's National Wild Turkey Federation volunteers have spent more than $340,000 to purchase land in the North Star State helping add nearly 3,500 acres of public hunting land. - [Partnership Improves Wildlife Populations on Bayou Bodcau](https://michellawyers.com/partnership-improves-wildlife-populations-on-bayou-bodcau/) - %excerpt% Read the original: Partnership Improves Wildlife Populations on Bayou Bodcau - [Technology Tells Researchers Where Wild Turkeys Roam](https://michellawyers.com/technology-tells-researchers-where-wild-turkeys-roam/) - Biologists in Minnesota will soon have a better understanding of wild turkeys and their movements in Northern regions because of National Wild Turkey Federation contributions to research totaling more than $10,000. - [NWTF's Operation Big Sky Improves Wildlife Habitat](https://michellawyers.com/nwtfs-operation-big-sky-improves-wildlife-habitat/) - Last year, volunteers from 38 National Wild Turkey Federation chapters committed their time, labor and money to improving more than 130,000 acres of wildlife habitat through the NWTF's Operation Big Sky regional habitat program. - [Florida Hunters Set Full Court Press](https://michellawyers.com/florida-hunters-set-full-court-press/) - Florida hunters are actively working to preserve their hunting heritage, and thanks to their efforts, results favoring this group are showing up in recent state legislation and on the ground. - [NWTF Helps Landowners Improve Wildlife Habitat](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-helps-landowners-improve-wildlife-habitat/) - New Hampshire landowners recently received help enhancing almost 2,000 acres of wildlife habitat from the National Wild Turkey Federation's New Hampshire state chapter. - [NWTF Aids Wild Turkey's Restoration Throughout North America](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-aids-wild-turkeys-restoration-throughout-north-america/) - %excerpt% See the original post here: NWTF Aids Wild Turkey's Restoration Throughout North America - [Idaho Conservation Officer Receives National Award](https://michellawyers.com/idaho-conservation-officer-receives-national-award/) - %excerpt% More: Idaho Conservation Officer Receives National Award - [NWTF's James Earl Kennamer, Ph.D., Honored as Mississippi State University 2008 Alumni Fellow](https://michellawyers.com/nwtfs-james-earl-kennamer-ph-d-honored-as-mississippi-state-university-2008-alumni-fellow/) - %excerpt% Originally posted here: NWTF's James Earl Kennamer, Ph.D., Honored as Mississippi State University 2008 Alumni Fellow - [NWTF's South Dakota Chapter Unveils Wild Turkey Management Plan](https://michellawyers.com/nwtfs-south-dakota-chapter-unveils-wild-turkey-management-plan/) - %excerpt% Excerpt from: NWTF's South Dakota Chapter Unveils Wild Turkey Management Plan - [NWTF and Program Partners Launch Management Plan Web Site](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-and-program-partners-launch-management-plan-web-site-2/) - %excerpt% Originally posted here: NWTF and Program Partners Launch Management Plan Web Site - [How the Midwest Floods Will Affect Wild Turkey Populations](https://michellawyers.com/how-the-midwest-floods-will-affect-wild-turkey-populations/) - %excerpt% See the rest here: How the Midwest Floods Will Affect Wild Turkey Populations - [Georgia Preserves 20,000 Acres for Wildlife Habitat](https://michellawyers.com/georgia-preserves-20000-acres-for-wildlife-habitat/) - %excerpt% Go here to read the rest: Georgia Preserves 20,000 Acres for Wildlife Habitat - [NWTF Purchases Seed Drills, Restores Grasslands in Missouri](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-purchases-seed-drills-restores-grasslands-in-missouri/) - %excerpt% Go here to read the rest: NWTF Purchases Seed Drills, Restores Grasslands in Missouri - [Former Mine Receives Facelift from NWTF and Others](https://michellawyers.com/former-mine-receives-facelift-from-nwtf-and-others/) - %excerpt% Read the original: Former Mine Receives Facelift from NWTF and Others - [Groups Working to Restore Lost American Tree Treasure](https://michellawyers.com/groups-working-to-restore-lost-american-tree-treasure/) - On April 27, 2007, conservation-minded volunteers throughout the country will spend the day planting tree seedlings in celebration of national Arbor Day. They won't, however, be planting American Chestnut seedlings -- at least not this year. - [Wildlife Habitat Management Workshop at Ar-Tex Ranch](https://michellawyers.com/wildlife-habitat-management-workshop-at-ar-tex-ranch/) - Ask any wildlife biologist what it takes to keep wildlife healthy, happy and close to home, and they'll tell you it's all about having good habitat. Learn how to make your land suitable for wildlife by attending the National Wild Turkey Federation's Wildlife Habitat Management Workshop Saturday, May 12 at Ar-Tex Ranch in Durham, Ark. - [Duke Energy Wins NWTF Energy for Wildlife Award](https://michellawyers.com/duke-energy-wins-nwtf-energy-for-wildlife-award/) - %excerpt% View original post here: Duke Energy Wins NWTF Energy for Wildlife Award - [Mississippi Landowner Wins National Award](https://michellawyers.com/mississippi-landowner-wins-national-award/) - %excerpt% See original here: Mississippi Landowner Wins National Award - [AEP and NWTF Form Partnership to Improve Wildlife Habitat](https://michellawyers.com/aep-and-nwtf-form-partnership-to-improve-wildlife-habitat/) - %excerpt% Originally posted here: AEP and NWTF Form Partnership to Improve Wildlife Habitat - [LA area polystyrene manufacturer Lifoam Industries pays $450,000 over violations of federal, state clean-air laws (CA)](https://michellawyers.com/la-area-polystyrene-manufacturer-lifoam-industries-pays-450000-over-violations-of-federal-state-clean-air-laws-ca/) - (07/29/10) LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the South Coast Air Quality Management District announced that Lifoam Industries, Inc - [U.S. EPA:Green Tech Takes a Giant Leap Forward at the Port of San Francisco This Week (CA)](https://michellawyers.com/u-s-epagreen-tech-takes-a-giant-leap-forward-at-the-port-of-san-francisco-this-week-ca/) - MEDIA ADVISORY U.S - [EPA Releases Final Results from Cupertino School Air Monitoring Initiative/ No Unsafe Levels of Hexavalent Chromium Detected (CA)](https://michellawyers.com/epa-releases-final-results-from-cupertino-school-air-monitoring-initiative-no-unsafe-levels-of-hexavalent-chromium-detected-ca/) - SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced final findings from school air monitoring tests conducted at Stevens Creek Elementary School in Cupertino, California - [U.S. EPA to Establish Nation’s Largest Coastal No-Sewage Zone (HQ, CA)](https://michellawyers.com/u-s-epa-to-establish-nations-largest-coastal-no-sewage-zone-hq-ca/) - For Immediate Release: August 25, 2010 Media Contacts: See below EPA to sign rule preventing large ships from discharging 20 million gallons of sewage along California’s 1,624 mile coastline SAN FRANCISCO – U.S - [EPA issues order to Estate of James Campbell and Weston Solutions, Inc., to complete final cleanup at former wood treatment facility on Oahu (HI)](https://michellawyers.com/epa-issues-order-to-estate-of-james-campbell-and-weston-solutions-inc-to-complete-final-cleanup-at-former-wood-treatment-facility-on-oahu-hi/) - Action requires completion of final remedy for soil and groundwater at the 2.6-acre site (08/11/10) HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has negotiated terms and ordered cleanup of the former Chem-Wood wood treatment facility located in the Ewa Beach area of Oahu - [CalPortland Company to Pay $350,000 to Settle Clean Air Act Violations (AZ)](https://michellawyers.com/calportland-company-to-pay-350000-to-settle-clean-air-act-violations-az/) - SAN FRANCISCO–The US Department of Justice, on behalf of the US Environmental Protection Agency, lodged a consent decree resolving Clean Air Act claims against CalPortland Company with respect to the company’s Rillito, Arizona, portland cement plant - [NRA/CRPAF LITIGATION UPDATE: STAY LIFTED IN LAWSUIT CHALLENGING UNCONSTITUTIONAL AMMO AND SELF DEFENSE BANS IN SAN FRANCISCO](https://michellawyers.com/nracrpaf-litigation-update-stay-lifted-in-lawsuit-challenging-unconstitutional-ammo-and-self-defense-bans-in-san-francisco/) - The NRA/CRPAF’s Legal Action Project is currently supporting a lawsuit challenging three unconstitutional ordinances that restrict the rights of San Francisco gun owners. - [NWTF's Thornton Named to Federal Advisory Council](https://michellawyers.com/nwtfs-thornton-named-to-federal-advisory-council/) - %excerpt% Read the original: NWTF's Thornton Named to Federal Advisory Council - [Fall Dove Hunts to Offer Exceptional Hunting Experience](https://michellawyers.com/fall-dove-hunts-to-offer-exceptional-hunting-experience/) - %excerpt% Read the rest here: Fall Dove Hunts to Offer Exceptional Hunting Experience - [Tribal conference brings environmental leaders to San Francisco (AZ, CA, NV, NM)](https://michellawyers.com/tribal-conference-brings-environmental-leaders-to-san-francisco-az-ca-nv-nm/) - SAN FRANCISCO - Today, over 500 tribal environmental leaders representing more than 100 tribal governments from Arizona, California and Nevada are meeting to discuss environmental challenges that tribes continue to face with the EPA officials in San Francisco - [Brown's green vision for California](https://michellawyers.com/browns-green-vision-for-california/) - The governor-elect must now figure out how to pay for California's alternative-energy future and ensure that all the state's residents benefit from new opportunities in the field. During the campaign season, it was easy to dismiss the idea of a green energy future for California as mere campaign rhetoric. But with the second coming of Jerry Brown, the reelection of Barbara Boxer and voter endorsement of state policies to curb global warming, California really is poised to lead the country to a greener future. - [Small Businesses Get Help in Selecting a Retirement Plan](https://michellawyers.com/small-businesses-get-help-in-selecting-a-retirement-plan/) - The Department of Labor (DOL) worked with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) to launch a Web site designed to help small businesses with as few as two employees find options on selecting a suitable retirement plan for... - [General Electric says it will buy 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015](https://michellawyers.com/general-electric-says-it-will-buy-25000-electric-vehicles-by-2015/) - The conglomerate, which its CEO noted makes technology that 'touches every point of the electric-vehicle infrastructure,' said its strategy represented the largest-ever electric-vehicle commitment by a company or organization. General Electric Co., saying it wants to help spark the electric vehicle industry, said Thursday that it would purchase 25,000 electric vehicles for its fleet by 2015. - [Automakers are finally plugged into the electric-car era](https://michellawyers.com/automakers-are-finally-plugged-into-the-electric-car-era/) - Just a few years ago the industry said there was no market for the vehicles. Now it's fully embracing them, as the L.A. Auto Show will illustrate. If you regard the annual L.A. Auto Show that opens to the public Friday as a key signpost of where the auto industry is heading — and why not? — then the declaration by its organizers that the event marks "the official arrival of the electric car era" raises the following question. - [Orange County hits pay dirt with clean-tech industry](https://michellawyers.com/orange-county-hits-pay-dirt-with-clean-tech-industry/) - The area is attracting many companies focusing on green energy and transportation. It already boasts about 300 such firms with 20,000 jobs, business groups say. Besides beautiful beaches, Disneyland and the original "Real Housewives" TV show, Orange County might have a new claim to fame. - [State takes key step toward preserving Tejon Ranch wilderness](https://michellawyers.com/state-takes-key-step-toward-preserving-tejon-ranch-wilderness/) - The purchase of conservation easements is the first step in implementing a landmark plan to preserve one of the most spectacular swaths of wild lands in Southern California. The state on Thursday approved the purchase of conservation easements on 62,000 acres in Tejon Ranch, the first step in implementing an agreement that would protect up to 240,000 acres of wild lands in one of the largest pieces of private property in California. - [BP, government praised for inventive response to oil spill](https://michellawyers.com/bp-government-praised-for-inventive-response-to-oil-spill/) - But the same report also delivered scathing indictments of the company, industry and federal agencies for a woeful lack of preparedness to deal with an environmental emergency in the Gulf of Mexico. Facing the worst offshore oil disaster in American history, BP rapidly developed and implemented new technologies to contain the damage and the government watchdogs established "effective oversight," according to a report issued on Monday by the presidential panel investigating the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. - [Keeping it clean](https://michellawyers.com/keeping-it-clean/) - Congress should protect a grant program that funds renewable energy facilities. Those hoping that a Democratic Congress and administration would make progress on clean energy this year have been deeply disappointed. Not only was the House's cap-and-trade climate bill crushed in the Senate by unified GOP opposition, but even a modest bipartisan effort to set a national standard for renewable power generation fell by the wayside. Now, one of the federal government's few existing clean energy programs — grants for wind and solar developers approved as part of the 2009 stimulus package — may end in the coming weeks unless the lame-duck Congress acts. - [NRA & CRPA FOUNDATION SUBMIT OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED MICROSTAMPING REGULATIONS](https://michellawyers.com/nra-crpa-foundation-submit-opposition-to-proposed-microstamping-regulations/) - Lawyers for the NRA and CRPA Foundation have submitted another set of comments to the California Department of Justice ("DOJ") opposing DOJ’s recently revised proposed regulations requiring new handgun models sold in California to be equipped with a "microstamping" mechanism. If adopted, the new regulations may be used to implement AB 1471, which requires that after January 1, 2010, all semiautomatic pistols not already listed on the roster of handguns approved for sale by firearm retailers be "designed and equipped" with microstamping technology. The law only takes effect "provided that the Department of Justice certifies that the technology used to create the imprint is available to more than one manufacturer unencumbered by any patent restrictions." The current technology is not only unreliable, it is also encumbered by a patent. For those reasons, AB 1471 has yet to be implemented. - ['Things look pretty bleak for the polar bear'](https://michellawyers.com/things-look-pretty-bleak-for-the-polar-bear/) - Climate change is pushing them toward shared habitat, and polar bears may not flourish on the largely vegetarian diet of the grizzly bears, a new study finds. Polar bears are likely to lose out to grizzly bears in fierce competition for food as climate change drives the two species into shared habitat, biologists have concluded. - [Kettleman City toxic waste facility fined for violations](https://michellawyers.com/kettleman-city-toxic-waste-facility-fined-for-violations/) - EPA fines Chemical Waste Management $302,100 for failing to properly manage carcinogenic PCBs. The company — the only one in the state licensed to handle PCBs — says its cleanup exceeded EPA standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency levied a $302,100 fine Tuesday against the operator of a toxic waste dump near a Central California farming community beset by unexplained birth defects, saying the company failed to properly manage carcinogenic polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. - [In 2011, Some Jury Trials Will Be Faster and Cheaper](https://michellawyers.com/in-2011-some-jury-trials-will-be-faster-and-cheaper/) - Beginning January 1, 2011, parties to a lawsuit may take advantage of a faster and cheaper trial process. The new Expedited Jury Trials Act... - [Hungry Africa needs to focus on agriculture, new book says](https://michellawyers.com/hungry-africa-needs-to-focus-on-agriculture-new-book-says/) - Calestous Juma, a development scientist, says Africa can turn around by improving roads and transportation, training engineers and using irrigation, solar energy and more technology. The problem: African hunger. In a nutshell, 250 million Africans are undernourished, a quarter of the population and an increase of 100 million in the last 20 years. Yet 70% of Africans are farmers growing food. - [At climate summit, they're feeling like deserted islands](https://michellawyers.com/at-climate-summit-theyre-feeling-like-deserted-islands/) - Members of the Alliance of Small Island States, already suffering the ill effects of global warming, are furious that the large nations that are the big emitters of greenhouse gases aren't doing more to ensure their survival. In the scrum of 9,000 negotiators gathered in Cancun to wrangle over a global climate treaty Ronny Jumeau has no patience for diplomatic niceties. - [Electric vehicles may bring new sticker shock: multiple mileage ratings](https://michellawyers.com/electric-vehicles-may-bring-new-sticker-shock-multiple-mileage-ratings/) - How do you gauge fuel economy when there's no gasoline? Government agencies can't agree. According to the government, the car with the highest mileage per gallon on the market doesn't use a single drop of gasoline. - [California air board set to adopt cap-and-trade program](https://michellawyers.com/california-air-board-set-to-adopt-cap-and-trade-program/) - Officials hail the program as flexible and sensitive to economic conditions. It would begin in 2012 by capping emissions from the 600 biggest industrial facilities. California regulators Thursday are expected to adopt the nation's most comprehensive carbon trading regime, creating a market-based way to lower greenhouse gas emissions at a time when similar efforts have stalled in Congress. - [San Gabriel Dam valve test sends torrent down canyon](https://michellawyers.com/san-gabriel-dam-valve-test-sends-torrent-down-canyon/) - The biannual release of water at a rate of up to 3,800 cubic feet a second is needed to ensure that the 25-story-high dam is able to control floods out of the San Gabriel Canyon's 200-square-mile watershed. San Gabriel Dam operator Herbert Romero led 16 engineers clad in hard hats and yellow vests down a long flight of metal stairs on Wednesday to a cast-iron wheel on a ledge overlooking a stream bed a few miles above Azusa. - [White House issues science integrity guidelines](https://michellawyers.com/white-house-issues-science-integrity-guidelines/) - They win cautious praise from activists who chafed at what they considered a hostile environment under President George W. Bush. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued long-awaited guidelines Friday to prevent political interference in science and promote transparency at federal agencies, a move that drew cautious praise from activists in the scientific community who had been dismayed by an 18-month delay. - [Medical Marijuana Collectives Litigation Win Motion for Preliminary Injunction against the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office](https://michellawyers.com/medical-marijuana-collectives-litigation-win-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-against-the-los-angeles-city-attorneys-office/) - Plaintiffs in what has been titled the “Medical Marijuana Collectives Litigation” won a victory when a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge granted their motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office from shutting down the operation of certain collectives pending the outcome of their lawsuit. In a December 11, - ["Eco-Friendly" Site Clueless About Hunting](https://michellawyers.com/eco-friendly-site-clueless-about-hunting/) - "Eco-Friendly" Site Clueless About Hunting - [PA: Is Deer Management Killing Deer Hunting?](https://michellawyers.com/pa-is-deer-management-killing-deer-hunting/) - PA: Is Deer Management Killing Deer Hunting? - [New Friends of NRA TV Show Debuts Jan. 2](https://michellawyers.com/new-friends-of-nra-tv-show-debuts-jan-2/) - New Friends of NRA TV Show Debuts Jan. 2 - [Trapper Abuse?](https://michellawyers.com/trapper-abuse/) - Trapper Abuse? - [Court Ruling Threatens Hunting in National Forests](https://michellawyers.com/court-ruling-threatens-hunting-in-national-forests/) - Court Ruling Threatens Hunting in National Forests - [MAPC Lawsuit Sets Legal Precedents for Defending Hunter’s Rights](https://michellawyers.com/nra-lawsuit-sets-legal-precedents-for-defending-hunters-rights/) - Although 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 - [NRA Lawsuit Sets Legal Precedents for Defending Hunters’ Rights](https://michellawyers.com/nra-lawsuit-sets-legal-precedents-for-defending-hunters-rights-5/) - NRA Lawsuit Sets Legal Precedents for Defending Hunters’ Rights - [Second Annual NRA Great American Hunting and Outdoor Show Begins Jan. 28](https://michellawyers.com/second-annual-nra-great-american-hunting-and-outdoor-show-begins-jan-28/) - Second Annual NRA Great American Hunting and Outdoor Show Begins Jan. 28 - [Utah Salutes John M. Browning](https://michellawyers.com/utah-salutes-john-m-browning/) - Utah Salutes John M. Browning - [MidwayUSA to Sponsor 2011 NRA Annual Meetings](https://michellawyers.com/midwayusa-to-sponsor-2011-nra-annual-meetings/) - MidwayUSA to Sponsor 2011 NRA Annual Meetings - [Second Amendment Weekend at Michigan Cabelas](https://michellawyers.com/second-amendment-weekend-at-michigan-cabelas/) - Second Amendment Weekend at Michigan Cabelas - [Sonoma County Cooperative’s Challenge to Local Zoning Ordinance is Struck Down on Statute of Limitations Grounds](https://michellawyers.com/sonoma-county-cooperatives-challenge-to-lcoal-zoning-ordinance-is-struck-down-on-statute-of-limitations-grounds/) - by Joshua R. Dale A Sonoma County medical marijuana cooperative that had won a zoning victory against Sonoma County saw its victory short-lived as the First District Court of Appeal overturned a lower court decision that had allowed the cooperative to stay in operation. The County had ordered the cooperative to cease operations after it - [Taurus Selects NRA’s Jim Land for 2011 Defender of Freedom Award](https://michellawyers.com/taurus-selects-nras-jim-land-for-2011-defender-of-freedom-award/) - Taurus Selects NRA's Jim Land for 2011 Defender of Freedom Award - [Compliance Headaches for California Employers](https://michellawyers.com/compliance-headaches-for-california-employers/) - Greetings once again from the road. Today, we finished our seminars in San Jose. The usual suspects, classifying employees, meal and rest breaks and... - [Anti-Hunting Lawsuits and the Cost to Taxpayers](https://michellawyers.com/anti-hunting-lawsuits-and-the-cost-to-taxpayers/) - Anti-Hunting Lawsuits and the Cost to Taxpayers - [Will Truant Students Face Hunting Restrictions?](https://michellawyers.com/will-truant-students-face-hunting-restrictions/) - Will Truant Students Face Hunting Restrictions? - [Coalition Formed to Fight Sunday Hunting Bans](https://michellawyers.com/coalition-formed-to-fight-sunday-hunting-bans/) - Coalition Formed to Fight Sunday Hunting Bans - [Pheasant Hunting 101](https://michellawyers.com/pheasant-hunting-101/) - Pheasant Hunting 101 - [Wolf Wars Move Eastward](https://michellawyers.com/wolf-wars-move-eastward/) - Wolf Wars Move Eastward - [Hunter Access Concerns Voiced at 2nd NRA Great American Hunting and Outdoor Show](https://michellawyers.com/hunter-access-concerns-voiced-at-2nd-nra-great-american-hunting-and-outdoor-show/) - Hunter Access Concerns Voiced at 2nd NRA Great American Hunting and Outdoor Show - [SHOT Show Sightings: Aimpoint](https://michellawyers.com/shot-show-sightings-aimpoint/) - SHOT Show Sightings: Aimpoint - [Volunteers Needed for 2011 NRA Annual Meetings](https://michellawyers.com/volunteers-needed-for-2011-nra-annual-meetings/) - Volunteers Needed for 2011 NRA Annual Meetings - [KY: Committee to Hear Right to Hunt Amendment](https://michellawyers.com/ky-committee-to-hear-right-to-hunt-amendment/) - KY: Committee to Hear Right to Hunt Amendment - [NRA SEEKS TO PROTECT HUNTERS’ INTERESTS IN LAWSUIT SEEKING BAN ON LEAD AMMUNITION AND FISHING TACKLE](https://michellawyers.com/nra-seeks-to-protect-hunters-interests-in-lawsuit-seeking-ban-on-lead-ammunition-and-fishing-tackle/) - Recently the National Rifle Association (NRA) filed a motion to intervene to fight for hunter’s rights in a lawsuit brought by self-proclaimed environmentalists that seeks to force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the manufacture, processing, and distribution of lead shot, bullets, and fishing sinkers throughout the country. NRA, joined with Safari Club International - [NRA & CRPA OPPOSE EXPANSION OF LOS ANGELES GUN PURCHASER WARNING LETTER PROGRAM AND FEE TO BE CHARGED TO FIREARM DEALERS](https://michellawyers.com/nra-crpa-oppose-expansion-of-los-angeles-gun-purchaser-warning-letter-program-and-fee-to-be-charged-to-firearm-dealers/) - On February 4, 2011, lawyers for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) submitted an opposition letter to the Los Angeles City Council’s proposed expansion of the City’s gun purchaser warning letter program (hereafter, "the Program"). CLICK HERE TO SEE A COPY OF THE OPPOSITION LETTER. The City’s Program originally - [Is Paperwork Killing Waterfowling?](https://michellawyers.com/is-paperwork-killing-waterfowling/) - Is Paperwork Killing Waterfowling? - [Enthusiasm Isn’t the Problem](https://michellawyers.com/enthusiasm-isnt-the-problem/) - Enthusiasm Isn't the Problem - [NRA Seeks to Protect Hunters’ Interests in Lawsuit Seeking Ban on Lead Ammunition, Fishing Tackle](https://michellawyers.com/nra-seeks-to-protect-hunters-interests-in-lawsuit-seeking-ban-on-lead-ammunition-fishing-tackle/) - NRA Seeks to Protect Hunters’ Interests in Lawsuit Seeking Ban on Lead Ammunition, Fishing Tackle - [Construction Manager of Iowa Building Renovation Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crimes](https://michellawyers.com/construction-manager-of-iowa-building-renovation-pleads-guilty-to-environmental-crimes/) - The construction manager for a renovation project at the Equitable Building in Des Moines, Iowa, pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act and for violating the Clean Air Act’s work practice standards related to asbestos removal. - [Attention Defense Attorneys – Annual Felony Defense Practice Seminar – November 5-6, 2010 – Yosemite National Park](https://michellawyers.com/attention-defense-attorneys-annual-felony-defense-practice-seminar-november-5-6-2010-yosemite-national-park/) - The California Public Defenders Association presents - The 15th Annual Felony Defense Practice Seminar Friday & Saturday, November 5-6, 2010 at Curry Pavilion, in Yosemite National Park! Don't miss this opportunity for an excellent training program in an excellent location! For Lodging see below link to obtain the required Yosemite Lodging Reservation Form ... - [Genetically engineered alfalfa isn't necessary](https://michellawyers.com/genetically-engineered-alfalfa-isnt-necessary/) - Alfalfa's roots go deep in the soil and deep in history. - [Thawing permafrost may speed global warming: study](https://michellawyers.com/thawing-permafrost-may-speed-global-warming-study/) - WASHINGTON - Global warming could cause up to 60 percent of the world's permafrost to thaw by 2200 and release huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere that would further speed up climate change, a study warned. - ["GMO Free Zone" contemplated by Croatia and Austria](https://michellawyers.com/gmo-free-zone-contemplated-by-croatia-and-austria/) - Representatives of the Croatian Parliament's Environmental Protection Committee met with their Austrian counterparts in Vienna on Tuesday to discuss the establishment of a GMO-free zone in Alpe-Adria region. - [Badger cull decision faces delay](https://michellawyers.com/badger-cull-decision-faces-delay/) - The UK government's decision on whether to allow badger culling to curb cattle TB in England is to be delayed. - [U.N. biodiversity panel could guide on trade, farms](https://michellawyers.com/u-n-biodiversity-panel-could-guide-on-trade-farms/) - (Reuters) - A U.N. scientific panel meant to help safeguard animal and plant species should help guide governments with practical studies of issues such as trade, farming or energy, experts said on Thursday. - [MAPC Lawyers Publish “$72,000 in Penalties Upheld Against Residential Nursing Home for Improperly Classifying Undocumented Workers as Independent Contractors”](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-lawyers-publish-72000-in-penalties-upheld-against-residential-nursing-home-for-improperly-classifying-undocumented-workers-as-independent-contractors/) - By Joshua R. Dale The Sixth District Court of Appeal (San Jose) upheld the imposition of civil penalties of $72,000 against an residential nursing home company that characterized 16 undocumented workers as independent contractors. In so doing, the nursing home company failed to provide necessary itemized wage statements for each of the employees for each - [WIPO Traditional Knowledge Experts In Small Groups To Craft Treaty Text](https://michellawyers.com/wipo-traditional-knowledge-experts-in-small-groups-to-craft-treaty-text/) - After two days of broad analysis of a draft document on traditional knowledge, country experts were to convene today in small drafting groups to trim down the language and arrive at a treaty negotiating text for the delegates meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organization in May. - [California Defense Attorneys – MCLE Specialty Areas Annual Seminar – San Diego](https://michellawyers.com/california-defense-attorneys-mcle-specialty-areas-annual-seminar-san-diego/) - The California Public Defenders Association presents The Annual MCLE Specialty Areas Seminar Saturday, August 28, 2010 at The 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 Program Host: Paulino Duran, Sacramento County Public Defender This special ... - [National Forest Foundation Earns Land Stewardship Award](https://michellawyers.com/national-forest-foundation-earns-land-stewardship-award/) - %excerpt% Continue reading here: National Forest Foundation Earns Land Stewardship Award - [Recommended Reading for Republicans](https://michellawyers.com/recommended-reading-for-republicans/) - A new report recommends many useful steps for conserving, and even expanding, America’s open spaces. - [Lawsuit Alleges FBI Violated Muslims' Freedom Of Religion (washingtonpost.com)](https://michellawyers.com/lawsuit-alleges-fbi-violated-muslims-freedom-of-religion-washingtonpost-com/) - A paid FBI informant spied on hundreds of Muslims praying at their Mosques in Southern California to gain information on possible terrorists, and targeted them because of their religion. More: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/22/AR2011022206975... - [THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED KILL AB 962, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE AMERICAN HERO WHO PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE](https://michellawyers.com/thanks-to-all-who-helped-kill-ab-962-and-especially-to-the-american-hero-who-played-a-central-role/) - Most gun owners and ammunition vendors are aware of the defeat of AB 962, the "handgun ammunition" scheme , in the NRA / CRPA Foundation funded case, Parker v. California . What many do not know about, however, is all the hard work performed by various individuals and companies in achieving that victory. Michel & Associates, P.C. has recently released a memorandum thanking all those involved. Click here to view the memorandum . - [Women are key to global conservation](https://michellawyers.com/women-are-key-to-global-conservation/) - In 1991, my 9-year-old daughter Rachel traveled with me to Guatemala where we were struck by the heartbreaking rural poverty and mudslides worsened by widespread deforestation. We vividly remember holding a 3-year-old child who was so listless and malnourished he could scarcely lift his arms. - [Which Nations Are Most at Risk from Climate Change?](https://michellawyers.com/which-nations-are-most-at-risk-from-climate-change/) - The international community faces the daunting task of determining which countries face the most significant impacts from global warming - [California Immigration Advocates Applaud Supreme Court Decision (Padilla v. Kentucky)](https://michellawyers.com/california-immigration-advocates-applaud-supreme-court-decision-padilla-v-kentucky/) - California Immigration Advocates Applaud Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Integrity of Criminal Justice System for Immigrants Washington, D.C. (March 31, 2010) – The Immigrant Legal Resource Center and the University of California at Davis, Immigration Law Clinic applauds the Supreme Court’s decision issued today in a landmark decision in Padilla v. ... - [Defense attorney? Handle DUI/DWI cases? Advance Notice / Lodging Info – Annual DUI Defense Institute – San Diego June 4-5th](https://michellawyers.com/defense-attorney-handle-duidwi-cases-advance-notice-lodging-info-annual-dui-defense-institute-san-diego-june-4-5th/) - Advance Notice / Lodging Info - Annual DUI Defense Institute - San Diego June 4-5th -------------------------- Dear Defender: Save These Dates -- June 4-5, 2010.... The CPDA Annual Two-Day DUI Defense Institute will be held in San Diego over the dates of June 4-5, 2010. The full-program schedule and registration information will be sent to ... - [Criminal Defense Attorney? Check out the CPDA 41st Annual Convention Training Program in Palm Springs this May 14-15th](https://michellawyers.com/criminal-defense-attorney-check-out-the-cpda-41st-annual-convention-training-program-in-palm-springs-this-may-14-15th/) - Note: On-line registration for this program is available at this link:http://www.cpda.org 41st Annual Convention Training Program - Friday & Saturday, May 14-15, 2010 The Palm Springs Hilton Resort 400 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, California 92262 For Lodging Call 800-522-6900 or 760-320-6868 (or use the on-line lodging reservation at the end of this page) Convention ... - [Climate Migration: Why It Is A Human Security Issue](https://michellawyers.com/climate-migration-why-it-is-a-human-security-issue/) - Migration as a result of climate change needs to be approached as a challenge for human security rather than a threat to state security or regional stability. - [CA: Expanded Bear Hunt Again Meeting Opposition](https://michellawyers.com/ca-expanded-bear-hunt-again-meeting-opposition/) - CA: Expanded Bear Hunt Again Meeting Opposition - [Unprecedented South Dakota Law Creates Major Obstacles For Women’s Health](https://michellawyers.com/unprecedented-south-dakota-law-creates-major-obstacles-for-womens-health/) - State Legislature Approves Law That Creates Barriers To Abortion Care And Endangers Abortion Providers - [Hunters' Rights Special Session at NRA Annual Meetings](https://michellawyers.com/hunters-rights-special-session-at-nra-annual-meetings/) - Hunters' Rights Special Session at NRA Annual Meetings - [Washington Post Editorial – Justice delayed](https://michellawyers.com/washington-post-editorial-justice-delayed/) - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/17/AR2009121704154.html - [Shrinking Tundra, Advancing Forests: How the Arctic Will Look by Century's End](https://michellawyers.com/shrinking-tundra-advancing-forests-how-the-arctic-will-look-by-centurys-end/) - ScienceDaily (Mar. 3, 2011) - Imagine the vast, empty tundra in Alaska and Canada giving way to trees, shrubs and plants typical of more southerly climates. - [Protecting forests can cut water filtration costs](https://michellawyers.com/protecting-forests-can-cut-water-filtration-costs/) - Clean water doesn't come cheap. Communities and businesses often rely on expensive water filtration infrastructure to ensure their clean water supplies. - [SpeciesBanking.com Goes Global](https://michellawyers.com/speciesbanking-com-goes-global/) - 7 March 2011 | The first sentence of the first target of the first goal in the new Strategic Plan drafted by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is to "Increase understanding, awareness, and appreciation of the diverse values of biodiversity." - [The last lonely Siberian Crane returns](https://michellawyers.com/the-last-lonely-siberian-crane-returns/) - The most extraordinary day, not like any other, at dawn of a cloudy 25 October 2010, the Siberian Crane already thought as "Never-Returning" amazingly was sighted by local trappers in Mazandaran. - [MAPC Lawyers Publish "$21 Million Product Defect Award Upheld against Land Rover for Rollover Injury"](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-lawyers-publish-21-million-product-defect-award-upheld-against-land-rover-for-rollover-injury/) - By Joshua R. Dale The Second District Court of Appeal (Los Angeles) upheld a trial court’s bench ruling awarding Sukhsagar Pannu $21,654,000 in damages as a result of him being paralyzed in a roll-over collision in his 1998 Land Rover Discovery. Pannu was struck from behind while traveling on the freeway, causing his Land Rover - [The Grand Canyon Uranium Rush](https://michellawyers.com/the-grand-canyon-uranium-rush/) - The Interior Department should withdraw one million acres around the Grand Canyon from mining for the next 20 years. - [Philippines to fight invading species](https://michellawyers.com/philippines-to-fight-invading-species/) - MANILA - Like some bad science-fiction movie, Philippine fishermen are encountering strange alien creatures: tough, speckled fish with sharp spines that tear and rip their nets. - [“A LEGACY OF INJUSTICE” ALARMING VIDEO RELEASED ABOUT CALIFORNIA’S INDECIPHERABLE LAW BANNING CERTAIN MODERN SPORTING RIFLES](https://michellawyers.com/a-legacy-of-injustice-alarming-video-released-about-californias-indecipherable-law-banning-certain-modern-sporting-rifles/) - Matt Corwin is a former military police officer who was attending Los Angeles City College while on injured reserve leave from the Army before being reactivated. He was active in conservative politics on campus. On April 23, 2007, someone from his school called the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and told Detectives about Matt’s MySpace webpage, which depicted numerous legal firearms, as well as videos of Mr. Corwin shooting at a range. - [GM crops debate: consensual versus adversarial approaches](https://michellawyers.com/gm-crops-debate-consensual-versus-adversarial-approaches/) - In general, there are two ways to resolve differences in viewpoints and opinions between individuals or groups. - [Blue Carbon: An Oceanic Opportunity to Fight Climate Change](https://michellawyers.com/blue-carbon-an-oceanic-opportunity-to-fight-climate-change/) - Mangroves, salt marshes and sea grasses soak up to five times more carbon than tropical forests, making their conservation critical - [Zanzibar's Rare Monkeys Popular Among Tourists](https://michellawyers.com/zanzibars-rare-monkeys-popular-among-tourists/) - A group of rare Zanzibar red colobus monkeys crashed recklessly through the trees, squealing as they pulled at each others' tails and raced across tree limbs that swayed precariously under their weight in the tropical island's only national park - [Milestone Episode of "Get in the Game" on Pursuit Channel](https://michellawyers.com/milestone-episode-of-get-in-the-game-on-pursuit-channel/) - %excerpt% See the rest here: Milestone Episode of "Get in the Game" on Pursuit Channel - [MAPC Lawyers Publish "Challenge by Collective to LA County's Prohibition against Medical Marijuana Dispensaries is Knocked Down by Appellate Court"](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-lawyers-publish-challenge-by-collective-to-la-countys-prohibition-against-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-is-knocked-down-by-appellate-court/) - By Joshua R. Dale In what has become a losing argument for collectives, the Second District Court of Appeal (Los Angeles) upheld the trial court’s grant of a preliminary injunction barring the operation of a dispensary in unincorporated portions of LA County. The key to the appellate court’s decision, as with previous appellate court cases - [Your Chance to Comment on Federal Regulations](https://michellawyers.com/your-chance-to-comment-on-federal-regulations/) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the launch of a new website designed to collect public feedback on ways to improve regulations and... - [MAPC Lawyers Provide Pro Bono Assistance to 12 Year Old Girl Basketball Player Seeking Gender Equality](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-lawyers-provide-pro-bono-assistance-to-12-year-old-girl-basketball-player-seeking-gender-equality/) - Hope Green-Brooks has been a star player on the "Game Time" boys' basketball team in Eugene, Oregon for the past three years. She excels at the game, so much so that she does not practice with a girls team because she outshines that competition. She has been welcomed on the boys team and, with her - [USDA invests $60M in 3 new research projects on effects of climate change on crops and forests](https://michellawyers.com/usda-invests-60m-in-3-new-research-projects-on-effects-of-climate-change-on-crops-and-forests/) - MINNEAPOLIS - The federal government is investing $60 million in three major studies on the effects of climate change on crops and forests to help ensure farmers and foresters can continue producing food and timber while trying to limit the impact of a changing environment. - [Flooding at home not polar bears convinces people of man made climate change](https://michellawyers.com/flooding-at-home-not-polar-bears-convinces-people-of-man-made-climate-change/) - Pictures of polar bears on melting ice caps make little difference to climate campaigns because people do not care about global warming until it happens on their doorstep, a survey has found. - [YouTube sensation fuelling trade in an endangered species](https://michellawyers.com/youtube-sensation-fuelling-trade-in-an-endangered-species/) - They are the adorable, furry little creatures with the big round eyes who almost purr in delight as they are tickled into a stupor. They are also an endangered species whose stardom on YouTube is fuelling a trade built on cruelty and abuse. - [Gene patents on the high seas: who owns the ocean's IP?](https://michellawyers.com/gene-patents-on-the-high-seas-who-owns-the-oceans-ip/) - On land, the future of gene patents looks like it might be a bit shaky in some countries, but globally, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity has established formal rules for patenting and profiting from natural products, including genes. - [NORML.ORG - New York City: Prosecuting Near-Record Pot Arrests Costs City $75 Million Annually](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-new-york-city-prosecuting-near-record-pot-arrests-costs-city-75-million-annually/) - New York, NY: Criminal justice expenses pertaining to the arrest and prosecution of minor marijuana offenders in New York City cost taxpayers some $75 million a year, according to a report published last week by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), a national drug policy think tank. The report, authored by Queens College sociologist Harry Levine and Loren Siegel, an attorney formerly with the American Civil Liberties Union, estimates that the criminal justice costs in New York city associated with a single arrest for marijuana possession, including all police and court expenses, is between $1,000 and $2,000. In 2010, New York city police made 50,383 lowest level marijuana possession arrests [NY State Penal Law 221.10] involving cases where marijuana was either used or possessed in public. The total is the second highest in the city's history and is an increase of over 5,000 percent from 1990, when police reported fewer than 1,000 low-level pot arrests. The DPA report states that during Michael Bloomberg's tenure as mayor, from 2002 through 2010, the NYPD made nearly 350,000 arrests for marijuana possession – costing taxpayers $350 million to $700 million. Although simple marijuana possession is a violation and not a crime in New York State, if the marijuana is "open to public view" it can be charged as a misdemeanor. "More people have been arrested for marijuana possession under Mayor Bloomberg than under Mayors Koch, Dinkins, and Guiliani combined," said the report's co-author, Harry Levine. "These arrests are wildly expensive, do not improve public safety, and create permanent criminal records which seriously damage the life chances of the young people targeted and jailed." Added Gabriel Sayegh, New York State Director for the Drug Policy Alliance: "It is beyond hypocritical for the Mayor, who once said he smoked marijuana and enjoyed it, to make arresting young people of color for marijuana possession his top law enforcement priority," said. "While cutting services for seniors, youth, housing, transportation, teachers, education, and more, the Mayor spent 75 million dollars last year to arrest over 50,000 people for marijuana possession – which isn't even a crime under New York State law. It's just outrageous." For more information, please visit: http://www.drugpolicy.org . - [UN nature panel to be launched in autumn](https://michellawyers.com/un-nature-panel-to-be-launched-in-autumn/) - A new UN body advising governments on how to tackle biodiversity loss and protect so-called "ecosystem services" will be officially launched in early October. - [US Farmers Sue Monsanto Over GMO Patents, Demand Right To Conventional Crops](https://michellawyers.com/us-farmers-sue-monsanto-over-gmo-patents-demand-right-to-conventional-crops-2/) - The Public Patent Foundation filed suit yesterday against Monsanto's patents on genetically modified seeds with farmers asking to be protected against the biotechnology giant's potential lawsuits in case of accidental contamination from plants grown with its seeds. - [The failing fight to save India's tigers](https://michellawyers.com/the-failing-fight-to-save-indias-tigers-2/) - Fateh Singh Rathore's body lay on ice in the great room of his house at the edge of this park on the day he died a few weeks back, and streams of people poured in to pay emotional respects to a father figure, one of the giants of India's conservation movement. - [West Africa Explores Ways to Mitigate Climate Change's Effects](https://michellawyers.com/west-africa-explores-ways-to-mitigate-climate-changes-effects/) - From eroding coastline to depleted fish stocks, the effects of climate change are being felt along West Africa's coast and governments and environmental groups are coming together to talk about what can be done to mitigate its impact. - [Fukushima a threat to Pacific people?](https://michellawyers.com/fukushima-a-threat-to-pacific-people/) - GOETTINGEN, Germany, March 30 (UPI) -- Radioactivity unleashed by the Japanese Fukushima reactor into the Pacific Ocean endangers the livelihoods of millions of people, a German aid group warned. - [AP Report: State budget crises push sentencing reforms](https://michellawyers.com/ap-report-state-budget-crises-push-sentencing-reforms/) - Published April 02, 2011 Associated Press ATLANTA – As costs to house state inmates have soared in recent years, many conservatives are reconsidering a tough-on-crime era that has led to stiffer sentences…[more] - [How to save the last tigers on Earth](https://michellawyers.com/how-to-save-the-last-tigers-on-earth/) - Endangered tigers are back in the spotlight at an international conference in India this week, where representatives from all 13 Asian countries where tigers still roam have gathered to work out the practicalities of saving a species from extinction. - [Supreme Court ruling limits new evidence in death penalty appeals](https://michellawyers.com/supreme-court-ruling-limits-new-evidence-in-death-penalty-appeals/) - Supreme Court ruling limits new evidence in death penalty appeals - WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death penalty for convicted California murderer Scott Pinholster, in a ruling that will make it difficult for other prisoners to win appeals in federal court Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/04/3527021/supreme-court-ruling-limits-new.html#ixzz1IZqraYyU - [NRA / CRPAF LAWSUIT ENFORCES SAN FRANCISCO TO AMEND CITY LAW; CITY STILL GETS IT WRONG](https://michellawyers.com/nra-crpaf-lawsuit-enforces-san-francisco-to-amend-city-law-city-still-gets-it-wrong/) - San Francisco just can’t seem to get self-defense civil rights right. San Francisco politicians reacted hostilely to the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings affirming that the Second Amendment does protect an individual civil right to keep and bear arms from infringement by any level of government. And despite the express guidance from the Supreme Court that individuals have a right to use firearms to defend themselves from violent criminals, the City has nonetheless maintained a blanket prohibition on the discharge of firearms since 1938 – even in self-defense emergencies . For 73 years, San Francisco law was no firearm discharges allowed – no exceptions. Then the National Rifle Association (NRA) and California Rifle and Pistol Association Foundation (CRPAF) filed a lawsuit challenging the City’s discharge prohibition, along with the City’s requirements that all firearms be stored inoperable in the home so they are useless for immediate self-defense, and its ban on the sale of self-defense ammunition. Jackson v. City and County of San Francisco , No. C09-2143 (N.D. Cal). While the Jackson case was being litigated the City amended its firearm discharge prohibition ordinance on ordinance on March 15, 2011 , acknowledging in the process that it cannot completely prohibit the rights of citizens to discharge a firearm in self-defense. The City claims the amendment had nothing to do with the lawsuit. Considering the timing, and the fact that the City has never cleaned up its municipal code on other gun control ordinances, including those struck down by courts, call us skeptical. Regardless, in typical San Francisco style, the City’s amendment got more wrong than it got right. The ordinance provides only one self-defense exception to the ban on the discharge of firearms. "(a)The provisions of Section 4502 [discharge prohibition] shall not apply to or affect: ‘Persons in lawful possession of a handgun who discharge said handgun in necessary and lawful defense of self or others while in a personal residence.’ San Francisco Police Code section 4506 (a)(2)." So the City’s recalcitrant effort to comply with the Constitution only authorizes residents to discharge lawfully possessed handguns , in the home , for self-defense or the defense of others. Rather than acknowledge its residents’ broad constitutional right to self-defense, San Francisco opted to send a message to its residents that if they discharge a rifle or shotgun (as opposed to a handgun) in self-defense, or if they discharge any type of firearm to thwart a violent attacker at their place of business or anywhere else outside the home, that the only right they have is "the right to remain silent" in the face of criminal prosecution for violating the city ordinance. San Francisco has been aggressively pushing the legal limits of gun control for years. The City’s latest effort reflects it’s consistent inclination to resist and limit the fundamental civil right to self-defense, and the right to choose to own a gun for that purpose. Considering that San Franciscans have historically embraced and zealously defended the concepts of freedom and individual rights, it’s particularly ironic that San Francisco refuses to embrace the fundamental individual civil right to keep and bear arms. This approach reflects same bigotry and hostility to the rights of others that San Francisco is quick to condemn in other civil rights contexts. And it makes city politicians hypocrites. San Francisco’s officials now find themselves conflicted, because they have been handed a constitutional civil right that does not fit in with their personal notions of what constitutes one. But the Constitution does not allow them, or us, to pick and choose. The only honest, unbigoted choice is to swallow hard, embrace that newly confirmed right, and defend it adamantly– like every other. Those who chose to own a gun to defend themselves or their families seem to understand the civics of individual rights better than the city’s self-anointed civil rights champions. The ludicrous new ordinance is far from constitutionally compliant. NRA and CRPAF will continue to aggressively litigate the issue until the right of law abiding individuals to defend themselves from violent criminals is completely restored. To follow the progress of this case and other efforts to defend the rights of firearm owners in California, please register at www.calgunlaws.com . Seventeen years ago the NRA and CRPA joined forces to fight local gun bans being written and pushed in California by the gun ban lobby. Their coordinated efforts became the NRA/CRPA "Local Ordinance Project" (LOP) - a statewide campaign to fight ill conceived local efforts at gun control and educate politicians about available programs that are effective in reducing accidents and violence without infringing on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. The NRA/CRPA LOP has had tremendous success in beating back most of these anti-self-defense proposals In addition to fighting local gun bans, for decades the NRA has been litigating dozens of cases in California courts to promote the right to self-defense and the 2nd Amendment. In the post Heller and McDonald legal environment, NRA and CRPA Foundation have formed the NRA/CRPA Foundation Legal Action Project (LAP), a joint venture to pro-actively strike down ill-conceived gun control laws and ordinances and advance the rights of firearms owners, specifically in California. Sometimes, success is more likely when LAP's litigation efforts are kept low profile, so the details of every lawsuit are not always released. To see a partial list of the LOP and LAP accomplishments, or to contribute to the NRA or to the NRA / CRPAF LAP and support this and similar Second Amendment cases, visit www.nraila.com and www.crpafoundation.org. - [A novel approach to an invasive species: Conservation gastronomy](https://michellawyers.com/a-novel-approach-to-an-invasive-species-conservation-gastronomy/) - Invasive Pacific lionfish are wreaking havoc on Caribbean reefs. A new cookbook points the way to an unexpected win-win approach to culling their numbers: Eat them. I did, and here's what I discovered. - [Rich, poor nations feud at UN climate talks](https://michellawyers.com/rich-poor-nations-feud-at-un-climate-talks/) - BANGKOK - The first UN climate talks for the year entered their final phase on Friday with negotiators still trying to hammer out a deal after familiar feuds between rich and poor nations flared. - [Slash-and-burn threatens African forests](https://michellawyers.com/slash-and-burn-threatens-african-forests/) - IBIDAN, Nigeria, April 7 (UPI) -- Farming of crops like cocoa, cassava and oil palm has resulted in widespread deforestation and degradation of West Africa's tropical forest area, a study says. - [What's In A Name? Israel Military Industries (IMI) Name Change to Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) May Exempt Some UZI Firearms from "Assault Weapon" Law](https://michellawyers.com/whats-in-a-name-israel-military-industries-imi-name-change-to-israel-weapon-industries-iwi-may-exempt-some-uzi-firearms-from-assault-weapon-law/) - By Josephy A. Silvoso, III When the division of Israel Military Industries (IMI) – maker of small arms including the Uzi firearm line – was purchased by Sami Katsav in 2005, it was renamed Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). That small change may make a big difference for California residents interested in self-defense firearms. Under the - [Monsanto modifies soy beans to grow 'fish oil'](https://michellawyers.com/monsanto-modifies-soy-beans-to-grow-fish-oil/) - The biotechnology firm Monsanto stands just one FDA approval away from growing soybeans that have been genetically modified to produce those omega-3 fatty acids that doctors are always recommending. - [New WBCSD Guide Supports Business Valuation of Nature. Allows Companies to Make Better Business Decisions by Valuing Ecosystem Services](https://michellawyers.com/new-wbcsd-guide-supports-business-valuation-of-nature-allows-companies-to-make-better-business-decisions-by-valuing-ecosystem-services/) - Geneva, April 8, 2011 - Today, The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released the Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV), an innovative framework designed to enhance business understanding of the benefits and value of ecosystem services like fresh water, food, fiber and natural hazard protection. - [Senate security will use Internet data mining to identify lawmaker threats (thehill.com)](https://michellawyers.com/senate-security-will-use-internet-data-mining-to-identify-lawmaker-threats-thehill-com/) - Senate Sgt. at Arms plans to contract with a private company to data mine the internet and social media sites to search keywords such as lawmakers names, and “slash” or “shoot” to identify potential threats. - [MAPC Lawyers Publish "Gun Ammo Googling: Does Internet Access to Rare Ammunition Calibers Limit the Availability of 'Replicas' to Qualify as 'Antique Firearms'"](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-lawyers-publish-gun-ammo-googling-does-internet-access-to-rare-ammunition-calibers-limit-the-availability-of-replicas-tto-qualify-as-antique-firearms/) - Collectors of "replicas antique firearms" have been able to buy and sell these collectibles without going through the usual arduous federal and state law required process for acquiring modern firearms. This has generally been legal because a "replica" of an "antique firearm" is not considered a "firearm" under federal or (most) state laws, and so - [LA Times Gets It Wrong on Guns AGAIN](https://michellawyers.com/la-times-gets-it-wrong-on-guns-again/) - The Los Angeles Times has never met a gun control law it didn’t like, so it is not a complete surprise that on February 28, 2011, a Times editorial alleged a connection between U.S. "gun-running" and continuing drug cartel related violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. What may be surprising, however, considering the Times’ purported aspiration - [Rescue call for capercaillie birds](https://michellawyers.com/rescue-call-for-capercaillie-birds/) - The capercaillie could become extinct unless urgent conservation measures are taken, a wildlife group has warned. - [Mekong ecology in the balance as Laos quietly begins work on dam](https://michellawyers.com/mekong-ecology-in-the-balance-as-laos-quietly-begins-work-on-dam/) - Environmentalists opposed to a controversial dam that could have a devastating impact on one of Asia's most important rivers have accused the authorities in Laos of starting work on the project without formal approval. - [Ben Avery Range Misused for Anti-Gun News](https://michellawyers.com/ben-avery-range-misused-for-anti-gun-news/) - Ben Avery Range Misused for Anti-Gun News - [Final Form I-9 Rule Adopted](https://michellawyers.com/final-form-i-9-rule-adopted-2/) - Effective May 16, 2011, employers must follow the newly finalized Form I-9 rule. The final rule: Prohibits employers from accepting expired documents; Revises the... - [Japan to aid biodiversity database](https://michellawyers.com/japan-to-aid-biodiversity-database-2/) - HA NOI - Japan will help Viet Nam develop a national biodiversity database system in efforts to strengthen capacity on biodiversity resource management. - [Capital One Responds](https://michellawyers.com/capital-one-responds/) - Capital One Responds - [Legislation Introduced to Protect Lead Ammunition](https://michellawyers.com/legislation-introduced-to-protect-lead-ammunition/) - Legislation Introduced to Protect Lead Ammunition - [LA Daily News Op Ed – Don’t re-traumatize foster youths in court](https://michellawyers.com/la-daily-news-op-ed-dont-re-traumatize-foster-youths-in-court/) - Op-Ed: Don’t re-traumatize foster youths in court – by Maureen Pacheco - Los Angeles Daily News Posted: 04/25/2011 6:08 PM - AS a juvenile justice advocate for the last 25 years, I am strongly in favor of any measure that will help reform our dependency courts to provide better outcomes for children in the child welfare system. Unfortunately, a measure before the state Legislature that seeks to presumptively open the dependency courts with the long-term goal of improving our child welfare system could create more harm than benefit. As written, AB 73 risks re-traumatizing youth who have already been abused or neglected by making public the most intimate details of their lives. After suffering abuse and… http://m.dailynews.com/ladn/db_22838/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=8C2D95194A8BA59912FD7681A5C3AE5F?contentguid=CzdjP73i&src=cat&full=true#display - [Fish on brink of extinction sparks calls to eat responsibly](https://michellawyers.com/fish-on-brink-of-extinction-sparks-calls-to-eat-responsibly/) - A conservation group is urging people to consume responsibly after releasing a report that found that more than 40 species of fish found in the Mediterranean - including bluefin tuna and sea bass - could disappear in the next few years. - [U.S. DOL Starts Heat Illness Campaign](https://michellawyers.com/u-s-dol-starts-heat-illness-campaign/) - The campaign, developed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), is designed to raise awareness about the hazards of working outdoors in... - [Gov. Brown cancels plans to build new Death Row](https://michellawyers.com/gov-brown-cancels-plans-to-build-new-death-row/) - Gov. Brown cancels plans to build new Death Row Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau – Friday, April 29, 2011 Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday canceled a controversial plan to build a new Death Row at San Quentin State Prison, citing the state’s fiscal crisis, and effectively ended a long-running battle at the Capitol over the project. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/28/BADO1J99T1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea - [UP ready with draft plan on climate change](https://michellawyers.com/up-ready-with-draft-plan-on-climate-change/) - The Uttar Pradesh government is ready with its draft action plan on climate change. A German government-owned corporation, GTZ, has formulated the draft plan and submitted it to the state's Environment Department. - [THE WEEK’S CASES: CPDA Members only via Claraweb.us web site.](https://michellawyers.com/the-weeks-cases-cpda-members-only-via-claraweb-us-web-site/) - Item Updated in next post. THE WEEK’S CASES: CPDA Members only via Claraweb.us web site. - [David Keene elected President; Wayne LaPierre Re-elected Executive Vice President of NRA](https://michellawyers.com/david-keene-elected-president-wayne-lapierre-re-elected-executive-vice-president-of-nra/) - David Keene elected President; Wayne LaPierre Re-elected Executive Vice President of NRA - [May 3, 2011 – L.A. NOW – California says it won’t resume executions this year](https://michellawyers.com/may-3-2011-l-a-now-california-says-it-wont-resume-executions-this-year/) - May 3, 2011 – L.A. NOW - California says it won’t resume executions this year - California corrections officials have put off until at least next year any attempt to resume executions among the 713 condemned inmates ... - [Wayward whale not a fluke](https://michellawyers.com/wayward-whale-not-a-fluke/) - The sighting of a lone grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) last year off the beaches of Israel, and then again near Spain, came as a surprise to many. - [MAPC Wins Public Access Victory for Students of Fullerton College](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-wins-open-public-access-victory-for-students-of-fullerton-college/) - MAPC was recently contacted regarding serious problems with the way the Associated Students of Fullerton College (ASFC), the student government organization of Fullerton College in Fullerton, California, was conducting its affairs. The ASFC is an advisory body of the North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD). As such, ASFC is subject to the Ralph M. - [Killer Presentation Skills](https://michellawyers.com/killer-presentation-skills/) - Killer Presentation Skill Continue reading: Killer Presentation Skills - [Soils of UK and Europe drying out](https://michellawyers.com/soils-of-uk-and-europe-drying-out/) - The scale of just how dry the start of 2011 has been is evident in some fascinating data from one of Europe's latest Earth observation satellites - [Panel: Indigenous Rights Integral To Treaty On Knowledge, Folklore and Genes](https://michellawyers.com/panel-indigenous-rights-integral-to-treaty-on-knowledge-folklore-and-genes/) - Although indigenous peoples' rights are recognised in a number of international declarations, the implementation of those rights is difficult to achieve, according to panellists at an event opening this week's World Intellectual Property Organization negotiations toward a treaty to protect traditional knowledge, folklore and genetic resources. - [New Texts In Play In WIPO Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources Talks](https://michellawyers.com/new-texts-in-play-in-wipo-traditional-knowledge-genetic-resources-talks/) - Negotiators trying this week to advance talks for UN World Intellectual Property Organization treaties on traditional knowledge, genetic resources, and folklore have made progress on draft texts, but are facing sharp criticism from indigenous groups and some governments claiming their concerns are being ignored. - [Op-Ed – Kill the Death Penalty – by Bill Ong HingProfessor of Law, University of San Francisco](https://michellawyers.com/op-ed-kill-the-death-penalty-by-bill-ong-hingprofessor-of-law-university-of-san-francisco/) - Huffington Post – Op-Ed – Kill the Death Penalty – by Bill Ong HingProfessor of Law, University of San Francisco The abolitionist group Death Penalty Focus has just announced the appointment of Jeanne Woodford, the former warden at California’s San Quentin prison, as its new executive director. Woodford, who also was the director of the California Department of Corrections at one point, will be lobbying against the death penalty. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-ong-hing/kill-the-death-penalty_b_861892.html - [Climate study gets pulled after charges of plagiarism](https://michellawyers.com/climate-study-gets-pulled-after-charges-of-plagiarism/) - Evidence of plagiarism and complaints about the peer-review process have led a statistics journal to retract a federally funded study that condemned scientific support for global warming. - [The banker trying to put a value on nature](https://michellawyers.com/the-banker-trying-to-put-a-value-on-nature/) - Pavan Sukhdev is pushing to create an accounting system that will force companies to assess the damage they're doing - [Placing a price tag on nature is the best way of saving it](https://michellawyers.com/placing-a-price-tag-on-nature-is-the-best-way-of-saving-it/) - A few companies are realising the planet can no longer cope with their demands on it - [Climate change bringing infection, hunger, illness](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-bringing-infection-hunger-illness/) - (Reuters Health) - Climate change threatens far more than our environment. It's already led to the spread of infectious diseases and respiratory ailments across the globe and contributed to thousands of deaths through heat waves and other extreme weather events. It's even fueled recent revolts in the Middle East and North Africa. - [LA Zoo successfully breeds endangered frog](https://michellawyers.com/la-zoo-successfully-breeds-endangered-frog/) - Los Angeles Zoo officials say they have successfully bred the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog in an effort to save the species. - [NORML.ORG - Delaware Becomes 16th State To Legalize Limited Medical Use Of Marijuana](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-delaware-becomes-16th-state-to-legalize-limited-medical-use-of-marijuana/) - Dover, DE: Democrat Gov. Jack Markell signed legislation – Senate Bill 17, The Delaware Medical Marijuana Act – allowing registered patients to obtain marijuana from state-licensed facilities. Under this act , patients with a qualifying illness may legally possess up to six ounces of cannabis, provided the cannabis is obtained from a state-licensed, not-for-profit 'compassion center.' State regulators have up to one year to draft rules governing the licensing and regulation of the centers. The measure provides for the establishment of at least one facility per county. The act also provides medical marijuana patients who are not registered with the state to raise an 'affirmative defense' motion to dismiss at trial. Full details of the law is available from NORML's 'Active State Medical Programs' page here . Delaware is the sixteenth state since 1996 to exempt qualified medical marijuana patients and providers from criminal penalties. For more information, please see: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3391 . - [MAPC LAWYERS PUBLISH “Was it an Accident? Licensed Gun Dealers Can Lose Their Licenses for ‘Willful’ Violations of the Gun Control Act”](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-lawyers-publish-was-it-an-accident-licensed-gun-dealers-can-lose-their-licenses-for-willful-violations-of-the-gun-control-act/) - "Willful" acts in violation of law by a firearm dealer can carry dire consequences. Criminal prosecution is possible, and under federal law, a single "willful" violation of the Gun Control Act ("GCA") can result in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (commonly referred to as "ATF") revoking a dealer’s Federal Firearm License ("FFL"). - [Deer Regs We Don’t Need](https://michellawyers.com/deer-regs-we-dont-need/) - Deer Regs We Don’t Need - [Australia's burping cows more climate friendly than thought](https://michellawyers.com/australias-burping-cows-more-climate-friendly-than-thought/) - (Reuters) - Australia's huge cattle herd in the north might be burping less planet-warming methane emissions than thought, a study released on Friday shows, suggesting the cows are more climate friendly. - [Brazil risks protection record by proposing changes to forest code](https://michellawyers.com/brazil-risks-protection-record-by-proposing-changes-to-forest-code/) - If the president fails to keep the current forest laws intact she will break the very promises which saw her elected - [AMICUS BRIEF FILED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATORS AND TRAINERS ASSOCIATION IN NRA / CRPA FOUNDATION SUPPORTED LAWSUIT CHALLENGING SAN...](https://michellawyers.com/amicus-brief-filed-by-international-law-enforcement-educators-and-trainers-association-in-nra-crpa-foundation-supported-lawsuit-challenging-san/) - On Monday, May 23, 2011, the CRPA Foundation and a number of San Diego residents had attorneys from Michel & Associates, PC file their opening brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in their appeal seeking to overturn a U.S. District Court ruling from December 10, 2010 that upheld San Diego Sheriff William Gore’s restrictive and unfair policies in issuing permits to carry concealed firearms. The case is Peruta v. County of San Diego . On May 30, 2011, the prestigious International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) and the Independence Institute joined in the Peruta appeal, filing - [For Anarchist, Details of Life as F.B.I. Target (nytimes.com)](https://michellawyers.com/for-anarchist-details-of-life-as-f-b-i-target-nytimes-com/) - A heavily redacted, 440 page disclosure by the FBI in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, confirmed Scott Crow’s suspicions that he had been the target of an FBI investigation for at least three years. - [Historic Wins for Pennsylvania Hunters](https://michellawyers.com/historic-wins-for-pennsylvania-hunters/) - %excerpt% Read the rest here: Historic Wins for Pennsylvania Hunters - [Killing Fields: Africa's Rhinos Under Threat](https://michellawyers.com/killing-fields-africas-rhinos-under-threat/) - Nestled in the golden bush grass of an open savanna, a black rhinoceros lies on her side. - [Environment Ministry ready with eco-tourism guidelines in ecologically fragile areas](https://michellawyers.com/environment-ministry-ready-with-eco-tourism-guidelines-in-ecologically-fragile-areas/) - NEW DELHI: As India prepares to host the biennial meeting of the Convention on Biodiversity, the Environment Ministry has prepared a set of guidelines to regulate tourism in ecologically fragile areas. - [UAE shares environment day momentum](https://michellawyers.com/uae-shares-environment-day-momentum/) - From planting trees to minimising the use of plastics and rewarding the efforts of green citizens, the UAE took great strides in celebrating the World Environment Day. - [More Bison Heading Into Rifle Sights?](https://michellawyers.com/more-bison-heading-into-rifle-sights/) - More Bison Heading Into Rifle Sights? - [California – State says taxes needed to reduce prison population](https://michellawyers.com/california-state-says-taxes-needed-to-reduce-prison-population/) - Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writer – Tuesday, June 7, 2011 (06-07) 13:13 PDT Sacramento — California’s prison chief said today that Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to extend and increase taxes is the only way for the state to meet a court order to reduce its prison population by about 33,000 inmates over the next two years. [More: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/07/BARH1JQOVQ.DTL&tsp=1 ] - [FAO expects food prices to remain high](https://michellawyers.com/fao-expects-food-prices-to-remain-high/) - Agricultural commodities prices are set to remain high for the rest of the year, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Tuesday in the clearest warning that rising food inflationary pressures would not abate any time soon. - [California – Sacramento County supervisors OK $30M in cuts, including 300 layoffs](https://michellawyers.com/california-sacramento-county-supervisors-ok-30m-in-cuts-including-300-layoffs/) - By Brad Branan, The Sacramento Bee – Published: Thursday, Jun. 9, 2011 – 2:20 pm Sacramento County supervisors this afternoon approved a budget for the coming fiscal year that will cut law-enforcement spending by more than $30 million. Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/09/3689578/sacramento-county-supervisors.html#ixzz1OojC2RYq - [Bio-prospectors race to save unique plants for drug research](https://michellawyers.com/bio-prospectors-race-to-save-unique-plants-for-drug-research/) - Fear is that indigenous health knowledge will be lost as native languages, traditions fade - [Batwa, Uganda's last forest people](https://michellawyers.com/batwa-ugandas-last-forest-people/) - KISORO, Uganda, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Stephen Barahirwa, a bush man turned tour guide is one of the thousands of the Batwa people who live along the common border of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. - [Batwa, Uganda's last forest people](https://michellawyers.com/batwa-ugandas-last-forest-people-2/) - KISORO, Uganda, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Stephen Barahirwa, a bush man turned tour guide is one of the thousands of the Batwa people who live along the common border of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. - [NRA Continues Fight to Intervene in Wolf Lawsuit](https://michellawyers.com/nra-continues-fight-to-intervene-in-wolf-lawsuit/) - NRA Continues Fight to Intervene in Wolf Lawsuit - [Supreme Court Expands Juveniles Miranda Rights – Wall Street Journal Law Blog – By Nathan Koppel](https://michellawyers.com/supreme-court-expands-juveniles-miranda-rights-wall-street-journal-law-blog-by-nathan-koppel/) - With little time left before their summer recess, and many cases left to decide, the Supreme Court worked overtime today, releasing five opinions. For our money, the most interesting ruling was this one, in J.D.B v North Carolina, which concerns the Miranda rights of juveniles. In a 5-4 ruling that split along ideological lines, the court held that juveniles enjoy expanded Miranda protection, the famous police duty to warn suspects that they have a “right to remain silent,” which the court adopted in 1966 to help guard against officers coercing confessions. [More: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/06/16/supreme-court-expands-juveniles-miranda-rights/ ] - [National Practice Advisory – Understanding Immigration Detainers: – An Overview for State Defense Counsel](https://michellawyers.com/national-practice-advisory-understanding-immigration-detainers-an-overview-for-state-defense-counsel/) - Over the past couple of years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has prioritized identification and apprehension of suspected noncitizens in the criminal justice system as the primary means to enforce federal immigration laws. This has resulted in unprecedented numbers of noncitizens being removed as a result of contact with the criminal justice system. Immigration detainers, also called ICE holds or immigration holds, are the primary immigration enforcement tool that ICE uses to apprehend and transfer these noncitizens into immigration custody where they will face removal proceedings. Importantly, detainers not only result in transfer to immigration authorities, but directly impact an individual’s due process rights and have severe collateral consequences in a person’s criminal proceedings. As immigration enforcement increases through the criminal justice system, consideration of immigration detainers must be part of a defense strategy. This national practice advisory provides important background information and advocacy strategies on immigration detainers to help defense counsel effectively represent a noncitizen client who is or may be subject to an immigration detainer. Specifically it: Clarifies common misconceptions of immigration detainers; Provides legal authority and policy for detainers; Explains the process for how ICE identifies a person and issues a detainer; Provides pre-conviction strategies to challenge the ICE detainer in a criminal case including when a detainer affects speedy trial rights and custody determinations; Provides remedies for violations of the 48 hour rule; Discusses post-conviction detainer issues such as security classification, in-custody services, and pre- and post-trial detention options; and Provides useful appendices such as a sample ICE detainer form (I-247), Departure Control regulations, and ICE Interim Detainer Policy. To download the advisory go to: http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/legalresources/practice_advisories/pa_Understanding_Immigration_Detainers_05-2011.pdf - [North Carolina – Cut in pay for court-appointed attorneys trims rolls](https://michellawyers.com/north-carolina-cut-in-pay-for-court-appointed-attorneys-trims-rolls/) - By Erin ZureickStarNewsOnLine.com - Published: Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 9:18 a.m. Lawyers across the state have been dropping off public defense rolls after learning they will take a pay cut. A tight state budget led Indigent Defense Services to announce last week that it will slash the hourly rate of court-appointed attorneys. “I feel like the previous rate was still less than a fair value,” said attorney David Collins of Collins Law Firm in Wilmington. The decrease is another example of judicial cutbacks that some defense attorneys and prosecutors say could create backlogs in the courts and further strain the justice system. Prosecutor offices across the state will lose victim witness support staff because of the budget, including one position in the New Hanover County district attorney’s office. [More: http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20110616/ARTICLES/110619768?p=all&tc=pgall ] - [Police officer tweeted about pistol whippings – Had previously made comments on MySpace about killing people](https://michellawyers.com/police-officer-tweeted-about-pistol-whippings-had-previously-made-comments-on-myspace-about-killing-people/) - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque police officer who avoided disciplinary action for making comments about killing people on MySpace is now being investigated for sending tweets about pistol whippings and Muslims. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43444648/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/ - [Kenya: Charcoal Trade Worries Do](https://michellawyers.com/kenya-charcoal-trade-worries-do/) - The acacia species is under threat and stringent measures must be put in place to save it. - [As Temperature Rises, Cal/OSHA Intensifies Enforcement Activities](https://michellawyers.com/as-temperature-rises-calosha-intensifies-enforcement-activities/) - This week, temperatures in some parts of the state spiked to the high 90s and low 100s. In response, Cal/OSHA will intensify its enforcement... - [Death penalty costs California $184 million a year, study says](https://michellawyers.com/death-penalty-costs-california-184-million-a-year-study-says/) - By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times A senior judge and law professor examine rising costs of the program. Without major reforms, they conclude, capital punishment will continue to exist mostly in theory while exacting an untenable cost. Taxpayers have spent more than $4 billion on capital punishment in California since it was reinstated in 1978, or about $308 million for each of the 13 executions carried out since then, according to a comprehensive analysis of the death penalty’s costs. The examination of state, federal and local expenditures for capital cases, conducted over three years by a senior federal judge and a law professor, estimated that the additional costs of capital trials, enhanced security on death row and legal representation for the condemned adds $184 million to the budget each year. [Full story: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-adv-death-penalty-costs-20110620,0,3505671.story ] - [HSUS Bid to End Hunting on Refuges Defeated](https://michellawyers.com/hsus-bid-to-end-hunting-on-refuges-defeated/) - HSUS Bid to End Hunting on Refuges Defeated - [MCLU Applauds Governor, Legislature for Protecting Privacy of Medical Marijuana Patients](https://michellawyers.com/mclu-applauds-governor-legislature-for-protecting-privacy-of-medical-marijuana-patients/) - Augusta – This morning, Governor Paul LePage signed LD 1296, “An Act to Amend the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act To Protect Patient Privacy,” into law. LD 1296, primarily drafted by the Maine Civil Liberties Union, reforms Maine’s medical marijuana law to protect patient privacy, ensure access to medical marijuana, and clarify protections for patients from law enforcement action. The bill received unanimous approval in the Health and Human Services Committee and passed through the House and the Senate without debate. “The widespread, bi-partisan support for LD 1296 reflects Maine’s history of compassionate care for patients and respect for personal privacy,” said Alysia Melnick, MCLU Public Policy Counsel. "Seriously ill patients shouldn’t have to place their highly sensitive personal medical information in a statewide database inder to access the care they need.” The safety and efficacy of marijuana in treating a range of serious illnesses and associated conditions, including cancer, HIV/AIDS and multiple sclerosis is widely documented, even in comparison to known, federally approved pharmaceutical treatments. Many of the patients who spoke at the bill’s public hearing testified that using marijuana allowed them to drastically reduce eliminate other medications, including narcotics and opioids that carry high risk of addiction and other negative side effects. These voices made an impact on legislators on the Committee, including the sponsor, Representative Deborah Sanderson, likely familiar with Maine’s grave problems related to prescription drug abuse. “Researching this program for the last 7 months has been quite an education,” said Representative Deborah Sanderson (R-Chelsea), primary sponsor of the bill. “I've read countless case studies on the benefits of marijuana for many conditions. What has been the most informative and moving however, has been speaking to the patients themselves. Folks who suffer chronic debilitating pain and have used opiates, often for months, are seeing better pain management results without the highly addictive results that opiates often have." The bill makes registration optional for patients and some caregivers and eliminates the requirement that patients disclose their specific medical condition to the state. The law also mandates more effective processes for adding approved medical conditions, improves the procedure for minor patient access and prevents municipalities from instituting regulations more restrictive than State Law. Importantly, patients, caregivers and dispensary employees acting under the law will be protected from arrest, prosecution and discrimination. "Few things are more private than a person's medical condition choice of treatment,” said Alysia Melnick, MCLU Public Policy Counsel. “Patients, their doctors, and their caregivers should be able to make decisions about medical marijuana without having to fear breach of privacy, arrest prosecution." The bill is the culmination of the efforts of a broad and diverse coalition of legislators, doctors, privacy advocates, patients and those who care for them. Supporters express commitment to protecting privacy rights and to reinstating the intent of the 2009 citizen’s initiative passed by a strong margin of the voters (59%). “I am pleased that the Legislature has voted to move the law closer to the initiated bill that was enacted by the voters,” said Governor Paul LePage. “I am proud to a sign a bill that protects patient privacy and respects the will of the voters.” - [Salmon numbers leap to reverse two decades of decline in UK rivers](https://michellawyers.com/salmon-numbers-leap-to-reverse-two-decades-of-decline-in-uk-rivers/) - Conservationists say counts are up everywhere except in waters around commercial fish farms. But they don't know why and warn that last year's increase may be a one-off - [NRA, Bass Pro to Sponsor Ryan Newman at Daytona](https://michellawyers.com/nra-bass-pro-to-sponsor-ryan-newman-at-daytona/) - NRA, Bass Pro to Sponsor Ryan Newman at Daytona - [Could this be happening? A man’s nightmare made real – Louis Gonzalez III stood accused of unspeakable acts: kidnapping, torture, sexual...](https://michellawyers.com/could-this-be-happening-a-mans-nightmare-made-real-louis-gonzalez-iii-stood-accused-of-unspeakable-acts-kidnapping-torture-sexual-2/) - By Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times – He kept thinking that there had been a mistake, that he’d be out in no time. That the system, set into motion by some misunderstanding or act of malice, would soon correct itself. That was before the detective informed him of the charges, and before the article in the Ventura County Star. “Man held after woman found raped and tortured,” read the headline, and there was his name, along with a quote from a police officer: “In 19 years of police work, this has to go down as one of the most brutal attacks I have ever seen.” [Full story: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-accused-20110626,0,2883556.full.story ] - [Study: Wildlife hangs on in Afghanistan](https://michellawyers.com/study-wildlife-hangs-on-in-afghanistan-2/) - NEW YORK, June 27 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a study shows large wild animals are surviving in Afghanistan despite years of armed conflict and military operations in the country. - [Warming oceans could melt ice faster than expected](https://michellawyers.com/warming-oceans-could-melt-ice-faster-than-expected/) - Ice sheets simmering in warmer ocean waters could melt much quicker than realized - [California ‘three-strike’ sentences used less often 15 years later](https://michellawyers.com/california-three-strike-sentences-used-less-often-15-years-later/) - By Andy Furillo – The Sacramento Bee – PUBLISHED MONDAY, JUL. 04, 2011 Fifteen years after passage of the state’s landmark “three strikes” sentencing law, prosecutors in Sacramento and throughout California have become far more selective in applying the full force of the statute, reducing the number of lifetime prison terms being sought for third strikers to a relative trickle. While it used to obtain the maximum sentences anywhere from 50 to nearly 100 times a year, the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office now asks for life terms for third strikers fewer than 20 times a year, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The office obtained 16 such sentences in 2010 compared with a high of 94 in 1996. The trend bears out from Del Norte to Imperial counties. District attorneys across the state used to collectively pack off criminals on maximum three-strikes terms by the hundreds – more than 1,700 in 1996 alone. In the past three years, the numbers have dropped to well short of 200 annually. California prisons housed 8,727 three-strike lifers as of Dec. 31. Explanations for the decrease vary. One factor, said legal experts, is the 1996 California Supreme Court decision that gave judges a say in three-strikes sentencing. [Full Story: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/04/3745789/california-three-strike-sentences.html# ] - [NRA International YHEC Returns to New Mexico](https://michellawyers.com/nra-international-yhec-returns-to-new-mexico/) - NRA International YHEC Returns to New Mexico - [Largetooth Sawfish Declared an Endangered Species](https://michellawyers.com/largetooth-sawfish-declared-an-endangered-species/) - WASHINGTON, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Shark Advocates International is applauding the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) decision to list largetooth sawfish (Pristisperotteti) under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA).. - [International Green AwardsT announces WWF-UK as its exclusive NGO partner](https://michellawyers.com/international-green-awardst-announces-wwf-uk-as-its-exclusive-ngo-partner/) - 11th July 2011 - The INTERNATIONAL GREEN AWARDS, a global awards scheme committed to innovation in sustainability, is pleased to be aligned with WWF-UK as our exclusive NGO partner, in support of their efforts around greening business - [MAPC Lawyers Publish: How to Avoid Personal Liability when Signing a Business Contract](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-lawyers-publish-how-to-avoid-personal-liability-when-signing-a-business-contract/) - To determine whether an authorized business representative who signs a contract is personally liable, courts consider the written instrument, in its entirety. To avoid personal liability, those signing legal instruments on behalf of their company should unambiguously demonstrate that their signature is made in a representative capacity only. This should be done by clearly manifesting - [Small farms key to global food security, U.N. says](https://michellawyers.com/small-farms-key-to-global-food-security-u-n-says/) - GENEVA, July 5 (Reuters) - Governments must work towards a major shift towards small-scale farming if endemic food crises are to be overcome and production boosted to support the global population, the United Nations said on Tuesday. - [Europe paves way for GM crop bans](https://michellawyers.com/europe-paves-way-for-gm-crop-bans/) - The European Parliament on Tuesday backed plans to let member states choose whether to ban the cultivation of genetically-modified (GM) crops on their territory, giving a detailed list of grounds on which such bans could be imposed. - [Another Resident Detained by Police for Taking Pictures (www.lbpost.com)](https://michellawyers.com/another-resident-detained-by-police-for-taking-pictures-www-lbpost-com/) - Long Beach police have wrongfully detained a 2 nd individual in a month for photography. - [Rainbow toad rediscovered after 87 years](https://michellawyers.com/rainbow-toad-rediscovered-after-87-years/) - Ansonia latidisca was rediscovered in Malaysia by Indraneil Das of the University of Malaysia, Sarawak. Last year Das found the Old World's smallest frog, about the size of a pea, in the same area. - [NORML.ORG - Indiana: State To Study Sentencing Reforms For Marijuana](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-indiana-state-to-study-sentencing-reforms-for-marijuana/) - Indianapolis, IN : A special General Assembly committee is slated to hear testimony this summer regarding whether state lawmakers should significantly liberalize criminal penalties pertaining to the possession of marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes. Members of the interim study committee on Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy will review the issue and make policy recommendations. The committee's first scheduled meeting on the issue is slated for late-July. To date, sixteen states and the District of Columbia have passed laws allowing for the limited use of medical marijuana under state law. Fourteen states have adopted separate laws reducing the personal possession of small amounts of cannabis for non-medical purposes to a fine-only infraction or misdemeanor. Under present Indiana law , minor marijuana possession is classified as a criminal misdemeanor offense punishable by up to one year in jail, a $5,000 fine, and criminal record. NORML previously testified in February in favor of establishing the marijuana study committee. For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director or Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel, at (202) 483-5500, or visit Indiana NORML on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/IndianaNORML . - [Los Angeles County wins 16-square-mile gang injunction](https://michellawyers.com/los-angeles-county-wins-16-square-mile-gang-injunction-2/) - Los Angeles County wins 16-square-mile gang injunction The Associated Press PUBLISHED FRIDAY, JUL. 22, 2011 LA PUENTE, Calif. — Los Angeles County prosecutors say they’ve made a 16-square-mile area of the San Gabriel Valley off-limits to gangs. The district attorney’s office says it obtained a permanent court injunction Friday for a zone that includes the cities of Industry, La Puente, parts of West Covina and several unincorporated neighborhoods. It’s the largest gang injunction zone the DA’s office has ever obtained. [Full Story: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/22/v-print/3788241/la-county-wins-16-square-mile.html ] - [Tras siete años, Uruguay vuelve a autorizar transgénicos](https://michellawyers.com/tras-siete-anos-uruguay-vuelve-a-autorizar-transgenicos-2/) - [MONTEVIDEO] Siete años después de autorizar los dos primeros maíces transgénicos en Uruguay, el gobierno de ese país aprobó (21 de junio) el cultivo y producción comercial de cinco nuevas variedades, decisión que generó polémica entre expertos y organizaciones ambientalistas. - [Tequila gives new biofuel crops a shot](https://michellawyers.com/tequila-gives-new-biofuel-crops-a-shot/) - Study finds ethanol derived from agave plants could provide a substitute for petrol and be grown without displacing food crops - [Survival of plants top of the agenda](https://michellawyers.com/survival-of-plants-top-of-the-agenda/) - While the politics of climate change are being played out in Canberra, many of the world's leading botanists are in Melbourne discussing the science of survival for the planet's plant life. - [Los Angeles – Fullerton police beating of homeless man is under investigation](https://michellawyers.com/los-angeles-fullerton-police-beating-of-homeless-man-is-under-investigation/) - By Kate Mather and Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times Kelly Thomas, 37, a schizophrenic, died five days after a run-in with Fullerton officers. The FBI, district attorney, Police Department and horrified civilian witnesses want answers. As they boarded an Orange County transit bus the night of July 5, passengers recounted a disturbing story in graphic detail: A homeless man near the bus station was under attack by police officers. “The cops are kicking this poor guy over there, all these cops,” one woman told the bus driver in a conversation captured on a grainy bus surveillance tape. [Full Story at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0803-fullerton-death-20110803,0,4180513.story ] - [CalChamber-Sponsored Leave Clarification Bill Signed by Governor](https://michellawyers.com/calchamber-sponsored-leave-clarification-bill-signed-by-governor/) - ​Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a California Chamber of Commerce-sponsored bill that clarifies the requirements of paid bone marrow and/or organ donation leave. SB... - [MAPC Publishes "California Supreme Court Agrees to Review Yet Another Brinker-Related Opinion On Meal and Rest Periods"](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-publishes-california-supreme-court-agrees-to-review-yet-another-brinker-related-opinion-on-meal-and-rest-periods/) - In 2008, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (San Diego) found that the onus on employers to ensure meal and rest periods for employees was not as burdensome as a “strict liability” liability standard for missed break periods. Thus, in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court, 165 Cal.App.4th 25, it was found that employers must - [MAPC Publishes "Los Angeles Court of Appeals Finds that Meal and Rest Period Penalties Are Cumulative Per Each Day of Violation"](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-publishes-los-angeles-court-of-appeals-finds-that-meal-and-rest-period-penalties-are-cumulative-per-each-day-of-violation/) - The Second District of the California Court of Appeals (Los Angeles) found that UPS could be liable to each employee for per-day penalties for multiple violations of the meal and rest period provisions of the Labor Code, blunting UPS’ argument that it could only be liable for one violation per day. Thus, in United Parcel - [MAPC Publishes: "Landlords Can Fight Nuisance Housing Discrimination Lawsuits"](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-publishes-landlords-can-fight-nuisance-housing-discrimination-lawsuits/) - Many local cities have contracts with private organizations to provide fair housing counseling for residents. These contracts are intended to provide lower income renters in those cities with a resource for understanding their rights as tenants and avenues for redressing unfair and illegal treatment by landlords. In practice, however, a disturbing trend has emerged. Under - [Concerns ahead of S. Africa climate talks](https://michellawyers.com/concerns-ahead-of-s-africa-climate-talks/) - JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's preparations to host the next major round of climate talks have met with scepticism from activists critical of what they say is the country's lack of leadership on environmental issues. - [North American Indians to suffer disproportionate climate impacts](https://michellawyers.com/north-american-indians-to-suffer-disproportionate-climate-impacts/) - NEW YORK (AlertNet) - North American Indian tribes, who have lived close to the land for generations, are disproportionately affected by climate change, according to a study released by the National Wildlife Federation. - [NRA/CRPAF Reveal Obstruction Of Lead Ammunition Research Probe But Efforts to Obtain Information Continue](https://michellawyers.com/nracrpaf-reveal-obstruction-of-lead-ammunition-research-probe-but-efforts-to-obtain-information-continue/) - National Rifle Association (“NRA”) and the California Rifle and Pistol Association Foundation (“CRPAF”) representatives made presentations to the California Fish and Game Commission (“Commission”) at its June 30, 2011 meeting in Stockton, California. The presentations revealed the numerous obstacles frustrating the NRA/CRPAF’s pursuit of underlying data behind taxpayer funded “research” that is being used to - [Climate change 'to increase malaria' in Indian Himalayas](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-to-increase-malaria-in-indian-himalayas/) - [NEW DELHI] Climate change is likely to spread malaria to new areas in the Indian Himalayas, and lengthen the periods in which the infection is spread in a number of districts, according to projections from malaria researchers in India - [Global warming could deliver a jolt to coffee lovers](https://michellawyers.com/global-warming-could-deliver-a-jolt-to-coffee-lovers/) - Global warming could deliver a jolt to coffee lovers - and not the kind they've come to crave first thing in the morning. - [Environment Ministry paves way for private protected areas](https://michellawyers.com/environment-ministry-paves-way-for-private-protected-areas/) - SANTO DOMINGO.- An Environment Ministry resolution issued Monday approves the regulation to declare private protected areas, with norms, procedures and requirements to manage them. - [Conservation, Beyond Boundaries](https://michellawyers.com/conservation-beyond-boundaries/) - Saving animals that range freely across thousands of miles will require more from us than creating safe zones at our current rate. - [Species flee warming faster than previously thought](https://michellawyers.com/species-flee-warming-faster-than-previously-thought/) - Animals and plants are shifting their natural home ranges towards the cooler poles three times faster than scientists previously thought. - [Environment laws to be overhauled](https://michellawyers.com/environment-laws-to-be-overhauled/) - Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke will embark on a major overhaul of environmental protection laws. Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra, Mr Burke outlined a new national approach to protecting Australia's environment and biodiversity. - [“A Ten-Step Guide to Transforming Probation Departments to Reduce Recidivism](https://michellawyers.com/a-ten-step-guide-to-transforming-probation-departments-to-reduce-recidivism/) - A report prepared by the Council of State Governments Justice Center for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice Pew Center on the States Public Safety Performance Project Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Community Justice Assistance Division Travis County (TX) Community Supervision and Corrections Department 2011 Link to the document: http://www.criminaljusticecoalition.org/files/userfiles/A_Ten-Step_Guide_to_Transforming_Probation_Departments_to_Reduce_Recidivism.pdf - [Darwin's Butterflies? Spectacular Species Radiation in the Caribbean Studied With 'DNA Barcoding'](https://michellawyers.com/darwins-butterflies-spectacular-species-radiation-in-the-caribbean-studied-with-dna-barcoding/) - ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2011) - In one of the first taxonomic revisions of Neotropical butterflies that utilizes 'DNA barcoding', Andrei Sourakov (University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History) and Evgeny Zakharov (University of Guelph, Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding at the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario) uncovered a spectacular degree of evolutionary divergence within the satyrine butterfly genus Calisto - [Some Quick Answers on the New NLRA Posting](https://michellawyers.com/some-quick-answers-on-the-new-nlra-posting/) - On August 26th, we blogged on the NLRB’s New Poster Requirement for 2011. We anticipate receiving many questions about this new requirement. In anticipation... - [Officials fighting to protect Great Indian Bustard](https://michellawyers.com/officials-fighting-to-protect-great-indian-bustard/) - With the Supreme Court allowing the Maharashtra government to cut down the size of the Great Indian Bustard sanctuary area spreading over Solapur and Ahmednagar district by nearly 85% last month, forest officials are in the process of stepping up conservation efforts in the remaining areas, with a special focus core area of around 193 sqkm in isolated pockets in Solapur district. But even that will not be an easy task. - [Alaska Files Notice Of Appeal On Polar Bear Listing](https://michellawyers.com/alaska-files-notice-of-appeal-on-polar-bear-listing/) - The state of Alaska filed notice on Friday that it will appeal a federal judge's ruling upholding the listing of polar bears as a threatened species. - [Long-lost ladybird species discovered breeding in UK](https://michellawyers.com/long-lost-ladybird-species-discovered-breeding-in-uk/) - The rare 13-spot ladybird was found breeding in Devon for the first time in the UK for nearly 60 years - [First New U.S. Bird Species in Decades-Already Extinct?](https://michellawyers.com/first-new-u-s-bird-species-in-decades-already-extinct/) - A new bird species has been discovered in the U.S. for the first time in nearly 30 years-but the species may have already flown the coop for good, a new study says. - [Asian longhorned beetle has taste for maples, new study finds](https://michellawyers.com/asian-longhorned-beetle-has-taste-for-maples-new-study-finds/) - Invader's spread worrisome because of effect on tourism, syrup production - [Oil-spill research funds begin to flow](https://michellawyers.com/oil-spill-research-funds-begin-to-flow/) - BP's Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) announced today the first long-term grant recipients in its multimillion-dollar fund to support oil-spill research in the Gulf of Mexico. - [THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending September 2, 2011](https://michellawyers.com/the-weeks-cases-for-the-week-ending-september-2-2011/) - [First Stem Cells from Endangered Species](https://michellawyers.com/first-stem-cells-from-endangered-species-2/) - Starting with normal skin cells, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first stem cells from endangered species. Such cells could eventually make it possible to improve reproduction and genetic diversity for some species, possibly saving them from extinction, or to bolster the health of endangered animals in captivity - [SHARE: print 62% of deforested Amazon land ends up as cattle pasture](https://michellawyers.com/share-print62-of-deforested-amazon-land-ends-up-as-cattle-pasture/) - 62 percent of the area deforested in the Brazilian Amazon until 2008 is occupied by cattle pasture, reports a new satellite-based analysis by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and its Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa). - [Alien worm invasion 'threat to forests'](https://michellawyers.com/alien-worm-invasion-threat-to-forests-2/) - Invasive earthworms can alter the carbon and nitrogen cycles in woodland, as well as undermining native plant species, a study has said. - [Humboldt County deputy public defender attacked in jail; With new attorney, defendant pleads not guilty to felony assault charge](https://michellawyers.com/humboldt-county-deputy-public-defender-attacked-in-jail-with-new-attorney-defendant-pleads-not-guilty-to-felony-assault-charge/) - Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard - Posted: 09/07/2011 02:00:49 AM PDT With a newly appointed attorney, a 20-year-old Garberville man pleaded not guilty to felony assault Tuesday, five days after allegedly attacking his deputy public defender in the Humboldt County jail. Jesse James Petty, who is being held in jail while waiting to stand trial on a charge of attempted murder on a peace officer, allegedly attacked…[For full story: http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_18841580 ] - [Scientists join lobby for biotechnology law](https://michellawyers.com/scientists-join-lobby-for-biotechnology-law/) - Kampala- Scientists, policy makers and other groups working to advance biotechnology science for national development have formed an association to add momentum in their push for the Biotechnology and Biosafety law. - [Bhutan faces crop losses from erratic climate](https://michellawyers.com/bhutan-faces-crop-losses-from-erratic-climate/) - [THIMPU] Agricultural experts in the Himalayan country of Bhutan - a least developed country - are concerned at increasing crop losses in recent years, attributable to global warming. - [Aboriginal clans agree to stop hunting dugong](https://michellawyers.com/aboriginal-clans-agree-to-stop-hunting-dugong/) - Four traditional owner groups have agreed not to hunt dugong for the next five years and limit their take of green turtles to 20 a year. - [Documentary a fight against climate change](https://michellawyers.com/documentary-a-fight-against-climate-change/) - TORONTO - Elected president of the Maldives after spending 20 years leading a pro-democracy movement against a cruel dictatorship, Mohammed Nasheed believes it will have all been for naught if his nation of 1,200 islands is swallowed up by the ocean. - [New York City meteorologist Heidi Jones pleads guilty to falsely reporting rape](https://michellawyers.com/new-york-city-meteorologist-heidi-jones-pleads-guilty-to-falsely-reporting-rape/) - CBS/WCBS/AP) NEW YORK – Heidi Jones, former New York tv meteorologist, admitted Wednesday she’d made up claims of being repeatedly attacked by a stranger on the city streets, allegations that sparked an extensive investigation before police said… [For full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20106221-504083.html ] - [UK business "nowhere near" meeting climate change challenge, report finds](https://michellawyers.com/uk-business-nowhere-near-meeting-climate-change-challenge-report-finds/) - British companies are "nowhere near " meeting UK targets to tackle climate change, a new report assessing UK plc sustainability performance against specific indicators has found. - [NORML.ORG - 22nd Annual Boston Freedom Rally Takes Place This Weekend](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-22nd-annual-boston-freedom-rally-takes-place-this-weekend/) - Boston, MA: The Massachusetts' affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, MassCann/NORML , will hold its 22nd annual Freedom Rally this Saturday, September 17, at the Boston Common in downtown Boston. The noon event, which is anticipated to draw over 50,000 attendees, is the largest public marijuana law reform gathering on the east coast. Speakers at this year's event include: NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre, NORML Founder and Legal Counsel Keith Stroup, NORML Women's Alliance Director Sabrina Fendrick, MassCann/NORML President Michael Crawford, NORML Board Member Keith Saunders, MassCann/NORML Treasurer Steven Epstein, Connecticut NORML Director Erik Williams, and High Times Associate Publisher Rick Cusick. Musical artists include: Tree, Prospect Hill, Casey Desmond, and DJ Slim, among many others. A complete line-up of this year's speakers and musicians is available online at: http:/masscann.org . - [Italian sparrow joins family as a new species](https://michellawyers.com/italian-sparrow-joins-family-as-a-new-species/) - Scientists in Norway say they have conclusive genetic evidence that sparrows recently evolved a third species. The Italian sparrow, they argue, is a cross between the ubiquitous house sparrow and the Spanish sparrow. - [Tracking equipment could be harming wild birds, experts warn](https://michellawyers.com/tracking-equipment-could-be-harming-wild-birds-experts-warn/) - Hi-tech tracking equipment that maps the lives of bird species appears to be damaging the health and welfare of the birds to which it is attached, wildlife experts have warned. - [World can beat desertification: UN chief](https://michellawyers.com/world-can-beat-desertification-un-chief/) - Deserts keep growing around the world, but the process can be reversed if governments act in time, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. - [Finland - Minister Heidi Hautala: key note -speech in the High Level meeting 'Gender Policy & Rio Conventions'](https://michellawyers.com/finland-minister-heidi-hautala-key-note-speech-in-the-high-level-meeting-gender-policy-rio-conventions/) - The Gender Policy Framework and Action Plan for the UNCCD and the Mainstreaming of Gender within the Three Rio Conventions - [Hydrofracking Leases Subject of Regrets in New York](https://michellawyers.com/hydrofracking-leases-subject-of-regrets-in-new-york/) - Many landowners in New York are having second thoughts about deals they signed with energy companies to allow hydraulic fracturing on their land. - [Santa Barbara County Braces for Inmate Influx – County Forced to Shoulder Hundreds of Convicts Coming from State Prison](https://michellawyers.com/santa-barbara-county-braces-for-inmate-influx-county-forced-to-shoulder-hundreds-of-convicts-coming-from-state-prison/) - By Chris Meagher, Santa Barbara Independent – Thursday, September 22, 2011 The State of California, in an effort to alleviate its own crowded prisons and financial crisis, has shed responsibility for thousands of inmates, putting them in the hands of local jurisdictions to take care of. As a result of Governor Jerry Brown signing Assembly Bill 109 earlier this year, beginning October 1, Santa Barbara County will start to receive hundreds of low-level inmates and parolees from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, leaving a big question mark as to what effect those people headed back to the area will have on public safety. All incoming inmates committed crimes in Santa Barbara County and contributed one percent to the entire state prison population. When the plan is fully implemented by sometime next fall, officials anticipate gaining responsibility for an additional…[For full story: http://www.independent.com/news/2011/sep/22/sb-braces-inmate-influx/?print ] - [Time to rethink global hunger fight - IFRC](https://michellawyers.com/time-to-rethink-global-hunger-fight-ifrc/) - LONDON (AlertNet) - Governments should invest more in agriculture and give poorer farmers better access to finance to help the world's 1 billion malnourished people weather a "perfect storm" facing the global food system, the international Red Cross movement said on Thursday. - [Why the warming climate makes animals smaller](https://michellawyers.com/why-the-warming-climate-makes-animals-smaller/) - Honey, we shrank the copepods. These tiny marine animals offer a clue to why a warming climate makes animals smaller. - [REDD+ would leave some species unprotected](https://michellawyers.com/redd-would-leave-some-species-unprotected/) - REDD+ programs could leave some species high and dry even if its preserves the forests they call home, argues a new opinion piece in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Science. - [Climate change may leave Mount Everest ascent ice-free, say climbers](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-may-leave-mount-everest-ascent-ice-free-say-climbers/) - Climbers and custodians of Everest say that rapid climate change could soon make for an ice-free ascent of the world's tallest mountain. - [Judicial Council of California – Criminal Justice Realignment Act of 2011 Resource Center](https://michellawyers.com/judicial-council-of-california-criminal-justice-realignment-act-of-2011-resource-center/) - Criminal justice realignment, enacted via the Budget Act of 2011 and various budget trailer bills, is intended to make changes to California’s correctional system… “to stop the costly, ineffective and unsafe ‘revolving door’ of lower-level offenders and parole violators through our state prisons,” according to Governor Jerry Brown. This site contains materials for the courts, justice partners, and public regarding current implementation efforts for criminal justice realignment. http://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/realignment.htm - [Why Eyewitness Memory Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be (Part III)](https://michellawyers.com/why-eyewitness-memory-isnt-all-its-cracked-up-to-be-part-iii/) - Why Eyewitness Memory Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be (Part III) The Huffington Post – 9/30/11 12:53 PM ET In Part I and Part II of this post, I began recounting my recent experiences as an eyewitness expert in an armed robbery trial. My testimony in the case focused on the general limitations of eyewitness memory, but the photo array that police presented to the victims was problematic in its own right. When I looked at this array before the trial began, the image of the defendant seemed to leap off the page of nine photos. I wasn’t entirely sure why: perhaps because his face filled more of the frame than the others, perhaps because his head was cocked at an angle unlike the others, or maybe it was the visible remnants of a mysterious string of numbers typed below his photo — I assume some sort of record-keeping code that hadn’t been totally removed when the photo was cut from its printed sheet and stuck on the array background. Whatever it was, something about the array looked fishy…[For full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-sommers/eye-witness-flaws_b_943651.html ] - [Location matters: For invasive aquatic species, it's better to start upstream](https://michellawyers.com/location-matters-for-invasive-aquatic-species-its-better-to-start-upstream/) - Athens, Ga. - Researchers have found that a species invasion that starts at the upstream edge of its range may have a major advantage over downstream competitors, at least in environments with a strong prevailing direction of water or wind currents. - [California – Governor Jerry Brown – Pledges state support as local leaders launch “Public Safety Realignment” law](https://michellawyers.com/california-governor-jerry-brown-pledges-state-support-as-local-leaders-launch-public-safety-realignment-law/) - SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., flanked by the state’s top law enforcement leaders, today pledged “maximum state support” as local officials begin California’s historic realignment to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s prison-reduction order. “The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered California to reduce its prison population without delay and realignment is the most viable plan to comply with the Court’s order – it ensures that the most dangerous offenders serve their full sentences in state prison,” Brown said. “Today I am pledging maximum state support to local officials: full funding, flexibility to use local solutions, and a future ballot measure guaranteeing continuous funding. We can’t overturn the Supreme Court’s decision, but we can work together to fix our broken system and protect public safety,” Brown added. State and local officials have worked together for months preparing for the transfer to local government of funds and a range of responsibilities, including supervising parolees, managing lower-level offenders, and providing mental health, substance abuse, and child protective services. “We think local government can do this and can do it better,” said Yolo County Supervisor and California State Association of Counties (CSAC) First Vice President Mike McGowan. “That said, we need the tools, which in this case, means a constitutional guarantee that the funding necessary for success, is protected for the future. We appreciate that Governor Brown has strongly stated his support of this approach.” “In working with Governor Brown we have forged a proper plan, scheme and design to implement realignment on October 1, 2011, thereby allowing local government to administer services, thus reducing recidivism,” said Merced County Sheriff and California State Sheriffs’ Association (CSSA) President Mark N. Pazin. In January 2010, a Three-Judge Court ordered the state to reduce the inmate population in its 33 adult prisons to 137.5 percent of design capacity. The Three-Judge Court’s order was affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in May 2011. As a result, the State is mandated to lower its prison population by approximately 30,000 inmates by June 27, 2013. The budget and legislation Governor Brown signed in June provide the legal framework for realignment and allocations of revenue to counties for their new responsibilities. The total funding provided to the counties this year will be $5.6 billion, and it is expected to grow to $6.8 billion by 2014. Governor Brown was joined today by: Matthew Cate, Secretary of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Sheriff Mark Pazin, Merced County Supervisor Mike McGowan, Yolo County Officer Isabelle Voit, Solano County Chief Probation Chief Scott Seaman, Los Gatos Police Department Supervisor David Finigan, Del Norte County District Attorney Carl Adams, Sutter County Chief Rick Braziel, Sacramento Police Department Patricia Ryan, Executive Director, Mental Health Association of California Frank Mecca, Executive Director, County Welfare Directors Association of California Tom Renfree, Executive Director, County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators Association of California - [Small Fish Recover Faster Than Large Fish](https://michellawyers.com/small-fish-recover-faster-than-large-fish/) - In football, linebackers are usually the largest players and have the endurance required to get through a game plus overtime. But when it comes to fish, larger doesn't always mean stronger. A University of Illinois study showed smaller fish recover from exertion faster than larger fish. - [Homegrown GM Bean Won't Fight Hunger, Critics Say](https://michellawyers.com/homegrown-gm-bean-wont-fight-hunger-critics-say-2/) - RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 4, 2011 (IPS) - Critics complain that a genetically modified bean developed in Brazil, resistant to one of the country's most damaging agricultural pests, was approved without enough debate or guarantees that the crop will not affect human health or the environment. - [Slew of whale deaths mystifies scientists](https://michellawyers.com/slew-of-whale-deaths-mystifies-scientists-2/) - New theories are emerging: is global warming, shipping traffic, or the Earth's magnetic field to blame? - [NORML.ORG - Synthetic 'Marijuana' Products Popular Among Those Subject To Drug Tests, Survey Says](https://michellawyers.com/norml-org-synthetic-marijuana-products-popular-among-those-subject-to-drug-tests-survey-says/) - Baltimore, MD: The use of herbal products containing synthetic cannabinoid agonists are popular among consumers because they are seldom detectable on standard workplace drug screens, according to survey data published online in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence . Investigators at John Hopkins University and Towson University in Maryland conducted an Internet survey of adults who reported lifetime use of a synthetic cannabinoid retail product such as K2 or Spice. Researchers reported: "Respondents were primarily male, Caucasian and [possessed at least] 12 years of education. ... Spice products were most frequently obtained from retail vendors and smoked, though other forms of ingestion were endorsed. ... Primary reasons for use were curiosity, positive drug effect, relaxation, and to get high without having a positive drug test." In March, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) exercised its 'emergency scheduling authority' to criminally prohibit the possession and sale of several of the synthetic cannabinoids contained in over-the-counter products such as Spice. NORML takes no official position regarding the use or regulation of these synthetic products. For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500 or Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org . Full text of the study, "A survey study to characterize use of Spice products (synthetic cannabinoids)," appears online in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. - ['Non-invasive' cultivar? Buyer beware](https://michellawyers.com/non-invasive-cultivar-buyer-beware/) - Varieties of long-lived plants that have been bred to produce fewer viable seed retain the potential to be invasive, despite claims to the contrary, and regardless do not usually 'breed true,' researchers conclude - [Global warning: climate sceptics are winning the battle](https://michellawyers.com/global-warning-climate-sceptics-are-winning-the-battle/) - Climate sceptics are winning the argument with the public over global warming, the world's most celebrated climate scientist, James Hansen of NASA, said in London yesterday. - [Protecting Endangered Mediterranean Monk Seal Creates Eco-Tourism Haven in Greece](https://michellawyers.com/protecting-endangered-mediterranean-monk-seal-creates-eco-tourism-haven-in-greece/) - As mega-resorts continue to sprout along much of the Aegean and Mediterranean coastlines, one North Aegean island in Greece is thriving on lower-key, eco-friendly tourism -- thanks to the discovery there nearly 30 years ago of one of the world's most endangered marine mammals. - [What should be the top environmental priority for the next 40 years](https://michellawyers.com/what-should-be-the-top-environmental-priority-for-the-next-40-years/) - Experts speakers argue their cases ahead of an Earthwatch debate in London this week - [Argentine Wine Industry Prepares for Global Warming](https://michellawyers.com/argentine-wine-industry-prepares-for-global-warming/) - LUJÁN DE CUYO, Argentina, Oct 19, 2011 (Tierramérica) - Even slight changes in temperature can have a serious impact on the quality of wine, whose production is closely intertwined with the particular qualities of local soils and microclimates. - [Young environmental advocates showcase green projects at UN workshop](https://michellawyers.com/young-environmental-advocates-showcase-green-projects-at-un-workshop/) - 18 October 2011 - Young environmental leaders from 18 developing countries are meeting at a United Nations backed workshop in Germany this week to showcase their own, innovative solutions for sustainable development, ranging from eco-tourism to eco-friendly cooking fuel. - [Climate change could trap hundreds of millions in disaster areas, report claims](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-could-trap-hundreds-of-millions-in-disaster-areas-report-claims/) - Report says refugees forced to leave homes by weather caused by global warming may end up in even worse afflicted areas - [Genetic study of cave millipedes reveals isolated populations and ancient divergence between species](https://michellawyers.com/genetic-study-of-cave-millipedes-reveals-isolated-populations-and-ancient-divergence-between-species/) - Last week the International Journal of Myriapodology published the first population genetic study of cave millipedes. This research highlights an important challenge in the conservation of cave biodiversity - that for many species caves are 'islands' of habitat that support isolated and genetically distinct populations. - [Florida – Video interviews may save money for taxpayers](https://michellawyers.com/florida-video-interviews-may-save-money-for-taxpayers/) - Homestead officers now have to drive 34 miles to give pre-trial interviews at the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office. But they’ll soon be able to give some of these depositions via Skype video chat. BY LIDIA DINKOVA – The Miami Herald News Homestead police officers will soon be able to give depositions over video link with the Miami-Dade public defender’s office, a move that could save the city the cost of…[For full story: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/21/2465429/video-interviews-may-save-money.html ] - [NPR “Fresh Air” program: Justice Stevens Reflects On The Court And Its Chiefs](https://michellawyers.com/npr-fresh-air-program-justice-stevens-reflects-on-the-court-and-its-chiefs/) - October 19, 2011 After 35 years serving on the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens retired last year. Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975, Stevens was the third-longest-serving justice in the court’s history. Now 91, he spends his days playing tennis, lecturing and writing. But instead of legal briefs and opinions, Stevens is now sharing personal stories from his time on the Supreme Court. His newly released memoir, Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir, is about the…[For full story and interview: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/19/141427499/justice-stevens-reflects-on-the-court-and-its-chiefs ] - [One Win for the Forests](https://michellawyers.com/one-win-for-the-forests/) - When the “roadless rule” was upheld in court last week, the environment and its allies got a big victory for a change. - [Project to study marine molluscs](https://michellawyers.com/project-to-study-marine-molluscs/) - The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala and Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu are joining hands in a collaborative project to prepare a biodiversity database and DNA barcode data of marine molluscs of India. - [Live Blogging on Brinker](https://michellawyers.com/live-blogging-on-brinker/) - In less than one week, the California Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Brinker v. Superior Court on November 8, 2011. Employers have... - [Javan rhino driven to extinction in Vietnam, conservationists say](https://michellawyers.com/javan-rhino-driven-to-extinction-in-vietnam-conservationists-say/) - Last known Javan rhino in Vietnam has died, leaving only a small population in Indonesia to ensure the species' survival - [Welcome to the New HRCalifornia](https://michellawyers.com/welcome-to-the-new-hrcalifornia/) - Exciting news — the new HRCalifornia website went live today! It’s completely redesigned for faster access and navigation. You can get to it from... - [AB 1825 Training Year Deadline Approaches](https://michellawyers.com/ab-1825-training-year-deadline-approaches-2/) - 2011 is a sexual harassment prevention training year for many California employers with 50 or more employees. If this applies to you, there’s only... - [Further Brinker Briefing Allowed](https://michellawyers.com/further-brinker-briefing-allowed/) - In an unusual step, the California Supreme Court recently allowed the California Employment Law Council to file an amicus curiae (friend of the court)... - [Judge Asks NLRB to Consider Delaying New Poster Rule](https://michellawyers.com/judge-asks-nlrb-to-consider-delaying-new-poster-rule/) - HR Watchdog reported in early October that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) postponed the start date of its final rule requiring employers to... - [Brinker Decision Delayed](https://michellawyers.com/brinker-decision-delayed-2/) - Businesses will have to wait longer for a decision in the Brinker case. As we reported last week, the California Supreme Court allowed the... - [NLRB Adopts Final Rule Speeding Up Election Process](https://michellawyers.com/nlrb-adopts-final-rule-speeding-up-election-process/) - Last month, we reported that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) voted to proceed with a controversial rule relating to election procedures. The NLRB... - [NLRA Poster Requirement Delayed Until April 30, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/nlra-poster-requirement-delayed-until-april-30-2012/) - Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it has postponed the effective date of its employee rights notice-posting rule until April 30,... - [Unemployment Benefits, Payroll Tax Cut Temporarily Extended](https://michellawyers.com/unemployment-benefits-payroll-tax-cut-temporarily-extended/) - An extension of federal unemployment benefits will spare an estimated 1.1 million jobless Californians from losing benefits after the New Year, according to the... - [Rural Land Grabs](https://michellawyers.com/rural-land-grabs/) - Responding to an Op-Ed article about Liberia, an official with the Ford Foundation discusses the rights of rural people worldwide. - [Proposed Rule Would Affect Family and Medical Leave Act](https://michellawyers.com/proposed-rule-would-affect-family-and-medical-leave-act/) - The Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a proposed rule that would implement amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The rule... - [Workers’ Compensation Division Seeks Employer Input](https://michellawyers.com/workers-compensation-division-seeks-employer-input/) - Two state entities are holding a series of public meetings across the state to gather comments about current workers’ compensation issues from employers and... - [Got Brinker? HRCalifornia Has Updated Content and Guidance](https://michellawyers.com/got-brinker-hrcalifornia-has-updated-content-and-guidance/) - As most employers know, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in the Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court case. The Brinker case... - [EEOC Guidance on Employing Disabled Veterans](https://michellawyers.com/eeoc-guidance-on-employing-disabled-veterans-6-3/) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just issued two guides (one for employers and one for disabled veterans) addressing the Americans with Disabilities Act... - [Comment Period Extended on Proposed Changes to Family and Medical Leave Act](https://michellawyers.com/comment-period-extended-on-proposed-changes-to-family-and-medical-leave-act/) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said it is extending the comment period for its proposed rule to implement new statutory amendments to the... - [EEOC Updates Enforcement Guidance on Arrest/Conviction Records](https://michellawyers.com/eeoc-updates-enforcement-guidance-on-arrestconviction-records/) - Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an updated Enforcement Guidance document on employer use of arrest and conviction records in employment decisions... - [H-2B Visa Rule Halted](https://michellawyers.com/h-2b-visa-rule-halted/) - A federal district court ruled that the Department of Labor (DOL) may not implement a final rule relating to H-2B visas. The H-2B non-agricultural... - [California Assembly Passes New Mandated Leave Bill](https://michellawyers.com/california-assembly-passes-new-mandated-leave-bill/) - The California Assembly passed a bill that would create a mandated leave benefit different from federal law. AB 2039 (Swanson; D-Alameda) significantly expands the... - [FEHC Eliminated; Duties Transferred to DFEH](https://michellawyers.com/fehc-eliminated-duties-transferred-to-dfeh/) - Late last week, Gov. Brown signed Senate Bill 1038 which eliminates the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC) and transfers its duties to... - [Heat Ramps Up In the West: Employers Take Note](https://michellawyers.com/heat-ramps-up-in-the-west-employers-take-note/) - The high temperatures that recently plagued the East Coast are hitting the West Coast this week. What do these high temperatures mean for employers?... - [Employee Requests FMLA – Keep Your Commentary to Yourself](https://michellawyers.com/employee-requests-fmla-keep-your-commentary-to-yourself/) - A recent case from a federal district court in Ohio highlights what can happen if a manager diverges from objectively processing a Family and... - [DWC Request for Re-Adoption of Emergency Regulations is Approved](https://michellawyers.com/dwc-request-for-re-adoption-of-emergency-regulations-is-approved/) - The 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... - [Guidance Issued on ACA Delayed Implementation](https://michellawyers.com/guidance-issued-on-aca-delayed-implementation/) - On July 9, the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced transition relief from the Employer Shared Responsibility provisions for 2014. The... - [Britain Plans to Tighten Anti-Squatter Laws](https://michellawyers.com/britain-plans-to-tighten-anti-squatter-laws-2/) - The British government plans to tighten anti-squatting laws to make it easier for property owners to evict uninvited tenants. - [More efforts needed to recover Ghana's lost forest cover](https://michellawyers.com/more-efforts-needed-to-recover-ghanas-lost-forest-cover/) - THERE have been continuous concerns over Ghana's dwindling forest cover, as there seems to be little or no efforts to replenish what is lost on a daily basis, and over the years. - [North Africa: Arab States Prepare for Rio+20 At Sustainable Development Workshop](https://michellawyers.com/north-africa-arab-states-prepare-for-rio20-at-sustainable-development-workshop/) - Jeddah - Regional preparations for next year's UN Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) in Brazil are among the priorities at a workshop on sustainable development in West Asia, co-organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. - [Let’s Do Lunch! Brinker Set For Oral Argument](https://michellawyers.com/lets-do-lunch-brinker-set-for-oral-argument/) - The date has finally arrived. The California Supreme Court set oral argument in Brinker v. Superior Court for November 8, 2011. Once the oral... - [41 Swedish plant scientists speak out against harmful EU regulation of modern plant genetics](https://michellawyers.com/41-swedish-plant-scientists-speak-out-against-harmful-eu-regulation-of-modern-plant-genetics-2/) - European legislation in the field of genetic engineering is so narrow that it blocks the ability of researchers to take progress from publicly funded basic research on plants through to practical applications. - [What will happen to soil carbon as the climate changes? A team of scientists seeks answers](https://michellawyers.com/what-will-happen-to-soil-carbon-as-the-climate-changes-a-team-of-scientists-seeks-answers-2/) - (PhysOrg.com) -- The ground beneath your feet could hide a sleeping giant. Globally, soils store three times as much carbon as there is in the atmosphere or in living plants. - [Chicago – Number of county criminal suspects on electronic monitoring surges](https://michellawyers.com/chicago-number-of-county-criminal-suspects-on-electronic-monitoring-surges/) - Cook County judges are ordering more suspects charged in non-violent crimes to await trial at home on electronic monitoring, rather than behind bars, according to new statistics released Wednesday. In the last year alone, the number of suspects on electronic monitoring has more than doubled, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s office announced. In 2010, a daily average of 395 suspects arrested in Cook County were on home electronic monitoring, but that number jumped to a daily average of 533 during the third quarter of the county’s fiscal year, ending Aug. 31. It climbed even more in September with the average hovering around 720 with 829 on home electronic monitoring on Sept. 27th alone, the most recent statistic available. The numbers, compiled by Preckwinkle and Sheriff Tom Dart’s offices, are expected to…[For full story: http://www.suntimes.com/8057426-417/number-of-county-criminal-suspects-on-electronic-monitoring-surges.html ] - [Britain attracts rare moths in autumn heatwave](https://michellawyers.com/britain-attracts-rare-moths-in-autumn-heatwave/) - LONDON - Record-breaking autumn temperatures have attracted hundreds of rare moths to Britain in what experts have called the best migration of the insects in years. - [The Case for Climate-Change Alarmism](https://michellawyers.com/the-case-for-climate-change-alarmism/) - For better or worse, uncertainty pervades projections of global warming. - [German officials admit using spyware on citizens, as Big Brother scandal grows](https://michellawyers.com/german-officials-admit-using-spyware-on-citizens-as-big-brother-scandal-grows/) - By Bob Sullivan – MSNBC.COM A government surveillance software scandal that erupted in Germany this weekend has spread beyond that nation’s borders, raising questions about how far government officials around the globe might go to monitor citizens through spyware. On Saturday, as reported on MSNBC.com, the German-based Chaos Computer Club announced it had examined a Trojan horse program allegedly spread by government officials to secretly…[For full story: http://defender411.us/pieciv ] - [Will climate change lead to culture change?](https://michellawyers.com/will-climate-change-lead-to-culture-change/) - Nairobi - For Haleka Shishay, being unemployed left him feeling desperate. A resident of the Tahtai Maichew district in Ethiopia's Tigray region, Shishay used to travel during the rainy season to find seasonal work. That was before bees came into his life. Today, Shishay, 25, is the proud owner of bee hives that now give him a regular income. - [Future Forests May Soak Up More Carbon Dioxide than Previously Believed](https://michellawyers.com/future-forests-may-soak-up-more-carbon-dioxide-than-previously-believed/) - Newswise - ANN ARBOR, Mich.---North American forests appear to have a greater capacity to soak up heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas than researchers had previously anticipated. - [Preventing Desertification Better Than Cure](https://michellawyers.com/preventing-desertification-better-than-cure/) - CHANGWON, Oct 16, 2011 (IPS) - "Humanity is the only desert-making species and we've been degrading usable land at one percent per year," says Luc Gnacadja, executive secretary of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). - [Why the spoon-billed sandpiper's luck might change](https://michellawyers.com/why-the-spoon-billed-sandpipers-luck-might-change/) - The spoon-billed sandpiper faces extinction. But a last-ditch breeding programme might just save this extraordinary-looking species - [Illuminating Africa's most obscure cat](https://michellawyers.com/illuminating-africas-most-obscure-cat/) - Africa is known as the continent of big cats: cheetahs, leopards, and of course, the king of them all, lions. Even servals and caracals are relatively well-known by the public. - [California – Governor Brown to propose less generous pensions, higher retirement age](https://michellawyers.com/california-governor-brown-to-propose-less-generous-pensions-higher-retirement-age/) - The Sacramento Bee – October 26, 2011 Gov. Jerry Brown will propose a higher retirement age and a less generous pension system for newly-hired state workers, sources familiar with Brown’s pension plan said this afternoon. The Democratic governor, who is expected to release his pension plan Thursday, will also propose prohibiting the purchase of additional…[ http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/10/jerry-brown-to-propose-mandatory-hybrid-among-pension-changes.html ] - [Forest biofuel projects could increase West Coast carbon emissions](https://michellawyers.com/forest-biofuel-projects-could-increase-west-coast-carbon-emissions/) - Thinning West Coast forests on a widespread scale to feed bioenergy projects would increase the region's production of greenhouse gases, according to a new study. - [HR Beware! Halloween Is in the Air](https://michellawyers.com/hr-beware-halloween-is-in-the-air/) - It's Halloween weekend. How will you handle the holiday in your workplace? Some employers get into the spirit of things and allow employees to... - [Final Rule on Employing H-2B Workers](https://michellawyers.com/final-rule-on-employing-h-2b-workers/) - The federal Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule on the H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker program. This program allows U.S. employers to bring... - [EEOC Guidance on Employing Disabled Veterans](https://michellawyers.com/eeoc-guidance-on-employing-disabled-veterans-6-2/) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just issued two guides (one for employers and one for disabled veterans) addressing the Americans with Disabilities Act... - [California Bill Would Create New Leave Mandate](https://michellawyers.com/california-bill-would-create-new-leave-mandate/) - ​A bill that creates a California-mandated leave benefit that differs from federal law will be considered by the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee on... - [Revisions to Form I-9 Proposed](https://michellawyers.com/revisions-to-form-i-9-proposed/) - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced proposed revisions to the Form I-9. Employers must use the Form I-9 to verify the eligibility of... - [Asking For Facebook Passwords Is Risky](https://michellawyers.com/asking-for-facebook-passwords-is-risky/) - News of job interviewers demanding Facebook passwords from applicants caused a media storm. Top news outlets published numerous reports about job applicants being asked... - [Independent Contractors Vital, Growing Source of California Economic Strength](https://michellawyers.com/independent-contractors-vital-growing-source-of-california-economic-strength/) - Independent contractors are a vital and growing source of strength in California’s economy, according to a new report co-sponsored by the California Foundation for... - [April 30 NLRA Poster Deadline Approaches](https://michellawyers.com/april-30-nlra-poster-deadline-approaches/) - The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) posting deadline of April 30 is looming. This deadline has not changed even though there is a court... - [2013 Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Limits Announced](https://michellawyers.com/2013-health-savings-accounts-and-flexible-spending-limits-announced/) - Health Savings Accounts (HSA) are pre-tax accounts available to individuals who are covered under a high-deductible health plan (HDHP). These accounts help employees pay... - [Cal/OSHA Kicks Off 2012 Heat Illness Campaign](https://michellawyers.com/calosha-kicks-off-2012-heat-illness-campaign/) - Cal/OSHA launched its 2012 heat illness campaign aimed at preventing worker deaths and illnesses due to heat exposure at outdoor workplaces. Cal/OSHA already started... - [Public Comments on Workers' Comp System Now Available](https://michellawyers.com/public-comments-on-workers-comp-system-now-available-2/) - HRWatchdog previously blogged about the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) coordinating a series of public meetings across... - [Rules for Developing Land](https://michellawyers.com/rules-for-developing-land/) - A lawyer disagrees with an Op-Ed writer’s view of a Supreme Court decision. - [Welcome to Michel & Associates, P.C.](https://michellawyers.com/firearms-environmental-2/) - Michel & Associates, P.C. is a mid-sized boutique law firm located in Long Beach, California specializing in handling adversarial proceedings and civil and criminal litigation. Michel & Associates, P.C. has earned the highest available rating for legal service providers, an AV rating from renowned legal services evaluator, Martindale-Hubbell. Our practice areas include environmental law, land use law, - [California Governor Brown – Appointments to Superior Courts in Alameda, Fresno, Los Angeles and Marin County](https://michellawyers.com/california-governor-brown-appointments-to-superior-courts-in-alameda-fresno-los-angeles-and-marin-county/) - GOVERNOR BROWN APPOINTS APPOINTS THREE TO ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, SIX TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, APPOINTS BEVERLY WOOD TO MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, APPOINTS FRANCINE ZEPEDA TO FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 7-12-2013 SACRAMENTO – Governor …[select title for full text] - [New Consortium Takes on the Chai Challenge](https://michellawyers.com/new-consortium-takes-on-the-chai-challenge/) - A nice cup of tea is the usual prescription for everything from severe shock to a tiring day. But the industry behind the restorative cuppa is facing some challenges of its own, which, if not addressed, could have a dramatic impact on the supply chain behind the world's favorite drink. - [Nigeria: 'Country to Cultivate GM Crops in Commercial Quantity Soon'](https://michellawyers.com/nigeria-country-to-cultivate-gm-crops-in-commercial-quantity-soon/) - Nigerians will begin to cultivate genetically modified (GM) crops in commercial quantity very soon, the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has said. - [Recessions make climate change costlier, Hope family research finds](https://michellawyers.com/recessions-make-climate-change-costlier-hope-family-research-finds/) - The father-son duo of Chris and Mat Hope have published a study in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Climate Change with the counter-intuitive finding that the relative costs of climate change are higher in a world with slower economic growth. - [Arctic exploration provides window on future climate change](https://michellawyers.com/arctic-exploration-provides-window-on-future-climate-change/) - Climate model projections show that the Arctic Ocean will be completely ice-free by the summer by 2060. However, the record lows in sea ice extent of 2007 and 2012 demonstrated that these projections were too optimistic and some scientists think that we might see and ice free Arctic within this or the next decade. - [Green School Programme launched to spread awareness among children](https://michellawyers.com/green-school-programme-launched-to-spread-awareness-among-children/) - Environmental issues, waste management, transportation, civic issues. How many children today are aware of these? Confined within the strict schedules of classes, structured activities and tuitions, children today are far away from these realities that affect their day-to-day life. To address this very gap, SWaCH, Parisar and CEE have launched a Green School Programme. - [Guns will not win the war against elephant poachers](https://michellawyers.com/guns-will-not-win-the-war-against-elephant-poachers/) - Despite best efforts we are not winning the war on poaching. A massive seizure of 1.5 tons of ivory in Kenya's port city of Mombasa on 3 July flies in the face of threats against poachers and dealers by the Kenya government, and yet ivory traffickers continue unabated. In the first six months of 2013 more than 7.5 tons of ivory was seized in the country - more than was seized in all of 2012. - [Ivory Coast turns to brute force to save forests](https://michellawyers.com/ivory-coast-turns-to-brute-force-to-save-forests/) - SASSANDRA, Ivory Coast (AFP) - It was a brutal end to a long-term problem. Faced with the dilemma of trying to save a protected forest, which had become home to thousands of people, the Ivory Coast government turned to force. - [Barangay in Benguet crafts own forest management plan](https://michellawyers.com/barangay-in-benguet-crafts-own-forest-management-plan/) - Seeing the urgency of preserving and protecting the communal forest from encroachment, commercialization, and land conversion, a barangay in the municipality of Sablan in Benguet has crafted its own forest management plan. - [Helpful Court Of Appeals Decision in Dangerous Right to Carry Firearms Case Clears the Way for Rulings in Better Cases](https://michellawyers.com/helpful-court-of-appeals-decision-in-dangerous-right-to-carry-firearms-case-clears-the-way-for-rulings-in-better-cases/) - July 11, 2013 – In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms protects an individual right, and in 2010 the Court said it prohibits state and local government infringement of that right. Since then, multiple cases have been filed all over the country challenging the constitutionality of laws limiting the issuance of licenses to carry a firearm in public. Several such legal challenges are currently pending in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Some of these cases have been thoroughly researched, thoughtfully crafted, and well-executed. Unfortunately, other cases were ill-conceived, poorly prepared, and litigated unwisely. On July 8, the Ninth Circuit issued its first opinion in one of these pending “carry cases” – Mehl v. Blanas . Unfortunately, Mehl was one of the ill-conceived and poorly presented lawsuits. Among other flaws, the case included a Second Amendment claim even though it was filed four years before the Supreme Court confirmed that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental, individual right and despite law at the time precluding such an argument. Self-defense civil rights lawyers and Second Amendment advocates dreaded the possibility that Mehl might be the first carry case decided by the Ninth Circuit. Fortunately, the Ninth Circuit’s unpublished decision unanimously disposed of the Mehl case on grounds that did not reach the substantive legal questions and so the decision has no harmful influence as legal precedent. This means that the properly litigated carry cases can move forward, and are now likely to be the first to address the legal issues associated with the right to carry in the Ninth Circuit. One of those cases is Peruta v. Gore , an NRA-supported case that was brought on behalf of the CRPA Foundation and individuals who were denied carry licenses by San Diego Sheriff William Gore. The Peruta oral argument took place just days before the Mehl oral argument back in mid December of 2012. Former U.S. Solicitor General, Paul Clement , who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in both Heller and McDonald, argued Peruta for the CRPA Foundation. Another legitimate case, Richards v. Prieto , was filed by the Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation and was argued the same day. Other lawyers also representing the CRPA Foundation in Peruta from the law firm Michel & Associates, P.C. , recognized the potential harm that could result if the Mehl case was decided first, so they filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in Mehl , highlighting the Mehl case’s many flaws. The CRPA Foundation was the only pro-Second Amentment group to file such a brief in the Mehl case, with support from the NRA. The Court then granted the CRPA Foundation’s request to allow its attorney C.D. Michel to participate in Mehl ’s oral argument. In an unusual turn of events, caused by counsel for plaintiffs in Mehl arriving an hour late to court (yes, you read that correctly), the Court requested that Mr. Michel argue first. In that argument , attorney Michel repeatedly pointed out that the Second Amendment claims in the Mehl case were unclear and premature, and argued the Court should not rule on the merits without first determining exactly what that claim was. The arguments made in the CRPA Foundation’s amicus brief and at oral argument by attorney Michel may have worked to derail the Mehl case and avoid a terrible decision. These arguments may have been what prompted the panel’s detailed probing of counsel for the plaintiffs in Mehl on that very topic when he finally arrived to the courthouse, resulting in the Court noting the following: At oral argument, plaintiffs clarified that they are not challenging California’s concealed-carry ban or licensing scheme as violative of the Second Amendment. Plaintiffs’ counsel stated: “This is more of an equal protection case. But the Second Amendment issue comes into play because it involves a fundamental right under the Equal Protection Clause. So thankfully, the Court avoided the substantive Second Amendment issue in Mehl . This leaves the Court with more well-prepared cases like Peruta to address the scope of the Second Amendment right to bear arms outside the home. - [Police Protection](https://michellawyers.com/police-protection/) - We are constantly (if falsely) assured by people who don’t know what “police protection” means that we can rely on it for our security. Police protection means two forms of indirect protection: 1) patrol which hopes to randomly discourage crime; 2) apprehension after a crime has been committed by someone. POLICE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR YOUR DIRECT PROTECTION. If that is what you need you must protect yourself or hire guards to protect you. Police will protect you if they see you being victimized. But that happens in less than 3% of all crimes. In all 50 states the police re exempt from suit for not protecting you. They have no legal duty of direct protection because their duty is only to provide indirect protection by: 1) patrol which seeks to randomly discourage crime; and 2) by apprehending criminals after a crime has been committed by someone. - [Victory for Open Government ](https://michellawyers.com/victory-for-open-government/) - On July 8, 2013, the Supreme Court of California ruled in favor of open access to government data in Sierra Club v. Superior Court of Orange County. The issue before the court was whether the Public Records Act (PRA), which is the California equivalent of the federal Freedom of Information Act, required government agencies to provide - [Robert Heinleein on Gun Rights](https://michellawyers.com/robert-heinleein-on-gun-rights/) - This may all be rather well known, but it was new to me, so I share it on the chance that it is new to some of you as well. (Feel free to share and forward.) I have been reading a collection of Robert Heinlein’s letters, edited by his wife Virginia, called “Grumbles from the Grave” (Ballantine, 1989). In one long letter dated April 19, 1949, to a woman editor at Scribner’s who forced him to alter the young people’s novel “Rolling Stones” to include approval of gun licensing laws, Heinlein set out his views about gun ownership (pp. 55-56): “I have one of my characters say that the right to bear arms is the basis of all human freedom. I strongly believe that, but you required me to blue pencil it.” “I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals . . . I consider such laws a violation of civil liberty, subversive of democracy, political institutions, and self defeating in their purpose.” (Regarding government licensing) “Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants the effects of such laws is to place the individual at the mercy of the state, unable to resist.” “Criminals are never materially handicapped by such rules; the only effect is to disarm the peaceful citizen and put him fully at the mercy of the lawless.” “Such is my thesis, that the licensing of weapons is subversive of liberty and self-defeating in its pious purpose.” Then after making changes incorporating approval of licensing and restrictions of guns to suit his editor, Heinlein wrote to his literary agent Lurton Blassingame: “from my point of view I am being required to support publicly a doctrine which I believe to be subversive of human liberty and political freedom” (p. 57). Heinlein fleshes out his argument considerably with arguments and examples and the whole three or so pages arguing about gun rights is worth reading, and, I dare say, drawing wider attention to. - [Employer Mandate Under Health Care Reform Delayed](https://michellawyers.com/employer-mandate-under-health-care-reform-delayed/) - The White House announced yesterday that it was delaying implementation of the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act until 2015. The U.S. Treasury... - [A Legal Blow to Sustainable Development](https://michellawyers.com/a-legal-blow-to-sustainable-development/) - In a little-noticed ruling this week, the Supreme Court made it that much harder for America’s communities and developers to find common ground. - [Bill Would Allow the Sale of Air Rights to Raise Money for Pier 40 Repairs](https://michellawyers.com/bill-would-allow-the-sale-of-air-rights-to-raise-money-for-pier-40-repairs/) - A plan supported in Albany would open the door for expanding commercial uses at Hudson River Park. - [Six MAPC Lawyers Are 2013 Rising Stars!](https://michellawyers.com/six-mapc-lawyers-are-2013-rising-stars/) - 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 - [MAPC Wins Another "Anti-SLAPP" Motion ](https://michellawyers.com/mapc-wins-another-anti-slapp-motion/) - 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 - [To Carry a Concealed Weapon as an "Honorably Retired Peace Officer" You Must Actually Retire from Active Duty as a Peace Officer, Not Quit or Leave Your Job Early](https://michellawyers.com/to-carry-a-concealed-weapon-as-an-honorably-retired-peace-officer-you-must-actually-retire-from-active-duty-as-a-peace-officer-not-quit-or-leave-your-job-early/) - 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 - [Banning Hunting One Step at a Time](https://michellawyers.com/banning-hunting-one-step-at-a-time/) - Banning Hunting One Step at a Time - [NC Wildlife Commission Supports Sunday Hunting](https://michellawyers.com/nc-wildlife-commission-supports-sunday-hunting/) - NC Wildlife Commission Supports Sunday Hunting - [CO: Plan for Federal Lands in Grand Junction Area Will Close Lands to Recreational Shooting](https://michellawyers.com/co-plan-for-federal-lands-in-grand-junction-area-will-close-lands-to-recreational-shooting/) - CO: Plan for Federal Lands in Grand Junction Area Will Close Lands to Recreational Shooting - [Grassroots Movement Toppled Eastern Show](https://michellawyers.com/grassroots-movement-toppled-eastern-show/) - Grassroots Movement Toppled Eastern Show - [Tenn. Hunters Donate Nearly 70 Tons of Venison](https://michellawyers.com/tenn-hunters-donate-nearly-70-tons-of-venison/) - Tenn. Hunters Donate Nearly 70 Tons of Venison - [Briefs Submitted in Challenge to San Francisco Gun Laws that May Define Contours of Second Amendment Protections](https://michellawyers.com/briefs-submitted-in-challenge-to-san-francisco-gun-laws-that-may-define-contours-of-second-amendment-protections/) - 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 - [Whistle-blowers Beware: Employment Violations of a Charter City’s Municipal Law Are Not Within the Purview of Whistle-blower Statute Section 1102.5](https://michellawyers.com/whistle-blowers-beware-employment-violations-of-a-charter-citys-municipal-law-are-not-within-the-purview-of-whistle-blower-statute-section-1102-5/) - 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 - [APPEAL FILED IN LAWSUIT CHALLENGING SAN DIEGO CCW POLICIES](https://michellawyers.com/appeal-filed-in-lawsuit-challenging-san-diego-ccw-policies/) - Acting 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 firearms. - [Federal Court Upholds Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Awards the NRA $125,000 in Attorney’s Fees](https://michellawyers.com/federal-court-upholds-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms-and-awards-the-nra-125000-in-attorneys-fees/) - 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 - [NRA Recovers 1.3 Million Dollars in Attorneys’ Fees For Work on Supreme Court McDonald Case and Related Cases](https://michellawyers.com/nra-recovers-1-3-million-dollars-in-attorneys-fees-for-work-on-supreme-court-mcdonald-case-and-related-cases/) - 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. - [Civil Rights Attorney Chuck Michel Discusses Second Amendment Advocacy and Gun Laws on Pat Leeds’ Nov. 7 Program](https://michellawyers.com/civil-rights-attorney-chuck-michel-discusses-second-amendment-advocacy-and-gun-laws-on-pat-leeds-nov-7-program/) - 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 - [Amicus Briefs Filed In Appeal of CRPA Foundation Court Victory Overturning AB 962](https://michellawyers.com/amicus-briefs-filed-in-appeal-of-crpa-foundation-court-victory-overturning-ab-962/) - 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 - [NWTF Habitat Project to Support Wild Turkey Populations](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-habitat-project-to-support-wild-turkey-populations/) - %excerpt% Read more from the original source: NWTF Habitat Project to Support Wild Turkey Populations - [Cities Left On Shaky Ground](https://michellawyers.com/cities-left-on-shaky-ground/) - Land Use Disputes Can Put Cities On Shaky Ground - Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2012 - [Landlords Can Use Certain Lease Provisions To Protect Themselves From Lawsuits Relating To Tenant Injuries ](https://michellawyers.com/21029/) - by Tamara Rider In an important ruling for landlords, the California Court of Appeal held that where a landlord provides athletic or recreational facilities to its residents and their guests, landlords can utilize certain provisions within their lease agreements which waive the landlord’s liability for injuries sustained during a tenant’s use of such facilities. Lewis - [NYPD Developing Remote Thermal Concealed Gun Detectors ](https://michellawyers.com/nypd-developing-remote-thermal-concealed-gun-detectors/) - The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is working with the federal Department of Defense to develop thermal scanning technology capable of detecting concealed firearms. The technology works by scanning the heat that a person’s body radiates and determining whether that heat is being blocked by a colder object, such as a firearm. The technology - [Supreme Court Decision In Firearm Search Warrant Case Jeopardizes Gun Owners Rights](https://michellawyers.com/supreme-court-decision-in-firearm-search-warrant-case-jeopardizes-gun-owners-rights/) - The ability to seek compensation for illegal police action that violates civil rights recently received a blow from the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Messerschmidt v. Millender in a disappointing decision for self-defense civil rights advocates, the high court held that officers were entitled to qualified immunity from civil suit when they conducted - [NRA Files Legal Brief In Second Amendment Challenge To San Francisco Gun Control Laws](https://michellawyers.com/nra-files-legal-brief-in-second-amendment-challenge-to-san-francisco-gun-control-laws/) - On May 17, 2012, attorneys for the National Rifle Association, the San Francisco Veteran Police Officers Association, and several San Francisco gun owners filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in their legal challenge to San Francisco’s "locked-storage" law, as well as the City’s prohibition on the sale of "hollow-point" ammunition and all ammunition - [13 Years Later, Ninth Circuit Nordyke Ruling Allows Gun Shows On Alameda County Fairgrounds ](https://michellawyers.com/13-years-later-ninth-circuit-nordyke-ruling-allows-gun-shows-on-alameda-county-fairgrounds/) - On June 1, 2012 an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling in Nordyke v. King. The opinion is posted here: https://michellawyers.com/nordyke-v-king/. The Court ruled that it would hold the County to the concession it made at the oral argument (if not before) that the gun show promoter plaintiffs - [Court Affirms Government Employee’s Right to Bring Suit to Prevent Disclosure of Private Information](https://michellawyers.com/court-affirms-government-employees-right-to-bring-suit-to-prevent-disclosure-of-private-information-2/) - Striking the proper balance between employee privacy and public transparency is often difficult, particularly when a governmental employee faces allegations of workplace misconduct. This issue was recently addressed in the case of Marken v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Marken confirms that reverse-California Public Records Act actions are available to protect governmental employees who believe - [NWTF CEO George Thornton Reappointed to Influential Federal Advisory Council](https://michellawyers.com/nwtf-ceo-george-thornton-reappointed-to-influential-federal-advisory-council/) - %excerpt% Here is the original post: NWTF CEO George Thornton Reappointed to Influential Federal Advisory Council - [CRPAF and NRA Amicus Briefs Filed in Maryland Right to Carry Case](https://michellawyers.com/crpaf-and-nra-amicus-briefs-filed-in-maryland-right-to-carry-case/) - The California Rifle and Pistol Association Foundation (CRPAF) and the National Rifle Association (NRA) have each weighed into the important Second Amendment case of Woollard v. Gallagher. CRPAF and the NRA each filed amicus briefs with the federal court of appeals in Maryland. The Woollard case involves a Second Amendment challenge to the state of - [Families Afield Helps Boost Hunter Numbers](https://michellawyers.com/families-afield-helps-boost-hunter-numbers/) - %excerpt% Go here to see the original: Families Afield Helps Boost Hunter Numbers - [Public-Private Partnership to Improve Critical Wildlife Habitat in 16 States](https://michellawyers.com/public-private-partnership-to-improve-critical-wildlife-habitat-in-16-states/) - %excerpt% Continue reading here: Public-Private Partnership to Improve Critical Wildlife Habitat in 16 States - [Challenging Firearms Toolmark Evidence – Slide Presentation](https://michellawyers.com/challenging-firearms-toolmark-evidence-slide-presentation/) - Note: You must log in to view this members-only content Challenging Firearms Toolmark Evidence – Slide Presentationby Rebecca Brackman Forensic Resource Attorney Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office This material was used as part ... - [N.Y.U. Expansion Plan in Greenwich Village Wins Key Council Vote](https://michellawyers.com/n-y-u-expansion-plan-in-greenwich-village-wins-key-council-vote/) - The proposal, which has been scaled back several times in recent months, heads to the full Council, where approval is now expected. - [Global warming will accelerate without climate deal, Merkel warns](https://michellawyers.com/global-warming-will-accelerate-without-climate-deal-merkel-warns/) - German chancellor says world leaders must reach a deal on limiting greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible - [Nepal snow leopard threatened by climate change](https://michellawyers.com/nepal-snow-leopard-threatened-by-climate-change/) - KATHMANDU - Nepal's elusive snow leopards, thought to number just 500 in the wild, are under threat from warmer and wetter weather in the Himalayas that is reducing their habitat, a new study says. - [Tropical butterfly discovered in Quebec a sign of warming](https://michellawyers.com/tropical-butterfly-discovered-in-quebec-a-sign-of-warming/) - Caterpillars belonging to a species of butterfly previously unknown as far north as Canada have been discovered in Montreal, in a sign that this country's cool climate is warming, researchers said Monday. - [Cameroon to protect forests with satellite monitoring](https://michellawyers.com/cameroon-to-protect-forests-with-satellite-monitoring/) - YAOUNDE (AlertNet) - Cameroon has joined a Congo Basin initiative that uses satellite imagery to monitor changes in forest cover in an effort to curb deforestation and help Central African countries access carbon finance. - [Solomon Islands 'launders' exotic birds](https://michellawyers.com/solomon-islands-launders-exotic-birds/) - The Solomon Islands has become a hub for "laundering" wild birds into the global captive-bred bird trade, says the wildlife trade watchdog Traffic. - [The Ecology of Disease](https://michellawyers.com/the-ecology-of-disease/) - A developing model of infectious disease shows that most epidemics that have occurred over the last several decades don't just happen. They are a result of things people do to nature. - [Introduced Beetle Bids to Curb Water-Sucking Tamarisk](https://michellawyers.com/introduced-beetle-bids-to-curb-water-sucking-tamarisk/) - The tamarisk plant has been stealing water from other and increasing fire risk, so its Asian predator has been introduced to control it in Southwest - [Scientists propose a new way forward on orangutan conservation](https://michellawyers.com/scientists-propose-a-new-way-forward-on-orangutan-conservation/) - Orangutans are in dire need of a revised conservation approach, according to a new study in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. - [Africa 'needs more nuanced science cooperation with Europe'](https://michellawyers.com/africa-needs-more-nuanced-science-cooperation-with-europe/) - [DUBLIN] European science cooperation with Africa needs redefining, as it is failing to address wide-ranging needs and challenges experienced by African countries - and often ignores those countries most in need of support, a conference has heard. - [Climate Change First Responders: Native Americans](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-first-responders-native-americans/) - Native American tribes are teaming up with climate scientists to monitor environmental changes along the coast, changes that are disrupting indigenous ways of life that tribes say are key to their survival. - [California – Governor Brown announces appointments – July 16, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/california-governor-brown-announces-appointments-july-16-2012/) - 7-16-2012 SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Todd Irby, 54, of Sacramento, has been appointed chief counsel at the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Irby has served as deputy attorney general ... - [Need to Fill a Position? Determine Your Hiring Criteria](https://michellawyers.com/need-to-fill-a-position-determine-your-hiring-criteria/) - As you begin the recruiting process for a new or vacant position, carefully review your hiring criteria. Identify the key job qualifications, traits, characteristics,... - [How to Make Global Fisheries Worth Five Times Mo](https://michellawyers.com/how-to-make-global-fisheries-worth-five-times-mo/) - ScienceDaily (July 13, 2012) - Rebuilding global fisheries would make them five times more valuable while improving ecology, according to a new University of British Columbia study, published July 13 in the online journal PLoS ONE. - [Local Control Revives Depleted Fisheries](https://michellawyers.com/local-control-revives-depleted-fisheries/) - CAIRNS, Australia, Jul 13 2012 (IPS) - It takes a village to protect a reef and sustain a local fishery, more than two decades of experience now shows. - [Most of Amazon Rainforest's Species Extinctions Are Yet to Come](https://michellawyers.com/most-of-amazon-rainforests-species-extinctions-are-yet-to-come/) - Current species losses are just the tip of the iceberg as the effects of habitat loss take time to manifest - [$292 billion: the cost of fixing global fisheries](https://michellawyers.com/292-billion-the-cost-of-fixing-global-fisheries/) - Research led by UBC experts says stocks would rebound if subsidies were dramatically reduced - ['Apocalyptic' summer for wildlife - except slugs, says National Trust](https://michellawyers.com/apocalyptic-summer-for-wildlife-except-slugs-says-national-trust/) - Conservationists fear local extinctions of insects, as wet conditions leave many species of plants and animals struggling - [Americans Least Green-And Feel Least Guilt, Survey Suggests](https://michellawyers.com/americans-least-green-and-feel-least-guilt-survey-suggests/) - Americans are the the least likely to suffer from "green guilt" about their environmental impact, despite trailing the rest of the world in sustainable behavior, according to a new National Geographic survey. - [Like coffee and cocoa, bonds to get green certified](https://michellawyers.com/like-coffee-and-cocoa-bonds-to-get-green-certified/) - LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - Investors will soon be able to buy corporate bonds with a 'climate' certification, much as consumers with strong social and environmental convictions now buy coffee and chocolate products with labels such as Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance. - [Climate change 'may lead to collapse of Pacific corals'](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-may-lead-to-collapse-of-pacific-corals/) - Climate change may lead to the collapse of coral reef ecosystems in the Pacific, of the kind last seen 4,000 years ago, according to a study published in Science last week (July 5). - [Tibetan glaciers shrinking rapidly](https://michellawyers.com/tibetan-glaciers-shrinking-rapidly/) - The majority of glaciers on the Tibetan plateau and in the surrounding region are retreating rapidly, according to a study based on 30 years of satellite and field measurements. - [California Governor Brown – Announces appointments – Friday, July 13, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/california-governor-brown-announces-appointments-friday-july-13-2012/) - 7-13-2012 SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Adele Arnold, 60, of Sonora, has been appointed to the Board of State and Community Corrections. Arnold has served as chief probation officer for ... - [THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending July 13, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/the-weeks-cases-for-the-week-ending-july-13-2012/) - Note: You must log in to view this members-only content by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office CAL. SUPREMES SORTA REVERSE A DEATH PENALTY CASE; NO PRO PER ... - [FBI to review thousands of old cases for contaminated evidence](https://michellawyers.com/fbi-to-review-thousands-of-old-cases-for-contaminated-evidence/) - MSNBC News – By Isolde Rafter – July 12, 2012 Updated at 9:51 p.m. ET: Months after the Washington Post revealed that lab technicians at the FBI mishandled evidence, resulting in at least three wrongful convictions, ... - [Innovation and R&D 'key to meeting rising food demands'](https://michellawyers.com/innovation-and-rd-key-to-meeting-rising-food-demands/) - Developing nations must invest heavily in agricultural innovation, particularly research and development (R&D), if rising food demands are to be met, according to a report. - [Chemical confuses, threatens breeding fish](https://michellawyers.com/chemical-confuses-threatens-breeding-fish/) - ST. PAUL, Minn., July 12 (UPI) -- A chemical used in plastics is causing fish to court members of other species, resulting in interbreeding and loss of biodiversity, U.S. researchers say. - [Researcher will push emerging field of biodiversity informatics in Africa](https://michellawyers.com/researcher-will-push-emerging-field-of-biodiversity-informatics-in-africa/) - The term "biodiversity informatics" may not set the average person's heart aflutter. Yet, this emerging field is revolutionizing conservation efforts, public health and agriculture in parts of the world. Now, a researcher at the University of Kansas is ready to bring comprehensive training in biodiversity informatics to students and scientists across Africa. - [Scientists slam Telegraph blogger's claims that climate change will be good for the Amazon](https://michellawyers.com/scientists-slam-telegraph-bloggers-claims-that-climate-change-will-be-good-for-the-amazon/) - Recent blog posts on The Telegraph and the Register claiming that tropical rainforests like the Amazon are set to benefit from climate change are "uninformed" and "ridiculous" according to some of the world's most eminent tropical forest scientists. - [Rare spoon-billed sandpipers hatch in UK for first time](https://michellawyers.com/rare-spoon-billed-sandpipers-hatch-in-uk-for-first-time/) - Critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper chicks have hatched in the UK for the first time. - [Amazon's doomed species set to pay deforestation's 'extinction debt'](https://michellawyers.com/amazons-doomed-species-set-to-pay-deforestations-extinction-debt/) - Ending forest clearance would not save some species from the effects of decades of destruction, scientists find - [Still time to save most species in the Brazilian Amazon](https://michellawyers.com/still-time-to-save-most-species-in-the-brazilian-amazon/) - Once habitat is lost or degraded, a species doesn't just wink out of existence: it takes time, often several generations, before a species vanishes for good. - [First Ever Videos of Snow Leopard Mother and Cubs in Dens Recorded in Mongolia](https://michellawyers.com/first-ever-videos-of-snow-leopard-mother-and-cubs-in-dens-recorded-in-mongolia/) - ScienceDaily (July 12, 2012) - For the first time, the den sites of two female snow leopards and their cubs have been located in Mongolia's Tost Mountains, with the first known videos taken of a mother and cubs, located and recorded by scientists from Panthera, a wild cat conservation organization, and the Snow Leopard Trust (SLT). - [Tamarisk Biocontrol Efforts Get Evolutionary Boost](https://michellawyers.com/tamarisk-biocontrol-efforts-get-evolutionary-boost/) - ScienceDaily (July 12, 2012) - UC Santa Barbara scientists trying to control the invasive tamarisk plant have been getting a boost from evolution, in the form of a rapidly evolving beetle that has been changing its life cycle to more efficiently consume the noxious weed. - [INDIA : Tourism facilities near wildlife habitats to pay 10% of revenue soon](https://michellawyers.com/india-tourism-facilities-near-wildlife-habitats-to-pay-10-of-revenue-soon/) - NEW DELHI: All tourist operations within 5km of all 600 plus tiger reserves, national parks, sanctuaries and wildlife corridors in the country will soon have to fork out a minimum of 10% of their turnover as " local conservation fee". - [NRA ALL IN! 2012](https://michellawyers.com/nra-all-in-2012/) - NRA ALL IN! 2012 - [California – Kern County Public defender loses funds in Realignment panel’s vote](https://michellawyers.com/california-kern-county-public-defender-loses-funds-in-realignment-panels-vote/) - BY RACHEL COOK Californian staff writer – July 11, 2012 After several tense meetings, a local committee passed a budget plan Wednesday for Kern County’s next batch of state realignment money that stripped one county department ... - [Hunting Expansion Proposed on Refuges in 14 States](https://michellawyers.com/hunting-expansion-proposed-on-refuges-in-14-states/) - Hunting Expansion Proposed on Refuges in 14 States - [Climate Change Loads the Dice for More Extreme Weather](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-loads-the-dice-for-more-extreme-weather/) - Climate change is changing the odds of some extreme weather events, according to new research by government scientists in the United States and Britain. - [British butterflies rained out?](https://michellawyers.com/british-butterflies-rained-out/) - LONDON, July 12 (UPI) -- A British conservation group appealed for public help Wednesday in determining whether recent record-setting wet weather has been a disaster for butterflies. - [Turtles crushed by bulldozer expected to recover](https://michellawyers.com/turtles-crushed-by-bulldozer-expected-to-recover/) - Thousands of turtle eggs and hatchlings have been crushed at an important nesting site in Trinidad. Conservationists say the population will recover but that the incident is a warning for neglectful authorities. - [The leatherbacks are not the only ones going extinct. The Olive Ridley and Green turtles are also in danger of disappearing from the face of the earth](https://michellawyers.com/the-leatherbacks-are-not-the-only-ones-going-extinct-the-olive-ridley-and-green-turtles-are-also-in-danger-of-disappearing-from-the-face-of-the-earth/) - THE mere mention of turtles is bound to conjure up images of large leatherback reptiles pulling their weight slowly to lay eggs on Terengganu's famous Rantau Abang beach. - [Conservation body wants international monitoring of Western Ghats](https://michellawyers.com/conservation-body-wants-international-monitoring-of-western-ghats/) - NEW DELHI: Amid debate over conservation of Western Ghats, recently added to Unesco's list of iconic places, a world heritage advisory body has recommended international monitoring to ensure that the 39 biodiversity hotspots in the region are properly preserved. - [South Korea may reconsider scientific whaling plans](https://michellawyers.com/south-korea-may-reconsider-scientific-whaling-plans/) - South Korea has said it may reverse a controversial plan to resume whaling for "scientific research" if other options to study the mammals were available. - [No-take areas benefit fisheries](https://michellawyers.com/no-take-areas-benefit-fisheries/) - The first conclusive evidence that no-take protected areas can help restock exploited fish populations on neighbouring reefs was presented at the International Coral Reef Symposium. - [Climate Conversations - Indigenous knowledge 'invaluble' for Andean adaptation](https://michellawyers.com/climate-conversations-indigenous-knowledge-invaluble-for-andean-adaptation/) - In Eastern Africa, severe drought is causing massive famines. In the United States, temperature records are soaring due to one of the warmest winters in decades. From pine beetle infestations in the Rockies to thinning ice in the Arctic, the impacts of climate change are inescapable. - [Sustainability of Rice Landscapes in South East Asia Threatened](https://michellawyers.com/sustainability-of-rice-landscapes-in-south-east-asia-threatened/) - ScienceDaily (July 9, 2012) - During a meeting in Banaue, The Philippines, scientists from 21 research institutions from Germany, Vietnam, The Philippines, Thailand, UK, Bulgaria and Spain raised several concerns on the future of the rice ecosystems in South East Asia. - [Norwegian Study Calls for Research on Natural Causes of Climate Change](https://michellawyers.com/norwegian-study-calls-for-research-on-natural-causes-of-climate-change/) - BERLIN, Jul 10 2012 (IPS) - While there is no doubt that global warming is primarily a consequence of human activities, it is also true that there are natural phenomena contributing to climate change as well. - [Climate change drives salmon evolution](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-drives-salmon-evolution/) - For salmon trying to make it upriver to spawn before a hot summer hits, slow and steady loses the evolutionary race. - [Record number of blue whales feast in Pacific's 'Serengeti'](https://michellawyers.com/record-number-of-blue-whales-feast-in-pacifics-serengeti/) - The krill are flowing freely in California's Monterey Bay. A record number of sea mammals have gathered close to shore following what's been a bumper season for their prey. - [Meet the world's rarest snake: only 18 left](https://michellawyers.com/meet-the-worlds-rarest-snake-only-18-left/) - It's slithery, brown, and doesn't mind being picked up: meet the Saint Lucia racer (Liophis ornatus), which holds the dubious honor of being the world's most endangered snake. - [Little Time Left for the Tamaraw? Philippine Buffalo Species Down to Last 300 Animals](https://michellawyers.com/little-time-left-for-the-tamaraw-philippine-buffalo-species-down-to-last-300-animals/) - You see that drawing to the left there? It appears to be the world's only public domain image of the tamaraw, or Mindoro dwarf buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis), a species endemic to a single island in the Philippines that is down to its last 300 or so wild individuals. - [Mistletoe no environmental vandal](https://michellawyers.com/mistletoe-no-environmental-vandal/) - New research has found Mistletoe which has a reputation as an environmental vandal can actually have a positive effect on biodiversity. - [Threatened species need not be harmed by inbreeding](https://michellawyers.com/threatened-species-need-not-be-harmed-by-inbreeding/) - There's more to inbreeding than dubious genes - how they are "read" matters, too. If a key influence on gene expression is blocked, inbred plants show few signs of their incestuous heritage. - [Asian Mussel Invasion Largely Ignored by Southern Cone Governments](https://michellawyers.com/asian-mussel-invasion-largely-ignored-by-southern-cone-governments/) - BUENOS AIRES, Jul 11 2012 (IPS) - The governments of most of the countries that share the Río de la Plata basin are doing little or nothing to halt the golden mussel invasion, despite the serious damages and losses it is causing. - [Scientists Declare State of Emergency for World's Coral Reefs](https://michellawyers.com/scientists-declare-state-of-emergency-for-worlds-coral-reefs/) - CAIRNS, Australia, Jul 10 2012 (IPS) - Coral reef scientists urged local and national governments to take action to save the world's coral reefs and said they'd be "on call 24/7? to assist politicians and officials. - [Tracking Uganda's mountain gorillas](https://michellawyers.com/tracking-ugandas-mountain-gorillas/) - There are only 800 mountain gorillas left in the wild and half of them live in Uganda's forests. A biologist from Leipzig's Max Planck Institute has learned a lot about them by analyzing their feces. - [Australia declares Tanami 'largest' conservation zone](https://michellawyers.com/australia-declares-tanami-largest-conservation-zone/) - Australia has declared more than 10 million hectares (24.71 million acres) of Aboriginal land as its largest conservation zone. - [Merging science, traditional knowledge could benefit climate adaptation](https://michellawyers.com/merging-science-traditional-knowledge-could-benefit-climate-adaptation/) - GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AlertNet) - A conservation and research organisation in Guyana is teaming up with indigenous people to benefit the country's forest communities and provide insights into weather and climate change. - [Mute Swan Hunting Season Silenced in Michigan](https://michellawyers.com/mute-swan-hunting-season-silenced-in-michigan/) - Mute Swan Hunting Season Silenced in Michigan - [Sheriff looks to Central Valley to hold L.A. County jail overflow](https://michellawyers.com/sheriff-looks-to-central-valley-to-hold-l-a-county-jail-overflow/) - The Los Angeles Times – By Andrew Blankstein and Jason Song, Los Angeles Times – July 9, 2012 The population of Los Angeles County’s jails has swelled significantly in the last few months due to an ... - [NRA American Warrior 300 Set for Sept. 1](https://michellawyers.com/nra-american-warrior-300-set-for-sept-1/) - NRA American Warrior 300 Set for Sept. 1 - [More Demands on Cell Carriers in Surveillance](https://michellawyers.com/more-demands-on-cell-carriers-in-surveillance/) - The New York Times – By ERIC LICHTBLAU – July 8, 2012 WASHINGTON — In the first public accounting of its kind, cellphone carriers reported that they responded to a startling 1.3 million demands for subscriber ... - [More Demands on Cell Carriers in Surveillance](https://michellawyers.com/more-demands-on-cell-carriers-in-surveillance-2/) - The New York Times – By ERIC LICHTBLAU – July 8, 2012 WASHINGTON — In the first public accounting of its kind, cellphone carriers reported that they responded to a startling 1.3 million demands for subscriber ... - [Proper Forest Management Prevents Devastating Wildfires](https://michellawyers.com/proper-forest-management-prevents-devastating-wildfires/) - %excerpt% Original post: Proper Forest Management Prevents Devastating Wildfires - [Duck Populations Hit All-Time Record](https://michellawyers.com/duck-populations-hit-all-time-record/) - Duck Populations Hit All-Time Record - [Duck Populations Hit All-Time Record](https://michellawyers.com/duck-populations-hit-all-time-record/) - Duck Populations Hit All-Time Record - [Nagoya Protocol meet concludes, India says good progress](https://michellawyers.com/nagoya-protocol-meet-concludes-india-says-good-progress/) - New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) As many as 193 countries today wrapped up week-long consultations here as part of efforts to push for early implementation of the Nagoya Protocol aimed at ensuring that benefits of natural resources and their derivatives were shared with local communities. - [Nagoya Protocol meet concludes, India says good progress](https://michellawyers.com/nagoya-protocol-meet-concludes-india-says-good-progress-2/) - New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) As many as 193 countries today wrapped up week-long consultations here as part of efforts to push for early implementation of the Nagoya Protocol aimed at ensuring that benefits of natural resources and their derivatives were shared with local communities. - [Arctic Warming Linked to Combination of Reduced Sea Ice and Global Atmospheric Warming](https://michellawyers.com/arctic-warming-linked-to-combination-of-reduced-sea-ice-and-global-atmospheric-warming/) - ScienceDaily (July 6, 2012) - The combination of melting sea ice and global atmospheric warming are contributing to the high rate of warming in the Arctic, where temperatures are increasing up to four times faster than the global average, a new University of Melbourne study has shown. - [Climate change will mean new and larger tropical forests](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-will-mean-new-and-larger-tropical-forests/) - We're told, endlessly, that climate change will mean the end of the Amazon, of the tropical forests, and the Earth will lose its lungs. It appears that this is not wholly and completely true. Actually, an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere is likely to lead to the growth of huge, new, tropical forests. - [Climate change will mean new and larger tropical forests](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-will-mean-new-and-larger-tropical-forests/) - We're told, endlessly, that climate change will mean the end of the Amazon, of the tropical forests, and the Earth will lose its lungs. It appears that this is not wholly and completely true. Actually, an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere is likely to lead to the growth of huge, new, tropical forests. - [Communicating climate change: where next?](https://michellawyers.com/communicating-climate-change-where-next/) - With public interest waning and climate change not going away how can the gap between scientific and social consensus on climate change be bridged? - [Communicating climate change: where next?](https://michellawyers.com/communicating-climate-change-where-next-2/) - With public interest waning and climate change not going away how can the gap between scientific and social consensus on climate change be bridged? - [Related birds evolve different songs and colours](https://michellawyers.com/related-birds-evolve-different-songs-and-colours/) - Canadian Researchers have discovered a pattern in birds' songs and plumage that help explain some of the colourful and tuneful variety in nature. - [Call for UN debate rejected as whaling talks end](https://michellawyers.com/call-for-un-debate-rejected-as-whaling-talks-end/) - A bid to take whale conservation to the UN General Assembly failed at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) after criticism from hunting nations. - [Related birds evolve different songs and colours](https://michellawyers.com/related-birds-evolve-different-songs-and-colours-2/) - Canadian Researchers have discovered a pattern in birds' songs and plumage that help explain some of the colourful and tuneful variety in nature. - [More Demands on Cell Carriers in Surveillance (nytimes.com)](https://michellawyers.com/more-demands-on-cell-carriers-in-surveillance-nytimes-com/) - A congressional inquiry revealed that law enforcement agencies made more than 1.3 million demands for subscribers’ personal information, including text messages and caller locations, from cellphone carriers in 2011. - [San Bernardino County – Lawsuits over two firings in public defender’s office](https://michellawyers.com/san-bernardino-county-lawsuits-over-two-firings-in-public-defenders-office/) - The Press-Enterprise BY CASSIE MACDUFF – 06 July 2012 08:23 PM When San Bernardino County Public Defender Doreen Boxer resigned abruptly in December 2010, no reason was given. But a pair of lawsuits by two former employees ... - [Is US government reading email without a warrant? It doesn’t want to talk about it](https://michellawyers.com/is-us-government-reading-email-without-a-warrant-it-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-it/) - By Bob Sullivan – MSNBC News – July 6, 2012 Does the U.S. government read your email? It’s a simple question, but apparently there’s no simple answer. And the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service ... - [THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending July 6, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/the-weeks-cases-for-the-week-ending-july-6-2012/) - by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office DELAYS FOR CO-DEFENDANTS So your co-defendant gets a continuance past the 60th day for good cause, and your case is delayed over ... - [Aquaculture Boosts Papua New Guinea's Food Security](https://michellawyers.com/aquaculture-boosts-papua-new-guineas-food-security/) - PORT MORESBY , Jul 6 2012 (IPS) - The vast Sirinumu Reservoir in Central Province which supplies water and electricity to Papua New Guinea (PNG)'s capital, is home to a co-operative of 60 fish farmers who are successfully employing aquaculture to improve local incomes and food security. - [UK's flying ant swarms are counted](https://michellawyers.com/uks-flying-ant-swarms-are-counted/) - Scientists are attempting to count the number of places flying ants appear in the UK, as they swarm across the country during mating flights. - [Cost of human-animal disease greatest for world's poor](https://michellawyers.com/cost-of-human-animal-disease-greatest-for-worlds-poor/) - The world's poorest people also carry the heaviest burden from diseases that infect both humans and animals, according to a study published on 5 July1. - [Fish return to undammed Elwha River](https://michellawyers.com/fish-return-to-undammed-elwha-river/) - A project to remove two hydroelectric dams from the Elwha River in Washington state is bringing benefits for local wildlife. - [Increased Growth Responsible for Color Changes in Coral Reefs](https://michellawyers.com/increased-growth-responsible-for-color-changes-in-coral-reefs/) - ScienceDaily (July 6, 2012) - Research from the University of Southampton and National Oceanography, Southampton has provided new insight into the basic immune response and repair mechanisms of corals to disease and changing environmental conditions. - [Asian nations want to sink South Korea whale hunt plan](https://michellawyers.com/asian-nations-want-to-sink-south-korea-whale-hunt-plan/) - (Reuters) - South Korea's proposal to resume whaling for scientific research has angered other Asian countries and conservationists who said the practice would skirt a global ban on whale hunting. - [Jaguars May Soon Get Critical Habitat in the U.S.](https://michellawyers.com/jaguars-may-soon-get-critical-habitat-in-the-u-s/) - After years of legal wrangling, the U.S. government says it will designate critical habitat for the jaguar - [Prevailing Wage Laws Do Not Apply to Charter Cities](https://michellawyers.com/prevailing-wage-laws-do-not-apply-to-charter-cities/) - California imposes a prevailing wage law on employers who contract to provide services or construction work for public entities on public works projects of... - [Alameda County Ahead of Curve With Realignment](https://michellawyers.com/alameda-county-ahead-of-curve-with-realignment/) - KQED News – by Micky Duxbury – June 26, 2012 This story is part of our 10-part investigative series: Lessening the impact of incarceration in Oakland In May of 2011, the Supreme Court ruled that the conditions ... - [San Bernardino County – Recidivism rate for AB 109 probationers at 24 percent](https://michellawyers.com/san-bernardino-county-recidivism-rate-for-ab-109-probationers-at-24-percent/) - Victorville Daily Press – July 04, 2012 3:50 PM - Beatriz E. Valenzuela, Staff Writer It’s been eight months since Assembly Bill 109, or the prison realignment plan, went into effect, with many opponents predicting a doomsday ... - [Undersea eruption gives clues to effects of climate change](https://michellawyers.com/undersea-eruption-gives-clues-to-effects-of-climate-change/) - An underwater volcano that erupted near the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa is giving scientists a closer look at how ocean ecosystems could respond to climate change, from dying fish to adapting plankton. - [Tanzania: Climate Change Cripples Farming in Kilimanjaro](https://michellawyers.com/tanzania-climate-change-cripples-farming-in-kilimanjaro/) - Moshi - Climate change, blamed on heavy environmental degradation on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, has dealt a devastating blow on farmers as almost all cash and food crops have been affected by this year's unreliable weather patterns, it has been revealed. - [Climate change is shrinking Australian plant leaves](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-is-shrinking-australian-plant-leaves/) - If your plan for escaping climate change is to hide in the shade of a tree, you might be out of luck. It turns out the leaves of some plants are shrinking in response to the warmer weather. - [Study finds white abalone on the brink of extinction](https://michellawyers.com/study-finds-white-abalone-on-the-brink-of-extinction/) - LOS ANGELES - White abalone, the endangered shellfish that once numbered in the millions off the Southern California coast, have declined precipitously over the last decade and are on the brink of extinction, a study has found. - [Global water estimates 'uncertain'](https://michellawyers.com/global-water-estimates-uncertain/) - [RIO DE JANEIRO] Great uncertainty exists regarding estimates of the global water budget (the amount of water involved in the hydrological cycle every year) because of discrepancies between global atmosphere and ocean models, and direct observations, a study has found. - [Cambodia to create its first Marine Protected Area](https://michellawyers.com/cambodia-to-create-its-first-marine-protected-area/) - Cambodia will begin the creation of its first Marine Protected Area (MPA) this year, covering some 300 square kilometres of coral-rich seas around islands of Koh Rong and Koh Rong Samloem in the Gulf of Thailand. - [UPDATE: Study says marine preserve areas safeguard against irreversible loss from overfishing](https://michellawyers.com/update-study-says-marine-preserve-areas-safeguard-against-irreversible-loss-from-overfishing/) - A team of scientists from the University of Guam Marine Laboratory and other international research institutions has gathered some of the most detailed evidence yet that Guam's marine protected areas maintain and build a reproductive biomass of heavily exploited species of reef fish. - [NRA Museum, Bass Pro Partner for Daytona](https://michellawyers.com/nra-museum-bass-pro-partner-for-daytona/) - NRA Museum, Bass Pro Partner for Daytona - [California – FYI – Recent Realignment-related enactments memo from Judicial Council](https://michellawyers.com/california-fyi-recent-realignment-related-enactments-memo-from-judicial-council/) - Editor’s Note: The full Judicial Council memo is available for download via a link at the bottom of this article in PDF format and is FYI only. It has not been endorsed, reviewed, nor suggested ... - [Happy Independence Day From NRA Life of Duty](https://michellawyers.com/happy-independence-day-from-nra-life-of-duty/) - Happy Independence Day From NRA Life of Duty - [Probation fees rise, firms profit and poor jailed](https://michellawyers.com/probation-fees-rise-firms-profit-and-poor-jailed/) - The New York Times – July 2, 2012 CHILDERSBURG, Ala. — Three years ago, Gina Ray, who is now 31 and unemployed, was fined $179 for speeding. She failed to show up at court (she says ... - [CA: Assembly Committee OKs Anti-Hunting Measure](https://michellawyers.com/ca-assembly-committee-oks-anti-hunting-measure/) - CA: Assembly Committee OKs Anti-Hunting Measure - [India for early operationalisation of Nagaya Protocol](https://michellawyers.com/india-for-early-operationalisation-of-nagaya-protocol/) - An "early and effective operationalisation" of the Nagoya Protocol is crucial for a balanced implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), India said today. - [The Second Meeting on Nagoya Protocol Inaugurated](https://michellawyers.com/the-second-meeting-on-nagoya-protocol-inaugurated/) - The Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Nagoya Protocol (ICNP-2) on Access and Benefit Sharing is being held in New Delhi. It was inaugurated today and is being hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India from 2-6 July 2012. - [Nagoya Protocol Access & Benefit-Sharing Meeting Kicks Off In New Delhi](https://michellawyers.com/nagoya-protocol-access-benefit-sharing-meeting-kicks-off-in-new-delhi/) - A key committee of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing treaty aimed at ensuring fair sharing of the benefits of genetic resources is meeting this week in New Delhi. - [Genetically modified cotton gets high marks in India](https://michellawyers.com/genetically-modified-cotton-gets-high-marks-in-india/) - Smallholder farmers in central and southern India who planted genetically modified (GM) cotton achieve larger yields, greater profits and a higher living standard than those who grow conventional cotton, finds a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences1. - [Corporations See Green in Biodiversity](https://michellawyers.com/corporations-see-green-in-biodiversity/) - ATISAN, Philippines, Jun 30 2012 (IPS) - The gentle hills on the edge of this remote town are lush with tropical fruit trees that yield fine wines for the Broadchem Corporation and also give the agro company a green label. - [Rise in sea level can't be stopped: scientists](https://michellawyers.com/rise-in-sea-level-cant-be-stopped-scientists/) - (Reuters) - Rising sea levels cannot be stopped over the next several hundred years, even if deep emissions cuts lower global average temperatures, but they can be slowed down, climate scientists said in a study on Sunday. - [Warming Oceans Means Seafood Menu Changes](https://michellawyers.com/warming-oceans-means-seafood-menu-changes/) - LONDON -- The seas around Britain are starting to teem with fish species once deemed exotic as climate change raises water temperatures, forcing the former dominant occupants to flee northward toward the Arctic and opening the way for those from the hotter south, according to marine and fisheries scientists. - [Rising Heat at the Beach Threatens Largest Sea Turtles, Climate Change Models Show](https://michellawyers.com/rising-heat-at-the-beach-threatens-largest-sea-turtles-climate-change-models-show/) - ScienceDaily (July 1, 2012) - For eastern Pacific populations of leatherback turtles, the 21st century could be the last. - [Africa's veld may all change into forests](https://michellawyers.com/africas-veld-may-all-change-into-forests/) - London - A study suggests that some of Africa's savannahs - large areas of sparse vegetation other than grass - may become forests by the end of the century. - ['No doubt' that climate change is playing a role in U.S. fires](https://michellawyers.com/no-doubt-that-climate-change-is-playing-a-role-in-u-s-fires/) - A noted climate scientist says there is "no doubt" that climate change is "playing a role" in this year's series of record fires in the western U.S. - [Native Plant Restoration Not Enough to Maintain Tropical Dry Forests in Hawaii](https://michellawyers.com/native-plant-restoration-not-enough-to-maintain-tropical-dry-forests-in-hawaii/) - ScienceDaily (July 2, 2012) - Protecting Hawaiian dry forests from invasive species and the risk of wildfire is an on-going challenge for land managers and scientists conducting research on the Island of Hawaii. - [After Rio+20, developing countries must take the lead](https://michellawyers.com/after-rio20-developing-countries-must-take-the-lead/) - Last week's summit has confirmed that sustainable development will only be achieved through the political leadership of developing countries. - [10,000 sq mi of Congo rainforest declared World Heritage site](https://michellawyers.com/10000-sq-mi-of-congo-rainforest-declared-world-heritage-site/) - Central Africa has the newest World Heritage site. On Tuesday, the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared the Sangha Tri-National Protected Area complex (TNS) as a World Heritage Site for its density and diversity of rainforest wildlife. - [Whale sanctuary bid for South Atlantic falls short](https://michellawyers.com/whale-sanctuary-bid-for-south-atlantic-falls-short/) - A proposal to declare a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean has been defeated at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting. - [California – Defense attorneys – Employment opportunities – Kern County Deputy Public Defender I – V](https://michellawyers.com/california-defense-attorneys-employment-opportunities-kern-county-deputy-public-defender-i-v/) - Kern County – DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER I-II-III-IV-V FILING DATE: Applications will be received until cancellation of this notice. CANCELLATION CAN OCCUR AT ANYTIME WITHOUT NOTICE. Names will be placed on one eligible list in order of ... - [Important Legislative Update – July 2, 2012 – re: California Realignment Analysis of SB 1023 – by Garrick Byers](https://michellawyers.com/important-legislative-update-july-2-2012-re-california-realignment-analysis-of-sb-1023-by-garrick-byers/) - This article updated: Monday, July 2, 2012 to include the new 2012 Realignment Analysis Supplement by Garrick Byers Use this link to download the new analysis document —> Realignment-Supplement-Garrick-Byers-July-1-2012 ———————– Initially published: Friday, June 29, 2012 To: California Criminal Defense ... - [Attn. Defense Attorneys – 20 Excellent Continuing Legal Education Self-Study Programs on DVD – Video + Booklet](https://michellawyers.com/attn-defense-attorneys-20-excellent-continuing-legal-education-self-study-programs-on-dvd-video-booklet/) - The California Public Defenders Association Presents 20 Excellent Continuing Legal Education Self-Study Programs MCLE Self-Study Credits Apply - Each Program Includes a Course Syllabus Order Any or All of These Programs and Get Your Self-Study Credits Taken Care of Early. Item No. #493 Annual ... - [Paraguay’s Destructive Soy Boom](https://michellawyers.com/paraguays-destructive-soy-boom/) - Each year in Paraguay nearly half a million hectares of land are turned into soy fields. - [Sierra Club Formally Opposes Trapping](https://michellawyers.com/sierra-club-formally-opposes-trapping/) - Sierra Club Formally Opposes Trapping - [Online threat — but SWAT team raids wrong house](https://michellawyers.com/online-threat-but-swat-team-raids-wrong-house/) - MSNBC News – June 29, 2012 Imagine you’re sitting at home, comfortable on the couch, watching the Food Network, when all of a sudden a heavily armed SWAT team breaks down your door and storms into ... - [THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending June 29, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/the-weeks-cases-for-the-week-ending-june-29-2012/) - Note: You must log in to view this members-only content by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office MULTIPLE PUNISHMENTS FOR MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF A SINGLE LAW The defendant was ... - [Important Legislative News Update re: California Realignment Laws – Analysis of SB 1023 – Signed by California Governor Brown](https://michellawyers.com/important-legislative-news-update-re-california-realignment-laws-analysis-of-sb-1023-signed-by-california-governor-brown/) - Friday, June 29, 2012 To: California Criminal Defense Attorneys From: Margo George, CPDA Legislative Chair and John Abrahams, CPDA Legislative Committee Greetings: On behalf of the CPDA Legislative Committee we wanted to give everyone a head’s up that a ... - [From the archives: Disclosing officer misconduct: a constitutional duty (a 1996 FBI Legal Training Article)](https://michellawyers.com/from-the-archives-disclosing-officer-misconduct-a-constitutional-duty-a-1996-fbi-legal-training-article/) - The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin – July, 1996 – by Lisa A. Regini This means, naturally, that a prosecutor anxious about tacking too close to the wind will disclose a favorable piece of evidence…[T]his is as ... - [Bill to bar asking about criminal history stalls](https://michellawyers.com/bill-to-bar-asking-about-criminal-history-stalls/) - The Associated Press – Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012 – 4:49 pm SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A state Senate committee has sidelined a bill that would have prohibited cities and counties from requesting criminal background information on initial ... - [California Assembly Bill Stalls in Committee – Seeks to Ban the Criminal History Box from Applications](https://michellawyers.com/california-assembly-bill-stalls-in-committee-seeks-to-ban-the-criminal-history-box-from-applications/) - This article has been updated at this location: http://defender411.us/KQ8XGC - [Opening Statements – Slide Presentation by Michael Ogul](https://michellawyers.com/opening-statements-slide-presentation-by-michael-ogul/) - Note: You must log in to view this members-only content. This document contains about a dozen slides on the subject of “Opening Statement” prepared by Michael Ogul, Deputy Public Defender, Santa Clara County. Michael ... - [Wash. cities grapple with new public defense rules](https://michellawyers.com/wash-cities-grapple-with-new-public-defense-rules/) - June 26, 2012 11:25 AM – SEATTLE – Officials in cities across Washington state say that even as they’re trying to find ways to cut budgets, new guidelines from the state Supreme Court will force ... - [More Red Tape for California Hunters](https://michellawyers.com/more-red-tape-for-california-hunters/) - More Red Tape for California Hunters - [Trouble on the Horizon for GM Crops?](https://michellawyers.com/trouble-on-the-horizon-for-gm-crops/) - Pests are adapting to genetically modified crops in unexpected ways, researchers have discovered. - [West's wildfires a preview of changed climate: scientists](https://michellawyers.com/wests-wildfires-a-preview-of-changed-climate-scientists/) - (Reuters) - Scorching heat, high winds and bone-dry conditions are fueling catastrophic wildfires in the U.S. West that offer a preview of the kind of disasters that human-caused climate change could bring, a trio of scientists said on Thursday. - [Mapping out Climate Change Adaptation Plans on Kenya's Airwaves](https://michellawyers.com/mapping-out-climate-change-adaptation-plans-on-kenyas-airwaves/) - MAKUENI, Kenya, Jun 28 2012 (IPS) - On a Wednesday morning in Mutitu-Andei township in Makueni County, one of Kenya's driest areas, smallholder farmer Josephine Mutiso tunes into Radio Mang'elete 89.1 FM and listens as meteorological experts discuss the changes in rainfall patterns in the county. - [Forgotten species: the overlooked Sumatran striped rabbit](https://michellawyers.com/forgotten-species-the-overlooked-sumatran-striped-rabbit/) - When you read the words 'Sumatra' and 'Endangered Species' in the same sentence there is a 99 percent chance that you will be reading about one of four animals: orangutans, tigers, elephants, or rhinos. - [3 endangered Hawaiian bird species expanding their range](https://michellawyers.com/3-endangered-hawaiian-bird-species-expanding-their-range/) - Three of Hawaii's rarest birds have been detected at lower elevations along the volcanic summits for the first time in 30 years, a sign the endangered species may be holding their own against introduced diseases and climate change, scientists say. - [Africa's forests lack expertise](https://michellawyers.com/africas-forests-lack-expertise/) - One of the forest principles adopted by the on-going United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) is that forest management will be based on the best science, but this is a challenge for Africa, a continent ravaged by low number of scientists and under-resourced forestry training institutions. - [New Delhi to Host the Second Intergovernmental Committee Meeting for Nagoya Protocol A Backgrounder on ICNP - 2](https://michellawyers.com/new-delhi-to-host-the-second-intergovernmental-committee-meeting-for-nagoya-protocol-a-backgrounder-on-icnp-2/) - The Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ICNP-2) is being held in New Delhi from 2-6 July, 2012. - [British fishing crews welcome discard ban](https://michellawyers.com/british-fishing-crews-welcome-discard-ban/) - The EU says it is committed to ending overfishing. DW visited a thriving fishing community in Cornwall where new regulations on fishing practices are being seen as a way to safeguard the future. - [Conservation areas failing to protect forests better than logging concessions in Sumatra](https://michellawyers.com/conservation-areas-failing-to-protect-forests-better-than-logging-concessions-in-sumatra/) - Areas zoned for conservation suffered deforestation rates similar to logging concessions in Sumatra between 1990 and 2000, but maintained forest cover more effectively than lands allocated for agricultural conversion, reports a study published in Conservation Letters. - [U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Affordable Care Act](https://michellawyers.com/u-s-supreme-court-upholds-constitutionality-of-affordable-care-act/) - Today, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, upheld the most critical provision of the Affordable Care Act. The divided Court found... - [California – Kern County – Proposal steers more realignment money to law enforcement](https://michellawyers.com/california-kern-county-proposal-steers-more-realignment-money-to-law-enforcement/) - By JASON KOTOWSKI Californian staff writer - The Kern County Sheriff’s and Probation departments would receive even larger portions of state prison realignment funding next fiscal year under a proposal arrived at Wednesday after a ... - [Criminal Law Case Summaries – May – June 2012](https://michellawyers.com/criminal-law-case-summaries-may-june-2012/) - Note: You must log in to view this members-only content. By Gary Mandinach, Attorney at Law, California Appellate Project, Los Angeles, California (CPDA Past President, and current member of the CPDA Amicus Committee) 1. ... - [California: HSUS and Other Radical Groups Defeated But Gearing Up for a Second Round](https://michellawyers.com/california-hsus-and-other-radical-groups-defeated-but-gearing-up-for-a-second-round/) - California: HSUS and Other Radical Groups Defeated But Gearing Up for a Second Round - [California – Fresno County takes big step toward criminal rehab](https://michellawyers.com/california-fresno-county-takes-big-step-toward-criminal-rehab/) - By Kurtis Alexander – The Fresno Bee - Tuesday, Jun. 26, 2012 – 09:35 PM Fresno County public safety leaders are taking steps to embrace the state’s preference for rehabilitating felons, endorsing a major investment in drug ... - [Egyptian Farmers Make Themselves Heard](https://michellawyers.com/egyptian-farmers-make-themselves-heard/) - Under Hosni Mubarak, farmers say, many small-scale growers were evicted by government security forces so political elites could settle or develop their land. Now they are fighting through the courts to get it back. - [Farming and biodiversity can coexist, say Stanford researchers](https://michellawyers.com/farming-and-biodiversity-can-coexist-say-stanford-researchers/) - (Phys.org) -- Although bird species disappear with intensive agriculture, research in Costa Rica shows that forest intermingled with cultivated land rescues biodiversity. - [WMO to launch global climate services system](https://michellawyers.com/wmo-to-launch-global-climate-services-system/) - A global climate services system is due to be launched in October, in the hope of providing advance warning of weather changes that influence water, food security, natural disasters and health. - [Cuba Seeks to Guarantee Food Supplies in Changing Climate*](https://michellawyers.com/cuba-seeks-to-guarantee-food-supplies-in-changing-climate/) - HAVANA, Jun 26 2012 (IPS) - In the face of the challenge of producing more food in a changing climate, farmers in Cuba are coming up with alternatives like planting drought-resistant crops and digging ponds to guarantee water supplies, in order to keep food on the table during times of drought, heavy rains or hurricanes. - [Climate Change: Waiting for a Catastrophic Wake-Up Call](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-waiting-for-a-catastrophic-wake-up-call/) - RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 25 2012 (IPS) - Disasters are the new midwives of history. But in order to play this role, they need to be catastrophic, like the accidents in Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011 that led governments to suspend and even abolish their nuclear energy programs. - [Photos: Snub-Nosed Monkey Among New Most At-Risk Species](https://michellawyers.com/photos-snub-nosed-monkey-among-new-most-at-risk-species/) - The Red List is a "critical indicator of the health of the world's biodiversity," according to IUCN. The list ranks species based on eight categories, ranging from "not evaluated" to "extinct." - [World's last 300 Narcondam hornbills threatened by radar facility off India](https://michellawyers.com/worlds-last-300-narcondam-hornbills-threatened-by-radar-facility-off-india/) - A plan to build a radar installation on a remote island puts the world's only population of some 300 Narcondam Hornbills (Aceros narcondami) at risk, warns Conservation India. - [Cambodia said vital to vulture survival](https://michellawyers.com/cambodia-said-vital-to-vulture-survival/) - PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 26 (UPI) -- Conservationists say Cambodia has become the last refuge for Southeast Asia's vultures facing a slide toward extinction across the continent - [Manicured turtles swim for science](https://michellawyers.com/manicured-turtles-swim-for-science/) - Scientists tracking the dispersal of hatchling loggerhead turtles have resorted to the nail salon to help fit tiny tags to the endangered creatures. - [Greenpeace calls for global REDD standards to reduce negative impacts of forest carbon projects](https://michellawyers.com/greenpeace-calls-for-global-redd-standards-to-reduce-negative-impacts-of-forest-carbon-projects/) - Greenpeace has launched a consultation process to establish global standards for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) projects. - [UN to survey gender sensitivity of science policies](https://michellawyers.com/un-to-survey-gender-sensitivity-of-science-policies/) - The Commission on Science and Technology (CSTD), in collaboration with the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), plans to publish a series of case studies highlighting best practice in gender equality policies in science, technology and innovation (STI) of governments around the world. - [Criminal Defense Practice Resource – Defending Gang Cases Seminar Course Booklet](https://michellawyers.com/criminal-defense-practice-resource-defending-gang-cases-seminar-course-booklet/) - Note: You must be a current CPDA member AND LOG IN before you can download this document. Current members: See the log in box on the upper right side of this page to log in and access ... - [HSPI Survey Criticizes Fusion Centers’ Analytical Capabilities; Says Excessive Suspicious Activity Reporting Hinders (gwumc.edu)](https://michellawyers.com/hspi-survey-criticizes-fusion-centers-analytical-capabilities-says-excessive-suspicious-activity-reporting-hinders-gwumc-edu/) - “Counterterrorism Intelligence: Fusion Center Perspectives,” published by the Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) at George Washington University, found that more than half of fusion centers surveyed cited analytical skills as their most critical shortcoming. - [New Report: Outdoor Recreation Generates $646 Billion Annually, Employs 6.1 Million Americans](https://michellawyers.com/new-report-outdoor-recreation-generates-646-billion-annually-employs-6-1-million-americans/) - New Report: Outdoor Recreation Generates $646 Billion Annually, Employs 6.1 Million Americans - [Rio Conventions Pavilion Highlights Progress in Gender Mainstreaming](https://michellawyers.com/rio-conventions-pavilion-highlights-progress-in-gender-mainstreaming/) - 20 June 2012: The Rio Conventions Pavilion convened for Gender Mainstreaming Day at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). - [Food or Forests?](https://michellawyers.com/food-or-forests/) - Saving the trees - as beneficial as it would be to the changing climate - comes at a significant cost as a growing, wealthier population competes for food, says a new MIT study. - [Lead Poisoning Blocks Recovery of California Condor Population](https://michellawyers.com/lead-poisoning-blocks-recovery-of-california-condor-population/) - ScienceDaily (June 25, 2012) - A comprehensive study led by environmental toxicologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows that California condors are continually exposed to harmful levels of lead, the principal source of that lead is ammunition, and lead poisoning from ammunition is preventing the recovery of the condor population. - [Economic climate has not affected views on global warming - poll](https://michellawyers.com/economic-climate-has-not-affected-views-on-global-warming-poll/) - Guardian/ICM poll reveals public perception of climate change remains consistent despite political shift during financial crisis - [Lonesome George passes, taking unique subspecies with him](https://michellawyers.com/lonesome-george-passes-taking-unique-subspecies-with-him/) - Lonesome George, the sole surviving member of the Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni), was found dead on Sunday by staff at the Galapagos National Park. With George's passing, the Pinta Island tortoise subspecies officially falls into extinction. - [Rwanda: Deforestation Alerts Signaled in Eastern Rwanda](https://michellawyers.com/rwanda-deforestation-alerts-signaled-in-eastern-rwanda/) - The Director General of Rwanda Natural Resources Authority has stated that the trend of land degradation, especially through deforestation in Eastern Province now poses danger to the country's economy and needs to be addressed immediately. - [Disappointed EU cites Rio+20 bright spots](https://michellawyers.com/disappointed-eu-cites-rio20-bright-spots/) - The European Union tempered its general disappointment over this weekend's Rio+20 U.N. climate summit by praising its endorsement of a "green economy." - [Ocean Advocates Find Silver Linings After Rio+20 Disappointment](https://michellawyers.com/ocean-advocates-find-silver-linings-after-rio20-disappointment/) - Although agreement was not reached on policing international waters, some firm commitments were made in Brazil. - [Asia Sees Red Over 'Green Economy'](https://michellawyers.com/asia-sees-red-over-green-economy/) - BANGKOK, Jun 26 2012 (IPS) - The just-ended United Nations sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has exposed the discomfort that many developing Asian countries have over buzz words like 'green economy' and 'green growth' in development diplomacy. - [Rio+20 Earth Summit: campaigners decry final document](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-earth-summit-campaigners-decry-final-document/) - Amid doubt, disappointment and division, the world's governments came together in Rio on Friday to declare "a pathway for a sustainable century". - [Corporate money men fill the political void at Rio+20](https://michellawyers.com/corporate-money-men-fill-the-political-void-at-rio20/) - Move over Ban Ki-moon, the corporate money men are in town. That was the message from the final hours of the otherwise damp-squib Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero last week. - [Rio summit ends with warning on corporate power](https://michellawyers.com/rio-summit-ends-with-warning-on-corporate-power/) - The UN sustainable development summit in Brazil has ended with world leaders adopting a political declaration hammered out a few days previously. - [NGO VIEWS - Rio+20: the good, the bad and the invisible](https://michellawyers.com/ngo-views-rio20-the-good-the-bad-and-the-invisible/) - LONDON (AlertNet) - Many environment and development groups have expressed disappointment with the political agreement that emerged from the U.N. conference on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro last week. - [Scientists criticise lack of urgency in Rio+20 accord](https://michellawyers.com/scientists-criticise-lack-of-urgency-in-rio20-accord/) - [RIO DE JANEIRO] The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) ended last Friday (22 June) with an international agreement on the need for all countries to commit themselves to achieving sustainable development. - [UNESCO to set up UN science advisory board](https://michellawyers.com/unesco-to-set-up-un-science-advisory-board/) - The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has agreed to set up an international scientific advisory board to provide him with guidance on science-related issues, and enable him to provide advice to UN member states on such issues. - [Attention California defense attorneys – CPDA Annual Homicide Defense Seminar](https://michellawyers.com/attention-california-defense-attorneys-cpda-annual-homicide-defense-seminar/) - The California Public Defenders Association presents…The Annual Homicide Defense Seminar Friday & Saturday August 24 & 25, 2012 At The Berkeley Marina DoubleTree Hotel – 200 Marina Blvd, Berkeley, California 94710 See information below regarding lodging reservations Program Coordinators: Oscar ... - [Supreme Court Reinstates Arizona “Show Me Your Papers” Law, but Strikes Down Three Other Provisions of Anti-Immigrant Measure](https://michellawyers.com/supreme-court-reinstates-arizona-show-me-your-papers-law-but-strikes-down-three-other-provisions-of-anti-immigrant-measure/) - [No More Life Without Parole for Juveniles, Court Rules](https://michellawyers.com/no-more-life-without-parole-for-juveniles-court-rules/) - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / New York Times – June 25, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it’s unconstitutional to sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole for murder. The high court on Monday…[for ... - [Land Access Provision Added to Appropriations Bill](https://michellawyers.com/land-access-provision-added-to-appropriations-bill/) - Land Access Provision Added to Appropriations Bill - [New fee rules rile South Florida defense lawyers](https://michellawyers.com/new-fee-rules-rile-south-florida-defense-lawyers/) - BY DAVID OVALLE – The Miami Herald – June 23, 2012 Accused of murdering his stepbrother in North Miami-Dade, Mordecai Ray faced life in prison but could not afford an attorney. So the judge appointed a ... - [U.S. Supreme Court – Justices back reduced sentences for crack cocaine offenders](https://michellawyers.com/u-s-supreme-court-justices-back-reduced-sentences-for-crack-cocaine-offenders/) - By TIMOTHY M. PHELPS – Tribune Washington Bureau – Thursday, Jun. 21, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court threw a lifeline to thousands of convicted cocaine users who were on the edge of what the justices ... - [THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending June 22, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/the-weeks-cases-for-the-week-ending-june-22-2012/) - Note: You must log in to view this members-only content. by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office THE LAW OF CONFRONTATION IS NOW A MESS Well, the law of ... - [UK to require carbon emissions reporting by London Stock Exchange companies](https://michellawyers.com/uk-to-require-carbon-emissions-reporting-by-london-stock-exchange-companies/) - The U.K. will require London Stock Exchange-listed companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions starting in April 2013, according to the British government. The rule may be extended to all large companies in 2016. - [Study: Hotter future for Los Angeles](https://michellawyers.com/study-hotter-future-for-los-angeles/) - LOS ANGELES, June 21 (UPI) -- The greater Los Angeles area will heat up an average 4 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit by mid-century due to climate change, a climate expert says. - [Disasters Hold Climate Change Lessons for Thais](https://michellawyers.com/disasters-hold-climate-change-lessons-for-thais/) - BANGKOK, Jun 21 2012 (IPS) - The Kiriwong community in southern Thailand is confident of handling climate change, thanks to lessons learned from a natural disaster that hit its village 25 years ago. - [Elephant Seals Help Uncover Slower-Than-Expected Antarctic Melting](https://michellawyers.com/elephant-seals-help-uncover-slower-than-expected-antarctic-melting/) - ScienceDaily (June 21, 2012) - Don't let the hobbling, wobbling, and blubber fool you into thinking elephant seals are merely sluggish sun bathers. In fact, scientists are benefiting from these seals' surprisingly lengthy migrations to determine critical information about Antarctic melting and future sea level rise. - [Climate change threatens Botswana's main tourist attraction](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-threatens-botswanas-main-tourist-attraction/) - [GABORONE] Botswana urgently needs policies to facilitate climate change adaptation to protect the Okavango Delta, the country's most lucrative tourist attraction, according to a new study. - [Rarest Kiwi Species Takes Flight](https://michellawyers.com/rarest-kiwi-species-takes-flight/) - Kiwis, under normal conditions, do not fly. But this week 20 young members of the rarest kiwi species were special guests on board a military helicopter, flying across the Tasman Sea on their way to their new habitat off the coast of New Zealand. - [Deforestation accounts for 10 percent of global carbon emissions, argues new study](https://michellawyers.com/deforestation-accounts-for-10-percent-of-global-carbon-emissions-argues-new-study/) - Tropical deforestation accounted for 10 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions between 2000-2005 - a substantially smaller proportion than previously estimated - argues a new study published in Science. - [Rio summit: Little progress, 20 years on](https://michellawyers.com/rio-summit-little-progress-20-years-on/) - On the final day of the UN sustainable development summit in Rio, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged governments to eliminate hunger from the world. - [Will elephants still roam earth in 20 years?](https://michellawyers.com/will-elephants-still-roam-earth-in-20-years/) - (CNN) -- At the start of the 1980s there were more than a million elephants in Africa. During that decade, 600,000 were destroyed for ivory products. Today perhaps no more than 400,000 remain across the continent, according to Samuel Wasser of the University of Washington, who is widely recognized as an authority on the subject. - [Rio+20 draft text is 283 paragraphs of fluff](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-draft-text-is-283-paragraphs-of-fluff/) - World leaders have spent 20 years bracing themselves to express 'deep concern' about the world's environmental crises, but not to do anything about them - ['Rio+20 Has Become the Summit of Futility'](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-has-become-the-summit-of-futility/) - Twenty years ago, the United Nations summit held in Rio de Janeiro paved the way for landmark agreements on the climate and the environment. This year's meeting, on the other hand, has been widely criticized for its lack of vision in the face of accelerating degradation of the planet. German commentators are critical as well. - [Rio+20: Interview with Ed Norton, UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-interview-with-ed-norton-un-goodwill-ambassador-for-biodiversity/) - 21 June 2012 - The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) has brought together thousands of people from all walks of life to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to help shape new policies to promote prosperity, reduce poverty and advance social equity and environmental protection. - [Global Shift to Obesity Packs Serious Climate Consequences](https://michellawyers.com/global-shift-to-obesity-packs-serious-climate-consequences/) - A new study suggests that human weight gain globally is not just bad for health but also bad for global warming - [Slowest Greenland sharks hunts sleeping prey](https://michellawyers.com/slowest-greenland-sharks-hunts-sleeping-prey/) - Researchers have measured the swimming speed of the ocean's slowest shark. - [Police: Attorney couple plants drugs on PTA leader in dispute over their son](https://michellawyers.com/police-attorney-couple-plants-drugs-on-pta-leader-in-dispute-over-their-son/) - MSNBC NEWS – By Louis Casiano – June 21, 2012 A California couple unhappy with the PTA president at their son’s elementary school took an unusual approach to rectify their problem, police say. Kent and Jill Easter, ... - [Police: Attorney couple plants drugs on PTA leader in dispute over their son](https://michellawyers.com/police-attorney-couple-plants-drugs-on-pta-leader-in-dispute-over-their-son/) - MSNBC NEWS – By Louis Casiano – June 21, 2012 A California couple unhappy with the PTA president at their son’s elementary school took an unusual approach to rectify their problem, police say. Kent and Jill Easter, ... - [Criminal Defense Practice – California MCLE Self-Study programs on DVD](https://michellawyers.com/criminal-defense-practice-california-mcle-self-study-programs-on-dvd/) - This is a monthly update regarding new resources and upcoming MCLE Programs available from the California Public Defenders Association (CPDA). Newly available MCLE Self-Study Programs on DVDs (includes printed course booklet with each program) ITEM #1 - ... - [Criminal Defense Practice – California MCLE Self-Study programs on DVD](https://michellawyers.com/criminal-defense-practice-california-mcle-self-study-programs-on-dvd-2/) - This is a monthly update regarding new resources and upcoming MCLE Programs available from the California Public Defenders Association (CPDA). Newly available MCLE Self-Study Programs on DVDs (includes printed course booklet with each program) ITEM #1 - ... - [Public Comments on Workers' Comp System Now Available](https://michellawyers.com/public-comments-on-workers-comp-system-now-available/) - HRWatchdog previously blogged about the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) coordinating a series of public meetings across... - [States where prisoners stay incarcerated longest](https://michellawyers.com/states-where-prisoners-stay-incarcerated-longest/) - MSNBC News / The Wall Stree Journal – June 21, 2012 By Michael B. Sauter, Alexander E.M. Hess and Lisa A. Nelson, 24/7 Wall St. The amount of time criminals in the United States spend in prison ... - [States where prisoners stay incarcerated longest](https://michellawyers.com/states-where-prisoners-stay-incarcerated-longest/) - MSNBC News / The Wall Stree Journal – June 21, 2012 By Michael B. Sauter, Alexander E.M. Hess and Lisa A. Nelson, 24/7 Wall St. The amount of time criminals in the United States spend in prison ... - [Colorado Awards $500K for Shooting Ranges](https://michellawyers.com/colorado-awards-500k-for-shooting-ranges/) - Colorado Awards $500K for Shooting Ranges - [Carbon payments 'could help enrich African soil'](https://michellawyers.com/carbon-payments-could-help-enrich-african-soil/) - Paying farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to sequester carbon may provide a stronger incentive to improve soil quality than simply offering official fertiliser subsidies, a modelling study has found. - [Carbon payments 'could help enrich African soil'](https://michellawyers.com/carbon-payments-could-help-enrich-african-soil-2/) - Paying farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to sequester carbon may provide a stronger incentive to improve soil quality than simply offering official fertiliser subsidies, a modelling study has found. - [It's Time for Business to Take Lead on Environment](https://michellawyers.com/its-time-for-business-to-take-lead-on-environment/) - Inter-governmental attempts at environmental protection have failed. It is time for environmentalists to recognize that fact and turn to industry. The "Green Economy" has become the new watchword at the Rio summit. But can Starbucks, Shell and Nestlé really save the planet? - [Emperor penguins at risk in sea ice loss](https://michellawyers.com/emperor-penguins-at-risk-in-sea-ice-loss/) - WOODS HOLE, Mass., June 20 (UPI) -- The population of emperor penguins appears likely to decline this century as climate change reduces the extent of Antarctic sea ice, U.S. researchers say. - [Anti-desertification plan gets official launch in Rio](https://michellawyers.com/anti-desertification-plan-gets-official-launch-in-rio/) - [RIO DE JANEIRO] Organisations from Africa, Brazil and France have officially launched a scientific collaboration to fight desertification in Africa. - [Fire risk to increase in the Amazon rainforest](https://michellawyers.com/fire-risk-to-increase-in-the-amazon-rainforest/) - The risk of fire could increase across large parts of the Amazon rainforest due to increasing incident of drought, expansion of road networks, and rural outmigration, said a scientist speaking at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Bonito, Brazil. - [It's Time for Business to Take Lead on Environment](https://michellawyers.com/its-time-for-business-to-take-lead-on-environment-2/) - Inter-governmental attempts at environmental protection have failed. It is time for environmentalists to recognize that fact and turn to industry. The "Green Economy" has become the new watchword at the Rio summit. But can Starbucks, Shell and Nestlé really save the planet? - [Rio+20: Progress on Earth issues 'too slow' - UN chief](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-progress-on-earth-issues-too-slow-un-chief/) - The UN sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has formally opened with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow. - [Rio+20: Progress on Earth issues 'too slow' - UN chief](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-progress-on-earth-issues-too-slow-un-chief-2/) - The UN sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has formally opened with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow. - [Rio+20 Earth summit talks turn into rubber-stamp job](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-earth-summit-talks-turn-into-rubber-stamp-job/) - UN chief urges leaders to be more ambitious after concerns they will sign a pre-negotiated text but won't commit on key issues - [Rio+20 Earth summit talks turn into rubber-stamp job](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-earth-summit-talks-turn-into-rubber-stamp-job-2/) - UN chief urges leaders to be more ambitious after concerns they will sign a pre-negotiated text but won't commit on key issues - [Rio+20: Sir Paul backs Greenpeace Arctic campaign](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-sir-paul-backs-greenpeace-arctic-campaign/) - Greenpeace is launching a campaign to have the Arctic region declared a sanctuary by the United Nations. - [Rio+20: Sir Paul backs Greenpeace Arctic campaign](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-sir-paul-backs-greenpeace-arctic-campaign-2/) - Greenpeace is launching a campaign to have the Arctic region declared a sanctuary by the United Nations. - [NEW CONFRONTATION CASE; SUPREME COURT MESS – Updated In Depth Report by Al Menaster](https://michellawyers.com/new-confrontation-case-supreme-court-mess-updated-in-depth-report-by-al-menaster/) - Note: You must log in to view this members-only content. Williams v. Illinois; 2012 DJ DAR ; DJ, 6/19/12; US Supremes By Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County On Monday, the U.S. Supremes issued Williams v. ... - [NEW CONFRONTATION CASE; SUPREME COURT MESS – Updated In Depth Report by Al Menaster](https://michellawyers.com/new-confrontation-case-supreme-court-mess-updated-in-depth-report-by-al-menaster/) - Note: You must log in to view this members-only content. Williams v. Illinois; 2012 DJ DAR ; DJ, 6/19/12; US Supremes By Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County On Monday, the U.S. Supremes issued Williams v. ... - [Death Penalty Opponents Bring Campaign To San Diego](https://michellawyers.com/death-penalty-opponents-bring-campaign-to-san-diego/) - Voters Will Decide On SAFE California Act This November 10 News San Diego – June 19, 2012 SAN DIEGO — California voters will have another chance to cast their votes on the death penalty in November as ... - [Officials to release 300 early from San Diego County jails](https://michellawyers.com/officials-to-release-300-early-from-san-diego-county-jails/) - North County Times – By CHRIS NICHOLS – June 19, 2012 Roughly 300 low-level offenders will be moved out early from San Diego County jails and monitored electronically to ease the county’s inmate crunch initiated last ... - [Lawsuit against former District Attorney, Shasta County, will cost taxpayers $856,000](https://michellawyers.com/lawsuit-against-former-district-attorney-shasta-county-will-cost-taxpayers-856000/) - The Redding Record Searchlight – by Jim Schultz – June 18, 2012 Lawsuit against former District Attorney, Shasta County, will cost taxpayers $856,000 SACRAMENTO – A lawsuit against former Shasta County District Attorney Jerry Benito and three ... - [Link Between Vitamin C and Twin Seedlings Can Increase Seed Production in Crops](https://michellawyers.com/link-between-vitamin-c-and-twin-seedlings-can-increase-seed-production-in-crops/) - ScienceDaily (June 18, 2012) - Biochemists at the University of California, Riverside report a new role for vitamin C in plants: promoting the production of twins and even triplets in plant seeds. - [Innovation allows Amazon villagers to make ecological history](https://michellawyers.com/innovation-allows-amazon-villagers-to-make-ecological-history/) - Collective decisions have been the key to saving a way of life in Brazil's rainforest - [Governments achieve early agreement at Rio summit](https://michellawyers.com/governments-achieve-early-agreement-at-rio-summit/) - Environmentalists decry proposed text, citing lack of ambition, inspiration and commitment. - [Elephant pregnancy mystery solved](https://michellawyers.com/elephant-pregnancy-mystery-solved/) - The mystery of the elephant's long pregnancy has been unravelled by scientists. - [Rio+20: Agreement reached, say diplomats](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-agreement-reached-say-diplomats/) - Negotiators have agreed a text to be approved by world leaders meeting this week in Rio in a summit intended to put society on a more sustainable path. - [Rio+20 summit: Threat to 'web of life' imperils humans](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-summit-threat-to-web-of-life-imperils-humans/) - RIO DE JANEIRO: A feared mass extinction of wildlife also endangers billions of humans who depend on them for food and livelihood, according to a new assessment of species loss issued on Tuesday at the Rio+20 conference. - [Rio+20 compromise draft text completed](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-compromise-draft-text-completed/) - [RIO DE JANEIRO] A Rio+20 draft text has been finalised ahead of the formal summit opening today, which emphasises the crucial role that technology transfer must play in achieving sustainable development. - [Climate Conversations - How we can make progress on forests at Rio+20](https://michellawyers.com/climate-conversations-how-we-can-make-progress-on-forests-at-rio20/) - When it comes to the fate of forests, Rio+20 and the official negotiations risk becoming a side event. Instead, the main show is playing out in countless boardrooms, communities, parliaments, and villages around the world - [Protecting jaguars a good business decision for ranchers](https://michellawyers.com/protecting-jaguars-a-good-business-decision-for-ranchers/) - Live jaguars can be worth considerably more for ecotourism than they livestock they kill, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation in Bonito, Brazil. - [Near-real time Amazon deforestation alert system added to Google Earth Engine](https://michellawyers.com/near-real-time-amazon-deforestation-alert-system-added-to-google-earth-engine/) - A system providing monthly alerts on deforestation and forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon will soon be generated on the Google Earth platform Engine, reducing the time it takes to process and disseminate data, reports Imazon, the Brazilian NGO that developed the Alert System of Deforestation (SAD). - [RIO+20: Reforestation Pledges Reach Only 12 Percent of Target](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-reforestation-pledges-reach-only-12-percent-of-target/) - RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 20 2012 (IPS) - The world's countries have committed themselves so far to restoring just 18 million hectares of forests by 2020, barely 12 percent of the goal of 150 million hectares agreed by the Bonn Challenge in 2011. - [Environment in Trouble in Most Biodiverse African Country](https://michellawyers.com/environment-in-trouble-in-most-biodiverse-african-country/) - BUKAVU, DR Congo, Jun 19 2012 (IPS) - Ranked fifth in the world in terms of animal and plant diversity, the Democratic Republic of Congo is considered to be a treasure chest of biodiversity and a vital regulator of global warming. - [Rio's Roadmap Falls Flat, Civil Society Groups Say](https://michellawyers.com/rios-roadmap-falls-flat-civil-society-groups-say/) - RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 19 2012 (IPS) - "Very disappointing." That was the term business and non-governmental organisations used to describe the formal intergovernmental negotiations at the Rio+20 Earth Summit as of Tuesday - [House Passes Marksmanship Training Support Act](https://michellawyers.com/house-passes-marksmanship-training-support-act/) - House Passes Marksmanship Training Support Act - [House Passes Marksmanship Training Support Act](https://michellawyers.com/house-passes-marksmanship-training-support-act/) - House Passes Marksmanship Training Support Act - [Public Comment Period for Proposed Pregnancy and Disability Regulations](https://michellawyers.com/public-comment-period-for-proposed-pregnancy-and-disability-regulations/) - The California Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC) is proposing amendments to California’s pregnancy regulations (Title 2, CCR secs. 7291.2-7291.16) and disability discrimination regulations... - [A push for inmate realignment – Monterey County public defender presents 13-point plan](https://michellawyers.com/a-push-for-inmate-realignment-monterey-county-public-defender-presents-13-point-plan/) - By JULIA REYNOLDS – Herald Staff Writer – 06/18/2012 09:10:45 PM Public Defender Jim Egar laid out an aggressive plan Monday to push Monterey County toward what he called “a new paradigm” in state prisoner realignment. “These ... - [Poll: 23% of Hunters Lost Access in Past Year](https://michellawyers.com/poll-23-of-hunters-lost-access-in-past-year/) - Poll: 23% of Hunters Lost Access in Past Year - [Vacation Reminders](https://michellawyers.com/vacation-reminders/) - Paid vacation leave constitutes a form of wages. Because the right to accrue paid vacation vests as the employee renders services, employees “earn” a... - [Week’s Cases News Bulletin – THE LAW OF CONFRONTATION IS NOW IN CHAOS – by Al Menaster](https://michellawyers.com/weeks-cases-news-bulletin-the-law-of-confrontation-is-now-in-chaos-by-al-menaster/) - Note: You must log in to view this members-only content. THE LAW OF CONFRONTATION IS NOW IN CHAOS by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County – June 18, 2012 Well, the law ... - [World News: UN officials stress importance of healthy soils to sustainable development](https://michellawyers.com/world-news-un-officials-stress-importance-of-healthy-soils-to-sustainable-development/) - Top United Nations officials have called for greater efforts to preserve the soils on which human subsistence depends and to halt and reverse land degradation. - [Africa: Putting Forests At the Heart of a New, Greener Economy](https://michellawyers.com/africa-putting-forests-at-the-heart-of-a-new-greener-economy/) - Rome/Rio De Janeiro - The world's forests have a major role to play in the transition to a new, greener economy, a theme being discussed at the Rio+20 Conference. But to spark that shift, governments must enact programs and policies aimed at both unlocking the potential of forests and ensuring that they are sustainably managed, FAO said today. - [Rio+20 People's summit gathers pace](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-peoples-summit-gathers-pace/) - They come with speeches, placards, power point presentations and drums. Some with body paint and bows and arrows. Others with suits and business plans. Almost all driven by a desire for radical change - [Rio+20: Prince Charles in climate change warning](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-prince-charles-in-climate-change-warning/) - The Prince of Wales has warned of the "catastrophic" consequences of inaction on issues such as climate change, at a UN sustainability conference in Brazil. - [Earth Summit: A Report Card to Preview the Rio+20 Mega-Conference](https://michellawyers.com/earth-summit-a-report-card-to-preview-the-rio20-mega-conference/) - The world has failed to deliver on many of the promises it made 20 years ago at an Earth summit in Brazil - [OECD launches 'green economy' consultation with developing countries](https://michellawyers.com/oecd-launches-green-economy-consultation-with-developing-countries/) - [RIO DE JANEIRO] The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has launched a consultation with developing countries on green growth - just as these countries have been criticising the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) negotiations for being disproportionately dominated by the idea. - [Rio+20 : l'UE critique le "manque d'ambition" du nouveau projet](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-lue-critique-le-manque-dambition-du-nouveau-projet/) - AFP - L'Union européenne a critiqué dimanche le "manque d'ambition" du nouveau projet de texte final qui doit être soumis mercredi au sommet des chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement Rio+20 sur le développement durable. - [Africa's Challenges Seen As Opportunities for Green Growth](https://michellawyers.com/africas-challenges-seen-as-opportunities-for-green-growth/) - DEVELOPMENT challenges to Africa including droughts could be taken as opportunities for green economy in the continent, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) said on Saturday. - [New Set of Sustainable Development Goals Looks Beyond 2015*](https://michellawyers.com/new-set-of-sustainable-development-goals-looks-beyond-2015/) - RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 17 2012 (IPS) - When world leaders from over 100 countries wind up their three-day Rio+20 summit in Brazil next week, they will leave behind the shattered remains of a slew of proposals that never got off the ground. - [RIO+20: Developing Countries Accept Green Economy*](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-developing-countries-accept-green-economy/) - RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 17 2012 (IPS) - It's not true that developing countries conditioned the inclusion of the green economy in the final document at Rio+20 on clearly defined provisions for financing, the head of the Venezuelan delegation, Claudia Salerno, told TerraViva. - [Ban Ki-moon: the momentum for change at Rio+20 is irreversible](https://michellawyers.com/ban-ki-moon-the-momentum-for-change-at-rio20-is-irreversible/) - There may be disagreement between nations going into the Rio Earth summit, but much has been achieved already - [The Mystery of the Sinking South Pacific Islands](https://michellawyers.com/the-mystery-of-the-sinking-south-pacific-islands/) - Environmentalist organizations have used images from South Pacific islands to illustrate the disastrous effects of rising sea levels. But a group of French researchers has found that the problem is much more complicated: The islands are also being pulled under by shifting tectonic plates. - [Sinners and winners in the race to protect the oceans revealed](https://michellawyers.com/sinners-and-winners-in-the-race-to-protect-the-oceans-revealed/) - Citizens of Monaco, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Portugal: be proud, your countries are top of the league when it comes to ocean protection. Most of the rest of the world: hang your head in shame. - [The quest for effective traditional knowledge protection: Some reflections on WIPO's recent IGC discussions](https://michellawyers.com/the-quest-for-effective-traditional-knowledge-protection-some-reflections-on-wipos-recent-igc-discussions/) - Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) met recently to engage in a text-based negotiation on an international instrument relating to the protection of Traditional Knowledge (TK). When compared to reports of WIPO's February meeting on genetic resources, discussions at the most recent IGC session (16-20 April) went relatively smoothly. However, some observers remain sceptical over how much progress has actually been made on the proper legal protection for TK over the past ten years of discussions. - [Tablet PCs preserve indigenous knowledge](https://michellawyers.com/tablet-pcs-preserve-indigenous-knowledge/) - THE Herero people know just what to do when a horse is too wild or unpredictable: they lash a donkey to it, which forces the horse to slow down and helps to tame it. - [Sportsmen’s Act Vote May Come This Week](https://michellawyers.com/sportsmens-act-vote-may-come-this-week/) - Sportsmen’s Act Vote May Come This Week - [California – Monterey County judges raise bail rates, already among highest in state](https://michellawyers.com/california-monterey-county-judges-raise-bail-rates-already-among-highest-in-state/) - By JULIA REYNOLDS – Herald Staff Writer – 06/16/2012 Just as your eyes glaze over, you see the ads on late-night TV. You’ve been arrested, but don’t worry: “We’ll get you out. We’ll get you through ... - [Pennsylvania Public Defenders Rebel Against Crushing Caseloads](https://michellawyers.com/pennsylvania-public-defenders-rebel-against-crushing-caseloads/) - Huffington Post – June 16, 2012 At half past 5 on a cold, cloudy April morning, Ed Olexa kneels by his front door, sorting through stacks of case files for the coming day’s hearings. 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Current members: See the log in box on the upper right side of this page to log ... - [Land to the Tillers of Myanmar](https://michellawyers.com/land-to-the-tillers-of-myanmar/) - Myanmar's poor farmers should not be left aside as the country revives. - [USCIS Reaches FY 2013 H-1B Cap](https://michellawyers.com/uscis-reaches-fy-2013-h-1b-cap/) - On June 12, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it received enough H-1B Visa petitions to reach the statutory cap of... - [Services Set for Wilbur Littlefield, 90, Longtime County Public Defender](https://michellawyers.com/services-set-for-wilbur-littlefield-90-longtime-county-public-defender/) - By a Metropolitian-News Enterprise Staff Writer – Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Funeral services are set for former Los Angeles Public Defender Wilbur “Bill” Littlefield, who died Saturday at the age of 90. 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Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) comes to a close in Rio de Janeiro Jun. 22, what would be the yardstick to measure its successes and failures? - [Ethics for an 'Ecological Civilisation'](https://michellawyers.com/ethics-for-an-ecological-civilisation/) - TOKYO, Jun 10, 2012 (IPS) - Leading Japanese ecologists are pushing for the concept of environmental "ethics" to influence the upcoming Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, an approach they contend will foster accountability towards sustainable development. - ['Rio girl' Severn Cullis-Suzuki 20 years on](https://michellawyers.com/rio-girl-severn-cullis-suzuki-20-years-on/) - At the age of 12, she silenced the world for six minutes at the first UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. 20 years later, Canadian Severn Cullis-Suzuki has made her name known, and her voice heard. - [Melting Arctic 'blooms' with algae](https://michellawyers.com/melting-arctic-blooms-with-algae/) - (CNN) -- Scientists in the Arctic have discovered the largest ever under-ice bloom of phytoplankton, likening the discovery to "finding the Amazon rainforest in the middle of the Mojave Desert." - [California courts’ administrative office lays off 29 employees](https://michellawyers.com/california-courts-administrative-office-lays-off-29-employees/) - The Sacramento Bee – June 7, 2012 – Twenty-nine layoffs were announced today by California’s Administrative Office of the Courts, which sets policy and distributes funding for all levels of the state’s court system. Interim director ... - [The Conversation: How the innocent end up in prison](https://michellawyers.com/the-conversation-how-the-innocent-end-up-in-prison/) - The Sacramento Bee – By Foon Rhee, Associate editor – June 10, 2012 David Quindt can’t escape the 15 months he spent in Sacramento County jail for a murder he didn’t commit. He moved all the way ... - [California – Valley counties shorted in governor’s latest realignment plan budget](https://michellawyers.com/california-valley-counties-shorted-in-governors-latest-realignment-plan-budget/) - By Kurtis Alexander – The Fresno Bee – Jun. 09, 2012 The San Joaquin Valley is on the short end of Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan for public-safety spending next fiscal year — a blow that will ... - [Tale of 3 Inmates Who Vanished From Alcatraz Maintains Intrigue 50 Years Later](https://michellawyers.com/tale-of-3-inmates-who-vanished-from-alcatraz-maintains-intrigue-50-years-later/) - The New York Times – June 9, 2012 – By ROBERT D. McFADDEN Fifty years ago, on the night of June 11, 1962, the three convicts were locked down as usual. Guards walking the tier outside ... - [Justifiable homicides nearly triple after Florida ‘Stand Your Ground’ law passed – Florida’s ‘stand your ground’...](https://michellawyers.com/justifiable-homicides-nearly-triple-after-florida-stand-your-ground-law-passed-floridas-stand-your-ground/) - By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel – June 10, 2012 ORLAND0, Fla. — The nation’s fixation on the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has led many to question whether an impartial jury could be found for ... - [Violence Hits Brazil Tribes In Scramble For Land](https://michellawyers.com/violence-hits-brazil-tribes-in-scramble-for-land/) - ARAL MOREIRA, Brazil -- The gunmen emerged from pickup trucks at dawn, their faces hidden in balaclavas, and stormed into an encampment surrounded by a field of soybean plants near this town on Brazil's porous frontier with Paraguay. Witnesses said the men then shot Nísio Gomes, 59, a leader of the indigenous Guarani people; loaded his corpse onto a truck; and drove away. - [App records, reports controversial police ‘stop and frisk’ practice](https://michellawyers.com/app-records-reports-controversial-police-stop-and-frisk-practice/) - By Miranda Leitsinger, msnbc.com Believe you are witnessing an unlawful police stop and want to record the moment? There’s an app for that, courtesy of the New York Civil Liberties Union. The group released a free smartphone ... - [California – Deputy public defender employment opportunity – Contra Costa County](https://michellawyers.com/california-deputy-public-defender-employment-opportunity-contra-costa-county/) - Contra Costa County Deputy Public Defender II examination opens on June 6, 2012 to June 29, 2012. Please view the Job Announcement and Supplemental Questionnaire (link directly below to the PDF document). 2012-June-Contra-Costa-County-DPD-II-Job-Announcement-Supplement - [New York – Gov. Cuomo Seeks Cut in Frisk Arrests](https://michellawyers.com/new-york-gov-cuomo-seeks-cut-in-frisk-arrests/) - The New York Times – By THOMAS KAPLAN – June 3, 2012 Wading into the debate over stop-and-frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York ... - [New York – Altering a Law the Police Use Prolifically](https://michellawyers.com/new-york-altering-a-law-the-police-use-prolifically/) - The New York Times – By JIM DWYER – June 5, 2012 On Tuesday afternoon, a 51-year-old black man was led into Manhattan Criminal Court to be arraigned on a charge that he broke a law ... - [Cal/OSHA Investigates Suspected Heat Illness Fatalities](https://michellawyers.com/calosha-investigates-suspected-heat-illness-fatalities/) - Cal/OSHA announced that it is investigating two suspected heat related deaths in the construction and agriculture industries that occurred over the past month. This... - [THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending June 8, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/the-weeks-cases-for-the-week-ending-june-8-2012/) - by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office PUNISHMENT FOR GANG CRIME AND SUBSTANTIVE FELONY BARRED The substantive gang crime, PC 186.22(a), requires gang membership but also an act which promotes, ... - [San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon: ‘The War On Drugs Has Been A Failure’](https://michellawyers.com/san-francisco-district-attorney-george-gascon-the-war-on-drugs-has-been-a-failure/) - The Huffington Post – June 6, 2012 – SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon doesn’t mince words when it comes to the war on drugs. “It has been a failure,” he told The ... - [Climate change, ageing trees threaten African cocoa output](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-ageing-trees-threaten-african-cocoa-output/) - Climate change, ageing plantations and a shortage of young farmers risk strangling Africa's cocoa industry, a top official from a bloc of 10 producer nations said. - [Denmark's Bornholm island gets rare bison from Poland](https://michellawyers.com/denmarks-bornholm-island-gets-rare-bison-from-poland/) - Denmark's Baltic island of Bornholm has become a new home for the European bison, an endangered species that was almost wiped out in the last century. - [Elephant numbers halved in Central Africa in 5 years](https://michellawyers.com/elephant-numbers-halved-in-central-africa-in-5-years/) - Elephant numbers in areas surveyed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Central Africa halved between 2006 and 2011, hinting at the carnage wrought by the surging commercial ivory trade and demonstrating a need to boost protection efforts, said the Bronx Zoo-based conservation group. - [New World Bank Environment Strategy Boosts Private Sector Role](https://michellawyers.com/new-world-bank-environment-strategy-boosts-private-sector-role/) - WASHINGTON, Jun 7, 2012 (IPS) - The World Bank this week released its new environment strategy for the next decade, 2012 through 2022, saying the policy framework was crafted in response to "calls from governments and the private sector for new approaches to development in light of unprecedented environmental challenges". - [Speak up for children at Rio+20 Earth summit](https://michellawyers.com/speak-up-for-children-at-rio20-earth-summit/) - Rachel Hall was part of a Unicef UK group that prepared a list of priorities that young people want to be taken up at the summit. She explains what they expect from world leaders - [Eagles on decline in Britain for centuries](https://michellawyers.com/eagles-on-decline-in-britain-for-centuries/) - LONDON, June 8 (UPI) -- Golden and sea eagle populations have been declining in the British Isles for 1,500 years because of human activity, a report released Friday said. - [EU plans to increase fishing quota](https://michellawyers.com/eu-plans-to-increase-fishing-quota/) - Cod, haddock and herring could be fished in more numbers, but conservationists say policy will damage stocks - [South Africa: World Ocean Day Celebrated With Clean-Ups](https://michellawyers.com/south-africa-world-ocean-day-celebrated-with-clean-ups/) - The eyes of the world will be focused on the health of our oceans when World Oceans Day is celebrated on Friday, 8 June - [Biorock giving new life to coral reefs](https://michellawyers.com/biorock-giving-new-life-to-coral-reefs/) - Johnny Langenheim explains how an innovative method is sustaining corals and why on World Oceans Day we need to pledge for more such projects - [Australia Has Two Distinct White Shark Populations](https://michellawyers.com/australia-has-two-distinct-white-shark-populations/) - ScienceDaily (June 7, 2012) - A new scientific study has identified two distinct populations of white shark at the east and west of Bass Strait in Australian waters, prompting researchers to suggest the huge fish may need regional conservation plans. - [Farmers Use Traditional Knowledge to Deal with Climate Change](https://michellawyers.com/farmers-use-traditional-knowledge-to-deal-with-climate-change/) - MEXICO CITY, Jun 7, 2012 (IPS) - Small farmers in Mexico, who receive little institutional support, are drawing on their traditional knowledge to deal with and adapt to climate change, experts say. - [WY: Gov. Asks Feds to Fast-Track Grizzly Delisting](https://michellawyers.com/wy-gov-asks-feds-to-fast-track-grizzly-delisting/) - WY: Gov. Asks Feds to Fast-Track Grizzly Delisting - [Global alliance aims to tackle forest crime](https://michellawyers.com/global-alliance-aims-to-tackle-forest-crime/) - Interpol and the United Nations have joined forces to launch an initiative to tackle global forest crime. - [Florida Supreme Court hears Miami-Dade public defender’s case](https://michellawyers.com/florida-supreme-court-hears-miami-dade-public-defenders-case/) - Florida’s highest court must decide if the Miami-Dade County public defender’s office can decline cases because of its overwhelming workload. BY JIM SAUNDERS – THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Grappling with whether poor people are ... - [Google adds warning of ‘state-sponsored attacks’](https://michellawyers.com/google-adds-warning-of-state-sponsored-attacks/) - MSNBC News – June 6, 2012 – By Joe McDonald (Associated Press) BEIJING — Google said Wednesday that it has added a feature to warn users whose accounts it believes are targets of “state-sponsored attacks,” but ... - [U.S. Citizen Put on No-Fly List to Pressure Him Into Becoming FBI Informant (huffingtonpost.com)](https://michellawyers.com/u-s-citizen-put-on-no-fly-list-to-pressure-him-into-becoming-fbi-informant-huffingtonpost-com/) - An American anti-war and Palestinian rights activist was prevented from flying home to the United States from Costa Rica because the US government placed him on the No-Fly List, a subset of the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center Watchlist. - [IPPR think tank urges clarity over green policies](https://michellawyers.com/ippr-think-tank-urges-clarity-over-green-policies/) - Ministers must send clear signals that they believe in new forms of green technology if they want companies to invest in them, a think tank has said. - [Sustainability: The corporate climate overhaul](https://michellawyers.com/sustainability-the-corporate-climate-overhaul/) - The rules of business must be changed if the planet is to be saved, says Pavan Sukhdev. - [Study Identifies Natural Strongholds for Species Displaced by Climate Change](https://michellawyers.com/study-identifies-natural-strongholds-for-species-displaced-by-climate-change/) - A number of geologically and ecologically complex sites could allow species to weather global warming - [Mexico's president enacts climate change legislation](https://michellawyers.com/mexicos-president-enacts-climate-change-legislation/) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed a law introducing binding targets on climate change. - [For Dominica, Adaptation Best Option to Combat Climate Change](https://michellawyers.com/for-dominica-adaptation-best-option-to-combat-climate-change/) - ROSEAU, Dominica, Jun 6, 2012 (IPS) - It has been dubbed the "Nature Isle" of the Caribbean, its craggy and dense rain forests, usually covered with fog, bearing testament to how cool temperatures can be here. - [Nearly 100 bird species face increased risk of extinction in the Amazon](https://michellawyers.com/nearly-100-bird-species-face-increased-risk-of-extinction-in-the-amazon/) - Deforestation causing loss of habitat across the region, as vulture numbers decline in Africa and long-tailed ducks disappear from Europe - [Women Fight Blows from Climate Change with Sewing Machines and Eggs](https://michellawyers.com/women-fight-blows-from-climate-change-with-sewing-machines-and-eggs/) - VERAPAZ, El Salvador, Jun 6, 2012 (IPS) - Amanda Menjívar is moved by the sight of the 16 sewing machines donated to help a group of local women set up a sewing centre to get over the devastating effects of the disaster caused by Hurricane Ida in the Salvadoran town of Verapaz. - [Ahead of Rio+20, "The Economy is Already Turning Green"](https://michellawyers.com/ahead-of-rio20-the-economy-is-already-turning-green/) - ROME, Jun 7, 2012 (IPS) - While governments make a last desperate attempt to agree on a plan of action for next week's Rio+20 summit on sustainable development - including plans on the transition to a green economy and a set of sustainable development goals - the real economy is already turning green, according to Italy's minister of environment, Corrado Clini. - [Rio+20 Earth summit: Ban Ki-moon 'optimistic' about sustainability deal](https://michellawyers.com/rio20-earth-summit-ban-ki-moon-optimistic-about-sustainability-deal/) - Secretary general tries to rally global community as failure to agree text casts air of gloom over forthcoming conference - [Rapport du PNUE: constat d'échec sur toute la ligne](https://michellawyers.com/rapport-du-pnue-constat-dechec-sur-toute-la-ligne/) - En dépit d'un accord de principe sur 500 objectifs internationaux de développement durable, le monde poursuit sa course dans la direction opposée, estime le Programme des Nations unies pour l'environnement (PNUE), 10 jours avant l'ouverture du Sommet de Rio+20. - [Consumption threat to vulnerable species: study](https://michellawyers.com/consumption-threat-to-vulnerable-species-study/) - SYDNEY - The developed world's insatiable appetite for products like coffee and timber is threatening the survival of one in three vulnerable animal species in poor countries, according to an Australian study. - [International trade 'driving nature loss'](https://michellawyers.com/international-trade-driving-nature-loss/) - Almost a third of threats to animal species around the world stem from trade to meet the demands of richer nations, a study concludes. - [Ignore shocking decline of farm birds at our peril](https://michellawyers.com/ignore-shocking-decline-of-farm-birds-at-our-peril/) - It may or may not come as a surprise that some European bird populations are in precipitous decline, but what is more surprising and shocking is the emerging scale of the losses, and that they are occurring under our noses. - [Arctic waters rich in marine plants](https://michellawyers.com/arctic-waters-rich-in-marine-plants/) - WASHINGTON, June 7 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found ocean waters in the arctic richer in microscopic marine plants essential to all sea life than any other ocean region on Earth. - [Botanic gardens join forces to restore ecosystems](https://michellawyers.com/botanic-gardens-join-forces-to-restore-ecosystems/) - [MEXICO CITY] A global research initiative aimed at restoring damaged or destroyed ecosystems, the Ecological Restoration Alliance, was launched last month (23 May). - [Human Activity and Climate Change Threaten Tourism in Jamaica](https://michellawyers.com/human-activity-and-climate-change-threaten-tourism-in-jamaica/) - KINGSTON, Jun 6, 2012 (IPS) - Experts here fear that that the impact of climate change on Jamaica's fragile ecosystems will worsen the ravages of human activity and destroy the country's tourism industry. - [California – Study Finds Big Jump In Prison Time Served](https://michellawyers.com/california-study-finds-big-jump-in-prison-time-served/) - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 KPBS – By Steve Milne, California Capitol Network The average California prisoner released in 2009 served 2.9 years in custody, 50 percent longer than the average offender released in 1990. “The cost to California ... - [Swimming Pool Accessibility Rules Postponed](https://michellawyers.com/swimming-pool-accessibility-rules-postponed/) - The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) postponed the implementation of rules on disabled access to commercial swimming pools under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).... - [Are Hunters Disappearing from Game Management?](https://michellawyers.com/are-hunters-disappearing-from-game-management/) - Are Hunters Disappearing from Game Management? - [U.S. cities lag in climate change prep](https://michellawyers.com/u-s-cities-lag-in-climate-change-prep/) - CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 5 (UPI) -- Cities most active in preparing for climate change are not always the biggest or wealthiest, with Latin America ahead of U.S. cities, a survey found - [Latin American and Asian Cities Lead Way in Planning for Global Warming](https://michellawyers.com/latin-american-and-asian-cities-lead-way-in-planning-for-global-warming/) - ScienceDaily (June 5, 2012) - Quito, Ecuador, is not considered a global leader by most measures. But there is one way in which Quito is at the forefront of metropolises worldwide: in planning for climate change. - [Arctic forestation could warm climate](https://michellawyers.com/arctic-forestation-could-warm-climate/) - OXFORD, England, June 5 (UPI) -- Warming climate has turned some areas of arctic tundra into forests and if those areas grow they could accelerate global warming, European scientists say. - [Survey: Climate attitudes are polarizing](https://michellawyers.com/survey-climate-attitudes-are-polarizing/) - WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- Americans' attitudes toward climate change are polarizing, with both skepticism and alarm increasing during the last decade, a Yale University survey found. - [Geoengineering Could Disrupt Rainfall Patterns](https://michellawyers.com/geoengineering-could-disrupt-rainfall-patterns/) - ScienceDaily (June 6, 2012) - A geoengineering solution to climate change could lead to significant rainfall reduction in Europe and North America, a team of European scientists concludes. The researchers studied how models of Earth in a warm, CO2-rich world respond to an artificial reduction in the amount of sunlight reaching the planet's surface. - [The threat posed by climate change in Bangladesh - in pictures](https://michellawyers.com/the-threat-posed-by-climate-change-in-bangladesh-in-pictures/) - Millions of poor people in Bangladesh are risking their lives, homes and land because they are forced to live along constantly changing river systems. - [Brazil finalizes 2011 deforestation data](https://michellawyers.com/brazil-finalizes-2011-deforestation-data/) - Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) on Tuesday finalized its 2011 estimate for deforestation in the Amazon region. - [Samoan Breadfruit Makes a Splash in the Caribbean](https://michellawyers.com/samoan-breadfruit-makes-a-splash-in-the-caribbean/) - KAUAI, Hawaii, Jun 6, 2012 (IPS) - Can a single species of tree significantly reduce hunger, unemployment and deforestation in the tropics? Researchers and scientists behind a surge in breadfruit activity think so. - [Sharing Southern Africa's Water](https://michellawyers.com/sharing-southern-africas-water/) - HARARE, Jun 5, 2012 (IPS) - The Southern African Development Community's protocol on shared watercourses is recognised as one of the world's best. But sound agreements on the sustainable and equitable management of joint water resources require effective means to implement them. - [Environmentalists should turn Rio summit into their Tahrir Square, says Marina Silva](https://michellawyers.com/environmentalists-should-turn-rio-summit-into-their-tahrir-square-says-marina-silva/) - The upcoming Rio+20 summit should be the environmental equivalent of Tahrir Square, mobilizing support for addressing the world's environmental problems, former Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva told AFP. - [Book On Biodiversity Published On WED](https://michellawyers.com/book-on-biodiversity-published-on-wed/) - 5 June 2012 | Finance for biodiversity could be scaled up from around USD 52 billion in 2010 to as high as USD 160 billion by 2020, if the public and private sectors work together to implement a range of financing approaches, according to the new Little Biodiversity Finance Book, published today by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP). - [Green decline continuing, says UN report](https://michellawyers.com/green-decline-continuing-says-un-report/) - With forests and fish stocks declining, water demand rising and lack of action on climate change, humanity's path is anything but sustainable, the UN warns. - [World Environment Day](https://michellawyers.com/world-environment-day/) - Slideshow - World Environment Day - [New Plant and Fungus Species Discovered](https://michellawyers.com/new-plant-and-fungus-species-discovered/) - ScienceDaily (June 5, 2012) - The palms that Vietnamese villagers weave into hats, many varieties of lichens that depend on the pristine environment of the Great Smoky Mountains, and small, shrub-like trees that are threatened by development and deforestation in Brazil were among the scores of plant and fungus species that scientists at The New York Botanical Garden discovered and described in the course of one year. - [Fisheries science falls foul of privacy rules](https://michellawyers.com/fisheries-science-falls-foul-of-privacy-rules/) - A little-noticed tweak to one of the European Union's many rules and regulations is leaving fisheries scientists struggling to access vital data. - [Australia's coal boom threatens Great Barrier Reef](https://michellawyers.com/australias-coal-boom-threatens-great-barrier-reef/) - A resources boom that has shielded Australia from the global economic meltdown is threatening the Great Barrier Reef and provoked an argument between the state and federal governments. - [It’s Primary Day](https://michellawyers.com/its-primary-day/) - It’s June 5th, and that means that California’s presidential primary election is happening today. Your employees may be entitled to time off for voting.... - [Hawaii Supreme Court ruling requires judges to instruct jurors on eyewitness ID when asked](https://michellawyers.com/hawaii-supreme-court-ruling-requires-judges-to-instruct-jurors-on-eyewitness-id-when-asked/) - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – June 04, 2012 - HONOLULU – The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled that trial judges must instruct the jury on how to evaluate eyewitness identification, if requested by the defense attorney. State judges ... - [California – 2012 Justice Summit on YouTube – 4 hrs MCLE credits per SF Public Defender’s Office](https://michellawyers.com/california-2012-justice-summit-on-youtube-4-hrs-mcle-credits-per-sf-public-defenders-office/) - Use this link to go to the 2012 Justice Summit page on Youtube.com —> http://bit.ly/KKHvsY - [OP-ED – Finding money in California’s prisons](https://michellawyers.com/op-ed-finding-money-in-californias-prisons/) - Making smart moves to downsize the prison population could cut costs and help prevent budget reductions in other areas. The Los Angeles Times – By Barry Krisberg June 4, 2012 So far, the only apparent solutions to ... - [Scientists Complete Most Comprehensive Genetic Analysis Yet of Corn](https://michellawyers.com/scientists-complete-most-comprehensive-genetic-analysis-yet-of-corn/) - ScienceDaily (June 3, 2012) - An interdisciplinary team, led by researchers at Cornell University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), have just published the most comprehensive analysis to date of the corn genome. - [After damning research, France proposes banning pesticide linked to bee collapse](https://michellawyers.com/after-damning-research-france-proposes-banning-pesticide-linked-to-bee-collapse/) - Following research linking neonicotinoid pesticides to the decline in bee populations, France has announced it plans to ban Cruiser OSR, an insecticide produced by Sygenta. - [The biodiverse city](https://michellawyers.com/the-biodiverse-city/) - Urban areas can be biologically rich rather than ravaged and lead the way in sustainable development. - [Some Butterfly Species Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Change](https://michellawyers.com/some-butterfly-species-particularly-vulnerable-to-climate-change/) - ScienceDaily (June 1, 2012) - A recent study of the impact of climate change on butterflies suggests that some species might adapt much better than others, with implications for the pollination and herbivory associated with these and other insect species. - ["Land Is Our Natural Ally, But Its Patience Is Not Eternal"](https://michellawyers.com/land-is-our-natural-ally-but-its-patience-is-not-eternal/) - BERLIN, Jun 4, 2012 (IPS) - Land degradation poses a threat to all life on Earth including humanity. To stop the enormous loss of life-giving land, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is pushing for a sustainable development goal of Zero Net Land Degradation (ZNLD) to be adopted at the upcoming Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20, in Brazil. - [President prunes forest reforms](https://michellawyers.com/president-prunes-forest-reforms/) - Brazil's vast forests lost some legal protections last week, but less than environmentalists had feared. On 28 May, President Dilma Rousseff vetoed a dozen sections of the revamped forest code passed a month earlier by the lower house of Brazil's National Congress - [Expanding the Genetic Alphabet May Be Easier Than Previously Thought](https://michellawyers.com/expanding-the-genetic-alphabet-may-be-easier-than-previously-thought/) - ScienceDaily (June 3, 2012) - A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute suggests that the replication process for DNA -- the genetic instructions for living organisms that is composed of four bases (C, G, A and T) -- is more open to unnatural letters than had previously been thought. - [Wallflowers of the Earth System](https://michellawyers.com/wallflowers-of-the-earth-system/) - ScienceDaily (June 3, 2012) - In cities, the presence of algae, lichens, and mosses is not considered desirable and they are often removed from roofs and walls. - [U.N. Aims To Offset its Own Carbon Footprint](https://michellawyers.com/u-n-aims-to-offset-its-own-carbon-footprint/) - UNITED NATIONS, Jun 1, 2012 (IPS) - As the international community readies for a global mega- conference on sustainable development in Brazil mid-June, the United Nations is determined to practice what it preaches to the outside world: improve resource efficiency and drastically reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions. - ['Starving' crown-of-thorns starfish in mass stranding](https://michellawyers.com/starving-crown-of-thorns-starfish-in-mass-stranding/) - Hundreds of crown-of-thorns starfish found on a beach in southern Japan in January stranded themselves because they were starving, say researchers. - [UNESCO report scathing of Great Barrier Reef management](https://michellawyers.com/unesco-report-scathing-of-great-barrier-reef-management/) - Environment groups have called for an immediate halt to development around the Great Barrier Reef after a United Nations report expressed ''extreme concern'' about its future. - [NRA-Backed Court Battle Decided After 13 Years](https://michellawyers.com/nra-backed-court-battle-decided-after-13-years/) - NRA-Backed Court Battle Decided After 13 Years - [California – Continued cuts in store in San Bernardino County’s proposed budget](https://michellawyers.com/california-continued-cuts-in-store-in-san-bernardino-countys-proposed-budget/) - Potential cuts ahead: San Bernardino County’s 2012-13 recommended budget Inland Valley Daily Bulletin – Joe Nelson, Staff Writer – 06/01/2012 As it strives to implement its 20-year vision plan, San Bernardino County will continue trying to close ... - [Capital Corner by Terri Towery: SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES: THE UNMINED MOTHER LODE](https://michellawyers.com/capital-corner-by-terri-towery-social-networking-sites-the-unmined-mother-lode/) - CAPITAL CORNER By Terri Towery Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County (Revised January 2012) SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES: THE UNMINED MOTHER LODE Unless you have been hiding out in a spider hole, lately ... - [CAPITAL CORNER by Terri Towery – DISCOVERY TO THE PROSECUTION: JUST HOW MUCH OF YOUR TREASURE DO THEY GET?](https://michellawyers.com/capital-corner-by-terri-towery-discovery-to-the-prosecution-just-how-much-of-your-treasure-do-they-get/) - CAPITAL CORNER By Terri Towery Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County (Revised April 2011) DISCOVERY TO THE PROSECUTION: JUST HOW MUCH OF YOUR TREASURE DO THEY GET? I like to think ... - [California – Advisory Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions (CALCRIM) release proposed revisions/additions for public comment](https://michellawyers.com/california-advisory-committee-on-criminal-jury-instructions-calcrim-release-proposed-revisionsadditions-for-public-comment/) - The Advisory Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions has approved and posted its latest release of proposed revisions and additions to the criminal instructions (CALCRIM) for public comment. The instructions are available for viewing on the ... - [“First Amendment rights can be terminated”: When cops, cameras don’t mix](https://michellawyers.com/first-amendment-rights-can-be-terminated-when-cops-cameras-dont-mix/) - MSNBC News – June 1, 2012 By Bob Sullivan The video is chilling, but it’s also a sign of the times. ”Your First Amendment rights can be terminated,” yells the Chicago police officer, caught on video ... - [THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending June 1, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/the-weeks-cases-for-the-week-ending-june-1-2012/) - by Al Menaster, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office JEOPARDY WHERE THE JURY SAYS THEY HAVE ACQUITTED BUT NO ACTUAL VERDICT IS RETURNED? The defendant was charged with capital murder, which included three lesser-included offenses: ... - [Dove Hunting Survey Will Probe Attitudes About Lead Ammunition](https://michellawyers.com/dove-hunting-survey-will-probe-attitudes-about-lead-ammunition/) - Dove Hunting Survey Will Probe Attitudes About Lead Ammunition - [Climate change will create a toxic brew for herbivores](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-will-create-a-toxic-brew-for-herbivores/) - A WARMER world might be a poisoned one. A compilation of studies suggests that as temperatures rise, herbivorous mammals will suffer greater effects from the toxins they eat, with animals living in dry regions at particular risk. - [Climate Will Pose Next Threat to Refugees from Fighting and Food Shortages in Mali](https://michellawyers.com/climate-will-pose-next-threat-to-refugees-from-fighting-and-food-shortages-in-mali/) - Refugee workers in the Sahel region where thousands of Malian refugees are fleeing violence in their country said this week they are witnessing firsthand the knotted challenges of food security, climate change and conflict in Africa. - [Indonesian deforestation ban makes slow progress](https://michellawyers.com/indonesian-deforestation-ban-makes-slow-progress/) - Stopping deforestation and reducing atmospheric carbon emissions by keeping carbon locked up in trees takes more than just banning forest clearance, as Indonesia is finding out. - [Report: Endangered Species Act Works](https://michellawyers.com/report-endangered-species-act-works/) - The Endangered Species Act gets a lot of flack for its budget, its long project trajectories, and its ability to hinder development planned by businesses and landowners. - [Study: One of the world's largest growing threats to endangered animals and plants is coming from fungus](https://michellawyers.com/study-one-of-the-worlds-largest-growing-threats-to-endangered-animals-and-plants-is-coming-from-fungus/) - One of the world's largest growing threats to endangered animals and plants is coming from a very small source: fungus. - [Science Express-Biodiversity Special Flagging-off on World Environment Day](https://michellawyers.com/science-express-biodiversity-special-flagging-off-on-world-environment-day/) - India is recognised as one of the megadiverse countries, rich in biodiversity and associated traditional knowledge. - [Chickadees get smarter as they move up mountains](https://michellawyers.com/chickadees-get-smarter-as-they-move-up-mountains/) - If you want to enhance your memory, consider moving up a mountain. The spatial recall of mountain chickadees - tiny songbirds that inhabit high regions of the western US - is better the higher up they live. - [Butterfly numbers fell by a fifth in 2011, study shows](https://michellawyers.com/butterfly-numbers-fell-by-a-fifth-in-2011-study-shows/) - The 22% drop in butterflies last year is the result of a cold summer and deterioration of insect habitats, say researchers - [Indigenous rights rising in tropical forests, but big gaps remain](https://michellawyers.com/indigenous-rights-rising-in-tropical-forests-but-big-gaps-remain/) - In the last twenty years, rights for indigenous forest dwellers have expanded significantly, according to a new report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI). - [NLRB Issues Third Social Media Report](https://michellawyers.com/nlrb-issues-third-social-media-report/) - The Acting General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a third report on employee use of social media. The third report... - [California – Former Contra Costa prosecutor Michael Gressett files lawsuit](https://michellawyers.com/california-former-contra-costa-prosecutor-michael-gressett-files-lawsuit/) - By Lisa Vorderbrueggen – Contra Costa Times – 05/30/2012 Former Contra Costa sex crimes prosecutor Michael Gressett filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging defamation and politically motivated malicious prosecution in his 2008 arrest and trial on charges ... - [University Researcher: Eyewitness Identification Reforms May Have Unintended Consequences](https://michellawyers.com/university-researcher-eyewitness-identification-reforms-may-have-unintended-consequences/) - UCR News – By Bettye Miller – MAY 30, 2012 RIVERSIDE, Calif. — New research by a University of California, Riverside psychologist raises serious questions about eyewitness identification procedures that are being adopted by police departments ... - [California – Monterey murder case ignites fight over court records](https://michellawyers.com/california-monterey-murder-case-ignites-fight-over-court-records/) - By KATE MOSER – Herald Staff Writer – 05/30/2012 12:03:32 PM PDT Before Christopher Sorenson was arrested last December for allegedly murdering his mother, he defeated at least two attempts by county authorities to have him ... - [Kirkland, WA – Author’s new book touches on experience as public defender](https://michellawyers.com/kirkland-wa-authors-new-book-touches-on-experience-as-public-defender/) - By CARRIE WOOD – Kirkland Reporter Editor MAY 30, 2012 King County public defender Royce Roberts can’t recall the number of times his clients have asked him if he’s a real attorney. It’s one of the “common ... - [California – 2012–2013 Women’s Policy Institute – How to Apply](https://michellawyers.com/california-2012-2013-womens-policy-institute-how-to-apply/) - About the Women’s Policy Institute We are pleased to announce the 10th year of the Women’s Policy Institute, a program of the Women’s Foundation of California. We are now accepting applications for the 2012–2013 year. The primary ... - [Cultivating Food Security in Their Own Backyards](https://michellawyers.com/cultivating-food-security-in-their-own-backyards/) - JAKARTA, May 31, 2012 (IPS) - Misradi, a 58-year-old farmer from the Jelok neighborhood in Pacitan, East Java, some 524 kilometres east of Jakarta, has found a way to reduce his monthly expenses by 30 percent: instead of buying produce from the local market, he and his family now harvest most of their vegetables from their own yard. - [Africa: Biosafety Regulators Urged to Strengthen Links](https://michellawyers.com/africa-biosafety-regulators-urged-to-strengthen-links/) - Nairobi - In efforts to harmonise national biosafety regulations across Africa, the links between national regulatory authorities and key stakeholders must be strengthened, say experts at the African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE). - [U.S. Corporations Send Mixed Messages on Climate Science](https://michellawyers.com/u-s-corporations-send-mixed-messages-on-climate-science/) - WASHINGTON, May 30 (IPS) - According to a report released by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) here on Wednesday, at least half of the U.S. corporations under review have actively supported the misrepresentation of the science around climate change.Many more have offered contradictory statements on the issue. - [Combating climate change with urban innovation](https://michellawyers.com/combating-climate-change-with-urban-innovation/) - With rich biodiversity, cities have enormous potential to mitigate climate change. - [Elders in Peruvian Andes Help Interpret Climate Changes](https://michellawyers.com/elders-in-peruvian-andes-help-interpret-climate-changes/) - LIMA, May 30, 2012 (IPS) - A unique response to the challenge of global warming is happening in rural areas of Peru, where a network of indigenous elders is working out how to adjust weather forecasts in the light of climate change, while taking measures to safeguard their crops. - [Climate change: Arctic passes 400 parts per million milestone](https://michellawyers.com/climate-change-arctic-passes-400-parts-per-million-milestone/) - Arctic monitoring stations show carbon dioxide levels are now above 400 parts per million. Carbon dioxide is the chief climate-change gas and stays in the atmosphere for 100 years. Before the Industrial Age, carbon dioxide levels were 275 ppm. - [This Forest Is Our Forest](https://michellawyers.com/this-forest-is-our-forest/) - Twenty years ago, the world came together in Rio de Janeiro for a historic summit meeting to tackle the environmental issues that threaten the very sustainability and preservation of our planet. - [Namibia: Country One of the Greatest African Wildlife Recovery Stories](https://michellawyers.com/namibia-country-one-of-the-greatest-african-wildlife-recovery-stories/) - FORTY-TWO per cent of Namibia's land is under conservation management. This makes Namibia one of the countries with the largest conservation area. - [Brazilian Indigenous Community Seeks Survival Through Carbon Credits](https://michellawyers.com/brazilian-indigenous-community-seeks-survival-through-carbon-credits/) - RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30, 2012 (Tierramérica) - Less than 45 years ago, the Paiter-Suruí, an indigenous people living deep inside the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, had never been in contact with the outside world. - [Criminal Law Case Summaries – April – May 2012](https://michellawyers.com/criminal-law-case-summaries-april-may-2012/) - By Gary Mandinach, Attorney at Law, California Appellate Project, Los Angeles, California 1. People v. Durant (2012) Cal.App.4th , reported on April 23, 2012, in 2012 Los Angeles Daily Journal 5007, the First Appellate ... - [Time Off For Employees To Vote](https://michellawyers.com/time-off-for-employees-to-vote/) - California’s presidential primary election will happen on June 5, 2012. Your employees may be entitled to time off for voting. If an employee does... - [New York Times: Public-Place Laws Tighten Rein on Sex Offenders](https://michellawyers.com/new-york-times-public-place-laws-tighten-rein-on-sex-offenders/) - The New York Times – by IAN LOVETT – May 29, 2012 HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Convicted sex offenders are barred from surfing at the famous pier in this Orange County city. In nearby Dana Point, they ... - [California – Drug laws panel supports reducing possession crimes to misdemeanors](https://michellawyers.com/california-drug-laws-panel-supports-reducing-possession-crimes-to-misdemeanors/) - KTVU Channel 2 TV San Francisco – May 29, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO – Most but not all members of a drug-law-reform panel convened Tuesday by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi supported reducing simple drug possession ... - [California – Justice summit tries to tackle drug, gang problems](https://michellawyers.com/california-justice-summit-tries-to-tackle-drug-gang-problems/) - KGO Channel 7 News San Francisco – May 29, 2012 - SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — On Tuesday, in San Francisco there was an attempt to tackle the drug and gang problem head-on. A cross-section of people ... - [California – Scathing report on judicial bureaucracy bolsters rebel judges](https://michellawyers.com/california-scathing-report-on-judicial-bureaucracy-bolsters-rebel-judges/) - The Sacramento Bee – May 29, 2012 The years-long political war among California’s judges took another turn Friday, when a special commission appointed by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye to investigate the Administrative Office of the Courts ... - [NRA-Backed CRP Signs-Up 3.9 Million Acres](https://michellawyers.com/nra-backed-crp-signs-up-3-9-million-acres/) - NRA-Backed CRP Signs-Up 3.9 Million Acres - [Saving Dominican forest and an elusive songbird](https://michellawyers.com/saving-dominican-forest-and-an-elusive-songbird/) - SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, Dominican Republic - An elusive songbird that wings its way each year from austere mountaintops of the northeastern U.S. to the steamy forests of the Caribbean has inspired the creation of what conservationists hope will be a new model for nature reserves in a country that has long struggled with deforestation. - [Researchers look to nanotech to keep fruit fresh](https://michellawyers.com/researchers-look-to-nanotech-to-keep-fruit-fresh/) - [NEW DELHI] Researchers are working on 'nano-film' packaging materials to extend the shelf-life of fruit and vegetables and reduce huge post-harvest losses in South Asia. - [Q&A North-South Divide Looms Heavily Over Rio+20 Summit](https://michellawyers.com/qa-north-south-divide-looms-heavily-over-rio20-summit/) - IPS U.N. Bureau Chief Thalif Deen Interviews BRANISLAV GOSOVIC, author and former staffer on the Brundtland Commission on Environment - [Japanese tuna trace radioactive path](https://michellawyers.com/japanese-tuna-trace-radioactive-path/) - Radioactive material from the Fukushima nuclear accident is being transported across the Pacific Ocean by migratory fish, according to a new report. - [Asia-Pacific region must adopt low carbon policies to sustain growth - UN](https://michellawyers.com/asia-pacific-region-must-adopt-low-carbon-policies-to-sustain-growth-un/) - 29 May 2012 - Asia-Pacific nations must adopt low carbon policies to reduce poverty and sustain their economic growth, according to a United Nations roadmap launched today, which puts forward a series of strategies to help developing countries in the region deal with shrinking natural resources and climate change and drive sustainable development. - [Secure, sustainable funding for Indigenous participation in Arctic Council a key priority: Report](https://michellawyers.com/secure-sustainable-funding-for-indigenous-participation-in-arctic-council-a-key-priority-report/) - Finding a new way to fund the full participation of northern indigenous groups with Permanent Participant status at the Arctic Council in all of the organizations working groups and activities should be a top priority when Canada takes the chair of the influential inter-governmental organization next year. - [Kenya Considers Policy to Regulate Traditional Medicines](https://michellawyers.com/kenya-considers-policy-to-regulate-traditional-medicines/) - NAIROBI - The Kenyan government is in the process of drafting a policy to regulate the use of herbal and other medicines prescribed by traditional healers. - [OK: NRA-Backed Suppressor Bill Becomes Law](https://michellawyers.com/ok-nra-backed-suppressor-bill-becomes-law/) - OK: NRA-Backed Suppressor Bill Becomes Law - [Tropical dams are a false solution to climate change](https://michellawyers.com/tropical-dams-are-a-false-solution-to-climate-change/) - Tropical dams emit considerably more greenhouse gas emissions than their temperate counterparts yet are being treated as a solution to climate change, warns a report published in Nature Climate Change. - [Global Temperatures Rising on a Devastating Trajectory](https://michellawyers.com/global-temperatures-rising-on-a-devastating-trajectory/) - UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 25, 2012 (IPS) - Climate-heating carbon emissions set a record high in 2011, in a 3.2 percent increase over the previous year, the International Energy Agency reported this week. - [Cold-blooded climate change surprise](https://michellawyers.com/cold-blooded-climate-change-surprise/) - Climate change may have a more unpredictable effect on the distribution of cold-blooded animals than scientists had previously thought, a new analysis shows. - [Meerkat survival 'threatened by inbreeding'](https://michellawyers.com/meerkat-survival-threatened-by-inbreeding/) - The survival chances of meerkats is being threatened by inbreeding, according to a new study. - [Kenya to build Africa's first underwater museum](https://michellawyers.com/kenya-to-build-africas-first-underwater-museum/) - Construction on the museum, which will be dedicated to the study of marine life and shipwrecks, is set to begin soon - [Q&A: A Green Economy Without a Pricetag on Nature?](https://michellawyers.com/qa-a-green-economy-without-a-pricetag-on-nature/) - Manipadma Jena interviews ACHIM STEINER, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - ['Extinct' short-haired bumblebee returns to UK](https://michellawyers.com/extinct-short-haired-bumblebee-returns-to-uk/) - A species of bee not seen in the UK for a quarter of a century is being reintroduced to the countryside. - [EU fishing reforms face weakening](https://michellawyers.com/eu-fishing-reforms-face-weakening/) - European governments are backsliding on commitments to make fishing sustainable, campaigners are warning. - [WI: DNR Set to Make Record Land Acquisition](https://michellawyers.com/wi-dnr-set-to-make-record-land-acquisition/) - WI: DNR Set to Make Record Land Acquisition - [California – Funds OK’d to open floor in Fresno County Jail](https://michellawyers.com/california-funds-okd-to-open-floor-in-fresno-county-jail/) - By Kurtis Alexander – The Fresno Bee – Friday, May. 25, 2012 | 10:15 PM Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims on Friday got the money she needs to open another floor of the jail, allowing her ... - [In Utah Ski Areas, Development and Conservation Battle Anew](https://michellawyers.com/in-utah-ski-areas-development-and-conservation-battle-anew/) - Two Congressional bills take opposite sides on SkiLink, a proposed gondola between two ski areas in the Wasatch Range. - [San Francisco – Bicyclist acquitted in hit and run, defense attorneys argue wrong man arrested](https://michellawyers.com/san-francisco-bicyclist-acquitted-in-hit-and-run-defense-attorneys-argue-wrong-man-arrested/) - KTVU TV News San Francisco – May 25, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO — A bicyclist was acquitted of hit and run charges this week in connection with an incident last year in which an elderly pedestrian was ... - [Florida – Judge reassigned over offensive comment to public defender](https://michellawyers.com/florida-judge-reassigned-over-offensive-comment-to-public-defender/) - WKMG News Channel 6 – by Tony Pipitone – May 25, 2012 ORLANDO, Fla. - Orange-Osceola Circuit Judge C. Jeffery Arnold, a man of many words when it comes to sentencing criminals, immediately apologized last week after ... - [California high school football star cleared of rape 10 years later](https://michellawyers.com/california-high-school-football-star-cleared-of-rape-10-years-later/) - MSNBC News – May 25, 2012 Former high school football start Brian Banks said he’s “happy to be free” after a California judge exonerated him of a 2003 rape conviction because his accuser recanted her testimony. “It ... - [California high school football star cleared of rape 10 years later](https://michellawyers.com/california-high-school-football-star-cleared-of-rape-10-years-later-2/) - MSNBC News – May 25, 2012 Former high school football start Brian Banks said he’s “happy to be free” after a California judge exonerated him of a 2003 rape conviction because his accuser recanted her testimony. “It ... - [THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending May 25, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/the-weeks-cases-for-the-week-ending-may-25-2012/) - by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office DNA SWAB OF DEFENDANT’S GENITALIA REQUIRES WARRANT OR EXIGENCY You know, I don’t get to make this stuff up. Here’s the C/A’s statement ... - [THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending May 25, 2012](https://michellawyers.com/the-weeks-cases-for-the-week-ending-may-25-2012-2/) - by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office DNA SWAB OF DEFENDANT’S GENITALIA REQUIRES WARRANT OR EXIGENCY You know, I don’t get to make this stuff up. Here’s the C/A’s statement ... - [Employee's Facebook Post Leads to Firing](https://michellawyers.com/employees-facebook-post-leads-to-firing/) - A San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) company employee filed a lawsuit against SDG&E after she was fired because of her Facebook post about... - [Employee's Facebook Post Leads to Firing](https://michellawyers.com/employees-facebook-post-leads-to-firing-2/) - A San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) company employee filed a lawsuit against SDG&E after she was fired because of her Facebook post about... - [NRA’s Guns & Gold Memorial Day Marathon](https://michellawyers.com/nras-guns-gold-memorial-day-marathon/) - NRA’s Guns & Gold Memorial Day Marathon - [War on weeds loses ground](https://michellawyers.com/war-on-weeds-loses-ground/) - With its jumble of leaves and pointy, green, flower spikes, the plant known as pigweed or palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) isn't much to look at. But to farmers in the southeastern United States, it is a formidable foe. - [Countries Doing Too Little on Global Warming](https://michellawyers.com/countries-doing-too-little-on-global-warming/) - Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 could rise to nine billion metric tons (9.92 billion tons) above what is needed to limit global warming as some countries look set to miss their emissions cut targets, a report by three climate research groups said on Wednesday. - [Butterflies move north due to hot summers](https://michellawyers.com/butterflies-move-north-due-to-hot-summers/) - Once rare UK butterflies have been moving further north due to a pattern of hot summers, say researchers. - [Butterflies move north due to hot summers](https://michellawyers.com/butterflies-move-north-due-to-hot-summers-2/) - Once rare UK butterflies have been moving further north due to a pattern of hot summers, say researchers. - [Turtle hatchlings face climate challenge](https://michellawyers.com/turtle-hatchlings-face-climate-challenge/) - PHILADELPHIA, May 24 (UPI) -- Climate at nesting beaches of leatherback turtles affects survival of eggs and hatchlings, and they could be threatened by climate change, U.S. scientists say. - [Once-Rare Butterfly Species Now Thrives Thanks to Climate Change](https://michellawyers.com/once-rare-butterfly-species-now-thrives-thanks-to-climate-change/) - The once rare brown argus butterfly is on the move, expanding its range and numbers in the U.K.-and it's all thanks to climate change. - [Once-Rare Butterfly Species Now Thrives Thanks to Climate Change](https://michellawyers.com/once-rare-butterfly-species-now-thrives-thanks-to-climate-change-2/) - The once rare brown argus butterfly is on the move, expanding its range and numbers in the U.K.-and it's all thanks to climate change. - [A charter for geoengineering](https://michellawyers.com/a-charter-for-geoengineering/) - Geoengineering research has a problem. That much should be clear following last week's cancellation of a field trial for the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE) project. The solutions to this problem are not so obvious, but they must be found - and fast. - [A charter for geoengineering](https://michellawyers.com/a-charter-for-geoengineering-2/) - Geoengineering research has a problem. That much should be clear following last week's cancellation of a field trial for the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE) project. The solutions to this problem are not so obvious, but they must be found - and fast. - [California Condor Populations Hit Important Milestone, but Still Face Threats](https://michellawyers.com/california-condor-populations-hit-important-milestone-but-still-face-threats/) - The population of endangered California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) hit an important milestone last month, reaching a high of 405 birds-quite an achievement for a species that was down to its last 22 individuals just 25 years ago. - [California Condor Populations Hit Important Milestone, but Still Face Threats](https://michellawyers.com/california-condor-populations-hit-important-milestone-but-still-face-threats-2/) - The population of endangered California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) hit an important milestone last month, reaching a high of 405 birds-quite an achievement for a species that was down to its last 22 individuals just 25 years ago. - [Mysterious Pest Targets Valuable Palm Trees](https://michellawyers.com/mysterious-pest-targets-valuable-palm-trees/) - ST. JOHN'S, May 24, 2012 (IPS) - Something is decimating the coconut and other palm trees here and no one seems to know exactly what it is. - [Malaria vaccine candidate 'could be grown at home'](https://michellawyers.com/malaria-vaccine-candidate-could-be-grown-at-home/) - A potential malaria vaccine produced by genetically-engineered algae could allow people to grow their own vaccine at homes, and would be especially useful in rural parts of the developing world, say its developers. - [Malaria vaccine candidate 'could be grown at home'](https://michellawyers.com/malaria-vaccine-candidate-could-be-grown-at-home/) - A potential malaria vaccine produced by genetically-engineered algae could allow people to grow their own vaccine at homes, and would be especially useful in rural parts of the developing world, say its developers. - [Nuisance Seaweed Found to Produce Compounds With Biomedical Potential](https://michellawyers.com/nuisance-seaweed-found-to-produce-compounds-with-biomedical-potential/) - ScienceDaily (May 24, 2012) - A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has revealed. - [Nuisance Seaweed Found to Produce Compounds With Biomedical Potential](https://michellawyers.com/nuisance-seaweed-found-to-produce-compounds-with-biomedical-potential-2/) - ScienceDaily (May 24, 2012) - A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has revealed. - [California – Attn. Defense Attnys: A Scientific Evidence Seminar – July 14, 2012 – Newport Beach!](https://michellawyers.com/california-attn-defense-attnys-a-scientific-evidence-seminar-july-14-2012-newport-beach/) - The California Public Defenders Association presents – A Scientific Evidence Seminar Saturday July 14, 2012 At The Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel - 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach, California 92660 For lodging information see below. Program Coordinators: Kathleen Cannon, Attorney at Law, San ... - [Oregon – Law officers encourage adjustments to eyewitness rules](https://michellawyers.com/oregon-law-officers-encourage-adjustments-to-eyewitness-rules/) - The Statesman Journal – Oregon – May 21, 2012 Law enforcement personnel are working on changes to eyewitness identification procedures, which have come under criticism in Oregon and nationally. “Simply stated, eyewitness identification must be supported by ... - [Oregon – Law officers encourage adjustments to eyewitness rules](https://michellawyers.com/oregon-law-officers-encourage-adjustments-to-eyewitness-rules-2/) - The Statesman Journal – Oregon – May 21, 2012 Law enforcement personnel are working on changes to eyewitness identification procedures, which have come under criticism in Oregon and nationally. “Simply stated, eyewitness identification must be supported by ... - [California – Lower penalty for drug crimes, says San Francisco legislator](https://michellawyers.com/california-lower-penalty-for-drug-crimes-says-san-francisco-legislator/) - KXTV Channel 10 News Sacramento, CA – May 22, 2012 SACRAMENTO, CA – Those who have long sought to turn small drug offenses into smaller crimes think they may have new hope for their quest: shifting ... - [California – Lower penalty for drug crimes, says San Francisco legislator](https://michellawyers.com/california-lower-penalty-for-drug-crimes-says-san-francisco-legislator-2/) - KXTV Channel 10 News Sacramento, CA – May 22, 2012 SACRAMENTO, CA – Those who have long sought to turn small drug offenses into smaller crimes think they may have new hope for their quest: shifting ... ## Pages - [Home](https://michellawyers.com/) - About Michel & Associates Michel & Associates, P.C. is a litigation and regulatory law firm representing businesses, public entities, organizations, and individuals in complex civil litigation, constitutional and civil-rights matters, regulatory proceedings, criminal defense, and related legal disputes. 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