In The News . . . . Self-Defense Insurance Available For Criminal/Civil Cases Involving Guns, Costa Mesa Has Spent Over $457,000 On Marijuana Dispensary Lawsuits, And Napa County Judge Denies $1.3 Million Private Attorney General Fee Request In A Water La

USCCA Has Gun Self-Defense Insurance.

     Since the right to bear arms has seemingly gotten more constitutional/political oomph lately, we saw an interesting report that United Stated Concealed Carry Association (USCCA), an organization devoted to armed citizens who have decided to conceal and carry guns, has created a unique concealed carry insurance-backed membership benefit. A Self-Defense SHIELD insurance-backed, membership benefit will cover up to $300,000 in legal defense expenses should a concealed carrying member face criminal or civil charges for using a weapon in self-defense.

Costa Mesa Sought Federal Enforcement Help Due in Part to Mounting Legal Expenses in Marijuana Dispensary Lawsuits.

     Joseph Serna, in a February 8, 2012 post in the Daily Pilot, informs us that the City of Costa Mesa asked for federal authority enforcement help in attempts to shutter illegal marijuana dispensaries due in part to the City’s high legal costs in challenging the clinics. Mr. Serna reports that the City has spent $457,612 on such court costs.

San Diego Man’s Attorney Loses Request to Recoup $1.3 Million in Attorney’s Fees For Representing Client in Kimball Dam Water Dispute.

     A February 8, 2012 post from the Napa Valley Register informs us that Napa County Superior Court Judge Raymond A. Guadagni, on February 8, denied attorney William McKinnon’s request that Calistoga pay $1.3 million in attorney’s fees for his representation of San Diego’s Grant Reynolds, who had sued to force the City to release more water from behind the Kimball Dam to boost fish habitats downstream in the Napa River. The judge found that the fees were not recoverable under California’s private attorney general statute, with Calistoga mainly arguing that the ultimate decision to release more water downstream was the result of pressure from state regulator’s rather than Reynolds’ lawsuit. For its own part, Calistoga has spent at least $900,000 on its own lawyers in fighting this and other water rights lawsuits brought by Mr. Reynolds.