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Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
California Court of Appeal Upholds Attorney’s Fee Award in Excessive Force Case by On June 23, 2011, the California Court of Appeal upheld an award of over $311,000 in attorney’s fees in a case involving excessive use of force by a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff. In March 2006, after …
Los Angeles ADA Agrees to Pay $1.2 Million to Settle DUI Suit by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On July 19, 2011, Marilyn Seymour, an Assistant District Attorney for Los Angeles County, agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two women who suffered injuries when Seymour, …
Brief • March 13, 2012
Kirkland v. DiLeo, NJ, Complaint, Judicial Misconduct, 2012 03/13/2012 08:47 AM 5C8EB 97697 Min t D4c166 e riEtied B26.21802228Piltje agel 8 difatje gt6B947 12aw021X246- Michael P. Rubas, Esq. (MPR8484) DI MAGGIO & RUBAS, LLC 100 Morris Avenue, Suite 103 Springfield, New Jersey 07081 (973) 258-9100 M ichael@Dimaggio-Ruhas.corn Attorneys for Plaintiffs …
Article • February 15, 2012
Ninth Circuit: Prevailing Civil Rights Defendant Entitled to Recover Attorney Fees Only with Respect to Work Attributable Exclusively to Frivolous Claims by A divided Ninth Circuit panel has held that, in a civil rights action with multiple claims, only some of which are groundless, a prevailing defendant is entitled to …
Oregon’s Attorney General Accused of Botched, Abusive Prosecutions by Mark Wilson As previously reported in PLN, the Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) recently turned its prosecutorial power against a hotshot small-town district attorney. [See: PLN, Oct. 2011, p.39]. By the time it was over the DA had resigned, but the …
Article • February 15, 2012
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Edwards Rule by Brandon Sample In Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981), the Supreme Court held that statements made to police during an interrogation following a request for counsel are presumed invalid. The so-called Edwards rule was designed to protect the safeguards afforded by Miranda …
Article • February 15, 2012
California Supreme Court Clarifies Meaning of Public Interest Litigation by The California Supreme Court has held that the issues underlying a published appellate decision, viz., Serrano v. Stefan Merli Plastering Co., Inc. (2008) 162 Cal.App.4th 1014, qualify the case as public interest litigation, which may entitle the prevailing party to …
Article • February 15, 2012
Florida: Legislature's Attempt to Shift Overhead Costs of Appointed Counsel for Indigents from State to Counties Deemed Unconstitutional by The Florida Supreme Court has held that section 19 of chapter 2007-62, Laws of Florida, impermissibly shifts responsibility for funding overhead costs of court-appointed counsel from the state to the counties, …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Federal Judge Sanctions Florida Sheriff’s Attorney for Threatening Plaintiff with Arrest by On February 10, 2011, a federal judge admonished and sanctioned a Florida lawyer defending Nassau County Sheriff Tommy Seagraves for using information obtained from the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database to threaten with arrest a plaintiff in …
Brief • December 30, 2011
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Miller v. Deal, GA, Order on Class Certification, Child Support Cases, 2011 Judge Jerty W. Baxter SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY 185 emtralAventle, SW Stlite T4855 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Fax: (404) 224-1347 Phone: (404) 612-3740 Fax / Email COVER SHEET FAX / EMAlL ADDRESS: DATE SENT: I ~o_~~ ~ _~----le,---,-("d--l-""_~+---'Lf---~~""--=--_S_c..._IA._'_._o~~_'___ …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Immigrants Have Special Sixth Amendment Rights But Limited Time to Enforce Them by Holly S. Cooper by Holly S. Cooper & Anel Carrasco In negotiating plea bargains for immigrants, many defense lawyers forget to focus on the primary goal for their clients – staying in the United States. While no …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Texas State Bar, Exonerated Ex-Prisoners File Suit Against Attorney Over Fees by The State Bar of Texas has filed a lawsuit against Lubbock attorney Kevin Glasheen, alleging that he grossly overcharged clients in violation of the Bar’s Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Glasheen, who represents over a dozen exonerated former …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Recording of Nashville, Tennessee Jail Prisoners’ Attorney Calls Criticized by In February 2011 it was revealed that the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in Nashville, Tennessee had recorded approximately 300 phone calls between jail prisoners and their lawyers, then gave the recordings to federal prosecutors. The calls were recorded despite the …
Ninth Circuit: PLRA Precludes Award of Attorney Fees Where Violation of Prisoner’s Rights is Not Affirmatively Established by The Ninth Circuit held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d)(1), precludes an award of attorney fees in cases where a prisoner obtained relief but did not affirmatively …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Civil Contemptor Facing Incarceration Requires Procedural Safeguards Absent Counsel by The U.S. Supreme Court held on June 20, 2011 that counsel need not be provided to a person facing civil contempt for failure to pay child support so long as the state has “in place alternative …
$72,000 in Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded in Montana FOIA Action by On May 14, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Donald W. Molloy awarded $72,701.99 in attorneys’ fees and costs in an action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Wildlands CPR sued the U.S. Forest Service under FOIA for …
Article • November 15, 2011
Arizona Court of Appeals Authorizes Attorney Fees in Bilke Minimum Wage Class-Action Suit by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke On January 29, 2009, the Arizona Court of Appeals held that plaintiffs’ attorney fees must be paid by the state in the Bilke case. Mitchell Paul Bilke, Charles Roberts, Kenneth Asherman, …
Article • November 15, 2011
Attorney Admonished for Improper Advertising by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On December 26, 2006, the Florida Bar admonished an attorney for sending improper advertisements to prisoners. David Milo Lamos, a Florida attorney, sent a direct mail advertisement to prisoners. The advertisement contained statements creating “unjustified expectations,” was not marked …
Article • November 15, 2011
Open Public Records Act Plaintiff Entitled to Attorney’s Fees, New Jersey Appellate Court Holds by The Appellate Division for the Superior Court of New Jersey has reversed in part a lower court’s refusal to award attorney’s fees to a plaintiff in an New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA) suit. …
Article • November 15, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Defines Prevailing Party for § 1988 Purposes by U.S. Supreme Court Defines Prevailing Party for § 1988 Purposes The U.S. Supreme Court held that the touchstone of the prevailing party inquiry must be the material alteration of the legal relationship of the parties in a manner that …
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