Legal – Page 26 – California Globe

Connie Chan: Failing Upward

October 5, 2026 10:00 amOctober 5, 2026 10:05 am

Connie Chan’s campaign for Congress to succeed Nancy Pelosi is a familiar San Francisco promotion: preside over a mess, then ask for a bigger office. After years at City Hall during civic disorder, massive budget increases, housing paralysis, and a...

Bills Containing a Local Mandate in California

October 5, 2026 9:21 amOctober 5, 2026 9:21 am

Article IV of the California Constitution deals with the Legislature and the legislative process in this state. The Legislature enacts statutes by passing bills. Bills that are enacted in California, per the state Constitution, may impose a mandate on local...

Why Injunctions Matter: Lessons From the Samsung-Collision Case

October 5, 2026 8:00 amOctober 5, 2026 9:06 am

What is the right to exclude worth if, after a patent owner proves infringement, the infringer can keep using the invention through years of follow on litigation? That question is becoming increasingly important to American startups and research companies. These...

Hollywood Edited Out October 7 Massacre But The Protesters Brought the Footage

October 5, 2026 7:00 amOctober 5, 2026 8:11 am

On the afternoon of September 26, as the New York Film Festival gave NAZA its North American premiere inside Alice Tully Hall, Israeli Americans and other Jewish protesters stood in the rain on Broadway with a simpler demand than the one...

Jurisdiction for Trust Law Proceedings

October 5, 2026 2:30 amOctober 5, 2026 2:31 am

Division 9, Part 5 of the Probate Code deals with judicial proceedings concerning trusts. Chapter 1 deals with jurisdiction and venue. Section 17000 provides that the superior court having jurisdiction over the trust pursuant to this part has exclusive jurisdiction...

Teachers Need Returns, Not Another Subcommittee

October 4, 2026 4:00 pmOctober 4, 2026 4:09 pm

CalSTRS is rethinking how its board oversees private market investments, and a new fiduciary subcommittee will focus on human-capital management, Pensions & Investments reported on September 24. Members of the fund should hold that panel to one measure: net return....

California Bills: Introduced Versus Enacted

October 4, 2026 2:00 pmOctober 4, 2026 2:01 pm

I am often asked about the number of bills that get introduced each year in comparison to the number of bills that actually get to the Governor’s Desk, and then the number of bills that ultimately get signed into law...