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Sacramento-based  Pacific Legal Foundation President Robin Rivett, as well as staff-attorneys Meriem Hubbard and James Burling have been publicly asked by TLR to opine on events relating to CAUSE's Ming Chin and Judy Johnson's CCPF (Image:courtesy PLF) California Supreme Court Associate-Justice Ming W. Chin and CAUSE   As was previously reported, Supreme Court of California Associate Justice Ming W. Chin has abruptly quit his position recently with the Center for Asian Americans United for...Read Full Story

Amid allegations of breached ethics rules and conflicts of interest, Los Angeles Superior Court Hon. William F. Highberger was recently asked to consider additional matters relating to the approval of the settlement in the case of Benjamin Fogel v Farmers Group . As a service to the community, we shall publish* the communication, below: Hon. William F. Highberger, who presides over the case of Benjamin Fogel v Farmers Group .  Judge Highberger is part of the Los Angeles Superior Court Complex...Read Full Story

Contending that Howard Rice's Jerome Falk, acting as Special Prosecutor on behalf of the State Bar of California, repeatedly sought to subvert justice by failing to disclose that those he was suppose to prosecute (Thomas Girardi of Girardi & Keese and Walter Lack of Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack) were actually his and his firm's clients, sources familiar with the situation claim plans are underway to seek the disbarment of Girardi, Lack and Falk. In a letter to Jerome Falk and the Board of...Read Full Story

Supreme Court of California Associate Justice Ming W. Chin abruptly quit his position with the Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment. The resignation took place amidst an ongoing investigation by the California Commission on Judicial Performance. Hon. Ming W. Chin A formal ethics complaint filed with the California Commission on Judicial Performance alleged that Chin's involvement with CAUSE is prohibitive due to CAUSE's invidious discrimination against those...Read Full Story

The Leslie Brodie Report hereby asks Robin Rivett, Meriem Hubbard, and James Burling of the Sacramento-based  Pacific Legal Foundation to opine on matters relating to the CPUC and the "Greelining Agreement." The agreement reads in part: Increase corporate philanthropy over the next 5 years. Philanthropy will increase to $15 million for years one and two. Philanthropy will increase yet again to $20 million for years three, four, and five. The total net increase in philanthropy from current...Read Full Story