Judge approves $235 million PG&E employee bonus plan
A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved PG&E’s plan to award $235 million in bonuses to approximately 10,000 employees this year. Read More …
Tag: Federal Court
Judge rules California ban on high-capacity magazines is unconstitutional
A federal judge ruled Friday that California’s ban on high-capacity gun magazines is unconstitutional, striking down a key provision of a successful 2016 ballot initiative that was proposed by now-Gov. Gavin Read More …
California man gets 20 years in prison for deadly hoax phone call
A California man received a sentence Friday of 20 years in federal prison for a hoax phone call he made that resulted in police officers shooting and killing an innocent man. Read More …
Santa Barbara County suing opioid manufacturers
Joining a trend of coast-to-coast lawsuits against big pharma, Santa Barbara County is suing several pharmaceutical companies over their alleged role in creating rampant opioid addiction. Read More …
PG&E grapples with federal judge over fire prevention measures
Amid a wildfire-driven bankruptcy process, PG&E has entered a spat with a federal judge over probation terms stemming from the utility’s conviction over a deadly gas explosion in 2010. Read More …
California sues Trump Administration over plan to build border wall
California, with the support of 15 other states, is suing the Trump Administration over President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration over the United States-Mexico border and his attempt to fund the construction of a wall. Read More …
California spent thousands on sexual harassment suits against judges
Amid a flurry of sexual harassment cases in the California Legislature, a record request has revealed the state’s court system has been settling sexual harassment complaints against judges and staffers. [LA Times]
Over the last seven years, the state Judicial Council has paid more than $500,000 to settle sexual harassment cases. Read More …
Grover Beach woman pleads guilty to involvement in oil field meth ring
A Grover Beach woman is facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years to life in prison and a $10 million fine after pleading guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine as part of an oil field drug dealing case. [Billings Gazette]
Claudia Norman, 57, allegedly acted as the supplier for methamphetamine dealers in the Bakken oil fields, which span the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. Read More …
Santa Barbara residents charged over nationwide $27 million real estate scam
A federal grand jury in Illinois has indicted two Santa Barbara residents over a nationwide telemarketing real estate scam that allegedly victimized more than 100,000 people out of a combined total Read More …
California’s demand for equal access to justice
OPINION by STEW JENKINS Editors note: This is the third in a three-part about problem’s with Californian’s access to the federal court system. In the first and second parts of this Read More …