During Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Bonta Reminds Public Servants to Take Advantage of Recent Changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
As lawmakers look to a record-setting budget to turn around a series of setbacks for the California public education system, proponents of a new school choice ballot initiative believe it’s better to let the money follow the student to a school best suited to the individual.
As businesses seek to reopen amid the economic challenges of the pandemic, concerns persist that excessive litigation is causing many to close or leave the state and that such data has hasn’t prompted reform efforts by the state Legislature.
As California begins to shift from pandemic to endemic in its approach to COVID-19, it’s raising questions about how it will impact proposed legislation that would mandate proof of vaccination status in employment.
A host of state and national business groups have provided amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Viking v. Moriana case, arguing that litigation filed under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) isn’t exempt from the provisions of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA).
Momentum is picking up in getting signatures for the proposed ballot initiative that would replace the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) with a system designed to improve claim resolution for workers and deter excessive litigation filed under the controversial law.
As crime continues to escalate in California, a new bill would repeal most Proposition 47, the law that has lessened penalties for many offenses, including classifying theft of less than $950 as a misdemeanor.
A new report from the California State Auditor has found the California Department of Technology (CDT) lacking in its oversight levels of the state’s information security.
Even as the state last week unveiled a record setting budget, it’s raising questions about how proposed tax increases, including a new state-run healthcare system funded by business revenue, could further deter California’s business development and population growth.
With an array of new California laws taking effect this year, questions persist about how meaningful liability reform will be considered in 2022, particularly as supply chain issues and the new Omicron variant increase concerns about economic recovery.
A reply brief has been filed in the California Business and Industrial Alliance (CABIA) lawsuit against the state, challenging the constitutionality of the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).
Proponents for an initiative that would replace the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) with a system designed to improve relief for workers have been approved to start gathering signatures to qualify the measure for the November 2022 election ballot.
California has been named the nation’s top Judicial Hellhole, up two slots from last year, in the 20th annual ranking from the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA).
