-produced fruits, vegetables and nut crops, and for produce like leafy greens, the Salinas valley and the desert production of the Imperial Valley and Arizona dominate U.S. production in very specialized sub-regions, which are often dominated in turn by the largest farms. [read post]

Meyer, Daniel Dutko, H. [read post]

New Year, New Progress: 2016 Update on Defend Trade Secrets Act & EU Directive In Seyfarth’s third installment of its 2016 Trade Secrets Webinar series, Seyfarth attorneys Robert Milligan, Justin Beyer, and Daniel Hart provided attendees with a thorough discussion of the fundamentals as well as updates of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and the proposed EU Trade Secrets Directive. [read post]

AB 1196, introduced by Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson) on June 4, 2020, prohibits law enforcement agencies from authorizing the use of the carotid restraint and chokeholds. [7] While a number of cities across the state like San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, had already taken steps to prohibit the use of these techniques, statewide policies regarding neck restraints varied until passage of AB 1196. [8] SB 230, sponsored by Assemblymember Anna Caballero (D-Salinas), was also… [read post]

   David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment has recently summarized and reflected on th quite interesting case recently decided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Habitantes de La Oroya Vs. [read post]