On April 20, 2021, the First District Court of Appeal filed its first published opinion interpreting California Senate Bill 35’s streamlining provisions in Ruegg & Ellsworth v. City of Berkeley. The Court held that the City of Berkeley erred in
In Ruegg & Ellsworth v. City of Berkeley, __ Cal.App.5th __ (2021) (Case No. A159218), the first published appellate decision addressing Senate Bill 35, the First District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court decision in favor of the City
Despite the California Grocers Association lawsuits pending against four cities over hero pay ordinances, more cities and counties have passed or are considering premium pay ordinances for grocery store and similar workers. The laws all vary in both scope and
In Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods v. Regents of the University of California (2020) 51 Cal. App. 5th 226, the First District Court of Appeal overruled a demurrer rejecting community members’ allegations that the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) violated
BERKELEY Prosecutors charged a 46-year-old Berkeley man with multiple crimes Wednesday after he tried to set multiple people s hair on fire outside a pizzeria and tea shop earlier this week, authorities said.via www.mercurynews.comNot much has changed in Berkeley
Traffic stops have problems. They’re used as a pretext to stop drivers for other reasons to circumvent the Fourth Amendment. They’re used for racial profiling. And then there’s always the potential in any police interaction that someone is going to
Main Monday, July 13, 2020AALS Federal Courts Section: Calls for NominationsAfter the jump is information on two Calls for Nominations from the AALS Section on Federal Courts: The first is for the Daniel J. Meltzer Award, designed to honor the
