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California Supreme Court: Penal Code Section 496(c) Can Apply To Business Disputes

In a long-awaited opinion — Siry Investment, L.P. v. Farkhondehpour — the California Supreme Court held that California Penal Code section 496 can apply to a business dispute. The opinion resolves a ...
Campus Safety Magazine

California Penal Code Barring False Citizens’ Complaints Deemed Unconstitutional

WASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court will not be reviewing a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court that held as unconstitutional California’s law prohibiting false citizens’ complaints against ...
CBS News

Term 'At-Risk Youth' Replaced With 'At-Promise Youth' In California Penal Codes

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The term "at-risk youth" was commonly used in both penal and education codes in California - until now. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that went into effect on Jan. 1 that ...
JD Supra

The Ninth Circuit Holds that California’s Anti-Hacking Law, Penal Code Section 502, does not Proscribe Unauthorized “Access” to a Database; Rather, the Section Prohibits ...

California’s Computer Data Access And Fraud Act, Cal. Pen. Code, § 502 (“CDAFA”) is a state law analog to the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1030 et seq. (“CFAA”). Both are aimed at ...