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Bill would push unionizing franchise workers
The franchise market in California, a keystone of small business in the state, soon could change radically. The California Legislature last Thursday sent a bill to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk that would effectively supersede the contractual agreements between California-based
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Bill would allow liens for unpaid wage claims
California labor law soon could become even more problematic for business. Assembly Bill 2416 is by Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Monterey Bay. It would allow employees with unpaid-wage claims to file liens on the property of business owners. Stone said it would thwart “wage
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CA oil industry celebrates defeat of fracking moratorium
California’s oil industry is celebrating the defeat of a bill that would have placed a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing — but warned that the fracking war is far from over. Senate Bill 1132 by Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles,
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CA may take lead in codifying what is legally acceptable sex
The Nanny State impulse, when its most ardent proponents gain power, is a scary thing to witness. This is from the L.A. Daily News: “LONG BEACH — A bill on its way to the state Assembly mandates that California’s public
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SB1188 could expand product litigation
“California has consistently had one of the worst lawsuit climates in the nation, currently ranked at 47th for lawsuit fairness,” concluded the Institute for Legal Reform’s 2012 Lawsuit Climate Report. “The courts in Los Angeles rank as the country’s second
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Bill targets ‘shakedown’ lawsuits
Proposition 65, “The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986,” has morphed into “The Unsafe Doing Business in California and Toxic Lawsuit Act of 1986-2013.” It was intended to keep chemicals that cause cancer and birth defects out
Read MoreBusinesses concerned about domestic violence ‘job killer’ bill
June 19, 2013 By Dave Roberts SB 400, by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, is designed to help the victims of domestic violence. But it’s really a “jobs killer,” according to the California Chamber of Commerce, because it “increases the burden on
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