The Los Angeles District Attorney is prosecuting a doctor for second degree murder in the deaths of three of her patients. Hsui-Ying “Lisa” Tseng, D.O. faces a total of 24 felony counts, including three second degree murder charges resulting from her alleged habitual practice of overprescribing drugs, often without the Read more…
Many California licensees or professionals applying for an occupational or business license who have been convicted of drug-related offenses do not understand the consequences of their conviction. More often than not, the licensing authority – whether a state licensing Board or local licensing agency – will deem the conviction substantially Read more…
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), an agency may designate as “precedent” a decision or part of a decision “that contains a significant legal or policy determination of general application that is likely to recur.” (Government Code §11425.60(b)). Precedent decisions can be used to clarify the agency’s interpretation of the Read more…
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2008 issue of the Sacramento Lawyer, the bi-monthly publication of the Sacramento County Bar Association. The article is the copyrighted property of the Sacramento County Bar Association.) This article discusses two of the main tools government and administrative law practitioners use to challenge a Read more…
The California State Bar recently adopted new Rules of Court and State Bar Rules that reserves the right to suspend an attorney’s license to practice law in the State of California if the attorney owes a large delinquent tax liability. The rule only applies to attorneys who are on the Read more…
The California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) recently announced that it has joined forces with the contracting boards from Arizona, Nevada and Oregon, as well as the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) to issue a nationwide consumer alert regarding the excessive illegal and deceptive ad postings on Read more…
In California, “expungement” of a record (under Penal Code section 1203.4) does not mean that the conviction never happened. It simply relieves a person from the criminal penalties of their actions. What are some other options? Sealing the Record of a Minor Unlike expungement of a record (under Penal Code Read more…
Californians are able to get relief from certain criminal baggage through a process that we commonly call “expunging” a record. However, unlike in some states, this process does not completely wipe the slate clean. On the contrary, it only relieves a person from the criminal penalties of their actions, which Read more…
There are many reasons to hire a lawyer which we discuss with clients all of the time. But lately we have run into a number of California Bureau of Real Estate licensees who have made the fatal decision to represent themselves at their administrative hearings involving a disciplinary action known as Read more…
With the advent of social media, new websites have popped up providing ratings of restaurants, parks, stores, and almost anything commercial. Included within those ratings are ratings of professionals. Contractors, accountants, doctors, optometrists, veterinarians, and even attorneys find themselves under the microscope of their web savvy patients, clients, and customers. Read more…