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California’s New Use of Force Guidelines a Positive Step in Ending Harsh Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners

August 1, 2014
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged California prison overcrowding, Constitutional Rights, Prison Mental Health Care, Prisoner Rights, Public Law, Public Safety

Galvan Comments on Latest Ninth Circuit Decision on Retiree Health Benefits

February 26, 2013
Posted in Appellate Practice, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Public Law

Galvan: State of California is “re-hashing stuff they already lost in the Supreme Court” in Latest Court Filings

February 11, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Healthcare, Prisoner Rights, Public Law, Public Safety

Daily Journal Profiles RBGG in December 2012 Article

December 21, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Law, Public Safety, Voting Rights

Grunfeld and Thompson in The Recorder on Successful Challenges to an At-Large Election System

October 4, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Law, Voting Rights

Galvan Comments on San Jose Public Employee Pension Lawsuit Filed in Wake of Successful Ballot Measure

June 7, 2012
Posted in Employment Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Employment Law, Public Law

Family of a Second Hawaii Prisoner Murdered in Mainland Prison Files Suit Against State of Hawaii and Corrections Corporation of America

May 23, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Law, Public Safety

RBG Representing Family in Wrongful Death Suit Against Sutter County Jail

April 17, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Healthcare, Public Law

Galvan and Freedman in The Recorder on California Voting Rights: A New Group Faces Disenfranchisement

March 15, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Law, Voting Rights

Federal Court Enters Preliminary Injunction Against Sacramento County in Publisher’s Jail Censorship Suit

March 8, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Law, Public Safety

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  • Perkins Coie Wins Summary Judgment Striking Down Executive Order – RBGG Joined More Than 500 Other Law Firms in Amicus Brief Challenging the President’s Unconstitutional Action
  • Ninth Circuit Requires State to Implement Its Own Plan to Treat Mentally Ill Patients in California’s Prisons with Personality Disorders
  • RBGG Joins More Than 800 Other Law Firms Nationwide in Amicus Briefs Challenging White House’s Executive Orders Targeting Jenner & Block, Wilmer Cutler and Susman Godfrey
  • RBGG Files Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration’s Funding Cuts for Lawyers for Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Court
  • RBGG Handling Appeal of Family of Man With Disabilities Who Was Denied Life-Saving Care
  • Disability groups appeal for another chance to block California’s assisted suicide law
  • Major Settlement to Improve EDD’s Broken Notification System for Unemployment Benefits
  • Ninth Circuit Upholds Contempt Finding Against State for Failing to Provide Adequate Mental Health Care in California Prisons
  • Publisher Files Censorship Suits Against Jails in California and New Mexico
  • Upholding the Rule of Law in the Face of Presidential Lawlessness
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