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Recent News About U.S. Senate
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Attorney General Bonta Announces New Executive Team.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta , as part of a bipartisan multistate coalition, urged the U.S. Senate to support and pass the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act (H.R. 1215), which would establish innovative ways to help combat financial exploitation of senior citizens.
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A lawsuit is still pending over the $35 million state contract awarded to a political consulting firm that campaigned on behalf of candidates ahead of the November elections.
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With lawmakers on Capitol Hill hopeful that the next relief package including liability protections for businesses can be passed by July 4, several coalitions have been advocating for comparable legislation at the state level.
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LOS ANGELES – The Crown Act, made famous in the movie “Hair Love,” a California State Senator said is designed to prevent discrimination against women in the work place because of their hair styles, particularly African American women.
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that 21 attorneys have been promoted to partner.
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On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the most comprehensive privacy legislation in the United States, will go into effect. In the internet age, businesses collect an enormous amount of data about consumers.
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SACRAMENTO – California legislators have parked a bill that would have banned the use of a range of chemicals in personal health care products.
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SACRAMENTO - California's two U.S. Senators reacted with anger over the nomination by the White House of three individuals to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Advocacy group calls for stronger privacy protection after Facebook, Cambridge data scandal
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SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted 220-201 to pass the Fairness In Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017, and one attorney is not pleased to see the bill pass.
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SAN FRANCISCO — On the heels of the U.S. Senate confirming Neil Gorsuch as the 113th member of the U.S. Supreme Court, a California judge and civil rights advocates have called on state courts to do their parts to protect individual rights.
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WASHINGTON - The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in California is in the spotlight as a handful of lawmakers hope to use some aspects of the state statute it to pass a federal FMLA bill under the new administration.
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., remains undecided on the fate of former Sen. Barbara Boxer’s downtown Riverside, California office, despite the fact it is the senator's only presence in the fast-growing Inland Empire.
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SACRAMENTO — After 24 years in Congress, Rep. Xavier Becerra, Gov. Jerry Brown’s pick for attorney general, has the experience to oppose the Trump administration. But small business advocates in California aren’t expecting an ally in the new top law enforcement officer.
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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.
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Politicians these days are ever bolder in their overt hypocrisy.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Following a successful confirmation hearing, Lucy Koh is one step closer to becoming the first female Korean-American judge on an appellate court.
