Sexual Harassment Overview for Employers By: Stacy L. Henderson The key to avoiding liability for sexual harassment is taking a proactive approach.  Most employers are aware that harassment of employees in the workplace is prohibited and that employers are strictly liable for harassment by supervisory or management employees.  Did you also know that in some...Read More

RECONCILING THE PUBLIC TRUST AND APPROPRIATIVE WATER RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA: National Audubon Society v. Superior Court, 33 Cal. 3d 419, 658 P.2d 709, 189 Cal. Rptr. 346 (1983), modified, 33 Cal. 3d 726a, 658 P.2d 709, 189 Cal. Rptr. 346 (1983). The right to use and divert water in California has traditionally been governed by a dual...Read More

by Steve Herum, Herum Crabtree, Stockton, California Today you receive four very different perspectives about the problems and potential solutions to the circumstances present in California’s Central Valley. To start with let me make clear that I respect the genuineness and concern expressed by each of my fellow panelists. I do, however, part company with...Read More

RecordNet.com May 12, 2016 Probably the lofty State Water Resources Control Board thought it had picked an easy mark when it singled out two obscure local irrigation districts for allegedly taking water illegally. The state board menaced the Byron-Bethany and Westside water districts with a cease and desist order and, in Byron-Bethany’s case, a staggering...Read More