Initiative to help startups at UC campuses included in state budget bill
California lawmakers included an initiative to help startups at UC campuses throughout California in a $122.5 billion budget passed by the legislature June 15. Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, proposed the initiative, which will give $2 million every year to each UC campus and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to start or expand business incubators. Read More →
Read More →Court delays hearing on Plains’ motion to seal Refugio oil spill transcripts
Santa Barbara Superior Court will review Plains All American Pipeline’s motion to seal the transcripts of its indictment from the Refugio oil spill on June 30, the same day of the arraignment. The hearing was continued on the morning of June 16. Plains filed a motion on May 27 to seal all California grand jury Read More →
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Overtime rules could help California firms keep employees
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Read More →Supreme Court clears way for religious organization workers to get free birth control
The U.S. Supreme Court announced May 16 that it would not rule on a case regarding religious organization workers’ access to free birth control. It is looking to lower courts to explore a compromise. The Zubik v. Burwell case discusses whether freedom is infringed by an Obama administration rule regarding contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Read More →
Read More →Long Beach latest to sue Plains over Refugio oil spill
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Read More →More tri-county victims added to Ponzi scheme lawsuit
The Santa Barbara law firm Hollister & Brace added more tri-county residents to its Ponzi scheme case in which investors were allegedly bilked out of about $125 million. Joel Gillis and Edward Wishner and their Calabasas-based firm Nationwide Automated Systems Inc. allegedly sold investors on automated teller machines that often didn’t exist. Hollister & Brace’s Read More →
Read More →Update: General Magnaplate pulling out of Ventura County
General Magnaplate California is closing its Ventura facility, the company announced on April 15. Difficult California business conditions and the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the Environmental Defense Center forced the closure, the company said. General Magnaplate has made reinforced parts used in the aerospace, transportation, medical, oil and other industries for 36 years. “After 36 successful Read More →
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