Public Policy
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The California Senate appropriations committee on Thursday blocked the progress of legislation that supporters say would strengthen a landmark privacy bill that forces technology companies to disclose how they use and share customers’ personal data… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The California Coastal Commission on Wednesday handed down a record $15.6 million fine against a developer for an alleged “bait and switch” related to a hotel project in Santa Monica that saw two lower-cost motels knocked down to clear the way for a high-priced hotel… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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California environmental authorities announced on Tuesday that they have decided to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to negative health impacts that has been at the center of a federal lawsuit seeking to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to also prohibit the product… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The city of Rockford, Illinois, can continue with drug-related antitrust claims against pharmacy services company Express Scripts and drugmaker Mallinckrodt after an Illinois federal judge rejected a bid by Express Scripts to undo an earlier order allowing the case to proceed… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Wells Fargo and Bank of America Corp. will have to face lawsuits by the city of Miami saying their allegedly racially discriminatory lending practices cost the Magic City tax revenue, an Eleventh Circuit appeals panel ruled Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 