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How to Navigate Trust Amendments: When Probate Code Compliance Meets Trust Procedure Failures

Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court ruled that a trust amendment can be valid even if the trustor did not follow the specific amendment procedure referenced in the trust document itself because the trustor (trust...more

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Keeping the Faith: Employer's Good Faith Belief Prevails

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In a rare victory for employers, the California Supreme Court unanimously held in Naranjo v. Spectrum Sec. Serv., Inc., S279397 (Decided 6 May 2024) that an employer’s “objectively reasonable, good faith belief” that it has...more

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California Rejects Employer Liability for “Take-Home” COVID-19

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Ruling on a lingering legal issue from the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Supreme Court held that an employer is not liable for cases of “take-home” COVID-19 — that is, where a household member allegedly caught the virus...more

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The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) - August 15-19, 2022

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The California Supreme Court issued the following decisions this week: Coast Community College Dist. v. Commission on State Mandates, No. S262663: The Supreme Court addressed whether several community college districts...more

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More California Invasion of Privacy Act Claims Expected Following Ninth Circuit Decision

In an unpublished decision issued May 31 by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Court interpreted the California Invasion of Privacy Act, CA Penal Code § 630 et seq. (CIPA), and ruled that the plaintiff had...more

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Double-Bagged: Governor Signs Second Piece of Grocery Worker Retention Law

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Monday, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 897, a “clean up” bill he requested to address an omission in AB 359, which Governor Brown had signed into law on August 17, 2015. This legislation, effective January 1, 2016,...more

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Proposed CEQA Guidelines Amendments: A Critique Of OPR’s “Preliminary Discussion Draft” (Part I – Proposed “Efficiency...

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On August 11, 2015, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) released a 145-page “Preliminary Discussion Draft” of “Proposed Updates to the CEQA Guidelines” (the “Discussion Draft”). The Discussion Draft “contains...more

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