Legislation to ban members of the California Coastal Commission from meeting privately with developers, environmentalists, lobbyists and others promises to change the way the panel has operated since ...

The issue arises out of a case in which a state employee sought a new trial in his wrongful termination case based on a "Happy Birthday" message sent by a defense witness via Facebook to the presiding ...

"Judge [Gena] Slaughter engaged in a prohibited ex parte communication with opposing counsel that resulted in her issuing a temporary stay of a valid writ of execution," according to the public ...

Copying the other side does not relieve the misconduct of ex parte contact. I am a practicing trial lawyer and I constantly see my opponents write letters to the judge assigned to the case raising ...

Last week, proponents of a controversial local ballot measure dubbed the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative gave Mayor Eric Garcetti an ultimatum: Unless he commits to implementing four reforms to the ...

In this recent post, I discussed a petition submitted by Professor Lucian Bebchuk and nine other academics asking that the Securities and Exchange Commission adopt rules requiring public companies to ...

A common denominator in the myriad of charges Attorney General Jim Hood has leveled against Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith is his alleged use of "ex parte communications." Black's ...

In response to the controversial firing of the Coastal Commission’s executive director last month, State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) is introducing legislation to prohibit private, ...

Columbia, South Carolina—The Public Service Commission of South Carolina has scheduled an allowable ex parte communication briefing for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 21st, 2025. The topic of this ...

Finding that several of the patent owner’s communications were improper ex parte communications, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) entered an order granting in part the petitioner’s motion for ...

The Code Enforcement Board could be changing its procedures amid concerns that members may be coming to meetings with preconceived ideas about cases. Members tentatively agreed last month to read a ...