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Recent News About California Supreme Court
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California Rural Legal Assistance celebrates 50 years of work
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Rural Legal Assistance, which represents low-income individuals and communities, recently turned 50 years old, according to a column on The Huffington Post. -
Long Beach attorney disbarred
SAN FRANCISCO — James Edward Griswold, a Long Beach, California-based attorney, was disbarred on Nov. 18, the California Supreme Court recently ruled. -
California Supreme Court to decide on Banning Ranch development
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Jan. 4 in a case to decide the fate of Newport Beach’s Banning Ranch. -
California Supreme Court clarifies rules on employee rest breaks
SACRAMENTO — Should meal breaks and rest breaks be treated equally under California law, with employees not subject to being “on call?” A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court says yes. -
State Supreme Court could rule on Santa Clara County, San Jose fight over $40 million
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme could soon rule in a long-simmering dispute between San Jose and Santa Clara County over which government agency is entitled to $40 million in already-collected property taxes. -
Shouldn't employers pay for your every waking (and sleeping) hour?
If you have a full-time, minimum-wage job at Uncle Bob's Burger Balls and work eight hours a day, you get paid that minimum wage for eight hours, right? That's fair, isn't it? -
Gov. Brown appoints two judges to the 4th District Court of Appeal
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown recently announced the appointment of William S. Dato and Richard T. Fields to the 4th District Court of Appeal. -
Building-industry association mulls appeal to Supreme Court on special district taxes
SAN FRANCISCO — A building-industry association has until March to decide whether to make a federal appeal against a California Supreme Court decision to deny its challenge to a city ordinance that, it is claimed, unconstitutionally penalizes developers. -
California's top court says public may see government's past legal bills
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court recently issued a closely split ruling in a case involving whether or not the legal bills from settled suits involving government entities within the state are public information. A member of an advocacy group wonders how the decision will affect taxpayers. -
California Supreme Court says breaks are breaks, not 'on call'
SAN FRANCISCO – In what many business advocates are calling a setback, the California Supreme Court has ruled that "on-call" rest periods are no longer permissible under state law. -
West Hollywood housing fee may be pitched to U.S. Supreme Court
WEST HOLLYWOOD – After the California Supreme Court declined to hear his client's case against a half-million-dollar “affordable housing” fee levied in West Hollywood, a Pacific Legal Foundation attorney is hoping the nation's highest court will be more receptive. -
Court nixes San Diego's plans to collect transient occupancy tax from online travel companies
SAN DIEGO — The city of San Diego's plans to collect additional taxes from online travel companies have just gone offline, thanks to the California Supreme Court. -
California may join 17 other states on ban on attorney/client sexual relationships
SAN FRANCISCO — A recent proposal has been submitted to add California to the other 17 states that ban attorneys from having consensual sexual relationships with their clients. -
Outgoing CJAC president reflects on Prop 65, housing crisis, asbestos litigation and recent Judicial Hellhole report
Only days before the end of Kim Stone's time as the third Civil Justice Association of California president, American Tort Reform Association released its latest Judicial Hellholes list, ranking the state No. 2. -
Shasta Charter Academy petitions Supreme Court to challenge appellate ruling
Shasta Charter Academy, a Northern California charter school, has filed a petition for review with the California Supreme Court seeking to reverse an appellate-court ruling over satellite charter campuses. -
State Supreme Court fight expected over Prop. 54
California lawmakers, public advocacy groups still at odds over legislation -
Supreme Court ruling expands liability to family members exposed to asbestos
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 2 that employers using asbestos-containing products and premises containing asbestos have a legal duty to household members who are also exposed to the mineral through other persons. -
California prosecutor suspended for ‘joke’ over child molestation confession
FRESNO -- A California prosecutor, who added a purported confession under a defendant’s name in a child molestation case, alleged his actions were meant to be a “joke” on a public defender. However, an appellate court did not find anything humorous with the situation. -
Insurance attorney: Concern over Brandt fees in damages calculations a matter of perspective
&&&LOS ANGELES (Northern California Record) – An attorney specializing in insurance matters says whether insurers should be concerned about a California Supreme Court ruling that Brandt fees be included in damages calculations will depend on many factors. -
California falls to No. 2 on ATRA's annual Judicial Hellhole list
SACRAMENTO – California has dropped from No. 1 to second position on American Tort Reform Association's 2016-17 Judicial Hellholes list, which was issued earlier today.