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California challenges Energy Department's delay in enforcing energy efficiency standards
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced April 3 that he has joined a coalition of state attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department of Energy’s delay in enforcing several energy efficiency standards. -
California participates in multistate settlement with Western Union
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced April 12 a multistate settlement with Western Union that resolves allegations that third parties were using the service to defraud consumers. -
California urges U.S. Labor Department to implement 'fiduciary' conflict of interest rule
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced April 13 that he has urged acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Edward Hugler to immediately implement the “fiduciary” conflict of interest rule. -
California urges EPA not to withdraw information collection request for oil companies' methane emissions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced April 3 that he has joined eight attorneys general in sending a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt. -
California joins coalition to oppose Trump's potential rollback of Clean Power Plan
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced March 28 that he has joined a multistate coalition in opposing President Donald Trump’s executive order rolling back the country’s Clean Power Plan rule. -
California court orders gas station owners to pay $3 million in civil penalties
Several gas station owners operating underground storage tanks around Northern California have been ordered to pay $3 million in civil penalties stemming from environmental violations, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has announced. -
California joins 39 other states in suit against generic drugmakers for alleged conspiracy
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced March 1 that the state has joined a federal antitrust lawsuit with 39 other states against six generic drugmakers. The lawsuit alleges the defendants conspired to divide customers and markets as well as increase prices for two generic drugs. -
Public policy group sees First Amendment liberties at risk in Backpage.com case
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Critics continue to argue that actions like those that recently forced classified-ad website Backpage.com to shutter its “adult” section are unconstitutional and in violation of freedom of speech rights. -
California secures additional $66 million from Volkswagen after landmark environmental case
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced Dec. 20 an additional $66 million settlement with Volkswagen. -
California not happy with Interior Department's fracking assessment
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the California Coastal Commission announced a lawsuit Dec. 19 challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) final environmental assessment concerning fracking off the coast of California. -
Bristol-Myers Squibb settles with 43 states over Abilify
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced Dec. 8 that California, along with 42 other states and the District of Columbia, reached a $19.5 million settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb over allegations the pharmaceutical company illegally marketed popular atypical antipsychotic drug Abilify. California will receive $1.3 million of the overall settlement. -
BP settles California case for $14 million after improper fuel storage allegations
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — BP West Coast Products LLC, BP Products North America Inc. and Atlantic Richfield Company have agreed to a $14 million settlement after allegations the companies violated state laws regarding operating and maintaining motor vehicle fuel underground storage tanks, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced Nov. 17. -
$15 million to be refunded to California consumers involved in alleged Chais Ponzi scheme
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced Oct. 28 that Californians who invested money with Beverly Hills-based investor Stanley Chais will receive part of a $15 million restitution settlement. . -
State of California accuses T.RAD of alleged price manipulation of auto parts
DETROIT (Legal Newsline) – California recently filed a lawsuit against a Japanese company over allegations of competition suppression in the auto parts industry. -
Federal judge approves $14.7 billion settlement in Volkswagen emissions class actions
Under the settlement, the German automaker is required to spend up to $10 billion on vehicle buybacks and owner compensation. It also must pay $2.7 billion into a trust to support environmental programs and reduce emissions, and spend an additional $2 billion on investments and promotion of zero emissions vehicles. -
California attorney general joins lawsuit against Indivior, MonoSol Rx for alleged monopoly
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris has announced that California, in conjunction with 34 other states and the District of Columbia, has filed a lawsuit against Indivior, a British pharmaceutical company, and MonoSol Rx for alleged antitrust violations. -
California attorney general praises governor for signing OpenJustice Data Act
California Attorney General Kamala Harris recently commented on Assembly Bill 2524, the OpenJustice Data Act of 2016, which was introduced by state Assembly member Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, and sponsored by Harris. Harris praised California Gov. Jerry Brown for signing the bill into law. -
California Supreme Court rules retirement is the same as quitting when it comes to a final paycheck
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- A retiring employee is considered to be quitting, the California Supreme Court has ruled in McLean v. State of California. -
Fresno artist whose Civil War painting was banned challenges California's Confederate flag law
FRESNO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) -- A Fresno man created a Civil War painting and exhibited it at his county fair this year, but the painting prompted fair officials to contact the office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris because of concerns about it containing a Confederate flag. -
California attorney general supports EPA's New Source Performance Standards
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has joined eight other states and the city of Chicago in a motion to intervene in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Source Performance Standards.