• June 25, 2015 | The Recorder

    State Justices Ban Casino-Style Computer Games

    SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court on Thursday classified computer sweepstakes games as illegal slot machines in a ruling that could create legal issues for a wide range

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  • People ex rel. Green v. Grewal

    Publication Date: 2015-06-25
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    Date Filed: 2015-06-25
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa S. Green, District Attorney, Gregory A. Pulskamp and John T. Mitchell, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Weston, Garrou & Mooney, John H. Weston, G. Randall Garrou and Jerome H. Mooney for Defendants and Appellants Kimpal Grewal and Philip Ernest Walker.

    Case Number: No: S217896, S217979

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 6743 THE PEOPLE ex rel. LINDA GREEN, as DISTRICT ATTORNEY, etc., Plaintiff and Responde

  • June 25, 2015 | The Recorder

    State Justices Ban Casino-Style Computer Games

    In a ruling that could affect sweepstakes marketing promotions, Justice Ming Chin wrote that computer games played for cash prizes should be considered illegal slot machines.

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  • June 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Patchy State Regulation Raises Questions for Drone Use

    States have become extraordinarily active in legislation on the use of drones. For example, several place restrictions on law enforcement use, including Florida. Oregon prohibits a drone ope

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  • June 22, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Patchy State Regulation Raises Questions for Drone Use

    States have become extraordinarily active in legislation on the use of drones. But the predominant topic for state legislation on drones has been privacy rights. This article addresses why states are regulating drone privacy, and some specific choices made around the country.

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  • June 19, 2015 | Litigation Daily

    Deutsche Bank Gets Another Statute of Limitations Win

    For the second time in a week, a federal appeals court has issued a ruling on the statute of limitations for a Deutsche Bank affiliate that has been a boon to banks. On June 11 Deutsche Ban

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  • People v. Saez

    Publication Date: 2015-06-19
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    Date Filed: 2015-06-18
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Appellant: Ozro William Childs, under appointment by the First District Appellate Project
    for defendant: Counsel for Respondent: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Catherine A. Rivlin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Hanna Chung, Deputy Attorney General

    Case Number: No. A138786

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 6431 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSE SAEZ, Defendant a

  • Mitchell v. United States

    Publication Date: 2015-06-19
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    Date Filed: 2015-06-19
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judge, Presiding* Before: Stephen Reinhardt, Barry G. Silverman, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Aminoff and Gia Kim (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defenders, Los Angeles, California for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: John S. Leonardo, United States Attorney, Christina Cabanillas, Appellate Chief, and Vincent Q. Kirby (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Phoenix, Arizona for Respondent-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 11-99003

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 6406 LEZMOND C. MITCHELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES O

  • June 19, 2015 | Litigation Daily

    Deutsche Bank Gets Another Statute of Limitations Win

    For the second time in a week, a Deutsche Bank affiliate has won a federal appeals court ruling on statute of limitations that has been a boon to banks.

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  • People v. White

    Publication Date: 2015-06-18
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    Date Filed: 2015-06-18
    Court: C.A. 4th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, and A. Natasha Cortina, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Theresa Osterman Stevenson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D060969

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 6373 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BILLY CHARLES WHITE, D