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On September 30, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) No. 1578, which amends Government Code section 11425.20(a) to provide that administrative...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued an Executive Order prohibiting public and private employers from requiring employees or customers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine if such individuals object...

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Saturday, October 9, 2021 Governor Newsom signed the last of 2021's pending employment-related bills...

Texas Rangers Public Integrity Unit are now investigating an alleged corrupt jury selection process in Brazoria County that’s been happening for more than a decade. The former district clerk in question has now retired. Her attorney is maintaining her innocence.

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Saturday, October 9, 2021 Governor Newsom signed the last of 2021’s pending employment-related bills, including a bill imposing even more restrictions on...

In a sharply divided decision, the 9th Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction that prohibited California from enforcing AB 51, which added California Labor Code § 432.6 and Government Code § 12953, ...

On October 7, 2021, Governor Newsom enacted SB 331 to put up additional restrictions on employers offering severance agreements and settling claims alleging harassment, discrimination...

In a sweeping expansion of existing law, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation yesterday that broadly prohibits non-disclosure clauses in settlement agreements involving workplace...

On September 30, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom approved and signed SB 2 and SB 16. SB 2 created a decertification procedure for peace officers and removal/denial of qualified immunity for...

Lorna Cockayne, one of the last surviving Wrens who worked to decipher Nazi secrets, is awarded the French Legion d’Honneur