Archive for the ‘law’ Category

The Asian Law Caucus board of directors today announced the appointment of Hyeon-Ju Rho as the organization's new executive director.  Rho succeeds Mina Titi Liu, who announced in September that she would be stepping down. "The Caucus's vision of...

Longtime Southern California courts reporter Rachanee Srisavasdi joins the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, today as its communication director. Srisavasdi will oversee...

The Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California (VABANC) proudly announces the establishment of the Lan and Mark Beyster Fellowship Program, a post-graduate fellowship to be provided to a recent law school graduate. The Lan & Mark...

Civil rights groups all over the country rejoiced when Governor Schwarzenegger yesterday signed into law Assembly Bill 1775, establishing January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day in the state of California, the first time in United States history a day is named...

The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) praised yesterday's ruling that overturned California's ban on same-sex marriage. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the California voter-approved ban violated due process and the equal protection...

Today, federal district court judge Vaughn Walker ruled that California's Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution in denying gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. Civil rights and advocacy groups, including Asian and Pacific Islander (API)...

The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area will hold their annual dinner on Friday, March 19, from 6 p.m. at New Asia Restaurant, 772 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco. AABA will install their new officers and present their annual awards...

The text of this post is from a press release issued by attorney John Ota and forwarded to me by Richard Wada. I reprint it here in full with only minor style changes. - Keith Chevron Corporation's multi-million dollar "Human Energy" advertising...

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