California Employment News: California Wage Compliance – Avoiding Legal Pitfalls
California Employment News: CA Local Minimum Wage Updates
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Adaptive Reuse: From Desks to Doorways
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 514: Listen and Learn -- Discovery (Civ Pro)
A Counterintuitive Approach to Winning Without Litigation: One-on-One with Haley Morrison
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California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 511: Listen and Learn -- Landlord/Tenant Law (Part 1)
From Permits to Penalties: A Deep Dive Into Coastal Development Law
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California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 314: Listen and Learn -- False Imprisonment and Shopkeeper’s Privilege (Torts)
(Podcast) California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
Feeling the Heat: Strategies to Keep Cool Under California's Consumers Legal Remedies Act — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The JustPod: Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing: A Discussion with Hillary Blout
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Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Partner Sherry Jackman participated in the L.A. Times Studios’ Food & Beverage Industry Roundtable. Sherry was one of three leading food and beverage industry experts to share her...more
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In an era where consumers are increasingly concerned about ethical sourcing and labor practices, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (CTSCA) stands as a significant piece of legislation. Enacted in 2010, the...more
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On October 14, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into effect ABX2-1, which was developed and passed in a special legislative session. The aggressive new law — ostensibly designed to prevent the sort of supply...more
Since their introduction in California in 1993, the sales and use taxation of technology transfer agreements has been the subject of significant litigation and a seemingly endless regulation project. In the past few...more
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The SEC’s new climate regulations generate uncertainty for companies that must comply with both the SEC’s and California’s climate-related disclosure requirements. On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
Business groups’ recently filed lawsuit mounts the first legal challenge to California’s novel climate disclosure laws, creating potential uncertainty for impacted companies. On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin...more
For many consumers, comprehending Shakespeare is easier than discerning which products are recyclable and which are not. California’s “Truth in Labeling” law (SB 343), which provides stricter regulations for what products or...more
Within a month of California becoming the first state in the nation to ban manufacturing with, selling, or distributing food items that contain brominated vegetable oil (BVO), FDA has proposed to revoke the regulation...more
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