Juliette Fairley News


Activists threaten over governor's lack of rent moratorium due to COVID-19

By Juliette Fairley |
LOS ANGELES -- Although Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order that allows cities and counties to stop landlords from evicting tenants who miss their next rent payment, tenants' rights organizations say the order doesn’t go far enough.

Germ-X and Target hand sanitizers hit with class action lawsuits for alleged false COVID-19 advertising

By Juliette Fairley |
Lawsuits against hand sanitizers employ FDA warning letter against Purell

California agrees to $50m settlement in disadvantaged student civil rights lawsuit

By Juliette Fairley |
A lawsuit won by California students claiming that the state violated their civil rights by not providing proper reading education has resulted in a $50 million settlement.

ACLU announces readiness to sue over government's potential COVID-19 abuse of power

By Juliette Fairley |
While individual states have authority granted by the U.S. Constitution to issue sweeping orders, civil rights organizations like the ACLU of Northern California are considering whether Governor Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 shelter-in-place order is too restrictive.

Attorney General reports rise in price gouging complaints since COVID-19 outbreak

By Juliette Fairley |
AG consumer alert warns of scams promoting COVID-19 cure and treatment

Citing 'Common Decency Act,' Zillow escapes $60 million dollar judgment

By Juliette Fairley |
Federal court lets Zillow off the hook for erroneously posting a property as sold

California Supreme Court rules that Apple is required to pay workers for search time upon exit

By Juliette Fairley |
Apple store worker's time is protected during search by security upon departure