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By Wendy Davis, MEDIAPOST DIGITAL NEWS DAILY May 20, 2020 https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/351605/google-begins-encrypting-domain-name-lookups.html In a move touted as boosting privacy and security, Google on…
May 20, 2020By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY MEDIA SF May 20, 2020 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/20/18833152.php “Given the state’s grave deficit, it’s imperative that no new wells be…
May 20, 2020By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY MEDIA May 15, 2020 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/15/18833050.php Tuesday, May 19, marks the fifth anniversary of the massive Plains All American Pipeline…
May 15, 2020By Max Greenwood, THE HILL May 8, 2020 https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/496676-coronavirus-pours-cold-water-on-state-ballot-initiatives# Advocacy groups and citizen-led ballot initiatives are struggling to keep their campaigns going amid…
May 8, 2020By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE May 7, 2020 http://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?refnum=225122&altsrc=23 The California Assembly’s Committee on Insurance advanced a bill to expedite rate filings in parts of…
May 7, 2020By Dan Bacher, DAILYKOS May 7, 2020 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/5/7/1943370/-As-oil-prices-plunged-during-pandemic-new-California-oil-permits-rose-7-8-in-2020-s-first-quarter Los Angeles — As the price of oil plunged to below zero and dozens of…
May 7, 2020By Ross Todd, LAW.COM May 5, 2020 https://www.law.com/therecorder/2020/05/05/transamerica-gets-preliminary-sign-off-on-settlement-of-overcharge-claims/ A federal judge in Los Angeles has given preliminary approval to a deal that…
May 5, 2020By Rob Nikolewski, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE May 4, 2020 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/story/2020-05-04/california-attorney-general-sues-two-oil-companies-charging-they-manipulated-prices-at-the-gas-pump California motorists have long paid more at the gas pump than just…
May 4, 2020By Ryan Byrne, BALLOTPEDIA May 4, 2020 Campaign behind ballot initiative to increase California’s medical damages cap decides to aim for 2022…
May 4, 2020By Aaron Pelc, LAW360 May 4, 2020 https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1270123/law360-s-tort-report-calif-med-mal-cap-challenge-delayed Law360 (May 4, 2020, 7:35 PM EDT) — The postponement of a campaign to…
May 4, 2020By Cheryl Miller, LAW.COM April 30, 2020 https://www.law.com/therecorder/2020/04/30/campaign-to-lift-medical-malpractice-cap-punts-ballot-measure-to-2022/ Authors of an initiative that would raise California’s $250,000 cap on medical malpractice awards…
May 1, 2020By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO PRO April 30, 2020 OAKLAND — Proponents of an initiative to increase California’s medical malpractice compensation cap dropped…
Apr 30, 2020By John Wildermuth, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE April 30, 2020 https://www.msn.com/en-us/Travel/news/coronavirus-forces-california-initiative-backers-to-hold-off-until-2022/ar-BB13rg8X?ocid=se2 Worried about the effect the coronavirus pandemic may have on the November…
Apr 30, 2020By Staff Writers, ASSOCIATED PRESS April 30, 2020 https://www.thehour.com/news/article/California-battle-on-malpractice-caps-delayed-to-15238922.php SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has delayed by two…
Apr 30, 2020By Paul Krueger & J.W. August, NBC San Diego, CA April 23, 2020 https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/investigations/consumer-advocates-demand-halt-to-auto-insurance-rate-hikes-during-pandemic/2311817/ A state-wide consumer advocacy group wants California Insurance…
Apr 23, 2020By Bigad Shaban, Robert Campos and Anthony Rutanashoodech, NBC TV BAY AREA April 24, 2020 Click here to watch the video of…
Apr 23, 2020By Kevin Smith, THE DAILY NEWS OF LOS ANGELES April 23, 2020 Watchdog wants auto insurance hikes suspended amid COVID-19 A Los…
Apr 23, 2020By Maura Dolan, Harriet Ryan and Anita Chabria, LOS ANGELES TIMES April 23, 2020 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-23/nursing-homes-legal-immunity-coronavirus-deaths For weeks, nursing homes have been the…
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