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CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra Leads Coalition Condemning New Federal Attack on LGBTQ Rights
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a comment letter blasting the Trump Administration’s latest effort to undermine the healthcare rights of LGBTQ individuals and families. -
Attorney: Victims of wildfire are optimistic that utility will be found liable for Woolsey fire
LOS ANGELES – Plaintiffs in the Woolsey fire case are confident that utility Southern Edison California will be found responsible for the 2018 calamity. -
California Chamber of Commerce challenges state's cancer warning label requirement for acrylamide
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – The California Chamber of Commerce is legally challenging the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment's (OEHHA) requirement to provide cancer warnings to consumers about exposure to acrylamide per California's Proposition 65. -
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Becerra Co-Leads Multistate Coalition in Support of Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration’s Attempt to Use Healthcare Coverage to Ban Immigration
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in support of Doe, et al. v. Trump, et al., a lawsuit filed to challenge the Trump Administration’s Health Insurance Proclamation to bar entry for immigrants who do not possess certain health coverage or the ability to pay for medical care. -
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: California Attorney General Joins Bipartisan Multistate Coalition Urging Congress to Pass the Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act
Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with a bipartisan coalition of 44 state attorneys general, is urging Congress to further support Veteran Treatment Courts by passing the Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019. -
CALA supports CalChamber's lawsuit against attorney general in Prop. 65 acrylamide warning requirement
SACRAMENTO – The California Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit earlier this month against California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to end the requirement for Proposition 65 warnings on acrylamide in food and beverages. -
Ag coalition files motion for permanent summary judgment against Prop 65 regarding glyphosate safety
SACRAMENTO – A nationwide coalition of agricultural producers and business organizations representing a substantial segment of U.S. agriculture filed a motion on Sept.25 for a permanent summary judgment against the California Attorney General regarding the state’s cancer warning requirement for products containing glyphosate under California’s Proposition 65. -
Johnson & Johnson attorneys ask court to toss state’s suit during pelvic mesh trial
SAN DIEGO – Attorneys for Johnson & Johnson on Thursday asked a judge for a motion for judgment in an attempt to shut down a case in which the state of California sued the company over allegations it fraudulently sold harm-causing pelvic mesh devices. -
Designer of J&J pelvic mesh product says sling was 'wonderful performer'; State's objection to description sustained by judge
SAN DIEGO – In a trial to decide if Johnson & Johnson allegedly sold pelvic mesh implant kits that harmed women to make money while ignoring the dangers, a company director on Wednesday held aloft a patch of the white mesh and stretched it in two directors to show its flexibility. -
Former Ethicon sales rep says in J&J trial that minimizing risks of pelvic mesh never attempted
SAN DIEGO – In a trial to decide if Johnson & Johnson allegedly marketed medical devices knowing they caused harm to women, a former sales rep with Ethicon, the pelvic mesh-making subsidiary of J&J, said on Tuesday he never hid the potential complications of the devices from doctors. -
Ethicon mesh engineer in Johnson & Johnson trial says no disfiguring shown in mesh during testing
SAN DIEGO - A product testing engineer with Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson’s pelvic mesh subsidiary, said on Monday that sling products did not change shape during stress testing in a trial to decide if the company allegedly marketed incontinence devices knowing they caused harm.