Today’s post is on securing gubernatorial appointments.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/securing-gubernatorial-appointments
The Governor has the authority to appoint several thousand individuals to serve in his or her administration during his or her four-year term of office. Some of these positions require the advice and consent of the Senate. There are two aspects to these types of gubernatorial appointments.
Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, a California Supreme Court Case, dramatically shifts the standard for employees and independent contractors in California. Before Dynamex, courts determined worker classification on the multi-factor test from the S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v Dept. of Industrial Relations decision, a balancing test of multiple factors such
McGeorge School of Law’s Professor, and Capital Center for Law & Policy Director, Leslie Gielow Jacobs was recently quoted in “Threatening Words: Courts lack clarity in determining when rants and raves exceed the boundaries of protected speech and should be considered a real danger” by David L. Hudson Jr. in the August 2018
In today’s episode, we finish our conversation with Adriana Ruelas and Adrienne Shilton from the Steinberg Institute. You can find the first half of our conversation here. Today we talk about SB 1113 and AB 1971.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/episode-15-mental-health-legislation-rundown-part-2
They’re both interesting bills. SB 1113 would establish voluntary workplace mental health standards, meaning that the
Yesterday, President Trump announced that Judge Brett Kavanaugh will be the nominee to fill the seat on the Supreme Court vacated by the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Right after the news about the nomination broke, McGeorge School of Law Professor Clark Kelso spoke with KCRA about the nomination and what to expect from the nominee
Earlier today, Professor Leslie Gielow Jacobs – Director of the Capital Center for Law & Policy at McGeorge School of Law – offered her reaction to Justice Kennedy’s announcement that he will be retiring from the Supreme Court of the United States, effective July 31, 2018. She gave her thoughts on the Capital Public Radio
The Role of the Judicial Branch in the Legislative Process (transcript)
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Today’s podcast is on the role of the judicial branch in the lawmaking process here in California. Members of the state and federal judiciary branches play a role in California lawmaking in the actual legislative process, as part of our
It’s been three months since U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions came to Sacramento to announce his lawsuit against the State of California challenging various provisions of the new sanctuary state law. I posted about my initial evaluation of the claims when Sessions announced the lawsuit. Tomorrow is a big hearing in federal
On Monday, May 14th, the Supreme Court published their decision to legalize sports betting from a case arising in New Jersey. However, that does not mean Americans can start placing their bets.
In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court decision states that “[p]rovisions of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act that
Helping Your Client’s Case by Changing the Law
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Today’s podcast is on helping your client’s legal problem by changing the law.
Any lawyer can apply the facts of his or her case to the law as it exists today, but a really good lawyer is one who would look closely at