California

California became a state on September 9, 1850, making it the 31st US state. Before being named a US state, it was referred to as the California Republic. With a total area of over 163,000 miles, it is the 3rd largest by area in the US, and with a population of nearly 40 million, it is the most populous state in the country. With a $2.7 trillion economy, it boasts the fifth largest economy in the world.

Popular culture, government policy, innovation, and a liberal-government make California a trendsetter for other US states in terms of legislation and government actions. The rise and origination of the internet, the original film industry, and entertainment are from California. And, it is diverse in terms of employment/economy, with major industries being in: film, entertainment, sports, pop culture, music, real estate, technology, and government industries, among others. California is home to silicon valley, where companies like Google, Cisco, Apple and Adobe have headquarters, and it boasts the largest concentration of high-tech companies in the country.

California is an extremely liberal state. Both the Legislature and Congress currently have members from both parties. In addition to Republican and Democrat, there are four additional parties which can run for office in CA which are: Green Party, American Independent Party, Peace and Freedom Party, and the Libertarian Party. In recent elections, a majority of state-voters have supported the Democratic party.

California is home to Stanford Law School, which was the 2nd ranked law school in the country in 2017, and is home to University of California Berkeley and University of California Los Angeles School of Law, which ranked 12th and 18th respectively in 2017. Alcatraz Island, the Hollywood Sign, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Yosemite National Park, are among the many historical sites visitors are drawn to in the state annually.

California is a part of the Ninth Circuit, which has been at the center of many contentious legal battles regarding immigration, the Trump Administration’s travel ban litigation, issues of copyright brought by PETA and litigation on the Equal Pay Act. California legislation and state court litigation can have an outsize impact on the rest of the country, and the National Law Review covers these cases and developments on a regular basis.

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Jul 3 2014	Your Cell Phone – Riley V. California & the Post-Digital Privacy Era	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul 3 2014	Fur Flies and West Hollywood (“WeHo”) Fur Ban Is Upheld By Federal Court	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul 2 2014	Courts In 9th Circuit Continue To Split On Ascertainability: “All Natural” Class Action Dies On the Vine But Sexual Energy Supplement Suit Has Staying Power	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul 2 2014	California Supreme Court Clarifies Standards for Class Certification of Independent Contract Class Actions	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul 2 2014	Twitter Sued in Telephone Consumer Protection Act Class Action for Messaging Recycled Wireless Numbers	Faegre Drinker
Jul 2 2014	California Supreme Court Leaves Unanswered Questions in Independent Contractor Case	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul 1 2014	General Ideas Protectable as Trade Secrets in California	McDermott Will & Emery
Jul 1 2014	First District Court of Appeal Holds State Water Board May Restrict Beneficial Water Use by Senior Water Rights Holders, Relying on Public Trust Doctrine	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul 1 2014	New California Employment Laws Take Effect on July 1, 2014 – Increased Minimum Wage, Expanded Paid Family Leave and Further Limits on Background Checks	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul 1 2014	Indian Country Awaits 9th Circuit’s En Banc Rehearing in Big Lagoon Case	Dickinson Wright PLLC
Jul 1 2014	Public Company Adopts Fee Shifting Bylaw	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 30 2014	Arbitrator, Not Court, Decides Arbitration Agreement’s Enforceability, California Court Holds	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 30 2014	Supreme Court Upholds EPA's Power to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Large Stationary Sources – But Scolds EPA for Overreaching In Its Regulatory Approach	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 30 2014	The Family is Getting Bigger: Starting July 2014 California’s Paid Family Leave Expands	Mintz
Jun 30 2014	Recovery Periods, Like Rest Periods, are Compensable Time	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 30 2014	California Supreme Court Upholds Employment Class Action Waivers, but Rejects Waivers of PAGA Claims (Private Attorneys General Act)	Mintz
Jun 27 2014	California Supreme Court Enforces Class Action Waivers in Employee Arbitration Agreements	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun 27 2014	California's Limited Offering Exemption: When “All” Doesn’t Necessarily Mean “All”	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 26 2014	San Francisco Bay Area Residents Want More Wireless Towers	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 26 2014	Employers Must Post Updated Minimum Wage Order by July 1, 2014	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 26 2014	California Tide is Turning in Favor of Arbitration	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 25 2014	Despite Customer Opposition, FERC Accepts CAISO’s Proposed Energy Imbalance Market for the Western Interconnection and PacifiCorp’s Proposal To Be the EIM’s First Participant	ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun 25 2014	California High Court: Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Valid, But Waivers of Representative Actions under State Law Are Not	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 25 2014	The California Supreme Court Upholds Class But Not Representative Action Waivers In Iskanian	Faegre Drinker
Jun 25 2014	California Supreme Court Okays Class Action Waivers and Overrules Gentry v. Superior Court, but Bans Waivers of Representative Actions Under the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA)	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 25 2014	Californians May Vote This November On Whether To Overturn Citizens United	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 25 2014	California Supreme Court Provides Sweeping Class Waiver Guidance: Accepts Concepcion, Overturns Gentry; Rejects D.R. Horton Theory; Leaves Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) Loophole	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun 24 2014	California Supreme Court Issues Iskanian Decision, Ruling that Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Are Enforceable, But Still Allows PAGA Claims to Proceed on Representative Basis	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun 24 2014	Employers Should Now Run—Not Walk—Toward Adopting Arbitration Agreements in California	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun 24 2014	No Class: Hulu Users Lose Certification Motion	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun 24 2014	California Supreme Court Gives Employers Added Protection Against Wage-and-Hour Class Actions	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 24 2014	California Defines LLCs Subject To New Law To Include Foreign LLCs: How Confused Is This?	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 20 2014	Legal Implications of the Don Sterling Trust Dispute	Bilzin Sumberg
Jun 20 2014	New Ban the Box Restrictions Effective in San Francisco July 1, 2014 and August 13, 2014	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 19 2014	Protected Speech Does Not Include Extortion, California Appellate Court Rules	Jackson Lewis P.C.

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