In an effort to prevent the passage of a bill that would shield student-loan collection companies from regulation by individual states, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra joined with 29 other attorneys general March 15 in sending a letter to selected members of Congress.
SAN FRANCISCO – Former El Dorado County Superior Judge Steven C. Bailey, who is running for California Attorney General this year, has filed his response to the state Commission on Judicial Performance's notice of formal proceedings.
SACRAMENTO - California's Attorney General Xavier Becerra has unveiled the wording of the title and summary of a ballot initiative that proposes to raise $2 billion in bonds for remediation work on homes and other buildings affected by lead paint.
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling rejecting a legal effort by sex workers in California to have the state’s laws against prostitution declared unconstitutional.
SACRAMENTO -- The Third District Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who was alleged to have attempted to sabotage a gas tax repeal initiative.
A U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling earlier this month that California's law banning surcharges for credit card purchases is unconstitutional should prompt the California State Legislature to take another look at the ban, a regulatory enforcement attorney said during a recent interview.
SACRAMENTO - A collection of agricultural grower associations is asking a federal court for punitive relief in a complaint against the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the state Attorney General’s Office, over the labeling of a chemical called “glyphosate” as cancer causing.
SAN FRANCISCO (Northern California Record) – The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)'s 2011 environmental impact review of Cleveland National Forest development ignores "the elephant in the room", said the lone dissenter in a much-anticipated and recently decided California Supreme Court ruling.
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Thanks to a ruling by the California Second District Court of Appeal, present and retired California judges could receive more than $36 million in back pay.
BURLINGAME, Calif. — The Center for Individual Rights has filed suit on behalf of eight California teachers challenging the school district’s practice of making union membership and ascribed dues mandatory.
SAN FRANCISCO – The state DMV, along with the state attorney general, forced Uber to take its robotic cars off the streets of California and cease current state testing for failure to provide current permits.
SACRAMENTO -- A state law passed last year designed to ensure women at private, religious-based female clinics receive information regarding the state’s coverage of low-cost or free abortions has been upheld in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
SACRAMENTO – Subpoenas have been issued to several oil refiners by the California attorney general in an investigation on how gas prices are put in place in California.
YREKA – The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s and district attorney’s offices helped state investigators look into allegations of voter fraud in the days before the June 7 election, a move that is extremely rare, according to a law professor who studies voting rights.
SAN FRANCISCO – A California appeals court last month sided with Delta Air Line against the state's attorney general, ruling that the California Online Privacy Protection Act (OPPA) is superseded by the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) and thus Delta can't be forced to post its privacy policy within the app itself.
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court has granted a shallow breath of life to foreclosed homeowners in a recent ruling that could pull financial institutions into litigation.
