OAKLAND, California, June 11 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today submitted a comment letter in support of a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that would reduce barriers to HUD-assisted housing for individuals with past involvement in the criminal-legal system (justice-involved individuals). According to HUD, nearly a third of adult Americans have a crimi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 11 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed an amended complaint in People ex rel. Bonta v. Exxon Mobil, his lawsuit against five of the largest fossil fuel companies in the world -- Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and BP -- and the American Petroleum Institute (API), adding the disgorgement remedy provided by AB 1366, which was enacted earlier this   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 6 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting petition for modification of decision (Agenda ID No. 24-05-040): * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company for Approval of 2024-2031 Energy Efficiency Business Plan and 2024-2027 Portfolio Plan (U39M). And Related Matters. DECISION GRANTING SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY'S PETITION FOR MODIFICA  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a compliance agreement with the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) to resolve claims of Clean Air Act violations at its bulk chlorine storage site in Saipan. Under this agreement, within one year the CUC must meet requirements including updating the facility's Risk Management Plan (RMP) and addressing   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for a salad product labeled as Bistro Grande Southwestern Style with Chicken due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The salad product labeled as Southwestern Style with Chicken may actually contain Chicken Caesar Salad containing wheat and fish (ancho  more

MACON, Georgia, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: The leader of a violent drug trafficking organization (DTO) who directed approximately 2,000 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico into the U.S.--much of which was distributed into the Middle District of Georgia--was sentenced to two life sentences in prison for his crimes today. Albert Ross aka "Big," 53, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was sentenced to serv  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-09-22-02004) on May 17, 2024, entitled "California Improperly Claimed $52.7 Million in Federal Medicaid Reimbursement for Capitation Payments Made on Behalf of Noncitizens With Unsatisfactory Immigration Status" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit States are generally prohibited from claiming F  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 7 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. A168850): * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division Three In re A.F. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. M.S., Defendant and Appellant. In July 2023, the San Francisco Human Services Agency (Agency) filed a petition alleging three children came within Welfare  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3113): * * * In Re: Apple Inc. Smartphone Antitrust Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiffs in a Northern District of California action move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Northern District of California. The litigation consists of ten actions pending in two districts, as listed on Schedule A. Since the filing of the motion, the Panel has bee  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3114): * * * In Re: AT&T Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiff in one action (Petroski) moves under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Northern District of Texas. This litigation consists of twelve putative class actions pending in two districts, the Northern District of Texas and the Western District of Oklahoma, as  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3115): * * * In Re: Consumer Vehicle Driving Data Tracking Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel:* Plaintiff in the Central District of California Thongsawang action moves under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Central District of California. This litigation consists of seven actions pending in five districts, as listed on Schedule A. Since the filing of the m  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3083): * * * IN RE: MOVEit Customer Data Security Breach Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiffs in three actions pending in the Eastern District of Arkansas and the Northern and Southern Districts of California and defendant M&T Bank Corporation in two Western District of New York actions (the M&T Bank actions) move under Panel Rule 7.1 to vacate the Panel's orders conditi  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 2741): * * * In Re: Roundup Products Liability Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiffs in the Southern District of Florida Gomez action listed on Schedule A move under Panel Rule 7.1 to vacate our order that conditionally transferred Gomez to the Northern District of California for inclusion in MDL No. 2471. Defendant Monsanto Company opposes the motion. In support of thei  more

TWENTYNINE PALMS, California, June 11 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Quiarra Barros, PEO Land Systems Approximately 4,279 Marines and Sailors from Marine Forces Reserve are mobilizing from across the country to form Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23 and conduct Integrated Training Exercise 4-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center here, from June 8-25, 2024. ITX is a live-fire exercise combining infantry, artillery, aircraft, combat logistics,   more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx County District Attorney, announced today that, on the morning he was scheduled to begin trial, FELIX HERRERA GARCIA pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death and serious bodily injury, as well as possession of narc  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: SAN DIEGO -- CBP officers assigned to the San Diego Field Office seized 4.31 pounds of marijuana, 21.73 pounds of heroin, 913.9 pounds of cocaine, 561.91 pounds of fentanyl, and 16,408.94 pounds of methamphetamine in 165 separate smuggling attempts from May 1 to May 31. One of these May seizures, occurring at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility, was the second larges  more