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California AG Hails Ruling Against Trump Administration In Migratory Bird Case

August 17, 2020 9:56 amAugust 17, 2020 10:09 am

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is celebrating a court victory in his lawsuit against the Trump Administration for lessening protections for migratory birds. The Trump Department of the Interior policy change would have allowed businesses that accidentally kill migratory birds...

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...

Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA Appellate Court

August 14, 2020 2:30 pmAugust 17, 2020 5:19 am

On Thursday, California’s 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana found that Amazon.com can now be held liable for injury for selling defective products from third party sellers in its online marketplace. The ruling has grouped Amazon with other...

Are the Rats Jumping Gov. Newsom’s Ship Over BYD Chinese Mask Deal?

August 14, 2020 7:50 amAugust 14, 2020 2:50 pm

Could Gov. Gavin Newsom’s controversial $1.4 Billion deal for masks with Chinese BYD, an electric bus maker now manufacturing N95 masks, be coming back to bite him in the behind? The governor’s “chief Lobbyist” and Legislative Secretary, Anthony Williams announced his...

California’s Office of Administrative Law

August 14, 2020 6:28 amAugust 14, 2020 6:41 am

California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) is responsible for reviewing regulations and regulatory changes proposed by state agencies and departments for their legal and procedural compliance before the regulations can become law. OAL is found in Government Code Title 2,...

Latest Casualty in COVID Era: Customer Service

August 13, 2020 3:04 pmAugust 13, 2020 2:10 pm

My neighborhood grocery store, which once had very nice customer service, has degraded into COVID mask hysterics, and clerks now yell at shoppers for for allowing their own reusable bags touch the conveyer belt at the check out stand. Far...

Federal Judge Proposes Letting ACLU Determine Who is a Journalist

August 12, 2020 6:05 pmAugust 14, 2020 5:24 am

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon is proposing to allow the American Civil Liberties Union to vet and provide journalists’ credentials in the form of an ACLU-blue vest to reporters, in order to avoid assault or arrest by federal agents. This...