Courts
Chief Justice Delays All California Jury Trials for 60 Days
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye on March 23 suspended all criminal and civil trials in the state’s superior courts for 60 days in an...
Chief Justice Calls for Homelessness Study
In her State of the Judiciary address this week, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye described how the judicial branch remains accountable, champions the needs...
Court Order Underscores Reasoning Behind Lawsuit
The U.S. District Court order formalizing the ruling halting enforcement of the anti-arbitration law challenged by a California Chamber of Commerce-led coalition highlights the...
U.S. Court Invalidates Anti-Arbitration Law
A ruling last week by U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly Mueller halted enforcement of and invalidated in full an anti-arbitration law identified by the...
Anti-Arbitration Lawsuit Update
As Alert went to print this week, a U.S. District Court judge was scheduled to hear arguments on whether to permanently stop a new...
CalChamber-Led Coalition Challenges Anti-Arbitration Law in U.S. District Court
A coalition of businesses led by the California Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit on December 6 to stop a new California law that...
CalChamber Files Lawsuit to End Prop.65 Warnings for Acrylamide
On behalf of its members, the California Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit on October 7 to stop the multitude of Proposition 65 warnings...
California Has One of Worst Lawsuit Climates in Country, Business Survey Shows
California has one of the worst lawsuit climates in the country, affecting companies’ decisions on whether to do business in the state, according to...
Independent Contractor Test Applies Retroactively
Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that the test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor, established by last year’s California...
California Chief Justice Recaps Progress on Civil Justice Reform, Ongoing Challenges
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye
(Photo Courtesy Judicial Council of California)
In an address to the California Legislature last week, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye...
