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BREAKING: Uber, Lyft Granted Emergency Stay Against Reclassifying Drivers As Employees

August 20, 2020 2:25 pmAugust 21, 2020 2:58 pm

On Thursday, a California Appellate Court judge granted rideshare companies Uber and Lyft an emergency stay against having to reclassify their drivers as workers, only hours before both companies were to suspend service in the state. A victory for rideshare...

Latest DACA Changes To Be Challenged By California, AG Becerra In Court

August 18, 2020 5:38 pm

On Tuesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that California will be filing suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the United States over the latest changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. New changes...

California’s High-Capacity Magazine Ban Overturned By 9th Circuit Court

August 14, 2020 8:40 pmAugust 16, 2020 7:22 am

On Friday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against California’s ban against high-capacity ammunition magazines, citing California’s gun law as a Second Amendment violation. California ban found to violate Second Amendment In a 2-1 decision, the San Francisco-based...

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Uber, Lyft Ordered By Superior Court To Reclassify All Drivers As Employees

August 10, 2020 9:05 pmAugust 10, 2020 9:43 pm

On Monday, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman ruled that rideshare drivers in the state should be reclassified as employees, strengthening the AB 5 law passed last year. Rideshare drivers ruled to be employees Under Judge Schulman’s ruling,...

Medical Negligence Compensation Cap Measure Qualifies for 2022 Ballot

July 28, 2020 2:15 amJuly 27, 2020 9:07 pm

On Monday, a ballot initiative set to remove a negligence compensation cap of $250,000 in medical malpractice cases became the first ballot initiative approved for the 2022 election from the office of state Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Raising the $250,000...

California, 19 Other States Sue EPA Due To Clean Water Act Changes

July 22, 2020 3:41 pm

On Tuesday, California joined with 19 other states and filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over changes to the Clean Water Act. Clean Water Act updates...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Sued By California for Student Loan Forgiveness Program

July 15, 2020 5:40 pm

On Wednesday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was sued by a California-led coalition of 23 state and DC Attorney Generals over changes to a student loan forgiveness program. California, Massachusetts sue Betsy Devos, Department of Education The lawsuit specifically targets...