Health care law in limbo during government shutdown
The appointment of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker may be delayed to the government shutdown. Photo Credit: Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call file photo as reported by Roll Call, 1/11/19. In...
View ArticleMarijuana adjudication, programs for mentally ill focus of new California laws
Photo credit: http://www.courts.ca.gov Juvenile justice reform, sentence reductions or expungement of convictions for marijuana users and expansion of programs that focus on mentally ill defendants all...
View ArticleAmid forest fire claims, PG&E files for bankruptcy
The Camp Fire in California as seen from the Landsat 8 satellite on November 8, 2018. Pacific Gas and Electric Corp has filed for bankruptcy, a legal proceeding that could deny forest fire victims...
View ArticleUpdate: Court sides with Mary Trump
The Washington Post reports that one day after imposing a restraining order to allow the parties to present arguments at a hearing about whether or not Mary Trump, the President’s niece could publish...
View Article‘Awash in Cash’ Ed-Tech Firms Still Vie for PPP Cash
By Courts Monitor Publisher, Sara Schinella Collective eyebrows have been raised across several industries as the government discloses just who received those Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)...
View ArticleCalifornia Civil Courts Backlogged
Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Los Angeles. Photo credit: www.lacourt.org Civil courts in California were already backlogged before they basically shuttered in March. Now with COVID-19, Los Angeles County...
View ArticleClearview AI Inc. facing litigation for violating data privacy laws
Photo Credit: Fractal Pictures/Shutterstock.com as covered in a report by Law.com. Clearview AI Inc., which uses facial recognition to provide photographic information, is facing litigation in Illinois...
View Article‘Breaking Barriers Guided By Passion’: An Interview with Ashley King
(Editor’s Note: Just in time for summer travel, NCM Publisher Sara Corcoran found some time to spend with an aviation icon who can really, really improve your flying experience.) By Sara Corcoran,...
View ArticleEditor’s Note
Maybe it was inevitable for an idea born at an iconic Hollywood restaurant (well, the Musso and Frank bar), but this website is headed for a reboot. We’ve been more or less silent here during the...
View ArticleAffordable Housing Getting Crunched
What we do hope to add is a unique voice to the nation’s hotly debated civil justice conversations. Our role is to curate coverage from the civil justice community and amplify that coverage, by...
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View ArticleCalifornia Civil Courts Backlogged
Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Los Angeles. Photo credit: www.lacourt.org Civil courts in California were already backlogged before they basically shuttered in March. Now with COVID-19, Los Angeles County...
View ArticleDespite Election, 2024 Brings Medicare Child Welfare Reform Effort
Photo credit: Kim Raff for ProPublica, originally published in the ProPublica article “Biden Administration to Overhaul Welfare Following ProPublica Reporting” from 11/28/23. Moving this to the top of...
View Article2023 Trend Watch: California Laws Favor Housing Developers
Photo credit: Semantha Norris, originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press article “New housing laws aimed to streamline building process take effect in 2024” on 1/1/24. The Golden State...
View ArticleNCM Publisher Sets The Record Straight
Not to be missed: Sara Corcoran, the NCM founding publisher and frequent contributor to news websites like CityWatchLA and Daily Kos, begins 2024 by clearing the air on some rumors, reports and even...
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