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Prohibited Confidential Settlement Agreements

March 8, 2023 6:52 amMarch 8, 2023 6:57 am

California’s Code of Civil Procedure contains several prohibitions on certain settlement agreements. Part 2, Title 14, Chapter 3.5 deals with confidential settlement agreements and, in Section 1001, provides that a provision within a settlement agreement that prevents or restricts the...

Unionized Public Education is Destroying California

March 8, 2023 2:45 amMarch 8, 2023 2:46 am

Behind any popular mass movement there are often good ideas and noble objectives. Public sector unions—including teachers’ unions—are no exception. Organized labor, ideally, offers collective power to ordinary workers and provides a counterweight whenever business interests become exploitative. How to...

Parental Rights Group Sues AG Rob Bonta Over Trans Kid Refuge Law

March 7, 2023 1:02 pmMarch 7, 2023 1:02 pm

Attorney General Rob Bonta has been sued by parental rights non-profit group Our Watch on Tuesday over a recently passed law that made California a refuge state for transgender children and their families from other states that criminalize youth “gender-affirming...

Too Bad There Isn’t a ‘Three Strikes’ Law for DAs: Gascon Goes 0 for 2

March 7, 2023 9:33 amMarch 7, 2023 1:35 pm

A Los Angeles civil jury Monday found that District Attorney George Gascon improperly retaliated against one of his deputies and awarded her $1.5 million in compensatory damages. Shawn Randolph, formerly the DA’s office lead juvenile prosecutor, was shifted from that...

Cringy CA Dept. of Public Health COVID Ads

March 7, 2023 9:27 amMarch 7, 2023 9:27 am

“Test it. Treat it. You can beat it!” That is the cringy witticism of several California Department of Public Health ads trying to sound hip and cooler-than-cool, as they convince you to test and treat for Covid. The ads are...

Computer Assistance for Pro Per Litigants

March 7, 2023 7:20 amMarch 7, 2023 7:26 am

California’s Code of Civil Procedure in Part 2, Title 14, Chapter 10 authorizes each court in this state, following the rules and policy of the state’s Judicial Council, to establish and operate and interactive computer system to enable and assist...

AB 518: Eligibility for Paid Family Leave Expanded

March 7, 2023 5:57 amMarch 7, 2023 7:00 am

Assembly Bill 518 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) was introduced to expand eligibility for paid family leave. AB 518 would amend Unemployment Insurance Code Sections 3301, 3302, and 3303. Section 1 of the bill would amend Unemployment Insurance Code Section...