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Court Broadens CPRA Access to Police Shooting Investigations

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City of Vallejo v. Superior Court (2025) 112 Cal.App.5th 565. A recent California appellate court decision has significant implications for the scope of SB 1421 (enacted in 2018), providing a broad reading to Penal Code §...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CA AG Enforcement Outlook – What to Expect in 2025

It is safe to say 2025 is expected to be a busy year for California Attorney General Rob Bonta (CA AG). We anticipate that the CA AG will increase enforcement activity this year with wide-reaching and broad investigations...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

The Step Doctrine and How it Applies to IRS, State, and California Tax

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It is important to understand the step doctrine and how it applies to IRS audits and state tax investigations, including California tax audits. The "step doctrine" is a concept not directly found in federal or California...more

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Underground Storage Tank Fund/California State Water Resources Control Board: Los Angeles Environmental Consulting Firm Enters...

The California State Water Resources Control Board (“Board”) and Associated Consulting Civil & Environmental Services, Inc. (“Associated Consulting”) along with an individual entered into a January 17th document styled: ...more

Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi LLP

The Covid-19 Presumptions: Are They Truly Gone?

For more than three years, virtually everyone in the California workers’ compensation community had become familiar with the Covid-19 presumptions. Labor Code sections 3212.86, 3212.87, and 3212.88 were passed as emergency...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California AG Turns on CCPA Investigation of Streaming Services

To close out Data Privacy Week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new investigative sweep probing streaming apps’ and devices’ compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The announcement...more

Jenner & Block

Update: Examining State Attorneys General

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Leading consumer brands are facing increased and often highly politicized scrutiny from state attorneys general and other state regulators. The landscape of state AG complaints, investigations, and litigation is evolving...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2023

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we analyze recent fines against Meta and their impact on the future of behavioral advertising, the timeline for the California Privacy Rights Act’s regulations to become...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Welcome Clarity for Medical Staffs and Healthcare Entities Facing Frivolous or Retaliatory Lawsuits

The California Third District Court of Appeal recently upheld the actions of a healthcare facility reporting a provider to the National Practitioner Data Bank who resigned while under investigation. In doing so, the court...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB and State Regulators Hone in on Interest-Bearing Crypto Accounts

On November 22, the CFPB denied a crypto lending institution’s petition for an order modifying a pending civil investigative demand (“CID”) that the Bureau issued to the institution in December of 2021. The CFPB issued the...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Assertion of “Constructive Trust” Can Sometimes Support a Lis Pendens

One of the tools available in the real estate litigation attorney’s toolbox is a lis pendens, also known as a notice of pending action. A lis pendens is a document recorded at the County Recorder’s Office providing...more

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California AG Launches Investigation into Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Industries for Plastic Pollution

On April 28, 2022, the California Attorney General launched an investigation into the “fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for their role in causing and exacerbating the global plastics pollution crisis.” As a first...more

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Discounts for Data: California AG Sends Notice Letters to Loyalty Program Operators on Data Privacy Day

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The California Attorney General sent a sweep of notices to businesses with loyalty programs alleging noncompliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act. Why are loyalty programs implicated in the California Consumer...more

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Overview of California AG’s Examples of CCPA Non-Compliance

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The California Office of Attorney General (OAG) is responsible for enforcing the CCPA and began sending notifications of alleged non-compliance to companies on July 1, 2020. Almost a year later, in June of 2021, the OAG...more

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