The Transscript By Tom Blakey Cleveland County District Judge Tom Lucas has granted final approval to a $640 million consolidated class action lawsuit settlement concerning computers with defective parts sold by the Compaq Computer Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company. The settlement agreement, signed by the judge May 9, follows an April 29 hearing in Cleveland County...Read More
California Young Lawyers Association May 2008 By Joel R. Villaseñor Even in those innocent days before Grey’s Anatomy, CYLA District 5 Representative Brett S. Jolley dreamt of being an orthopedic surgeon. Alas, those white-coated, sawbones dreams came to a formaldehyde-scented halt in high school when Brett passed out while dissecting a fetal pig for biology class. View...Read More
Stockton Record March 24, 2008 Leader of lawyers’ group chosen Brett Jolley, a Stockton attorney with the law firm of Herum Crabtree Brown, has been elected vice president of the State Bar of California Young Lawyers’ Association for 2008.Read More
Stockton Record March 21, 2008 Group trying to join in suit over Stockton growth plan By David Siders Record Staff Writer March 21, 2008 6:00 AM STOCKTON – The litigation attempting to undo Stockton’s landmark plan to expand onto farmland at the city limits is so far between three parties: the Sierra Club and Morada Area...Read More
Tracy Press March 8, 2008 Fees squeeze Written by Jon Mendelson Thursday, 06 March 2008 A property owner complains about $685,000 in ‘impact fees’ the city wants to charge for a proposed boat and RV storage place in north Tracy. (View Complete Article)Read More
North County Times February 2, 2008 Wal-Mart heading to planning commission after months of delay By: CRAIG TENBROECK – Staff Writer | Saturday, February 2, 2008 10:12 PM PST VISTA —- Wal-Mart’s planned expansion of its retail store in east Vista may be heading for a lawsuit. In letters to city officials, attorney Neal Maguire of...Read More
Fresno Bee September 18, 2007 New information was brought to the council at Monday night’s six-hour council meeting. The new issues involved the validity of the environmental impact report regarding a water supply assessment, the number of people employed by the project, and ailments that could occur because of excess pollution caused by the project....Read More
News-Sentinel By Jeff Hood Wal-Mart Approval Overturned by Judge A judge overturned Lodi’s approval of a Wal-Mart Supercenter on Tuesday, saying a study of the shopping center’s environmental effects is “legally defective.” San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Humphreys ruled Lodi’s study improperly ignored two proposed Supercenters in Stockton and their cumulative impact on...Read More
News-Sentinel By Rebecca Adler Landowners living in a proposed greenbelt area have been attending meetings for months to show their opposition to the city’s plan to move forward with a sphere of influence extension that would include their land. Wednesday night was a similar situation, only this time they brought an attorney. After landowners resoundingly...Read More
The Record By Alex Breitler STOCKTON — Stockton East Water District wants to run a bulldozer through a family’s walnut orchard in an attempt to appease another neighboring farmer and guard against terrorists who may want to poison Stockton’s drinking water. For years the district has let farmer Richard Bozzano access his property using a...Read More
