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  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Disabled Californians Have No Right to Smoke Weed, Federal Court Rules

    This isn't exactly surprising, seeing as how marijuana remains illegal under federal law despite having been legalized for medicinal purposes in more than 15 states. But yesterday,a three-judge panel with of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the citie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Assemblyman Don Wagner Alarmed By Prop. 65 Lawsuit Abuses

    As part of a "Create Jobs; Not Lawsuits" campaign in California, Orange County state Assemblyman Don Wagner today blasted what he sees as Proposition 65's abuse of businesses by greedy plaintiff's lawyers.The voter-approved 1986 proposition called, "The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 17, 2012

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    As part of a "Create Jobs; Not Lawsuits" campaign in California, Orange County state Assemblyman Don Wagner today blasted what he sees as Proposition 65's abuse of businesses by greedy plaintiff's lawyers.The voter-approved 1986 proposition called, "The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    [UPDATED: City Invited Feds to Raid Clubs Last October] Bizarre Costa Mesa Pot Shenanigans Behind Tonight's City Council Protest

    ​Update, Feb. 8 11:45 a.m: According to the Orange County Register, the city of Costa Mesa invited the DEA to raid medical marijuana dispensaries operating in the city as early as last October. In a story published yesterday and updated this morning, the Register says it has obtained an Oct. 26 le ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2012

    Long Beach Offers Collective Punishment

    How the city's botched marijuana lottery screwed its winners and losers alike

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Newport Beach Hotel Company Dishes Out $132k for Firing of Front Desk Clerk with Autism

    ​Comfort Suites and its parent company Tarsadia Hotels of Newport Beach have agreed to pay $132,500 to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of an autistic front desk clerk who was fired.The companies must also change its employment p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Starbucks Gets Sued by The Feds for Firing Worker with Dwarfism

    Reuters reports that Starbucks has been slapped by a lawsuit from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for firing a barista-in-training with dwarfism in El Paso, Texas. The barista was terminated because she asked for a stool or a small stepladder to perform her job.The feds argue that this v ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Clubs Getting Schooled?

    The Montessori center next door is part of Lake Forest's latest effort to boot medical-marijuana dispensaries

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    UPDATED: Wheelchair-Bound Fan Sues Angels and Anaheim for Discrimination

    ​Originally posted 2:45, June 15. Updated 4:59 p.m. with non-comment comments from the city and the Angels. See bottom of post. J. Paul Charlebois says that he wanted to watch a Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim game from the Anaheim stadium's club level, which is the swanky tier with box seats ... More >>

  • News

    May 20, 2010

    Growing Pains at Otherside Farms

    Chadd McKeen helps medical-pot patients grow their own, while openly bashing some weed dispensaries

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Earth Cann, a Casualty in OC's Medical Pot War

    Illustration by Simon Davidson​While new fronts have opened in the legal war to keep the doors open at local medical marijuana dispensaries (more on that after the jump), there is one casualty to report.Yet to be determined is whether it is a fatal blow or merely a flesh wound. Earth Cann Wellness ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Feds Join OC Officials' Cuckoo Cannabis Campaign of Lameness

    Flickr user Marxchivist"Marihuana, 1936"​What is it lately with all the bad news coming out of Lake Forest and Costa Mesa when it comes to medical marijuana? Both cities have been the location of several recent, high-profile raids targeting pot dispensaries. In Lake Forest, two clubs were busted, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Judge Denies Restraining Order to Keep Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Open

    ​A federal judge has denied a restraining order aimed at keeping medical marijuana dispensaries open in Costa Mesa and Lake Forest while the court considers a lawsuit filed on behalf of four MedMar Patient Care Collective patients and based on the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    As Lake Forest Marijuana Dispensary Owner Gets Prison Time, Federal Suit is Filed to Guarantee Patient Access

    ​As a Lake Forest medical marijuana dispensary owner and manager were being convicted today of selling and possessing cannabis, a Mission Viejo law firm was announcing a federal lawsuit aimed at barring authorities from denying patients access to Costa Mesa and Lake Forest dispensaries.

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Big Week for the ADA and the Disabled

    Eddie Rea, 21, an emerging disability rights leader from Fresno, is the youth speaker at the Sacramento forum's luncheon.​It's a big week for the disabled in Sacramento--and, no, that was not a timely dig at the governor and legislature.Well, not this time.The 18th annual Youth Leadership Forum fo ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2009

    [Moxley Confidential] Sources Say Paul Walters Won't Run for Sheriff

    Eddie Rea, 21, an emerging disability rights leader from Fresno, is the youth speaker at the Sacramento forum's luncheon.​It's a big week for the disabled in Sacramento--and, no, that was not a timely dig at the governor and legislature.Well, not this time.The 18th annual Youth Leadership Forum fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2009

    CA Supreme Court To Business: Comply With ADA Or Expect Huge Penalties

    Angelucci and Gunther: Anti-Discrimination Heroes?On Friday, the California Supreme Court overturned a Santa Ana-based Court of Appeal decision that required plaintiffs in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-type cases to prove that businesses purposely violated the law by not making their facilit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Is Orange County Injecting Itself Into a "Judicial Hellhole"?

    Our stuck-up neighbor to the north, Los Angeles County, is among America's leading "Judicial Hellholes," which is what the American Tort Reform Association calls finalists on its annual list of the nation's most unfair civil court jurisdictions. But don't gloat too hard, Orange Countians, because we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2006

    Wheelchair Posse Pal Blasts Weekly

    Angelucci and Gunther: Snakes of a Feather... Marc E. Angelucci, a Los Angeles attorney who has helped David Allen Gunther file lawsuits against small businesses, doesn't know the difference between the Weekly and the Register. This only highlights his trouble seeing reality. Along with a series o ... More >>

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    The New Crips

    An ex-drug dealer and burglar leads a wheelchair posse terrorizing Southern California businesses. Would you believe he has the law on his side?

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