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A 1993 report from the joint University of California and State of California research program, California Policy Seminar (now the California Policy Research Center), [34] said that a property tax system based on acquisition value links property tax liability to ability to pay and has a progressive impact on the tax structure, based on income ...
Frivolous litigation is the use of legal processes with apparent disregard for the merit of one's own arguments. It includes presenting an argument with reason to know that it would certainly fail, or acting without a basic level of diligence in researching the relevant law and facts.
Lawrence Bittaker, who together with his partner Roy Norris was convicted of torturing, raping and murdering five young girls in 1979, filed 40 separate frivolous lawsuits against the state of California, including one claiming "cruel and unusual punishment" after being served a broken cookie. In 1993, he was declared a vexatious litigant and ...
It was an initiative statute that limited the California law on unfair competition, restricting private lawsuits against a company only to those where an individual is injured by and suffers a financial loss due to an unfair, unlawful, or fraudulent business practice and providing that otherwise only public prosecutors may file lawsuits ...
Insurers paid out $556 million in claims to homeowners and $47 million to car owners. After the storms, thousands of lawsuits were filed against insurers and adjusters. The lawsuits were based on allegations of "low-ball payments on claims." As a reaction, a state senator introduced legislation (Senate Bill 1628) to reform hailstorm litigation ...
California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) was originally passed to help workers file claims for labor law violations. Unfortunately, the law is being grossly manipulated, with attorneys ...
Californians pay the highest marginal state income tax rate in the country — 13.3%, according to Tax Foundation data. But California has a graduated tax rate, which means your rate increases ...
A Kentucky-based construction company is facing criminal charges after California officials say it evaded $2.5 million in taxes and committed $40,000 in wage theft at projects across the state.