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CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra Seeks Court Order to Compel Humboldt County's Compliance with 2018 Judgment to Protect Children from Risk of Harm
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced seeking a court order to require the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Child Welfare Services Division (CWS) and the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office to take steps to fully comply with a judgment secured by the California Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2018. -
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra: Trump Administration Rule Will Push Endangered Species Closer to Extinction
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) announcement of a final rule establishing a new, unlawful process for excluding areas from critical habitat designations under the federal Endangered Species Act. -
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra Announces $17.5 Million Settlement Against Home Depot Over Credit Card Data Breach
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a $17.5 million multistate settlement with The Home Depot, Inc. (Home Depot), resolving allegations that the retailer failed to adequately protect the payment card information of approximately 40 million customers compromised in a 2014 data breach. -
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra Calls On Trump Administration to Strengthen Ambient Standards as New Studies Show Additional Health Hazards of Particulate Matter Pollution
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra , as part of a multistate coalition, sent a comment letter calling on the Trump Administration to reopen its review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter pollution to consider new science that further confirms that the current standards are not adequate to protect public health. -
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra and Secretary Padilla Issue Statement on Efforts to Protect Election Integrity
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla issued a statement following discussions with legal counsel for the California Republican Party. -
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra Urges Congress to Tie Consumer Protections for Airline Passengers to CARES Act Funding for Airlines
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 40 attorneys general, urged Congress to establish new protections that would allow airline customers to quickly obtain a full refund for voluntarily cancelling their flight due to COVID-19. -
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra Announces $7 Million Settlement Against Multinational Bank HSBC for Overcharging CalPERS on Foreign Exchange Transactions
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a $7 million settlement involving multinational bank and financial services company HSBC for overcharging the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) in foreign currency trading. -
California AG challenges White House loosening of environmental rules; Business leader says new rules gets rid of 'layers of overreach'
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Aug. 28, accusing it of failing to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). -
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra Conditionally Approves Sale of St. Francis Medical Center
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a letter conditionally approving the sale of St. Francis Medical Center, a Verity Health System (Verity) medical facility in Los Angeles County, to Prime Healthcare, Inc (Prime). Under California law (Corporations Code section 5914 et seq., and California Code of Regulations, title 11, section 999.5), any proposed sale of a non-profit health facility to a for-profit corporation must secure the approval of the state Attorney General, whose statutory charge is to consider the factors set forth. -
Crop growing associations say judge properly relied on science in Prop 65 ruling
The recent federal court ruling barring enforcement of California’s Proposition 65 on the herbicide glyphosate is a win for American agriculture, and conveys that state regulators overreached by trying to attach it to a product that worldwide consensus has deemed safe, trade group leaders say. -
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra Applauds Landmark Supreme Court Decision on DACA
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision upholding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. -
Humane Society will boost defense of California's gator meat ban challenged in court
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – The Humane Society will be allowed to defend a California law currently being challenged that prohibits the import of crocodile and alligator skin and meat. -
Coffee-causes-cancer lawsuits threaten to pile up as CalChamber fights Prop 65
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California’s Chamber of Commerce is asking a federal judge to keep alive its lawsuit challenging a coffee-causes-cancer label that, if missing, subjects its members to lawsuits and statutory penalties. -
Fifteen states to California: Don't tell our farmers how to treat animals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California is trying to impose its own animal-confinement agenda on farmers in the rest of the country, say the Republican attorneys general of 15 states. -
CalChamber adjusts argument against coffee-causes-cancer lawsuits
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – The California Chamber of Commerce is taking another shot to protect businesses in the state from facing lawsuits over Proposition 65, the state law that requires cancer warnings about hundreds of chemicals – specifically one found in coffee. -
Senate GOP leader criticizes state's lawsuit over water project
Grove back White House's new rules on Sacramento, San Joaquin rivers -
No injunction against Assembly Bill 5 for Uber, Postmates
LOS ANGELES – A U.S. district judge has declined to grant two "gig economy" companies a preliminary injunction against the effects of Assembly Bill 5, which limits businesses' ability to classify workers as independent contractors. -
Johnson & Johnson vows to appeal $344 million judgment in Ethicon vaginal mesh verdict
SAN DIEGO – A spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon vowed to reverse on appeal the decision levying $344 million against the company for allegedly marketing and selling pelvic mesh devices company officials knew were dangerous. -
California AG defends cancer label on acrylamide as state Chamber of Commerce challenges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the California Chamber of Commerce alleging the state's Proposition 65, which requires consumer cancer warnings about exposure to acrylamide and other carcinogens, violates the First Amendment. -
Judge issues preliminary injunction for California's newly enacted dialysis reimbursement law
SANTA ANA (Legal Newsline) – A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction against the California's Assembly Bill 290, which regulates and caps dialysis reimbursement, stating there is "significant public interest" in enjoining the law while it is being litigated.