A People's Choice

JANUARY 24, 2021

y arrive in the family, an adopted child is a child of the parents who adopted them.??” HealthyChildren.org There are countless heartwarming scenes from adoption courts all over the country with new families literally jumping for joy. National Adoption Day celebrates these families every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

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A People's Choice

AUGUST 7, 2020

Unless a birth parent agrees to a stepparent adoption, that individual's parental rights will need to be terminated in order for the adoption to continue. However, if the biological father in unknown, the court may not require a hearing. However, if the biological father in unknown, the court may not require a hearing.

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A People's Choice

JUNE 6, 2022

You saw how some foreign kids lived, and you decided you needed to take action by adopting a child. You decided that you want to adopt [.]. Little did you know that a glance at a foreign country will change your life forever.

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A People's Choice

MAY 2, 2022

This same thing happens when a celebrity adopts a child. Adoption cases like those of Angelina Jolie, Sia, and Sandra Bullock [.]. News about their public and private lives makes headlines constantly, creating waves among their fanbase and the general masses alike.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Supreme Court should seize the opportunity to adopt the Restatement with respect to maritime contracts”: A little over a month ago, Nicholas J. Neidzwski had this essay in The Daily Journal of California. The post “The murky waters where state law and federal maritime law converge; The U.S.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2022

” The complaint alleges that vertical price fixing under California’s Cartwright Act is per se illegal and harmful to both drivers and riders. ” In 2020, California Proposition 22 , the App-Based Drivers as Contractors and Labor Policies Initiative (2020), passed.

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Law 360

APRIL 10, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission has told a California federal judge that crypto exchange Kraken is asking the court to adopt a "perversion" of the long-standing U.S. Supreme Court precedent for what constitutes an investment contract.

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SCOCAblog

MARCH 8, 2024

Overview The Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education recently adopted a policy requiring school officials to notify parents if a student requests to use a different name or pronoun than is on their birth certificate — drawing California into the national battle over transgender rights in education.[1] 2] He’s right.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Hong Kong Sanctions Act was introduced by Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern, Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan, California Representative Young Kim, Utah Representative John Curtis and Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley on November 2. In his writ, Siu requested that the court permit all individuals to arrest the five US lawmakers.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A California federal judge on Monday disqualified all but one of Pacific Biosciences' in-house attorneys and legal support staff from working on a patent infringement case against the biotechnology company, adopting PacBio's proposed measures after the judge disqualified a former Perkins Coie LLP attorney last month.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

California firms are making their voices heard during this round of raises. The post Elite West Coast Firm Adopts Davis Polk Salary Scale appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 5, 2022

If the group is serious about improving access to justice by lowering the educational barrier to entry, they should lobby the ABA’s Section of Legal Education to adopt changes that would reduce the overall cost of law school by reducing course load or substituting work experience for academic credit.

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2022

Account holders Thursday filed a class action lawsuit against PayPal in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. PayPal also allegedly violated the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and the California Business & Professions Code.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A California privacy law set to go into effect in 2024 will reshape how children and teens use the Internet, Caitlin Dewey reports for Pew Trusts Stateline news service. Several states have adopted the approach. Several states have adopted the approach. Some commentators say it can act as a model for national legislation.

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Above The Law

JUNE 1, 2022

Congratulations to LGBTQ+ parents in Colorado, New Hampshire, California, Maryland, and New Jersey for having a less painful legal option for family protection. The post The Bad News Is That Nonbirthing Moms Now, More Than Ever, Need To Adopt Their Own Children. The Good News Is That At Least Some States Are Making That Easier.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

US voters in California, Michigan, Kentucky and Vermont Tuesday voted in favor of abortion rights in four state ballot measures. Abortion is legal in California, and Governor Gavin Newsom, who won reelection on Tuesday, has passed several laws to further protect abortion access in the state. Wade with Dobbs v.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

As we approach the new year, it is time to look at some of the new California employment laws that will go into effect in 2024. Expansion of Sick Leave Requirements Effective January 1, 2024, California employers will need to increase their employee paid sick leave amounts. Rothman & Associates.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The plaintiff Candie Frazier filed this class action suit on behalf of all others similarly situated before the US central district court of California. She contends that TikTok has thus acted negligently and failed to provide a safe working environment mandated under California’s labor laws.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Reynolds sued California's attorney general on Wednesday to block S.B. Reynolds by adopting a proposition approving the law. 793, a law that bans the sale of flavored tobacco products in the state, just a day after Golden State voters tanked a referendum effort by big tobacco companies like R.J.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 6, 2021

Over the past few years, cities have started to implement workplace regulation, an area previously reserved to federal and state governments.

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SCOCAblog

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Overview California can and should adopt a parliamentary system. Proposition X would survive legal challenges, including the amendment–revision and separation of powers doctrines, and the federal constitution’s guarantee clause.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Pomona Police Department must train its officers in compliance with a 2019 law that changed California’s requirements for the use of deadly force, Hannah Wiley reports for the Los Angeles Times.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Several states, including Connecticut, California, District of Columbia , Massachusetts , and Nevada, have adopted or incorporated the Code in their statutes or regulations. For example, California’s drug marketing law requires pharmaceutical companies to adopt an internal marketing compliance policy that aligns with the PhRMA Code.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Stanford Law School’s Filing Fairness Project which has partnered with state and local court systems and officials in Alaska, California, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Texas and Virginia, has helped establish the conditions necessary for the development of sustainable, multistate solutions to filing problems.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

After Yegiazaryan and his brother, Artem, were indicated in Russia for that fraud in 2010, the two men fled to California, where they live in a Beverly Hills home owned by Yegiazaryan’s cousin. Smagin then went to federal court in California to confirm and enforce the arbitration award. In April 2020, the U.S.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Several states, including Connecticut, California, District of Columbia , Massachusetts , and Nevada, have adopted or incorporated the Code in their statutes or regulations. For example, California’s drug marketing law requires pharmaceutical companies to adopt an internal marketing compliance policy that aligns with the PhRMA Code.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

Smagin adopts a “context-specific inquiry” to determine whether a plaintiff in a private lawsuit brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act has alleged “a domestic injury to its business or property” sufficient to state a civil claim for damages under Section 1964(c) of the federal RICO statute.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

investors scored preliminary approval of a $30 million settlement in California federal court to resolve a securities class action accusing executives of lying about the software company's strategies to reach over $1 billion in positive operational cash flow by 2023, while suspending marketing investments and adopting a hiring freeze.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

MARCH 31, 2023

The California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and California Pregnancy Disability Leave law allow employees to take as many as 28 weeks of leave for pregnancy, childbirth, and baby bonding reasons. Pregnant employees can also apply for short-term disability benefits with the California State Disability Insurance program.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 5, 2022

California is the first state to offer domestic workers sick pay! Hoping this gets adopted federally! . * Trump’s rendition of “ If I Did It ” got canceled. Legal experts didn’t think it was a good idea. OJ’s opinion is still undetermined. Business Insider ]. Bloomberg Law ]. * How does one commemorate a riot? Let’s vote on it.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2024

California passed its own state disclosure regime last fall. Governor Newsom signed the bills last October, making California the first state in the U.S. Governor Newsom signed the bills last October, making California the first state in the U.S. to mandate climate-related reporting from large companies.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

Nearly two thirds of gun owners who live with children don’t store all firearms locked up and unloaded, according to a study of California adults published in JAMA Network Open. But gun owners, the researchers found, were open to adopting safer storage practices. The implications of that embrace of safety are significant.

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Mondaq

APRIL 12, 2022

On November 30, 2020, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) adopted the first COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards for California.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 31, 2023

In Alameda, California, a case study by the company claims that police use of force dropped by 36 percent after adopting Truleo’s bodycam technology. Truleo costs about $50 per officer per month.

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SCOCAblog

MARCH 28, 2023

Overview The California Supreme Court should overrule its decision in Michel v. Analysis It is nearly impossible to pursue police misconduct claims under federal law Congress adopted 42 U.S.C. Smith, which granted police supervisors immunity for their officers’ misconduct.[1] 1] Michel was wrong in 1922 and has become more wrong since.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Politico ] * Jan Wolfe hopes that recent ruling on Texas's abortion ban will have a chilling effect on other states adopting similar rule of law work arounds. WSJ ] * Today in good news: California made stealthing illegal! Hopefully they'll rebel against him. Take that, South Dakota. Reuters ] * Slavery still profitable. HIP HIP! [

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At the Lectern

MAY 24, 2023

A 2-1 Ninth Circuit panel has asked the California Supreme Court to help out in a long-running case that it says involves “particularly thorny and substantial” issues about the ownership of a Camille Pissarro painting the Nazis forcibly took from a German Jewish family in 1939. of California’s Supreme Court, part 2

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