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California could end forced prison labor. Will lawmakers send this measure to the ballot?
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoCalifornia lawmakers have revived a proposal that could ask voters to ban involuntary servitude in...
California labor and business leaders agree on overhaul of Private Attorney General Act
Courthouse News Service· 3 days agoThe deal announced Tuesday will preempt a ballot initiative that was to be voted on in November to...
'This is not a fair hearing': Life inmate muted via Zoom during resentencing for disrupting judge
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 6 days agoChristopher Charles Lightsey cupped his hands around his mouth and screamed into the camera while he was muted on Zoom during his court hearing Friday in Kern County Superior Court where he ...
Secret negotiations heat up in Sacramento as budget, ballot deadlines loom
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoWith hundreds of thousands of Californians losing homeowners insurance as companies pull out of an...
Deal Reached to Drop PAGA Initiative From the November Ballot | The Recorder
Law.com· 3 days agoThe plaintiffs bar, business groups, organized labor and lawmakers have reached a deal to amend the...
A DA kept Black women off a jury. California’s Supreme Court says that wasn’t racial bias
The Lake County Record-Bee· 2 days agoOne by one, a California prosecutor eliminated five out of six Black women from the jury pool for a...
What to know: The Scott Peterson murder case timeline
NBC Bay Area· 7 days agoConvicted killer Scott Peterson is making another bid to get a whole new trial — this time, with new...
When prosecutor is defendant: L.A. D.A. George Gascón's legal battles with his own staff
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoIn his first week in office, Gascón sent a political ally to the Compton Courthouse to order a...
Alyssa B. Roy
The National Law Review· 4 days agoIn the construction law and land use side of her practice, she advises clients on pre-litigation claims related to public and private construction projects, including delay claims on public ...
Michael Smolens: Voters split on California tax threshold measures, poll says
U-T San Diego· 2 days agoCalifornia voters apparently don’t want to make it more difficult to raise taxes, but they also aren’t inclined to make it any easier. Three tax-related measures are headed for the statewide ...