(Subscription required) The plaintiffs claimed that Ahern Rentals falsely claimed to be manufacturing and leasing generators, while concealing an agreement between DC Solar affiliates to guarantee payments owed by Ahern to DC Solar Solutions.

(Subscription required) If an employee joins a union, then wants out because they oppose political campaigns, do they have the right to seek damages for a First Amendment violation of compelled speech even if the union eventually returns their money?

The Supreme Court is not rejecting out of hand an original writ petition seeking a declaration that California’s death penalty scheme is unconstitutional as racially discriminatory. Instead of summarily denying the petition at the outset, the court today asked State Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is the lone respondent named in the petition, to file a preliminary opposition.

(Subscription required) Former California State Bar Executive Director Joe Dunn testified that agency leaders besides himself used bar funds to pay for trips to international destinations such as Macedonia, El Salvador and Peru.