By Riley Minkoff On November 22, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the President of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Marybel Batjer would be retiring effective December 31, 2021 and that he was appointing Senior Advisor to the Governor Continue reading
By Alexandra Loyo On December 6, 2021, Celina Damian began working as the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s (DFPI) first Student Loan Ombudsperson. According to the Department’s December 2021 monthly bulletin, Ms. Damian previously worked with the Department of Continue reading
By Dimitri Davis On December 21, 2021, the Dental Board of California (DBC) published notice of its intent to adopt sections 1017, 1043.8.1, 1043.9, 1043.9.1, 1043.9.2, and Article 5.1, and amend sections 1021, 1043, 1043.1, 1043.2, 1043.3, 1043.4, 1043.5, 1043.6, Continue reading
By Ian Ross On August 27, 2021, the State Bar announced in a press release that it appointed George S. Cardona as the new Chief Trial Counsel for the attorney discipline system. The Chief Trial Counsel leads the Office of Continue reading
By James Lanham Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR) No. 12 (Stone), as filed with the Secretary of State on September 7, 2021, encourages the United States Congress to eliminate the requirements that a law school must be accredited by a specialized Continue reading
By Alexandra Loyo On November 4, 2021, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) noticed and held a public hearing for comments on modifications to the proposed rulemaking PRO 13/13, which would amend sections 1711.1 through 1741.7, Title 10 Continue reading
By Dimitri Davis On April 23, 2021, the Dental Board of California (DBC) published notice of its intent to amend section 1031, Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), to establish the definition of successful results of the Continue reading
By Divya Sriharan On June 11, 2021, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved proposed amendments to sections 1320 and 1321, Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), to implement SB 798 (Hill) (Chapter 775, Statutes of 2017), Continue reading
By Yusra Serhan On November 1, 2021, the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) issued an All Plan Letter to all full-service health care service plans regarding health care coverage of the influenza vaccines and COVID-19 vaccines for children aged Continue reading
By Steven Funk On April 29-30, 2021, the California Board of Pharmacy (Board) held a meeting [Agenda Item XI(b–c)], where the Board expressed its intention to sign the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Memorandum of Understanding Addressing Certain Distributions of Continue reading
