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 …
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. …
Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On May 30, 2017, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, 581 …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On May 12, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held, in the case of S.B. v. County of San Diego, …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone of Jones & Mayer On April 19, 2017, the Second District Court of Appeal, in Baranchik v. Fizulich, 2017 Cal. App. LEXIS 356 (Cal. App. …
Read More »In an opinion dated March 24, 2017, the Fourth District of the Court of Appeal, acting in Bonome v. City of Riverside (2017 Cal.App. LEXIS 264), held that an officer …
Read More »On March 13, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal held, in the case of United States v. Perkins, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4364, that a United States Homeland Security …
Read More »On January 10, 2017, a California Court of Appeal found that it was unconstitutional to prevent a grand jury from issuing indictments in fatal police shooting cases. (People v. Superior …
Read More »To: All Sheriffs & Chiefs of Police From: James R. Touchstone, Paul R. Coble and Gregory P. Palmer MARTIN J. MAYER’S PASSING It is with the deepest of sadness …
Read More »On December 12, 2016, the 2nd District Court of Appeal held, in Riske v. Superior Court (City of Los Angeles), that Evidence Code 1043 and 1045 (“Pitchess motion”), governing the …
Read More »Provided by Martin J. Mayer of Jones & Mayer On September 28, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 2792, known as the Transparent Review of Unjust …
Read More »Provided by Martin J. Mayer of Jones & Mayer On November 18, 2016, the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, held in People v. Wilson Morera-Munoz that Vehicle Code …
Read More »Proposition 64, the California Marijuana Legalization Initiative, was on the November 8, 2016, ballot in California as an initiated state statute. Supporters referred to the initiative as the Adult Use …
Read More »Provided by Martin J. Mayer of Jones & Mayer On October 6, 2016, the Fifth District Court of Appeal issued an opinion in the case of Doe, et al. v. …
Read More »On September 8, 2016, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held, in Deocampo v. Potts et al, that “. . . California’s indemnification statutes do not render a judgment …
Read More »On August 31, 2016, a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal in Wilson v. Lynch affirmed the dismissal of a complaint alleging that federal statutes, …
Read More »On August 1, 2016, the California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, held, in Schmidt v. California Highway Patrol, that if a person is arrested, but no accusatory pleading is filed …
Read More »On August 16, 2016, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal, in United States v. McIntosh, vacated the orders of lower courts denying relief to the appellants. The appellants had …
Read More »Summary On April 4, 2016, the California Court of Appeal in Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc., 246 Cal. App. 4th 180 (2016) held that under the California Fair Employment …
Read More »The “In Car” Video of an Arrest, Used in an I.A. Investigation, Does Not Become a “Personnel Record” Prepared by: Martin J. Mayer, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On July …
Read More »Prepared by Martin J. Mayer, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On July 5, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, in the case of Competitive Enterprise …
Read More »Prepared by Jones & Mayer – www.jones-mayer.com In a June 20, 2016 decision, the United States Supreme Court acted by a five to three vote to overturn a Utah Supreme …
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