Courtesy of: James R. Touchstone, Esq. On April 2, 2018, in Kisela v. Hughes, 2018 U.S. LEXIS 2245 (U.S. Apr. 2, 2018), the United States Supreme Court held that, even assuming …
Courtesy of: James R. Touchstone, Esq. On April 2, 2018, in the case of People v. Buza, 2018 Cal. LEXIS 2245 (Cal. Apr. 2, 2018), the Supreme Court of California held …
Courtesy of: James R. Touchstone, Esq. & Krista MacNevin Jee, Esq. On January 25, 2018, the First District, Division One of the California Court of Appeal, issued a published opinion in In …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. Bonivert v. City of Clarkston, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 4625 (9th Cir. Feb. 26, 2018) Facts In January 2012, City of Clarkston, Washington (the “City”) …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. & Jamaar M. Boyd-Weatherby, Esq. Effective January 1, 2018, CalPERS contracting agencies and school employers are required to restrict “out of class appointments” to 960 …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. Silvester v. Becerra, 2018 U.S. LEXIS 897 (U.S. Feb. 20, 2018) On February 20, 2018, the United States Supreme Court denied the petition for …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. Perez v. City of Roseville, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 3212 (9th Cir. Feb. 9, 2018) Facts In January 2012, Janelle Perez was hired by …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. District of Columbia v. Wesby, 2018 U.S. LEXIS 760 (U.S. Jan. 22, 2018) Facts In March 2008, District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department received a …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. People v. Ovieda, 2018 Cal. App. LEXIS 34 (2nd Dist. Jan. 17, 2018) Facts In June 2015, the sister of plaintiff Ovieda told a 911 …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq., and Brittany E. Roberto, Esq. On January 8, 2018, Division Four of the First District Court of Appeal, in Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association et …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. On November 30, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held, in Smith v. City of Santa Clara, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 24307 (9th Cir. …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. On November 13, 2017, the California Court of Appeal for the Sixth Appellate District decided, in the case of People v. Zabala, 2017 Cal. App. …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. In June 2017, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, in Roy v. County of Los Angeles,[1] concluded that the Fourth …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. On September 15, 2017, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Woodward v. City of Tucson,[1] reversed the district court’s denial of …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Keith F. Collins, Esq. On September 14, 2017, the California Court of Appeal held, in a case entitled Diego v. City of Los Angeles,[1] …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq., and Keith F. Collins, Esq. On August 31, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a suit could proceed that alleged an Oregon …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Brittany E. Roberto, Esq. On August 23, 2017, the Second District Court of Appeal, in Ramirez v. City of Gardena,[1] held that “promulgation” …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Deborah P. Knefel, Esq. On August 31, 2017, the California Supreme Court, in ACLU of Southern Calif. v. Super Court of Los Angeles (County …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On August 23, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Bracken v. Okura, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. & Keith F. Collins, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On August 24, 2017, the California Supreme Court denied a writ petition[1] challenging the constitutionality …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On May 16, 2017, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in United States v. Rosario, …
Read More »COURTESY of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On July 3, 2017, the California Supreme Court, in People v. Valencia, 2017 Cal. LEXIS 4893 (Cal. July 3, 2017), held …
Read More »Courtesy of Gregory P. Palmer of Jones & Mayer Yesterday’s client alert memorandum (Vol. 32, No. 19) erroneously suggested the new case of ALADS v. Superior Court only applied in …
Read More »Courtesy of Gregory P. Palmer of Jones & Mayer The Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles issued a 2-1 opinion on July 11, 2017 in the case of …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Keith F. Collins, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On July 6, 2017, the California Court of Appeal published the case of Ana v. …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On June 29, 2017, the federal District Court for the Southern District of California, in the case entitled Duncan v. Becerra, …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Keith F. Collins, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On June 26, 2017, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in the closely followed case …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On June 21, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Brewster v. Beck holding that the 30-day …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Denise L. Rocawich, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On June 6, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, sitting en banc, issued and …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On May 31, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, sitting en banc, issued an opinion in United States v. …
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