Monday, July 14th, 2008

9th Cir: Municipal Liability Under Section 1983

Los Angeles City police officers sued their employer for various constitutional violations arising from internal investigations into missing drug evidence.  After a jury acquitted the officers on criminal charges, they sued the City under Section 1983.  The City appealed the civil jury’s verdicts in the officers’ favor.
Police Chief as policymaker:   The 9th Circuit panel held that the City was bound […]

No Comments

Filed under 1983

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Regulation of Ethical Behavior During Arbitrations

If an attorney’s conduct during an arbitration raises an ethical issue, who should resolve the issue?   The Bar Association?  But it’s not clear that arbitration is the practice of law.  The arbitrator, or the arbitration association?  But many arbitrators are not attorneys.  Attorney Steven Bennett raises the issue, and blogger/law professor Mitchell Rubinstein critiques Bennett’s proposal.

No Comments

Filed under Ethics, Arbitration