ROSEVILLE, CA (August 25, 2014)

California’s 10-day waiting period for gun purchases was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge this morning in a significant victory for Second Amendment rights. The laws were challenged by California gun owners Jeffrey Silvester and Brandon Combs, as well as two gun rights groups, The Calguns Foundation and Second Amendment Foundation. Attorneys Victor Otten of Torrance, Jason Davis of Mission Viejo, and Don Kilmer of San Jose represented the Plaintiffs.

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On December 23, 2011, The Calguns Foundation, The Second Amendment Foundation and several individual plaintiffs filed suit against the California Attorney General Kamala Harris challenging the mandatory 10-day waiting period for a firearm as an infringement of the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment, as it applies to individuals who have been found qualified to, and have, purchased firearms in the past. The lawsuit does not challenge the 10-day waiting period for those individuals that have not purchased ...

On July 8, 2013, the Supreme Court of California decided local government must turn over computer mapping data without charging excessive fees.

The decision involved an appeal by the Sierra Club, which was charged $375,000 by Orange County for a mapping database of 640,000 land parcels that were in geographic information system (“GIS”) format and can be read by most mapping software.

The case, which took six years to make its way through the courts, included an Amicus Brief submitted by Otten ...

SAN CARLOS, CA – The Calguns Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven California residents today against Attorney General Kamala Harris, the California Department of Justice, and DOJ Bureau of Firearms Chief Stephen Lindley. The case challenges the DOJ’s policy of requiring some firearm purchasers to prove their legal standing to take possession of acquired firearms and forcing them to wait beyond the statutory 10-day waiting period.

One plaintiff in the case, Daniel Schoepf of Long Beach, California, was denied ...

Victor J Otten, Senior Partner at Otten and Joyce, LLP  in Torrance, CA will be speaking on the panel of the Environmental Law Series – CEQA, NEPA & Open Government – at Loyola Law School on Saturday March 30th, 2013

Part six of the series is titled “Workshop VI:  CEQA, NEPA & Open Government”. Mr. Otten will be speaking on The California Environmental Quality Act and Public Records Act.. 

There is no charge to attend but reservations are recommended.

RSVP to: Dean Walraff at dw@aenv.org

WHAT: Environmental ...

Victor J Otten, Senior Partner at Otten and Joyce, LLP  in Torrance, CA will be speaking on the panel of the Environmental Law Series – A Legal Toolbox for Environmental Activists – at Loyola Law School on Saturday March 17th, 2012

Part five of the series is titled “Coastal Protection, Land Trusts & Conservancies, Urban Oil”. Mr. Otten will be speaking on The Private Coastal Act Enforcement.  

There is no charge to attend but reservations are recommended.

RSVP to: Dean Walraff at dw@aenv.org

WHAT: Environmental ...