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States could, in theory, try to keep Mr. Trump off the ballot by passing legislation requiring a clean criminal record, but this would be on legally shaky ground. The California Supreme Court also unanimously blocked it as a violation of the state constitution, and the case never reached the U.S. Supreme Court. And the 14th Amendment is separate from criminal cases, meaning convictions would not disqualify Mr. Trump either. Now that Mr. Trump has secured a majority of delegates to the Republican convention, the party has no mechanism to nominate somebody else. Mr. Trump is registered to vote in Florida, and he would be disenfranchised there if convicted of a felony.

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☆ John Eastman wants to keep practicing law, representing Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene – and paying his own bills
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Eastman is asking a judge in California to reactivate his license following a disciplinary decision last month that rendered him unable to practice law for now. That decision prompted his law license to be made inactive over the weekend, meaning he can’t have legal clients while he appeals the decision. Until his law license was made inactive, Eastman represented about a half-dozen clients on constitutional issues, including relating to elections. Those prominent clients are now going to bat for him in his request to continue his legal work. Greene’s campaign committee and the joint fundraising committee “Put America First” have paid Eastman’s law partnership about $25,000 for legal services since 2021, according to campaign finance records.

Persons: John Eastman, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, –, Eastman, ”, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Yvette Roland, Disbarment, United States …, Trump, Gaetz, Greene, “, ” Gaetz, they’d Organizations: Washington CNN —, Trump, Eastman, California Supreme, United, Republican Party of Colorado, Colorado Republican Party, State Bar of Locations: California, Georgia, Trump, United States, Fulton County, Fulton County , Georgia, Gaetz, Anaheim, Riverside , California, State Bar of California, Greene’s, Gadsden

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election. State Bar Court of California Judge Yvette Roland's recommendation, issued Wednesday, now goes to the California Supreme Court for a final ruling on whether he should be disbarred. The California State Bar is a regulatory agency and the only court system in the U.S. that is dedicated to attorney discipline. Eastman has been a member of the California Bar since 1997, according to its website. He ran for California attorney general in 2010, finishing second in the Republican primary.

Persons: —, John Eastman, Donald Trump, Eastman, Mike Pence, Joe Biden’s, Yvette Roland's, Randall A, Miller, didn't, Trump, “, He's, Jack Smith, ” Eastman, Pence, Biden, Trump’s, Clarence Thomas Organizations: ANGELES, Bar Court, California Supreme, California State, U.S . Capitol, Trump, Prosecutors, California Bar, Supreme, Center, Constitutional, Claremont Institute, Republican, Chapman University Locations: California, U.S, Georgia, Southern California

CNN —An attorney discipline judge in California has recommended that ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman be disbarred, according to an opinion released on Wednesday. Judge Yvette Roland’s opinion comes after a lengthy trial about Eastman’s actions as he led some of the efforts for Donald Trump to challenge his 2020 election loss. The opinion serves as a recommendation to the California Supreme Court, which will ultimately decide whether to endorse or reject the punishment. Eastman will have the opportunity to appeal Roland’s ruling. Still, the judge’s opinion marks a major step in the consequences for lawyers who propelled false theories of election fraud on Trump’s behalf.

Persons: John Eastman, Judge Yvette Roland’s, Donald Trump, Eastman Organizations: CNN, California Supreme Locations: California

☆ UC Berkeley is using a wall of shipping containers to block activists from the new site of its student housing complex
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

UC Berkeley is trying to build a new $312 million housing complex on the iconic People's Park. AdvertisementThe makeshift wall is around "15 to 16 feet high," UC Berkeley spokesperson Kyle Gibson told The Associated Press. People's Park on a night that UC Berkeley and other authorities prepare to cordon off People's Park on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024 in Berkeley, CA. In August, people in a mass protest pushed down a fence that UC Berkeley tried to use to cordon off the area. The empty shipping containers around People's Park echo the hundreds of containers set up to fill gaps on the Arizona-Mexico border in 2022.

Persons: —, UC Berkeley's, Kyle Gibson, Jason Armond Organizations: UC Berkeley, Service, UC, Associated Press, UC Berkeley's, Los Angeles Times, Getty, Berkeley, Guardian Locations: Berkeley , California, People's, Berkeley , CA, Park, California, Berkeley, Arizona, Mexico

☆ David Mitchell, Weekly Editor Who Exposed a Corrupt Cult, Dies at 79
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Sam Roberts | More About Sam Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

David Mitchell, a muckraker whose tiny California newspaper challenged the violent drug rehabilitation cult Synanon and, as a result, became one of only a handful of weeklies to win a Pulitzer Prize, died on Oct. 25 at his home in Point Reyes Station, Calif., in Marin County. His wife, Lynn Axelrod Mitchell, said the cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease. A gangly, grizzled former literature teacher, Mr. Mitchell also figured in a retaliatory libel suit by Synanon, the results of which advanced the rights of investigative reporters. In 1984, the California Supreme Court ruled that in certain cases they could keep the names of confidential sources secret without forfeiting their defense in libel and other civil cases. Mr. Mitchell’s newspaper, The Point Reyes Light, was struggling financially, and the strain of keeping it afloat ultimately cost Mr. Mitchell his second marriage; his wife at the time, Catherine Mitchell, was co-publisher with him.

Persons: David Mitchell, Lynn Axelrod Mitchell, Mitchell, Synanon, Reyes, Catherine Mitchell, ”, David Organizations: California Supreme Locations: California, Point Reyes, Calif, Marin County

☆ Microsoft, Amazon among the companies shaping AI-enabled hiring policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

As businesses implement AI in hiring, they must earn and maintain the trust that these processes are working as they should. In partnership with companies including Amazon, Unilever, Koch Industries and Microsoft, the principles address transparency, fairness, non-discrimination, technical robustness, safety, governance and accountability with the use of AI in hiring. Meanwhile, the protocols specify the criteria for third-party AI vendor certification to promote accountability beyond the employer. He cited the potential implications of a video interview, where AI technology could collect data about a candidate's voice, inflection and eye movements. Ultimately, he says communication and consent for reasonable use are two best practices for AI in hiring that employers shouldn't skip.

Persons: Josh Millet, Google's Bard, Eric Reicin, Reicin, Millet, China's iTutorGroup, they're Organizations: Center for Industry, Amazon, Unilever, Koch Industries, Microsoft, BBB, Healthworks, California Supreme, National Bureau of Economic Research, U.S, Commission, Reuters Locations: New York, California

☆ Opinion | We’re Taking New York City’s Streets Back — and Then We’re Coming for the Rest of the Country
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Henry Grabar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In New York City, where space is at a particular premium, the possibilities of reusing street space have fueled recent policy debates over outdoor dining, bus lanes, trash pickup, public space and street vendors. Cincinnati used Covid recovery money to close streets and help scores of businesses open outdoor dining patios. For most of the history of the American city, streets were multipurpose public spaces. But they were also used as impromptu forums for markets, festivals, trash disposal, storage, everyday socializing and children’s games. Yet private cars rule the road, occupying most of the city’s public space, polluting its air and slowing ambulances, buses, mail delivery and other vital services.

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Adolph sued Uber in 2019, claiming the company misclassified UberEats drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, who must be reimbursed for work expenses under California law. A unique California law called the Private Attorney General Act, or PAGA, allows workers to sue for employment law violations on behalf of the state and keep one-quarter of any money they win. The California Supreme Court said nothing in that law bars workers from pursuing claims on their own behalf in arbitration while separately litigating large-scale claims in court. Michael Rubin, who represents Adolph, said the ruling could spur companies to reconsider forcing workers' claims into arbitration if large-scale PAGA lawsuits can still proceed in court. Business groups maintain that arbitration is quicker and more efficient than court, allowing workers to recoup more money.

Persons: Erik Adolph, Adolph, Uber, Theane, Michael Rubin, Rubin, Daniel Wiessner, Alison Frankel, Alexia Garamfalvi, Josie Kao Organizations: Technologies, California Supreme, Private, Supreme, Viking, Business, Trade, U.S . Chamber of Commerce, Thomson Locations: California, U.S, Albany , New York, New York

Her release had been expected after California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced he would give up trying to deny parole for Van Houten, 73, who was serving a life sentence. In May a California appeals court overruled Newsom and found Van Houten was entitled to parole. "She was a model prisoner from the day she entered prison," Tetreault said. Van Houten was 19 when the murders were committed, making her the youngest of Manson's devotees. Van Houten was convicted of fatally stabbing grocery owner Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in their Los Angeles home on Aug. 10, 1969.

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CNN —Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer, was released from a California prison on Tuesday, a prison spokesperson told CNN. Van Houten was released to parole supervision, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesperson Mary Xjimenez said. Van Houten will have a three-year maximum parole term with a parole discharge review occurring after one year, Xjimenez said. In 1994, Van Houten described her part in the killings in a prison interview with CNN’s Larry King. “I went in and Mrs. LaBianca was laying on the floor and I stabbed her,” said Van Houten, who was 19 at the time of the murders.

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[1/2] Leslie Van Houten listens during her parole hearing in Corona, California, June 28, 2002. In May a California appeals court overruled Newsom and found Van Houten, 73, was entitled to parole from her life sentence. The governor could have appealed the decision to the California Supreme Court. Van Houten was 19 when the murders were committed, making her the youngest of Manson's devotees. Van Houten was convicted of fatally stabbing grocery owner Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in their Los Angeles home on Aug. 10, 1969.

Persons: Leslie Van Houten, Van Houten, sprees, Read, Gavin Newsom, Charles Manson's, Newsom, Erin Mellon, Van Houten's, Nancy Tetreault, Jerry Brown, Manson, Sharon Tate, Leno LaBianca, Rosemary, Tate, Roman Polanski, Abigail Folger, hairstylist Jay Sebring, Daniel Trotta, Kim Coghill Organizations: California Supreme, NBC News, Thomson Locations: Corona , California, California, Los Angeles, Angeles, Europe, Carlsbad , California

The seven-member California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that allowing so-called "take home COVID" claims could encourage businesses to adopt precautions that slow the delivery of services to the public, or to shut down completely during pandemics. "Even limiting a duty of care to employees' household members, the pool of potential plaintiffs would be enormous, numbering not thousands but millions of Californians," Justice Carol Corrigan wrote for the court. Circuit Court of Appeals last year asked it to decide whether California law recognizes negligence claims against employers when workers spread COVID to household members. The 9th Circuit is considering Kuciemba's bid to revive her lawsuit after it was dismissed by a California federal judge. Business groups had argued that allowing take home COVID claims could prompt lawsuits by an infected employee's family and friends, and anyone infected by that circle of people, creating a never-ending chain of liability.

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But in granting her petition, the appellate judges wrote that Newsom's conclusion "fails to account for the decades of therapy, self-help programming, and reflection Van Houten has undergone in the past 50 years." It marks the first time a court has overruled a governor's denial of parole to a Manson follower, according to the Los Angeles Times. Van Houten was convicted of fatally stabbing grocery owner Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in their Los Angeles home on Aug. 10, 1969. Van Houten's 1971 original conviction and death sentence were initially overturned on appeal, but she was retried, convicted and sentenced to prison in 1978. Reporting and writing by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California; Editing by Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based court reversed a lower court ruling in 2021 that the ballot measure, known as Proposition 22, was unconstitutional. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and several gig drivers who challenged Prop 22 will likely appeal the decision to the California Supreme Court, the state's top court. Prop 22 was approved in November 2020 by nearly 60% of voters in California. It exempted app-based drivers from a 2019 state law known as AB5 that makes it difficult to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees. "Across the state, drivers and couriers have said they are happy with Prop 22, which affords them new benefits while preserving the unique flexibility of app-based work," West said.

March 14 (Reuters) - Shares of Uber Technologies (UBER.N) and Lyft Inc (LYFT.O) rose in premarket trading on Tuesday following a California court's ruling on treating drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, removing some future regulatory risks for the rideshare companies. A three-judge panel of the state appeals court on Monday reversed a lower court ruling in 2021 that the ballot measure, known as Proposition 22, was unconstitutional. Jefferies analysts estimate Lyft, DoorDash (DASH.N) and Uber have potentially avoided a hit of between $20 million and $170 million to their 2024 core earnings. Uber has dominated the rideshare and food delivery space thanks to massive scale, flexibility and presence in multiple global markets, crushing rivals Lyft and DoorDash. Shares of Lyft, which on Monday hit a record low, were up 6% in premarket trading.

☆ Are Butterflies Wildlife? Depends Where You Live.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

The creatures are simply left out of state conservation statues, or their situation is ambiguous. “State agencies are really at the forefront of conservation for wildlife,” said Scott Black, executive director of the Xerces Society, a nonprofit group that advocates for insect conservation. Sometimes, aquatic insects come under the purview of state wildlife agencies. But across the states without insect authority, officials are often reluctant to broach adding it, Mr. Winton said. Seven of the states without insect conservation authority are in the West, which has felt the effects of climate change intensely.

Chicago prosecutors alleged that Girardi misappropriated more than $3 million in client funds owed to families of the victims of the 2018 Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX Lion Air Flight 610 crash in Indonesia. Christopher Kamon, the former chief financial officer of Girardi's now-defunct law firm Girardi Keese, was also charged in the Chicago and Los Angeles cases. Girardi's son-in-law, David Lira, who worked at the firm, was charged with wire fraud and criminal contempt of court by the Chicago prosecutors. The California Supreme Court disbarred Girardi in June in connection with his alleged conduct in the Lion Air case. Kamon was separately charged with wire fraud in November for allegedly embezzling $10 million from the defunct Girardi Keese firm.

☆ Scott Peterson is denied a new trial in the death of his pregnant wife
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Convicted murderer Scott Peterson was denied a new trial in the 2002 death of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, a judge has ruled. The decision comes more than a year after the California Supreme Court ordered Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo to consider whether juror misconduct denied Peterson a fair trial. Nice, who co-wrote a book about the case with other jurors, has denied that she was influenced by her personal experiences. His sentence was overturned by the California Supreme Court in 2020. Laci Peterson, 27, was eight months pregnant with their son, Conner, when she was killed in December 2002, five years after she and Peterson married.

☆ Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom faces Republican Brian Dahle in the California gubernatorial election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Gavin Newsom is seeking a 2nd term in office after beating back a recall election last year. Democrats have won every gubernatorial election in the Golden State since 2010. Gavin Newsom, who was elected to lead the Golden State in 2018 and easily won a recall election last year, is running for a 2nd term against Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle. After cruising to an easy victory in the recall, Newsom solidified his political standing both as governor and as a potential Democratic presidential aspirant in the years ahead. California's voting historyCalifornia has voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election since 1992.

☆ Scott Peterson moved off California’s death row
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Scott Peterson has been moved off death row more than two years after the California Supreme Court overturned his death sentence for killing his pregnant wife two decades ago, corrections officials said Monday. Peterson was moved last week from San Quentin State Prison north of San Francisco to Mule Creek State Prison east of Sacramento. A new mug shot taken Friday shows Peterson, 50, with salt-and-pepper stubble compared to his previous clean-shaven look. Jurors imposed the death penalty after convicting Peterson of the first-degree murder of Laci Peterson, 27, and second-degree murder of the unborn son they were going to name Conner, dumping them into San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve 2002. Peterson was mainly kept at San Quentin during that monthslong hearing process in part so he would have better access to his attorneys.

☆ Convertible reported stolen in '92 found buried in yard of $15 million California mansion
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

ATHERTON, Calif. — Three decades after a car was reported stolen in Northern California, police are digging the missing convertible out of the yard of a $15 million mansion built by a man with a history of arrests for murder, attempted murder and insurance fraud. Although cadaver dogs alerted to possible human remains on Thursday, none had been found more than 24 hours after technicians with the San Mateo County Crime Lab began excavating the car, DeGolia said. The car was reported stolen in September 1992 in nearby Palo Alto, he said. Cadaver dogs were again brought back to the house and again “made a slight notification of possible human remains,” DeGolia said. Daniel Larsen said the dogs could be reacting to human remains, old bones, blood, vomit, or a combination of those things.

☆ RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan challenges his parole denial
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, is asking a judge on Wednesday to free him from prison by reversing California Gov. Sirhan shot Kennedy moments after the U.S. senator from New York claimed victory in California’s pivotal Democratic presidential primary. Sirhan Sirhan shortly after assassinating Robert F. Kennedy in June 1968. AP fileBerry said she is challenging the governor’s reversal as an “abuse of discretion,” a denial of Sirhan’s constitutional right to due process and as a violation of California law. The ruling split the iconic Kennedy family, with two of RFK’s sons — Douglas Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — supporting his release.

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