Orange County, California, has implemented a new program, offering to drop misdemeanor charges in exchange for a sample of your DNA and a $75 processing fee. Anyone accepting the deal walks out the same day without having to enter a plea. Obviously this is a one time offer – once the county [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 16, 2009
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley is not entitled to qualified immunity from a retaliation claim filed by a deputy DA who spoke publicly about problems tied to an investigation of a failed $200 million school construction project. David Eng served on a task force [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 31, 2008
An associate who was fired from Kirkland & Ellis in 2004, after admitting he attempted to arrange a meeting “to engage in an oral sexual act” with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl, has been suspended from practicing law in New York for three years. In a rare 3-2 decision, a five-judge panel of the [...]
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