In a win for California employers, the California Court of Appeal held that stock options are not wages. A stock option is a contractual right to buy company stock at a certain price regardless of whether the stock price increases. If the value of the stock increases, the option is more attractive since the person can buy the stock at lower price and immediately sell the stock at a higher price. For example, if an employee receives a stock option at $1 and the price increases to $2, and the employee exercises the option by buying the stock, the employee essentially doubled their… [read post]

Report of Governor Noem’s animal cruelty unsettling kblocher@hslf.org Sat, 04/27/2024 - 01:54 WASHINGTON (April 26, 2024) — Today, The Guardian reported that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem acknowledged in her upcoming memoir how she ended the lives of her family’s 14-month-old puppy and a goat on their farm. Humane Society Legislative Fund president Sara Amundson responded to the revelations with the following statement: “There is no redeeming takeaway from a story about the ending of these animals’ lives, including a juvenile dog who was… [read post]

Firefighters have contained a fire that engulfed the end of the Oceanside Pier, a local landmark that has been destroyed by fire and storms and rebuilt several times in its 136-year history. On Friday, the wood pylons of the 1,954-foot wooden structure were still smoldering from the blaze that ignited Thursday, officials said. No injuries were reported. Oceanside and Strand beaches are still closed to the public as an environmental group cleans up the debris that has washed ashore. The fire also damaged a vacant restaurant that used to be Ruby’s Diner and a snack shop that housed… [read post]

The journal PS: Political Science and Politics has published a special issue on the topic of Democracy Backsliding. Papers include The Resilience of Democracy’s Third Wave by Stephen Levitsky and Lucan Way. Other papers concern how to measure democratic backsliding… Continue reading The post Democratic Backsliding appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]

"These are events that took place three and a half years ago. This indictment could have been brought three years ago, or two years ago. There is a reason why it is being brought right now. It is to freeze the Arizona Republican Party so that they cannot organize themselves to win that Senate seat..." The post Delay In Bringing Arizona ‘Fake Elector’ Case Until Election Year Looks Like “An Electoral Move” first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion. [read post]

A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Some injuries were reported but there were no immediate reports that anyone was killed.Video above: Live coverage from sister station KCCIMultiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha, a city of 485,000 people.Photos on social media showed heavily damaged homes and shredded trees. Video showed homes with… [read post]

The Gold Country Wildlife Rescue group is awaiting the completion of a permanent facility in Auburn that will serve as a haven for animals in need of rehabilitation. Sallysue Stein, who founded the rescue group in 1991, said they take in about 4,oo0 animals a year, including sick, injured and orphaned wildlife. The facility being built in Auburn is a million-dollar plan that should allow the rescue group to expand.”I think we have about 15 enclosures here, We’ll probably have closer to 100 by the time we’re done building everything out,” Stein said.… [read post]

“An agreement to arbitrate may be unenforceable if pursuing a claim in arbitration is so cost prohibitive that it prevents a party from vindicating its rights.”  With that opening sentence, the Texas Supreme Court in Lennar Homes of Texas, Inc. v. Rafiei, 2024 WL 1470909 (April 5, 2024), recently rendered an opinion worth noting by all residential contractors, including in New Hampshire, who insert arbitration clauses with fee-splitting provisions in their contracts as a strategy for discouraging claims. In Lennar a homeowner sued his builder for personal injuries… [read post]

A person was stabbed Friday afternoon after getting into an argument with other passengers on a Los Angeles Metro bus in University Park, authorities said. Police were dispatched to the area of Figueroa Way and Adams Boulevard at around 12:35 p.m. after a reported stabbing, according to Rosario Cervantes, a public information officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. The Los Angeles Fire Department also responded, and the victim was taken to a hospital. No additional information about the victim was immediately available. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the… [read post]

Police respond to individual armed with knife on Stockton Boulevard Updated: 5:12 PM PDT Apr 26, 2024 THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT FIVE. WELL, POLICE AND COLLEGE STUDENTS CLASH ON CAMPUS. THE GROWING CONCERN ABOUT THE PROTESTS AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UC DAVIS HEALTH ANNOUNCING SOME JOB ELIMINATIONS. WE’LL TALK ABOUT HOW MANY JOBS AND WHY THE HEALTH SYSTEM SAYS IT NEEDS THOSE POSITIONS TO GO AWAY. A RESTAURANT OWNER IS DEALING WITH YET ANOTHER BREAK IN THEIR MESSAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY. WHILE DEALING WITH BEING A CRIME VICTIM AND GOING FOR THE GOLD. NOW… [read post]