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Attorney General Issues Opinion Prohibiting Cities from Contracting with “Financially Interested” Council Members On October 16, 2014, the Office of the Attorney General issued an opinion finding, that except in instances of actual necessity, Government Code Section 1090 prohibits a city from purchasing products from.

On September 29, 2014, the Governor of California approved two education data privacy bills, Senate Bill 1177 and Assembly Bill 1442 (together, the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA)), to protect student information by creating privacy standards for K-12 school districts that rely on.

On June 10, 2014, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu issued a decision in the matter of Vergara v. California. In the landmark decision, Judge Treu declared certain portions of California law unconstitutional, particularly the statues mandating procedures for hiring and firing.

On May 5, 2014, the United States Supreme Court ruled that city councils and other public boards can begin their meetings with ceremonial invocations, even those that include sectarian references. In the case of Town of Greece, New York v. Galloway et al., Docket No..

AGC is pleased to announce that the City of Vallejo has appointed AGC to its litigation and outside counsel panel. AGC Partners Vincent C. Ewing and Andrew Jared, Senior Associate Sharon Medellin, and Associate Christopher Cardinale will represent Vallejo on various matters as outside counsel.