By: AJ Cummins, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Unsplash On October 3, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newson signed Assembly Bill 940 and Senate Bill 80, formally establishing California’s roadmap for quantum technology and fusion energy development. The two new initiatives are the first coordinated state effort to not just fund […]
By Erin Keen, Staff Writer In the absence of comprehensive federal legislation on Artificial Intelligence (AI), California leads as a frontier on AI safety issues. On September 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 53, known as the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act. SB 53 is the […]
By Amelia Trello, Features Editor Photo courtesy of pixabay.com Pennsylvania bar examination results for the July exam are released in mid-October.[1] Until the release date, law school graduates around the state anxiously wait to see if the last three years of schooling and subsequent three months of studying paid off. […]
By: Madeline Olds, Web Editor Last week, California passed a law outlawing stealthing.[1] Though the passage has been highly publicized and in some of the largest news sites, many Americans are asking each other the same question: what even is stealthing? “Stealthing” is a colloquial term used to describe when an […]
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com. By William Krull, Staff Writer Spending nearly $200 million on their collective campaign effort, rideshare giants Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash were able to persuade California voters to affirm a proposition that would solidify the employment classification of “app-based drivers” as independent contractors. [1] Proposition […]
Photo Provided Courtesy of Unsplash.com By David McPeak, Blog Editor On September 23, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order which purports to effectively ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles in that state by 2035. [1] The Order goes so far as to leverage the adverse economic […]
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By Kirstin Kennedy, Staff Writer It’s impossible for consumers to deny the use of marketing techniques implemented in the layout of department stores, particularly in aisles designated for children. That’s why it was shocking to many in late 2015 when the department store Target made […]
Photo Credit: Zolnierek on Pixabay.com By: John Paul Abda, Feature Editor Labor litigation and legislation is nothing new in the United States. As far back as 1842, the Supreme Court has been weighing in on employment conditions. In Commonwealth v. Hunt, [1] the Supreme Court held that labor unions […]
By: Christina Pici, Staff Writer California’s Fair Pay to Play Act, scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2023, will make it illegal for California colleges and universities to deny their student athletes the ability to hire agents or gain any form of compensation for the use of their […]
Autopilot: The Cure to the Distracted Driver or Tort on Wheels? By: Brian D. Farrington, Staff Writer We’ve all seen it: the texter, the emailer, the DJ driver. All around us, people seem to have more on their mind than the road ahead. In 2013, 3,154 people were killed […]