Beginning in the 1970’s, the U.S. began passing a series of ad hoc statutes designed to protect some of the most sensitive personal information in the credit reporting, health care and financial services industries. For years, privacy law languished as a backwater subspecialty to which no one paid much attention. However, the recent enactment of …
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The Demise of the Gay (and Trans) Panic Defense
On September 27, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown adopted Assembly Bill No. 2501 (“A.B. 2501”), which amended California Penal Code § 192 in a manner that effectively bans the gay (trans) panic defense. Section 192 defines voluntary manslaughter as “the unlawful killing of a human being without malice upon a sudden quarrel or heat of …
- March 12, 2018
- Alex Cook
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, to implement Thomson Reuters C-Track Case Management Solution
Thomson Reuters announced last week that C-Track Case Management System (CMS) will serve as the official case management solution for the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. C-Track CMS, designed specifically for courts to capture, track, process and report their cases, enhances the courts capability to manage information, improving performance tracking and maximizing efficiency. …
- December 23, 2013
- Susan Martin