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Banking and Creditors Rights
7/18/2008 New Foreclosure Communication Requirements Required With The Passage of Senate Bill No. 1137 Print (PDF 369KB)
4/15/2008 Ninth Circuit Decision Could Substantially Boost Landlord Claims in Bankruptcy Print (PDF 289KB)
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Business Law
7/17/2008 Governor Signs Legislation That Extends the Expiration Date By 12 Months for Subdivision Maps That Will Expire Before January 1, 2011 Print (PDF 385KB)
4/15/2008 Ninth Circuit Decision Could Substantially Boost Landlord Claims in Bankruptcy Print (PDF 289KB)
1/9/2007 California Law Which Allows Consumer To Place Freeze On Credit Report Is Unconstitutional As Applied To Credit Reporting Agency That Provides Reports Based On Public Records Print (PDF 20KB)
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Education Law
7/1/2009 California Fair Political Practices Commission Issues New Regulation To Govern Gifts Of Event Tickets And Passes Print (PDF 367KB)
6/30/2009 District Permitted to Continue Implementing Court-Ordered Desegregation Plan Because The Plan Pre-Dates Proposition 209 And Is Therefore Exempt From Prohibition Of Racial Consideration Print (PDF 384KB)
6/30/2009 School District Board May Convene In Closed Session To Consider Initiating The Process Of Dismissing A Teacher Without Providing 24 Hours Notice Print (PDF 385KB)
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Eminent Domain
3/6/2009 City’s Resolution Adopted For The Condemnation Of Property Did Not Sufficiently Specify The Public Purpose Of The Condemnation As Required by Eminent Domain Law Print (PDF 466KB)
12/29/2008 In Eminent Domain Proceedings, California Courts Do Not Consider The Potential Future Development Of A Property In Determining Its Fair And Actual Value Print (PDF 386KB)
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Labor and Employment Law
6/30/2009 School District Board May Convene In Closed Session To Consider Initiating The Process Of Dismissing A Teacher Without Providing 24 Hours Notice Print (PDF 385KB)
6/5/2009 Former Employee Accused Of Misconduct Could Not State A Claim For Constructive Discharge Where He Chose To Retire And Retain His Health Benefits Rather Than Face Possible Termination Print (PDF 386KB)
6/5/2009 Faculty Member Failed To Show That His Disability Was The Reason His Employer Reduced His Workload So That He Was Classified As A Part-Time Employee Print (PDF 465KB)
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Energy
2/2/2007 Supreme Court Sets Aside Land Use Plan EIR For Failure To Adequately Assess Long-Term Water Supplies Print (PDF 71KB)
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Environmental Law
6/19/2009 Entire Development Project Is Within Army Corps Of Engineers’ Purview If The Project’s Viability Is Dependent On The Issuance Of A Clean Water Act Permit Print (PDF 387KB)
5/8/2009 Project Approval Violated City’s General Plan Because City Failed To Design Mitigation Impacts In Coordination With United States Fish And Wildlife Service Print (PDF 547KB)
3/13/2009 Water District Sufficiently Identified Basis For Claimed Statutory Exemption From California Environmental Quality Act Review Print (PDF 386KB)
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Municipal and Public Agency
7/1/2009 California Fair Political Practices Commission Issues New Regulation To Govern Gifts Of Event Tickets And Passes Print (PDF 367KB)
6/30/2009 School District Board May Convene In Closed Session To Consider Initiating The Process Of Dismissing A Teacher Without Providing 24 Hours Notice Print (PDF 385KB)
6/19/2009 Male Pretrial Detainee’s Constitutional Rights Were Not Violated When A Female Cadet Performed A Partial Strip Search On Him Print (PDF 385KB)
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Public Finance
2/10/2009 Update On Federal Funding Of School Construction Print (PDF 288KB)
2/2/2009 Update On Federal Funding Of School Construction Print (PDF 288KB)
1/11/2008 School Bond Proposition Met Proposition 39 Requirements And, Therefore, Only Required 55 Percent Voter Approval Even Though It Did Not Set Forth The Fiscal Accountability Provisions Verbatim To Proposition 39 And Did Not List Minute Detail For Each Planned Project Print (PDF 386KB)
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Real Estate and Land Use Law
6/19/2009 Entire Development Project Is Within Army Corps Of Engineers’ Purview If The Project’s Viability Is Dependent On The Issuance Of A Clean Water Act Permit Print (PDF 387KB)
6/19/2009 Church Property Is Exempt From City’s Historic Landmarking Regulation Print (PDF 385KB)
6/19/2009 UPDATE: California Court of Appeal Again Denies Property Owner’s Challenge to the Creation of a Special Assessment District Print (PDF 465KB)
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Redevelopment and Housing
6/19/2009 Entire Development Project Is Within Army Corps Of Engineers’ Purview If The Project’s Viability Is Dependent On The Issuance Of A Clean Water Act Permit Print (PDF 387KB)
6/19/2009 Church Property Is Exempt From City’s Historic Landmarking Regulation Print (PDF 385KB)
5/8/2009 Project Approval Violated City’s General Plan Because City Failed To Design Mitigation Impacts In Coordination With United States Fish And Wildlife Service Print (PDF 547KB)
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Special Education
6/30/2009 United States Supreme Court Update:
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Does Not Categorically Prohibit Reimbursement For Private Education Costs Where A Child Has Not Previously Received Special Education Services From A Public Agency 		Print (PDF 466KB)
6/25/2009 One Hundred Ten-Day Delay In Evaluating Twins For Autism Was Reasonable Under The Circumstances Presented Print (PDF 465KB)
4/22/2009 Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds School District’s Eclectic Approach For Student With Autism Print (PDF 385KB)
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Water Law
6/19/2009 Entire Development Project Is Within Army Corps Of Engineers’ Purview If The Project’s Viability Is Dependent On The Issuance Of A Clean Water Act Permit Print (PDF 387KB)
3/4/2009 License Holder’s Due Process Rights Were Not Violated By Attorney Prosecuting Matter Before State Board And Simultaneously Serving As An Advisor To That Board In An Unrelated Matter Print (PDF 387KB)
11/21/2008 Mitigation Measures, Which Included Provision For Quarry Owner To Provide Bottled Or Potable Water To Neighbors Affected By Quarry Project, Were Inadequate Under The California Environmental Quality Act Print (PDF 466KB)
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