MICHAEL P. STONE, ESQ. Founder and Principal Partner ROBERT RABE, ESQ. Attorney Stone Busailah, LLP Government Code § 3304 (d) is a potent defense in any investigation and disciplinary action against a public safety officer in California. In a nutshell, a “statute of limitations” defense or “plea in abatement” means […]
AMANDA WATERS-LUTTRELL Associate Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Pursuant to the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (POBRA; Government Code section 3300, et seq.), an agency must conduct its administrative investigation of misconduct and notify the employee of the proposed discipline within one year […]
JUDITH A. ODBERT Senior Associate Attorney JOSHUA A. OLANDER Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC On May 2, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Correctional Deputies Phillip Abecendario and Tuan Le were acquitted of charges alleging that they committed felony assault under color of authority against an inmate in July 2015. Following a […]
GREGG ADAM Founding Partner TEAL MILLER Associate Attorney Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP Your work time matters and, under a new California Supreme Court ruling, must be compensated — even if it amounts to relatively small periods of time. The July 26 ruling in Troester v. Starbucks Corp. (July 26, […]
CHRISTOPHER NISSEN Associate Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC On June 22, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision, held that the government’s acquisition of records from wireless carriers that show a cellphone user’s location based on cell-site connections constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment1 […]