Ex-police officer indicted on charges of misconduct, theft; may seek a plea deal.
Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard COQUILLE - A grand jury indicted former Coquille police officer Randy John Ulmer this week on charges of stealing from the city police department's evidence locker and diverting money from a city-controlled checking account for his own use, said Ulmer's attorney, Nick...

Mexican Prosecutor Rules on Criminal Misconduct Case - Finds No Grounds for Prosecution - Case is Closed.
VANCOUVER, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Farallon Resources Ltd. ("Farallon" or the "Company") (TSX: FAN) announces that the Prosecutor General's Office in Hermosillo, Sonora State, Mexico has issued a ruling, reaffirming a previous ruling dated October 15, 2007 (see News Release dated November 6, 2007) finding no evidence of any...

5 probes of Rojas are still pending; Police clear or black out 10 cases.
Byline: Thomas Caywood WORCESTER - Police Officer Mark A. Rojas is a subject of five pending police misconduct investigations in addition to the 10 closed misconduct cases previously reported by the Telegram & Gazette. That revelation came in an affidavit from Police Chief Gary J....

Police records suit in the judge's hands; Disclosures in Rojas case to be decided.
Byline: Thomas Caywood WORCESTER - The question of whether the public's right to know about allegations of police misconduct against Officer Mark A. Rojas outweighs the privacy rights of people who wish to keep their complaints confidential is now in the hands of Superior Court Judge C....

Worker says UPS `ignored harassment'.
Byline: Dianne Williamson COLUMN: DIANNE WILLIAMSON Tom Sobocinski said it took him "a very long time" to decide to file a complaint against a UPS supervisor who he says sexually harassed him. "It got to the point where I just couldn't take it...

Mayer Brown Victory for Cardinal Norberto Rivera Affirmed by California Court of Appeal.
HOUSTON, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, secured a victory for Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera when the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven, affirmed an earlier Superior Court decision in a case about an alleged conspiracy to protect a priest...

Limiting, Clawing Back Executive Pay In The Wake Of Financial Bailout.
Shareholders and the general public are livid that former executives of failed companies received, or continue to receive, exorbitant pay and bonuses in the aftermath of the implosion of the subprime mortgage market and the consequent bailout of Wall Street firms and other financial companies. The public outcry is...

Excluding tainted evidence protects the innocent.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Brian Michaels In a Jan. 19 column, Jonah Goldberg, online editor of The National Review, commented on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowly upheld the authority of police to search a man and his vehicle based upon an inactive arrest warrant...

Role of police auditor at heart of panel's review.
Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard Work begins this evening for a Eugene committee that will tackle what has been a controversial topic: the powers of the police auditor. The committee appointed by Mayor Kitty Piercy is to review more than a dozen proposals from out-going...

Director of Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation Joins Akerman Senterfitt Government Affairs/Public Policy Group in Tallahassee.
Monesia Taylor Brown Directed the State of Florida's Labor Agency TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Akerman Senterfitt today announced that Monesia Taylor Brown has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the Government Affairs and Public Policy Group, residing in the firm's Tallahassee, Florida office. Ms....