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December 31, 2010 | Law.com

An e-mail program's auto-complete address feature recently sparked a chain of events that culminated in an eye-popping protective order booting counsel off a case in federal court.

By Greg Mitchell

2 minute read

April 25, 2003 | Law.com

California's budget woes have public law agencies around the state bracing for big cuts. In Alameda County, officials are threatening 10 percent reductions for prosecutors, probation workers, sheriff's deputies, and, of course, public defenders. It's the same old story: When the politicians actually sit down to trim the budgets, it's the PDs that will feel the most pain. Maybe it's time public defenders took some pages from the prosecution playbook.

By Greg Mitchell and Scott Graham

3 minute read

June 03, 1999 | Law.com

California's Commission on Judicial Performance publicly censured a former superior court judge for a series of headline-grabbing, alcohol-related arrests last year. The judge, Robert Bradley, was also barred from receiving future bench assignments, although the commission said it would consider lifting the ban once Bradley has another year of demonstrated sobriety under his belt.

By Greg Mitchell

2 minute read

June 29, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Appellate Division has recently come up with one standard for blood samples and another for breath samples when it comes to the right of confrontation in drunken driving cases.

By Mitchell Ignatoff

4 minute read

November 28, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Eversheds has been dropped from Virgin's formal panel of U.K. legal advisers, Legal Week has learned, in what will be viewed as a setback for the firm's employment practice. The U.K. giant confirmed last week it will no longer be handling Virgin's employment work. It had been appointed to an eight-strong roster of firms early last year to advise the high-profile conglomerate. Arch-rival DLA Piper is understood to be in line to pick up the work.

By Ben Mitchell

2 minute read

September 20, 2002 | Law.com

Associate Editor Greg Mitchell is torn by the defense bar's latest beef with the Santa Clara County district attorney's office. At issue is a letter that the DA's office has been routinely sending to victims and witnesses in cases it believes are gang-related. Among other things, it tells witnesses they don't have to speak with or provide personal information to the accused's representatives.

By Greg Mitchell

3 minute read

August 30, 2010 | The Recorder

By Greg Mitchell

3 minute read

August 03, 2010 | Law.com

By a 6-1 vote, the California Supreme Court has rejected much of San Francisco's legal justification for the continuing use of minority preferences in public contracting. Such preferences are banned under a state measure, Proposition 209, and the justices on Monday said San Francisco was unlikely to establish that its program was compelled by federal law. Prop 209's contracting provision "prohibits race- and gender-conscious programs the federal equal protection clause permits but does not require," explained one judge.

By Greg Mitchell

2 minute read

November 01, 1998 | Law.com

By Greg Mitchell

2 minute read

July 15, 1999 | Law.com

The California Supreme Court announced a new rule of court to implement a recent statute that allows for out-of-state attorneys to appear at arbitrations in California. The new rule, effective July 1, gives the State Bar of California the power to discipline out-of-staters for misconduct relating to appearances in the state. It also calls on the State Bar to maintain statistics and make periodic reports to the justices so they can evaluate the impact of the program.

By Greg Mitchell

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