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California Supreme Court allows redevelopment money grab – San Jose Mercury News

vic — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:29:17 +0000

http://www.mercurynews.com/california-budget/ci_19639440

LA Times – Immigration laws pose a test of states’ rights in Supreme Court

vic — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:00:25 +0000

http://mobile.latimes.com/p.p?m=b&a=rp&id=1406129&postId=1406129&postUserId=7&sessionToken=&catId=5219&curAbsIndex=0&resultsUrl=DID%3D6%26DFCL%3D1000%26DSB%3Drank%2523desc%26DBFQ%3DuserId%253A7%26DL.w%3D%26DL.d%3D10%26DQ%3DsectionId%253A5219%26DPS%3D0%26DPL%3D3

LA Times – Blue Shield to pay $2 million over dropping of policyholders

vic — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:57:24 +0000

http://mobile.latimes.com/p.p?m=b&a=rp&id=1406182&postId=1406182&postUserId=7&sessionToken=&catId=6978&curAbsIndex=1&resultsUrl=DID%3D6%26DFCL%3D1000%26DSB%3Drank%2523desc%26DBFQ%3DuserId%253A7%26DL.w%3D%26DL.d%3D10%26DQ%3DsectionId%253A6978%26DPS%3D0%26DPL%3D3

Judge awards $17.8 million to family of military jet crash victims

vic — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:51:07 +0000

http://m.cnn.com/primary/wk_article?articleId=urn:newsml:CNN.com:20111229:california-military-crash:1&branding=&category=cnnd_us&pagesize=10

Arizona ruling hits Mexican-American studies program

vic — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:49:37 +0000

http://m.cnn.com/primary/wk_article?articleId=urn:newsml:CNN.com:20111228:arizona-ethnic-studies:1&branding=&category=cnnd_us&pagesize=10

Colbentz Firm Wins Cal Bar Pro Bono Award

vic — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:10:12 +0000

Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP has been recognized as the California State Bar President’s 2010 Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year. The prestigious award, which annually honors a California law firm for extraordinary pro bono service, will be bestowed in a presentation with California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George at the State Bar Annual Meeting in Monterey, Calif. on September 24.

Pro Bono Attorneys Assist Haitian Immigrants

vic — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:45:44 +0000

For the unrepresented, navigating the legal system is daunting and overwhelming. But for the newcomer immigrant community, the issue of culture and language makes asserting your legal rights a nearly impossible task.

Recently, several area immigration attorneys responded to the needs of Haitians in our area who were unable to return to Haiti due to the devastating earthquake.

Read More: JAX Daily Record

Second Prop. 8 case Expedited

vic — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:39:40 +0000

The Ninth Circuit Court on Tuesday morning ordered an expedited review of a second appeal on California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage — a plea by local officials in Imperial County, Calif., to enter the case in order to defend the ballot measure’s constitutionality. The motions panel of the Circuit Court, in a two-page order, set the county’s appeal to be heard at argument along with the appeal by the backers of Proposition 8 — that is, during the week of Dec. 6. The written briefing schedule will be the same in both cases, concluding on Nov. 1.

Read More: SCOTUS Blog

News Corp. Gave $1 million to GOP Governor’s Assoc.

vic — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:28:55 +0000

(NYT) News Corp., owner of the Fox network, Fox News and newspapers including the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, gave $1 million in late June to the Republican Governors Association, making it one of the largest corporate donors to the GOP group this election season.

The donation, disclosed in Internal Revenue Service filings, marks a shift for the media giant, which traditionally has given smaller sums to candidates and committees and spread them relatively evenly between the two parties.

Read More: WSJ

Blagojevich found Guilty on only 1 of 24 Counts, Jury Deadlocked on others

vic — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:23:48 +0000

(NYT) Prosecutors here once said that the conduct of Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, was so despicable it would make Abraham Lincoln “roll over in his grave,” but 12 jurors in the federal corruption case against him were apparently not all so certain.

After deliberating for 14 days, the jury found Mr. Blagojevich guilty of a single criminal count — making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, one of the least severe penalties in the charges against him.

Read More: NY Times