Why Both Plaintiff and Defense? We admit, it is a bit out of the ordinary for a law firm to represent both Plaintiff and Defense/ Employees and Employers, but we feel that it gives our ...

Written by Gary G. Goyette, Esq. For some employers, having their hourly, non-exempt employees work ‘off-the-clock’ (or "OTC" time) for no pay during periods of time prior to or following scheduled work shifts is a ...

In this case, a city police officer was terminated for allegations of untruthfulness related to a use of force incident where he and fellow officers were required to use force to arrest a fleeing felon ...

A woman filed a complaint against a sheriff’s deputy for various allegations of misconduct while off duty. The woman and the deputy are next door neighbors and have a fairly typical neighbor feud going between ...

Written by Joy C. Rosenquist, Esq.                 Jury trials are at the very foundation of American democracy.  However, for every 100 cases that are filed in court, statistics say that only about 5 of them ...

After an officer involved shooting there are generally two investigations which are conducted.  An internal department or administrative investigation and an investigation conducted by the District Attorney Office or other outside agency to determine any ...

For nearly a year the California State Personnel Board (SPB) has been conducting an intensive overhaul of the format of the disciplinary appeals process. Those efforts finally came to fruition and were implemented in September ...

Federal authorities aggressively pursue federal criminal investigations and prosecutions against a class of person described as "celebrity" subjects. The term "celebrity" is misleading: it does not necessarily only apply to movie stars and rock stars. ...

https://www.redding.com/news/2011/jan/24/das-office-charges-not-filed-against-disgraced-and/ G&A Attorney Daniel Thompson has spent the better part of the last 2 years zealously defending Joe Piccinini against charges including getting publicly drunk in uniform, berating and sexually harassing employees, misusing district property, funds and staff ...

  I am asked this questions multiple times a day; mostly from registered nurses who are in various phases of the investigation process with the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). The following is what one ...