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  Case Results
   
2/6/06 Dan Neville Redux: Judge Dismisses Remaining Charge By Harry S. Stern
   
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  Special News Bulletins
8/1/05 RLW News Bulletin: Beware the Alford Waiver, Part 2
   
9/08/03 Compensatory Time Off Rules Revised By Alison Berry Wilkinson
   
8/03 SJPOA Vanguard POA Interview of RL&W Partner Mike Rains By Sgt. Paul Francois. A news publication of the San Jose Police Officers Association.
   
4/21/03 Senate Bill 420 declared unconstitutional
   
4/15/03 United States Department of Labor proposes to relax the standards for declaring employees exempt from overtime.
   
4/04/03 New laws protect officers who display American flags and wear flag pins on duty.
   
  RL&W in the News
11/14/05 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEWS: RLW congratulates the following associations on achieving new contracts: Union City POA (assisted by Mark O'Connell); Daly City Fire (assisted by John Noble); San Leandro POA (assisted by Rocky Lucia) and Modesto Police Managers Association (assisted by Bud Stone). For more details on these collective bargaining agreements and others, or for salary survey assistance, please contact our office.
   
5/20/05 Oakland Riders Acquitted Again: Jury Renders Not Guilty Verdicts on Three Counts, Mistrial Declared on the Rest. Due to the Court’s gag order, this Firm cannot publicly comment on the trial. Consequently, for further details on the case and the verdicts, please refer to the Oakland Tribune at: http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_2747192
or the San Francisco Chronicle at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/20/BAGQCCS7OK1.DTL
or KTVU News at: http://www.ktvu.com/news/4508692/detail.html
   
  Your Rights
7/05 Know Your Rights: The Ability to Inspect Internal Affairs Investigation Reports
   
3/03 Getting representation immediately after a critical incident.
   
3/03 Rights that must be given to an officer before being interrogated about something that could lead to "Punitive Action." (i.e., actions as minor as a written reprimand or as serious as termination)