Posted by Alison Berry Wilkinson The Fruitvale Platform From A Different Perspective We all know the tragic story of Oscar Grant and Johannes Mehserle — one man’s life taken by accident on January 1, 2009, at the Fruitvale BART Station; a second man’s life and law enforcement career devastated by […]
Yearly Archives: 2011
Legal Defense Fund Of The Peace Officers Research Association Of California Summary Annual Report This is a summary of the annual report for the Legal Defense Fund of the Peace Officers Research Association of California, (Employer ID No. 23—7077256, Plan No. 501) for the year ended December 31, 2009. The […]
Posted by Jeffrey R. A. Edwards, Esq. In a timely reminder about how- and how not- to use your work email, the Third District Court of Appeal rules an employee’s emails to and from her attorney using the employers’ email system are not confidential. Almost everyone uses email and other electronic means […]
Posted by HARRY S. STERN Managing Principal Rains Lucia Stern, P The Case and Arbitration The Case And Arbitration A Contra Costa County jury deliberated for a mere three hours before acquitting Richmond Police Officer Dedrick Riley of all criminal charges. The not-guilty verdicts on the two felony and two […]
Posted by Michael D. Schwartz, Esq. For Richard Heverly, the two-year nightmare is finally over. From the first accusation, he denied any misconduct. After all, his heart had been in the right place. He was just trying to do his job, trying to help, which was the reason he went […]