Legal Alert

Key Changes to PAGA and What Employers Should Know

Last week, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2288 and Senate Bill (SB) 92, which amended California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).  Since 2004, PAGA has created challenges for California employers because it allows employees to seek substantial civil penalties on behalf of the state, no matter how minor, isolated, or inadvertent an employer’s alleged…

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Blogs

July 18, 2024
Didn’t Stick the Landing: Despite Legal Artistry, You Still Can’t Amend a Trust with an Electronic Signature
Trust on Trial
June 21, 2024
Project’s Completion Did Not Moot CEQA Claim
CEQA Chronicles
June 19, 2024
Flying Too Close to the Sun: The Scope of a No-Contest Clause Disinheritance Under Key v. Tyler
Trust on Trial
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Legal Alerts

July 3, 2024
EPA’s Final Rule Enhances Risk Evaluations Process For Scrutiny of TSCA Chemicals
Environmental Law
July 1, 2024
The Supreme Court Significantly Undercuts Agency Authority By Overruling Chevron in Landmark Ruling
May 28, 2024
Ninth Circuit Hands Major Victory to Senior Water Right Holders on the Sacramento River
Water Law
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Publications

July 2024
Legislative Update
California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 33, Number 19
July 2024
First Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Marine Mammal Protection Act Challenge to Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project
California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 33, Number 19
July 2024
Ninth Circuit Holds Forest Service Cannot Combine NEPA Categorical Exclusions
California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 33, Number 19
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Announcements

July 25, 2024
Tyson Hubbard Joins United Way California Capital Region’s Board of Directors
July 23, 2024
Downey Brand Hosts Luncheon for Students in UC Davis KHOP Program
June 26, 2024
41 Downey Brand Attorneys Named 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
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In the News

May 16, 2024
CA Water Law Symposium: Water Rights Enforcement in California
Maven's Notebook
February 23, 2024
San Diego Dispute Prompts California Supreme Court Opinion Easing Trust Modification Rules
The San Diego Union-Tribune
February 14, 2024
PG&E’s Hesitation Casts Shadow on Eel-Russian River Diversion Plan
Mendocino County News
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Speaking Engagements/Events

September 15, 2024
Go With the Flow
Panelist, 2024 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite
August 8, 2024
Paws and Reflect About Your Estate Plan to Prevent Roars and Rows
Presenter, Estate Planning Safari at the Sacramento Zoo
July 16, 2024
Charitable Case Studies
Presenter, Sacramento Region Community Foundation's Philanthropic Advisors' Forum
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