TIMOTHY K. TALBOT Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC On July 30, 2020, the California Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, et al., v. Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association, et al., reviewing the California Rule with respect to public […]
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GARY GOYETTE RACHEL SIMONS Attorneys Goyette & Associates Being named as an individual defendant in a civil lawsuit is probably not the first thing any officer, deputy, sergeant or lieutenant working in law enforcement thinks will ever happen to them as part of their work. Having to deal with […]
NICOLE PIFARI Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC For nearly two years, I tried to tell San Mateo prosecutors they needed to drop the case against San Francisco Deputy Linton Martin for the so-called crime they accused him of. I told them he acted in self-defense. I […]
ANDREW M. DAWSON Partner KIMBERLY D. RILEY Attorney Dawson & Riley, LLP This is a follow-up to two prior articles previously published in PORAC LE News involving the reinstatement of an Inglewood police officer per a neutral hearing officer and the Los Angeles County Superior Court. A neutral hearing officer […]
ROBERT RABE, ESQ. Associate Attorney Stone Busailah, LLP The attorney–client privilege seeks to prevent the disclosure of confidential communications between the lawyer and the client. In the typical situation, where a question request seeks disclosure of arguably privileged information, an objection to the question or request is raised and the […]