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  • Press Release: ILTA Announces Launch of the 2024 ILTACON Startup Hub

    The ILTACON 2024 Exhibit Hall will once again host the ILTACON Startup Stage and Startup Hub. The Startup Hub will offer more than 25 opportunities for new startups to exhibit at ILTACON for a reduced rate and promote their organizations on the Startup Stage. Applications for the Startup hub will open on March 25 and will...

  • New Materials Added to Byte Back+

    HB privacy clients can now access several new materials on Byte Back+, including: Updated State Privacy Law Comparison Chart. As we wait for Kentucky to finalize passage of HB15, we have updated our comparison chart to include the bill’s provisions. Updated Sensitive Data Chart. We also updated our sensitive data chart to include Kentucky. Monthly...

  • Tahini recalled due to Salmonella

    Roland Foods, LLC (“Roland Foods”) of New York, New York is recalling a specific production code of Roland® Tahini (100% Ground Sesame Seeds) 16 oz. because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune...

  • Networking Through The Internet, Taking Lawyers Where They’ve Never Gone Before

    Years back, in a consultation with an organizational development professional, I gained some real insight that has shaped the LexBlog approach for over a decade. The professional, who had worked with some large companies said LexBlog is not selling a turnkey blog solution, “LexBlog is about networking through the Internet, taking lawyers where they have...

  • CDC declares outbreak linked to unpasteurized cheese over

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have declared over a multi-state outbreak of foodborne infections from Raw Farms unpasteurized cheese. The E. coli O157:H7 outbreak sickened 11 people across five states. Five were hospitalized and two developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious condition that can cause kidney failure and brain damage. Raw Farms, previously...

  • Mistakes Were Made

    I recently prepared an asylum case for a married lesbian woman. The case was complicated by the fact that my […]

  • Squat Thrust

    Whether it’s an epidemic or just a rare but outrageous scenario, squatters have emerged as a manifestation of what’s wrong with ‘Merica. Even if its little more than the latest hysteria, it’s worthwhile understanding how and why this happens and the squatters manage to get away with it. A recent string of incidents in Georgia,...

  • Case Transferred Under Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens

    In the case of Leone v. Gusick, No. 2023-CV-37 (C.P. Lacka. Co. March 1, 2024 Nealon, J.). The court granted certain defendants motion to transfer a case under the doctrine known as forum non conveniens in a medical malpractice action that was filed in Lackawanna County and which was transferred to Lycoming County by virtue...

  • Digital Bank Holidays: Buying Time in a Financial Emergency

    It has been a year since Silicon Valley Bank failed, and one of the major policy questions that emerged – what to do about deposit insurance? – remains unresolved.  Banking is an industry that needs public confidence to function, and we have become accustomed to relying on confidence-inspiring deposit insurance as our primary bulwark against...

  • Farm bill could be bogged down because of California’s Prop 12

    House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson (R-PA) may be making it tougher to pass a new Farm Bill. Thompson is insisting on including what he calls “a fix” for California’s Proposition 12. He claims the Prop 12 requirements have upset the hog market. Two agricultural non-profit groups are challenging the Pennsylvania  Republican over the legislation that...

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  • New Thresholds Are Established For Specific Plans; Late Comments Can Still Derail An EIR

    by William W. Abbott and Robert T. Yamachika The 1st Appellate District recently decided a specific plan/CEQA case, Napa Citizens for Honest Government v. Napa County Board of Supervisors (2001) 91 Cal.App.4th 342. While it involves a general law county and not a charter city, the legal principles...

  • Company’s Family Leave Policy Did Not Supersede At-Will Agreement

    Tomlinson v. Qualcomm, Inc., 97 Cal. App. 4th 934 (2002) While working on a reduced schedule as part of a family leave of absence, Lona Tomlinson was selected for layoff and terminated. Tomlinson asserted that her termination violated the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), Cal. Gov’t Code § 12945....

  • Union Comments Made About Employer During Labor Dispute Were Not Defamatory

    Steam Press Holdings, Inc. v. Hawaii Teamsters & Allied Workers Union, 302 F.3d 998 (9th Cir. 2002) During the course of a labor dispute, union president Mel Kahele told a number of employees of the company (Steam Press Holdings, Inc.) that the owner of the company, Michael Drace, was “making money”...

  • Workers’ Rights

    Workplace Fairness is the new Web site from the organization of the same name, devoted to providing information, education and assistance to individual workers and their advocates nationwide. It is affiliated with the National Employment Lawyers Association, a national organization of lawyers who...

  • A comprehensive resource on banking law

    In 1951, America’s Community Bankers first published The Federal Guide, a compilation of the most important federal laws, regulations, rulings and interpretations affecting the operation of savings institutions and co-operative banks. Over the years, it expanded from one volume to four, plus...

  • Blawgers as trade-show exhibitors?

    Is it antithetical to blogging for a blogger to exhibit at a commercial trade show? Not sure why, but I fully expected, as I roamed the aisles at LegalTech, to find a familiar name from the blogosphere, grinning from behind a hastily thrown together booth, looking to sell … what? Here’s my...

  • Employer May Be Liable For Auto Accident Caused By Employee Who Became Sick From Fumigation

    Bussard v. Minimed, Inc., 105 Cal. App. 4th 798 (2003) Barbara Bussard was injured when Irma Hernandez, a Minimed clerical employee, rear-ended Bussard, who was stopped at a red light. Hernandez was on her way home after she became ill at work the day after Minimed had fumigated its premises in...

  • Essential Steps in the Preparation of Negative Declarations

    by William W. Abbott 1. Describe and consider all project components, including offsite improvements (road work, utilities). – Failure to look at offsite improvements invalidates negative declaration Santiago Water District v. County of Orange (1981) 118 Cal.App.3d 818. San Joaquin Raptor v. County ...

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