When Ramiro Arvizu and Jaime del Campo first opened their small Mexican restaurant, La Casita Mexicana, in 2000, they wanted to provide a taste of Mexican culture to the residents of Bell, California, a predominantly Latino city located just outside of Los Angeles…

“It’s very difficult to start a business. With things like lawsuits, it’s stopping everything from growing.”

Jaime del Campo & Ramiro Arvizu ·La Casita Mexicana · Bell, CA

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A West Virginia lawyer that was convicted of beating a former client with a baseball bat is suing the commission that oversees his house arrest. The attorney, who was sentenced to 1-5 years of home confinement for malicious wounding, says the ankle bracelet that monitors his whereabouts caused his leg to get an infection.

Read the story: West Virginia Record

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Redwood City Parents Sue School District Over Student’s Cheating Punishment

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A California high school student was kicked out of his honors English class for copying another student’s homework, a punishment that is in keeping with the school’s Academy Honesty Pledge. Now, the student’s parents are suing the school, claiming that the school’s policy on cheating is “vague and contradictory.”

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