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The California Supreme Court doesn't mind if you sleep in on your 18th birthday
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Don't waste your 18th birthday worrying about your future lawsuit, the California Supreme Court has told the state’s teens. -
Lawyer: Supreme Court allows class action lawsuits involving phone recordings to resume
The California Supreme Court reversed an appellate court’s decision that would have allowed two parties on a phone call to record each other without consent -
California Supreme Court decision on company's meal-period timekeeping causes no new burdens on employers, observer says
The Supreme Court of California’s decision favoring health care workers in a lawsuit alleging that a health care services and staffing company committed meal-period violations should cause every California employer to take note, a California general counsel said. -
Supreme Court issues PAC rules for judges involving court employees, coercion, and solicitation
For the first time ever, the Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) issued an advisory opinion on when it is proper for a judge to accept campaign contributions from certain PACs -
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT: Committee Issues Advice to Judges: Campaign Contributions from Political Action Committees
A state Supreme Court committee issued an advisory opinion explaining when a judge may accept campaign contributions from a political action committee when the contribution includes funds from another political action committee organized and funded by court employees. -
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT: California Supreme Court Expands Law License Pathway for Prior Examinees
The California Supreme Court on Thursday issued an order expanding the pathway to a California law license, allowing thousands more law school graduates with qualifying prior bar exam scores to work as fully licensed attorneys after completing supervised practice hours. -
Ride-share drivers, labor unions opponents attempt to overturn Prop. 22
A group of computer-directed drivers, ride-sharing drivers, labor unions and consumer activists have launched a lawsuit designed to overturn California’s Proposition 22, which exempted transport companies from having to pay their independent contractor drivers benefits as employees. -
State Supreme Court issues final ruling that conflicts with Prop 22
The California legislature has an opportunity to clarify how the state should classify its independent contractors now that the California Supreme Court has issued a final ruling -
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT: Court Issues Order for February 2021 Bar Exam to be Administered Online
The Supreme Court of California on Thursday issued an orderto administer the February 2021 California Bar Examination online. -
California Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to Newsom's school reopening plan
The California Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on in-person schooling, but law firm Tyler and Bursch, LLP, which filed two petitions in partnership with Advocates for Faith and Freedom, said that this only means they will have to start in a lower court. -
Nursing homes get big win at California Supreme Court
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Nursing homes in California will face a lot less liability when they are sued, thanks to a recent ruling by the state Supreme Court. -
California Supreme Court issues guidelines to judges for attending BLM protests
Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions directive advises judges to examine organizations hosting rallies -
Supreme court permanently lowers bar exam score for student lawyers
California Supreme Court moves bar exam online -
District attorneys have authority to represent all of California, court rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – District attorneys in California can pursue lawsuits in the names of residents outside of their counties, the California Supreme Court has ruled. -
California Supreme Court sides with chemical company in pesticide insurance case
The California Supreme Court has reversed a lower court-decision involving the pesticide DDT and liability insurance policies held by Montrose Chemical Company. -
Appeals court reverses $13 million award against UCLA in professor's gender discrimination suit
A $13 million award for a former UCLA professor was reversed as a three-judge appeals court panel called out a lower court’s ruling in her gender discrimination case. -
California state bar closes San Francisco, Los Angeles buildings
LOS ANGELES (Southern California Record) – The State Bar of California's San Francisco and Los Angeles buildings have been closed to the public in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. -
California Supreme Court weighs retroactive classification for independent contractors
A legal issue being considered by the California Supreme Court could adversely impact state businesses that have used independent contractors in the past. -
California's challenged AB 5 'messing' with federal interstate commerce supremacy, trucking official says
UPLAND – The showdown between the trucking industry and California over a new law that could potentially reclassify millions of gig economy and other independent workers ultimately could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court, a trucking association official said. -
CELC hopes state Supreme Court finds 'horrible public policy' in AB 5 not retroactive, general counsel says
LOS ANGELES – A pro-business advocacy group is hoping the California Supreme Court will find a law passed earlier this year that could potentially reclassify millions of gig economy workers as employees should not be retroactively applied.