Law 360

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The California Civil Rights Department's lawsuit that alleges widespread anti-Black harassment at a California Tesla Inc. factory is based on "underground rulemaking," in violation of state law, Tesla said in a countersuit against the agency Thursday.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Kentucky can recover $870 million from an online poker platform to recoup Kentuckians’ losses and whether federal approval of Roundup can protect Monsanto from violations under California law. Both the district court and the U.S.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Late last year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1228 which increases the state minimum wage for fast-food employees in California to $20.00 In addition, the law created a “Fast Food Council” within the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). per hour beginning on April 1, 2024. Rothman & Associates.

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Law 360

APRIL 18, 2023

Tesla urged a Golden State judge on Tuesday to change his mind on trimming its counterclaims in the California Civil Rights Department's lawsuit alleging widespread anti-Black harassment at a Fremont factory, arguing that Tesla sufficiently alleged the agency has inappropriately applied "underground rules" and that should be enough to proceed.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

is countersuing the California Civil Rights Department, claiming the agency failed to follow proper procedures in its bias claim against it. Federal regulators ordered The Boeing Co. These are some stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Patently O

AUGUST 17, 2022

Senator Barbara Boxer , Senior Trial Attorney in the Department of Justice, and Associate at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. His work has principally focused in litigation and policy related to intellectual property, civil rights, employment and commercial law. The statute: Deputy under secretary and deputy director.—

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Customs & International Trade Law

JULY 28, 2023

Department of Commerce Department of Commerce and Department of Defense sign Memorandum of Agreement to strengthen U.S. The Department of Commerce is calling for nominations for the 2023 Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors program. defense industrial base.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In its November 17 opinion, the Fourth Circuit found that on remand from the 2018 decision EPA had addressed most of the deficiencies but that supplemental materials from another case called into question EPA assertions about the criteria the Department of Energy and EPA used to support denial. Department of Commerce , No.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Importantly, this ruling DOES NOT affect the legal obligation of entities formed in California, Nevada, or Delaware (among other states) to file their BIO Report within the timeframes specified in the chart below at this time. Treasury Department. Tax return; (b) the business has more than 20 full-time employees in the U.S.; (c)

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 19, 2024

California Department of Conservation and it limited the issues to: “(1) May an agency claim a categorical exemption from environmental review under [the California Environmental Quality Act] while also adopting conditions of approval relating to potential environmental effects? CEQA exemption for oil well project.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. S ierra Club Enumerated Shortcomings in Department of Energy NEPA Review for LNG Exports.

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 23, 2022

Law firms and in-house legal departments are coming at us with request upon request upon request (ok, you get it) for corporate paralegals all over the country. Staffing agencies are turning business away. Trust me, while it’s nice, most agencies didn’t ask for that. However, you just may have the right background.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For more than a decade, the families of those killed by police in Vallejo, California, have pleaded for oversight of their city’s exceptionally lethal police force. All we want is police reform,” Melissa Nold, the local civil rights attorney for two families whose loved ones were killed by Vallejo police, said in an interview. “We

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The Crime Report

JUNE 22, 2022

The city would learn later that the Baltimore Police Department was using powerful cameras that could capture detailed imagery of the city below it. After Gray, residents worried about violations of their right to privacy, as the “strange flight orbit” extension to the program was unknown to residents before its implementation.

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The Crime Report

JULY 8, 2021

According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), the state’s prison agency, solitary confinement is used exclusively for security purposes, when someone’s life is in danger, for example, or if an inmate is a member of a known gang. Who is Being Protected? In Ashker v. ” I agree. . ” I agree.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2021

Policing experts and civil rights advocates say the company’s guidelines has contributed to a heavy-handed approach that has disproportionately cost the lives of Black men. Working with 8,100 public safety agencies and municipalities across at least 35 states, Lexipol is the country’s largest purveyor of law enforcement policies.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

17, 2021 by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and National Advocates for Pregnant Women, Black and brown women have been disproportionately affected by improper drug tests. Right after delivery, hospital staff didn’t permit me to nurse because of a false positive drug test. According to a complaint filed Dec. Dr. Damon Borg.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

City and County of San Francisco, California , 20-1212 , concerns when a takings claim becomes ripe for review. But the case arrives with an asterisk: The court called for the record, apparently right after the last conference, and it hasn’t arrived yet. Hassid , it may be a good time to bring takings cases to the Supreme Court.

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Connor Reporting

MARCH 19, 2025

Womens History Month began in 1978 as a local Women’s History Week celebration in Santa Rosa, California. As a judge, she has served in both civil and criminal trial assignments. The organizers selected the week of March 8 to correspond with International Womens Day. in Alameda County. in Alameda County.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. Owners and operators of 10 Southern California businesses were criminally charged in federal court with illegally selling cosmetic contact lenses without prescriptions. He could also face civil liability from the boy’s family.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. Owners and operators of 10 Southern California businesses were criminally charged in federal court with illegally selling cosmetic contact lenses without prescriptions. He could also face civil liability from the boy’s family.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Academic freedom, which the court relied on in Grutter, is “not a specifically enumerated constitutional right.” Department of Education officials who served during Secretary Betsy DeVos’s tenure criticize Grutter because it is too “manipulable and unworkable” for schools. The universities’ policies are discriminatory. The Louis D.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. The solicitor general recommends the court grant review. Cummings v. New Relists.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In 2019, the Wyoming federal court stayed these proceedings challenging the Waste Prevention Rule while a challenge to the Trump administration’s repeal of the rule was pending in the federal district court for the Northern District of California. Department of the Interior , No. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Colorado Civil Rights Commission , about whether an “artist” (here, a website designer) can be compelled to perform work celebrating a same-sex wedding that is inconsistent with their sincerely held religious beliefs. We’ll see if the court is persuaded. Then there’s 303 Creative LLC v. In Kennedy v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

American Civil Liberties Union v. In 2014, Abdulla was convicted of aggravated fraud, and the Department of Homeland Security used that conviction as a basis for initiating removal proceedings. American Civil Liberties Union v. Every other relisted case is back to be considered another time at this Friday’s conference.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

Garnier involves a suit against two members of a Southern California school board, Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and T.J. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held that he did not violate a city resident’s rights when he blocked access to his Facebook page, and the resident, Kevin Lindke, seeks review. O’Connor-Ratcliff v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

United States , 20-7622 , involving whether the Court of Indian Offenses of the Ute Mountain Ute Agency is a federal agency for purposes of a criminal conviction in that court. Environmental Protection Agency , 20-1530. Environmental Protection Agency , 20-1531. City and County of San Francisco, California , 20-1775.

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JURIST

JULY 25, 2023

A federal judge in California struck down Tuesday a Biden administration asylum policy that created a “rebuttable presumption of asylum ineligibility” if someone seeking asylum in the US has did not first seek out a lawful, safe and orderly path to the US. The Rule is both substantively and procedurally invalid.”

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

City of Philadelphia , in which the court ruled that Philadelphia’s refusal to make referrals to a faith-based foster-care agency that refused to certify same-sex couples as potential foster parents violated the Constitution. A California appeals court rejected the hospital’s defense, pointing to the Supreme Court’s decision in Smith.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. Department of Energy , Nos. FEATURED CASE. 16-42529 (Bankr.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 14, 2021

Department of Health & Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra. The petitioners also filed suit to compel the Agency to respond to the petition in the federal district court for the Northern District of California last year. FDA’s announcement was supported with a matching statement by U.S.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 14, 2021

Department of Health & Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra. The petitioners also filed suit to compel the Agency to respond to the petition in the federal district court for the Northern District of California last year. FDA’s announcement was supported with a matching statement by U.S.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JANUARY 31, 2025

in civil penalties for prohibited transactions, including with entities affiliated with Chinese and Russian defense sectors. person and their real estate company Family International Realty LLC regarding their potential civil liability for apparent violations of OFAC’s Ukraine-/Russia-related sanctions.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

With Justice Stephen Breyer expected to retire at the end of this term , California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger is one of the frontrunners to succeed him. A native of southern California, Kruger is the daughter of two physicians. Supreme Court. Early life and career. as “only jealousy.”.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

A federal district court awarded Hardeman $25 million after a jury concluded that Monsanto had violated California law by not warning him that Roundup could cause cancer. Both the district court and the U.S. Monsanto had argued that FIFRA labeling provisions preempted state tort causes of action for failure to warn.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The district court also rejected the defendants’ and ConocoPhillips’ assertion that the failure to quantify foreign emissions was inconsequential because BLM could not have adopted the no-action alternative given ConocoPhillips’ existing leasing rights. Tennessee Valley Authority , No. 2:20-cv-02615 (W.D.

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