from the blog
California Restaurant Workers Seeking Justice at the Workplace
According to a finding by the Economic Policy Institute, about $2 billion in wages are stolen from workers in California every year. A report by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) found that over 1 […]
Cyberbullying Prevention Poses Thorny First Amendment Questions
A new playground for children has digitally emerged. Unfortunately, like most playgrounds, social media is a magnet for bullying. The pain inflicted by such harassment, however, doesn’t belong in an innocent playground. In some cases, […]
San Jose Says No to Minimum Parking Requirements
In December 2022, San Jose became the largest city in the United States to end the minimum parking space requirement for new developments. The City Council unanimously voted to remove the minimum parking requirement across […]
The Supreme Court Rolls Back the Clock for Juvenile Justice
For decades, the Supreme Court has protected juveniles from harsh punishments, such as mandatory life without parole (LWOP), by acknowledging that children are different and must be sentenced accordingly. The developmental differences in children make […]
SLAPP The Gravamen Test! Callanan v. Grizzly Designs, LLC
Introduction California’s anti-SLAPP law has been misused and weaponized against the very class of litigants that it was meant to protect in the first place, namely, individual workers. The traditional justification for anti-SLAPP law is […]
Here’s why you should care about the California Healthy Youth Act in Post-Roe America
California’s implementation of AB 329 is an opportunity to lead More than six years after its passage, the California Healthy Youth Act continues to face challenges to its implementation. The significance of this legislation reaches […]
PAGA in the Wake of U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana
Despite historical judicial hostility to arbitration agreements, Congress has enunciated a national policy of enforcing arbitration agreements in Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), which provides that arbitration agreements “shall be valid, irrevocable, […]
Temporary Protected Status for Ukraine – how are countries selected for TPS and who qualifies?
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Ukraine has been designated for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months from April 19, 2022 to October 17, 2023. Eligible Ukrainian nationals who receive […]
Does CEQA Need a Rewrite or Just a Better Public Relations Manager?
I’ve recently been tempted to blame my existential climate-change-induced dread on a 50-year-old environmental law that may be exacerbating California’s contributions to the climate crisis. The impacts of climate change are here and will only grow more […]
Don’t Say Gay…At Least, Not in Front of Your Teachers
The Florida Senate passed The Parental Rights in Education bill, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by the media on March 28, 2022. This Bill proposes that a school district may not “discourage or prohibit […]
In 2021, Non-Fungible Tokens (“NFTs”) have taken the world of digital art to new heights. Artists are beginning to “tokenize” their art and sell them in NFT marketplaces for highly lucrative prices where bids can be made only […]
Attacks on Affirmative Action: Holistic Review of College Applicants Under Fire
The Supreme Court has upheld affirmative action in higher education recognizing that the consideration of race in a holistic review of a college applicant is narrowly tailored to obtain the compelling state interest of educational benefits associated […]