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Background checks of NASA scientists threaten their rights
Posted on January 14, 2008Invasive background checks of senior scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's threaten their constitutional rights, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday (Nelson v. NASA). At issue was a 2004 executive order (Homeland Security Presidential...
Dept. of Justice sues CA landowners over border fencing
Posted on January 14, 2008The U.S. Department of Justice will sue nearly two dozen California landowners who've blocked federal authorities from building more border fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border, KPBS reported (LISTEN). The DOJ say they'll file to sue 102 landowners, in total...
Luce Forward develops unique associate pay scale
Posted on January 14, 2008San Diego's Luce Forward developed a 14 level pay scale for associates, The Recorder reports. Productivity and practice area are key to determining an attorney's salary on the new scale, and can trump seniority. The idea is that it would...
Gentry drops out of city attorney race, backs Goldsmith
Posted on January 14, 2008San Diego prosecutor William Gentry is dropping out of the San Diego city attorney race, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Gentry, a deputy district attorney and Iraq war veteran, said he would back San Diego Superior Judge Jan Goldsmith, who's...
Bailey opens O.C. office
Posted on January 14, 2008The Bailey Law Group are opening an office in Irvine with a key focus on environmental and employment issues. Serafina Raskin (left) joined the Washington, D.C.-based firm and will lead the Irvine office. Raskin is experienced in business litigation, product...
Chad Wishchuk named partner at Marks Golia
Posted on January 14, 2008Chad Wishchuk was promoted to partner at Marks Golia's San Diego office, Wishchuk represents management in labor, employment and construction matters. He's been with the firm since 2001.
Townsend promotes Raymond Hom to partner
Posted on January 14, 2008Raymond Hom was promoted to partner at Townsend and Townsend's San Diego office. Hom, a patent prosecutor focused on preparing and prosecuting patent applications, and performing intellectual property due diligence. Hom previously worked at a San Diego-based IP firm and...
Weston Benshoof promotes three to partner
Posted on January 14, 2008Weston Benshoof promoted Kyle Ostergard, J. Chris Sweeney and Shiraz Tangri to partner in Los Angeles. Ostergard (top left) focuses on construction industry clients, whom he counsels on public and private projects during all phases of the construction process...
Web suicide case with implications for fraud, cyberbullying and free speech on the Internet
Posted on January 11, 2008A federal grand jury in Los Angeles is issuing subpoenas charging a woman in Missouri for defrauding MySpace.com by creating a false account. The woman, Lori Drew, allegedly posed as a 16-year boy on the website and sent cruel messages...
Two top administrators join UC-Irvine Law
Posted on January 11, 2008The UC-Irvine's law school picked up two administrators from UCLA and USC to help develop the new school, The National Law Journal reports. The director of development at UCLA's law school, Charles Cannon, is leaving on Jan. 22 to take...
Wal-Mart tries to fend off 1.5 million women alleging sex discrimination
Posted on January 11, 2008LOS ANGELES ? Wal-Mart Stores Inc. filed a petition for an en banc rehearing this week before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in its battle to overturn the certification of about 1.5 million women alleging sexual discrimination in...
Paula Pealman named new head the Disability Rights Legal Center
Posted on January 11, 2008Paula D. Pearlman is the new executive director at the Disability Rights Legal Center, a non-profit legal services agency in Los Angeles committed to the rights of people with disabilities. Pearlman, who was deputy director of the center, teaches disability...
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Did I harass someone?
Oh, yes. This can be taken in as so many things, especially since you had testif...
How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...
I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...
This has happened 3 or 4 times a month now- they have turned the electric off 2 days consecutively, the water off about 9 or 10 times now, and our heat has broken 5 times (once it would not shut off, and we were forced t
i say stick with the apartment. eventually, everything possible will be replaced...
The company I worked for forced me to quit instead of dealing with someone harassing me, what can I do?
Look up CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE...................this looks like what happened t...
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