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Another One Bites the Dust: Jack in the Box Closing 150 – 200 Restaurants

April 25, 2025 3:10 amApril 25, 2025 3:11 am

San Diego based Jack in the Box just announced it will be closing 150-200 restaurants “to improve long-term financial performance across its restaurant system, strengthen its balance sheet and demonstrate its commitment to running an asset-light business model — all...

Disaster Indemnity for State Militia

April 25, 2025 2:30 amApril 25, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Military and Veterans Code, in Division 3, Chapter 6, Article 3.8, provides for disaster indemnity among state benefits for veterans. Section 989.4 requires the department to maintain an Indemnity Fund, which was created in the State Treasury, for the...

California’s ‘First Partner’ One-Ups Maryland Schools’ LGBTQ-Themed Storybooks

April 24, 2025 3:26 pmApril 24, 2025 3:26 pm

The group of parents who sued the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland over its refusal to allow parents of elementary school children to opt out of classes with LGBTQ-themed storybooks, argue that the school system cannot require children...

Federal Lawsuit Filed Challenging Validity of Nor Cal Ione Band of Miwok Indians

April 24, 2025 2:55 amApril 24, 2025 2:56 am

The Ione Band of Miwok Indians recently started the process of building a casino in Plymouth, California in Amador County. They broke ground after the first of the year, and have been grading the land non-stop. Roughly 12 miles away,...

General Provisions for Commencing Civil Actions

April 24, 2025 2:30 amApril 24, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Code of Civil Procedure provides a number of general provisions relating to commencing civil actions in Part 2, Title 2, Chapter 4. Section 350 provides that an action is commenced, within the meaning of this title, when the complaint...

Ringside: Can EVs Make Up for Gasoline Shortages?

April 23, 2025 4:33 pmApril 24, 2025 6:34 am

If he hasn’t done so already, California Governor Gavin Newsom needs to demand the state legislature rescind the so-called “ABX2-1” passed on October 14, 2024 in an effort to prevent “price gouging.” If the legislature does not cooperate, Newsom needs...

Issue and Issuer under the Commercial Code

April 23, 2025 2:30 amApril 23, 2025 2:31 am

The Commercial Code, in Division 8, Chapter 2, deals with issue and issuer of investment securities in California. Section 8201 defines an “issuer” to include a person that does any of the four specified acts. A guarantor is an issuer...