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State Senate OKs ban on voice-over-Internet phone regulation
SACRAMENTO -- A controversial bill that would ban state agencies from any future regulation of voice-over-Internet phone service won easy passage from the state Senate. The bill, SB 1161 by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), passed on an easy, bipartisan...
Tags: Darrell Steinberg, Companies and Corporations, Television Industry, Consumers, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program)
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We need a stronger Glass-Steagall Act to regulate financial firms
"Bring back Glass-Steagall!" That's the cry you hear most often for restoring regulatory stringency to our misbehaving financial sector.
The 1933 law, which barred commercial banks from underwriting or investing in stocks — in effect, from owning...Tags: Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Banking, Investments, Alan Greenspan, Citigroup Incorporated
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For contraceptives, a Catholic exception?
Even before the Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — a.k.a. "Obamacare" — 43 Roman Catholic organizations have filed lawsuits challenging a related regulation that requires...
Tags: Laws, Career and Workplace, Employees, Christianity, Civil Rights
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Is a Call of Duty settlement coming?
Could a Call of Duty settlement be at hand? Key pre-trial motions in the high-stakes lawsuit involving Activision Blizzard Inc.'s Call of Duty game franchise abruptly ceased Tuesday morning, prompting speculation as to whether such talks are underway....
Tags: Corporate Crime, Gaming, Companies and Corporations, Breach of Contract, Court Preliminary
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NCTA Chairman Michael Powell fears heavy regulation of Internet
BOSTON -- The government needs to take a light touch when it comes to regulating the Internet, warned Michael Powell, a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission who is now head of the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn., which is the...Tags: Politics, National Government, Networking, Satellite and Cable Service
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2 newspapers sue to get officers' names in UC Davis pepper spraying
SAN FRANCISCO — The Los Angeles Times and Sacramento Bee filed suit Wednesday against the University of California Board of Regents, demanding the release of police officers' names removed from a critical report on the controversial pepper...
Tags: Unions, Career and Workplace, University of California, Davis, Newspaper and Magazine, Judges
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Backers of health insurance rate regulation edge closer to ballot
Supporters of a proposed ballot measure seeking tighter regulation of health insurance rates in California turned in 800,000 petition signatures, confident that they will qualify for the Nov. 6 election.
In the coming weeks, county election offices and...Tags: Politics, Insurance, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Voting
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Hotels with pools want to tweak new disabled-access rule
With the summer pool season approaching, a battle is brewing between advocates for disabled Americans and hotel owners over how to make public swimming pools more accessible to people with disabilities. At the center of the dispute is a new regulation...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Laws, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Department of Justice, Judges
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California lawmakers OK plan to shift pot shop regulation to state
PolitiCalA proposal that could make it easier to open medical marijuana shops in California was approved by the Assembly's Public Safety Committee.... -
California PUC majority opposes phone deregulation bill
SACRAMENTO — Members of the California Public Utilities Commission are criticizing a bill that would strip their agency of authority to regulate basic telephone services.
Meeting Thursday in San Francisco, the five-member board expressed doubts...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Alex Padilla, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Verizon Communications, Economy, Business and Finance
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Mesothelioma victims deserve better than wasteful legal maneuvers
John Johnson died three months ago, his body racked with malignant mesothelioma, a disease that's almost always caused by asbestos exposure. The Marine veteran had sued dozens of companies he believed shared responsibility for his condition, but he...Tags: Michael Hiltzik, Defendants, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Issues, Litigation
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Female Lawyers for Female Cases
The law aims to protect men and women equally. Yet some types of cases nearly beg for female representation-and don't get it. That's why Karen Barth Menzies, partner at Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro & Davis, has devoted her career to taking on the...Tags: Birth Defects, Defendants, Companies and Corporations, Chemicals, Prosecution
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