CA 4th on Return of Property in Medical Marijuana Case
A big hat tip to Greg at the California Blog of Appeal who notes an important medical marijuana return of property case:City of Garden Grove v. Superior Court, G036250. In a nut shell, as Greg says, the Court of Appeal denied a writ petition by the City of Garden Grove (joined by 4 law enforcement associations […]
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A Breath of Fresh Air: The Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence Act of 2012
Just like the freakishly warm weather that descended on the east coast recently, an unexpected breath of fresh air has blown in from, of all places, Washington. Apparently timed to coincide with the release of the report regarding the 2008 Stevens trial, Senator Lisa Murkowski on March 15th introduced the Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence […]
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New York Criminal Attorney Talks About Your Rights
New York City Criminal Attorneys (mostly the court-appointed ones that don’t really want to handle your case) sometimes like to pretend that the justice system works very differently than it does–specifically how it does on television. Police officers may lie to you in order to get you to confess. This is legal. That is why I […]
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A New York City Criminal Attorney Talks Drunk Driving
As a New York City defense attorney I handle a lot of DUIs, DWIs, and DWAIs. There seems to be a false impression that the state of New York doesn’t treat drunk driving like a crime, that things are the way they were twenty or thirty years ago. This is just not the case. Depending […]
READ MOREFormal Opinion 2011-2: THIRD PARTY LITIGATION FINANCING
TOPIC: Third-party litigation financing DIGEST: It is not unethical per se for a lawyer to represent a client who enters into a non-recourse litigation financing arrangement with a third party lender. Nevertheless, when clients contemplate or enter into such arrangements, lawyers must be cognizant of the various ethical issues that may arise and should advise […]
READ MOREDISTRICT ATTORNEY – NEW YORK COUNTY
Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today that an Upper West Side woman, ADELA HOLZER, has been indicted for stealing more than $50,000 in an immigration scam. HOLZER claimed to have influential friends in Congress who would pass private immigration relief bills for her so that immigrants could receive permanent residence. The indictment stems […]
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Law Firm Leaves Duke Lacross Defense
A Washington DC legal team has left the group of lawyers representing Duke University in two lawsuits which arose from the infamous 2006 lacrosse team proceedings. Documents filed in the court reveal that 4 attorneys from the Wilmer-Hale law firm were given the green light in June to walk away from the task of representing […]
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Will Gunwalker export violations bust criminal investigation wide open?
A ‘Fast and Furious’ Conspiracy In 2010 a Border Patrol Officer, Brian Terry, was shot and killed close to the US/Mexican border in Arizona. An investigation into Terry’s death sparked a controversy which still rages beneath the surface. Writer and lawyer David T. Hardy wrote “Did Fast & Furious Violate the Arms Export Control Act?” […]
READ MOREDifferent Kinds of Sexual Harassment to Be Aware Of
Excerpted from Sexual Harassment in the Workplace by Mary L. Boland © 2005 When employment is conditioned on submission to sexual advances, or when unwelcomed sexual conduct is so severe and pervasive that a reasonable employee would find it to be an offensive working environment, then it constitutes sexual harassment. Courts have carved out different […]
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DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN FACES FURTHER CLAIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Socialist party official says her daughter was left traumatised after alleged attack by Strauss-Kahn in 2002 By this time next year, Dominique Strauss-Kahn might well have been president of France. The 62-year-old was by far the most popular choice to be the Socialist presidential candidate, and he was the only contender seen as capable of […]
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