JOHN HAGAN Certified Law Clerk KC Law Group California enacted the Silenced No More Act (SB 331), effective January 1, 2022. This landmark law restricts the use of confidentiality and nondisparagement agreements in harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims. Before SB 331, California employers used confidentiality agreements, also known as nondisclosure […]
HARRY S. STERN Managing Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Few criminal cases have swept up so many people and taken so many twists and turns as Santa Clara County’s years-old concealed weapon permit bribery saga. The district attorney eventually indicted scores of people, including prominent attorneys, […]
SEAN CURRIN Senior Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC Many law enforcement employees decided to join public service to make a difference in their communities. Public safety employees want to improve their communities and be supported by their administration in doing so. Sadly, support from administration is not always a foregone conclusion. […]
HARRY S. STERN Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Your PORAC Legal Defense Fund stands ready to support you in ways that you may not have even known you might need. Oakland Police Officer Marcell Patterson’s extraordinary situation is a shocking case in point. Marcell was an […]
MICHAEL A. McGILL Partner Ferrone Law Group On Monday, January 30, 2023, attorney Michael McGill obtained a favorable opinion from the Fourth District Appellate Court in the matter of Casson v. Orange County Employees Retirement System. The opinion is published, meaning it is binding precedent, because it impacts all public […]