Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters, July 18, 2024 "Even with all the industries where Californians went on strike during last year’s “hot labor summer,” some of the most active sites of organizing in the state may well be a pair of private immigration...
Question: Are incarcerated persons in California entitled to in-person court hearings? Short Answer: No, Proposition 57 does not require or imply a right to an in-person hearing. In a 2022 decision, the California Court of Appeal ruled that nonviolent prisoners...
Sara Rimer, EJI, May 3, 2024 "... On May 3, 1913, California enacted the Alien Land Law, designed to deny Japanese families their foothold in America by denying them the right to own land. The law was tightened in 1920 and 1927 to bar Asian immigrants, their...
ACLU, Aug. 29, 2023 "The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) systematically, and illegally, discriminates against immigrants, refugees, and anyone who prison officials suspect is born outside of the United States, a major Public...
New Lexis Content New publications released on Lexis this month: Oklahoma Employment Law The Law of Commercial Trucking: Damages to Persons and Property, 4th Edition AAA Employment Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures 403(b) Answer Book Cash...
By The Wagstaffe Group California Arbitration Fees California litigators pursuing arbitration take heed: the failure to timely pay arbitration fees could have disastrous consequences for your client. A California appellate court has yet again held that a...
People v. Espinoza "In support of his third motion, before us now, Espinoza attached a declaration describing his biographical history, which includes more than 20 years living in the United States prior to conviction; a declaration from an immigration attorney...
While in-house counsel at U.S. companies have been monitoring their compliance with a wave of new salary transparency laws, a court has given new life to a closely watched pay discrimination case in California. A California appeals court ruled in Allen v. Staples...
New Lexis Content New publications released on Lexis this month: Restatement of the Law: The Laws of American Indians – Official Text Maine Title Standards The California Prison and Parole Handbook Transportation Antitrust Handbook (ABA) LexisNexis...
This article appears in the Spring 2023 Inmate Litigation Reporter , an exclusive quarterly digest analyzing new legal developments affecting the rights of people in prison -- developed specifically for people in prison. To learn more about this content and other...
California Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated California corporations now have a mechanism to retroactively remedy defective corporate actions, after lawmakers approved new procedures to allow corporations to petition the superior court to ratify corporate...
PRNewswire, Feb. 11, 2021 - Migrants' rights group searches for victims in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Ecuador "Individuals who were held in L.A. County jail based on ICE holds in the period from October 2010 to June 2014 may be eligible...
ACLU Southern California, Oct. 13, 2020 "The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today approved settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by immigrants who were unlawfully detained by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department — sometimes for...
Julie Johnson, Press Democrat, Feb. 18, 2020 "Federal immigration agents arrested at least three people Tuesday at the Sonoma County Superior Court campus, preventing them from appearing before judges for pending criminal matters and prompting unified outcry...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Aug. 15, 2019 "California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today led a multistate coalition in filing a comment letter opposing the Trump Administration’s attempt...