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Prop 65 Counsel: What To Know Potential Impact of California’s Prop. 65 on Manufacturers, Distributors, and Sellers of Cannabis Products Arent Fox LLP In a Cannabis Counsel podcast, Partners Emily Leongini and Lynn Fiorentino discuss the potential impact of California’s Prop. 65 on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of cannabis products, particularly in light of the January 4, 2021 enforcement date for new THC and marijuana smoke listings. They explain how Prop. 65 could apply to bu...

Housing and Development Newsletter Given the health of sea star populations and their importance to the marine ecosystem, CDFW encourages coastal visitors to not disturb sea stars if they are encountered. Reduced-fee Sport Fishing Licenses Question: I’m 94 years old and still enjoy fishing, but the license cost is a very big chunk out of my fixed income. Why doesn’t CDFW issue free licenses for us old geezers? I only am able to fish once or twice a year and the one-day fee limit...

01/15/21 WorkersCompensation.com San Francisco, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) has issued a notice of conference call public hearing for a proposed evidence-based update to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS), which can be found at California Code of Regulations, title 8, section 9792.24.7. The conference call public hearing is scheduled for Thursday, February 18, at 10 a.m. and members of the public may attend by calling 866-390-1828 a...

Part 1: New Labor & Employment Laws for Businesses and Public Agencies in 2021 California lawmakers and regulatory agencies spent the greater part of 2020 responding to the coronavirus pandemic, passing legislation, creating regulations and issuing mandates and executive orders impacting both public and private employers. In Part 1 of this annual Labor & Employment Legal Alert series, Best Best & Krieger LLP provides California employers updated information on the state’s COVID-19 regulation...

Friday, January 8, 2021 Circumventing discovery: Can plaintiffs’ attorneys use CCPA access requests to obtain unsupervised discovery? Litigants traditionally look to the rules of civil procedure in order to get discovery in a litigation. Plaintiff’s attorneys have, however, begun to try to circumvent restrictions within the discovery rules that are designed to limit the number, type, and timing of information requests, by sending out “access requests” on behalf of their clien...

New CPRA Case Law and Legislation for 2021 While an expansive array of records can be sought via a California Public Records Act request, the right to inspect public records is not without limits. The CPRA does not give unlimited access to records that may be exempt from disclosure. Occasionally the public’s right of access must yield to exemptions, such as individual privacy rights and defined privileges. However, transparency remains the goal. Last year, the California Legislature and cour...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: With the new year comes new laws that affect California employers. The following are the A to Z of changes in the law that may affect your business in 2021. Attorneys Fees for Whistleblower Retaliation and Extended Filing Period for DLSE Claim (AB 1947) This new legislation expressly authorizes a court to award reasonable attorneys fees to a plaintiff who prevails in a “whistleblower” action under Labor Code Section 1102.5. The ne...

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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is taking steps to ensure transgender youth are not denied access to medical care by their insurance company. Lara announced Wednesday, December 30, that he had directed the Department of Insurance to issue a General Counsel Opinion Letter clarifying that under existing California law, health insurance companies may not deny coverage for male chest reconstruction surgery for female-to-male patients undergoing gender-affirming care for gender dyspho...

Monday, December 28, 2020 2020 has been a year for the record books, and the area of data breach litigation is no exception.   Several key developments, when considered individually or in conjunction, will likely make breach litigation a top of mind data privacy issue going into the next year.  So fasten your seatbelts and read on as CPW recaps what you need to know going into 2021. Overview of Industries Impacted by Data Breach Litigation in 2020 What industries were impacted by d...