Criminal Law

Seniors Duped in Financial Elder Abuse Scams
San Diego, CA: Next to child abuse, elder abuse is right up there with behaviors that turn the stomach—whether that abuse is physical, emotional of financial elder abuse. Financial abuse, especially against seniors who are in the twilight of their lives and long beyond their capacity to earn a living, leaves a bitter taste...

Child Abuse and California Law
In 2006, according to a report by the California Department of Social Services, 140 children died in the state as a result of abuse or neglect.  In fact, there were over 450,000 reported cases of abuse in California that year...

Nightmare of mother wrongly accused of abuse
Nightmare of mother wrongly accused of abuse"A mother told yesterday how she endured five years of hell after she was wrongly accused of injuring her newborn baby and her children were taken into care".

California Teen Tortured With Baseball Bat
In one of the heinous cases of child abuse, a Tracy, California couple has been accused of kidnapping and torturing a teen-aged boy. Frightened, dirty, disoriented and clad only in boxer shorts, the 16-year-old stumbled into a local gym begging for help, the chain used to imprison him still locked to his ankle...

Proposed MI bill makes financial institutions mandatory reporters
Aimed at stopping elder abuse, the Elder Financial Protection Act was unveiled by House Speaker Michael Sak and State Representative Robert Dean today. They said elder abuse can mean anything from physical and emotional abuse as well as financial exploitation...

"DNA Tests Offer Deeper Examination Of Accused; Biological, Emotional States Scrutinized"
"DNA Tests Offer Deeper Examination Of Accused; Biological, Emotional States Scrutinized": This front page article appears today in The Washington Post.

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Dumb California Laws
Stupid Laws in the Sunshine State

Financial Elder Abuse
allegedly taken advantage of in Southern California.

Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action
California Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action

Financial Elder Abuse - Financial Exploitation, Elder Abuse Lawyers
Financial Elder Abuse alleging seniors are taken advantage of for their finances.

Teacher Student Abuse
Beaufort County agrees to pay $300,000 settlement to abuse victim.

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Security One
accused of selling faulty alarms