The State Bar Court of California recently placed Shelly Ann Donachie, a Vacaville attorney, on an administrative suspension for allegedly failing to adhere to the terms of a prior suspension order.
A panel of judges recently set some guidelines for self-represented clients based on a recent case out of the California Sixth District Court of Appeal.
LOS ANGELES – Consumers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. over allegations that certain models of its Toyota and Lexus vehicles have a defective heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.
OAKLAND – In an August California Bar Journal article, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and distinguished professor at the University of California Irvine School of Law, offered an overview of the U.S. Supreme Court and his interpretation of its liberal leanings, especially after Justice Antonia Scalia’s death earlier this year.
LOS ANGELES – A collector and owner of several historic photographs alleges a media company published two photos of Marilyn Monroe without his permission.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas could give the University of California system a legal opening for re-instating affirmative action, but that would require the repeal of an amendment to the state constitution passed in 1996, according to a former UC Davis law professor.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court, on a 6-2 decision involving a case originally filed in California’s 9th Circuit Court, ordered the Department of Labor to clarify its regulation regarding an overtime pay exemption for people who work at auto dealerships as car salesmen or sales advisers.
SAN FRANCISCO – A Palo Atlo company is being sued over allegations that it knowingly infringed copyrighted software and updates owned by a Redwood City company.
