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HR Watchdog recently blogged on several employment-related bills that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law. The governor also took action on eight bills related... Go here to see the original: Governor Acts to Protect Workers’ Compensation System

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Businesses enter into contracts on a daily business. Small business owners may wonder just what electronic signatures are. Are these valid signatures? The short answer is that yes, most electronic signatures are valid if done properly. And electronic signatures are growing increasingly more important, considering the vast number of contracts that are now digitized. The federal government recognized...

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Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation has removed a study from its website that found that a city-mandated closure of medical marijuana dispensaries in 2010 was associated with increased incidences of criminal activity. RAND's decision to shelve the study appears to have been motivated by criticism levied at the institute by Los Angeles city attorney's office, which had...

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The Hague, Netherlands: Dutch government officials have announced their intention to recriminalize strains of cannabis containing levels of THC, the plant's primary psychoactive ingredient, above 15 percent. Officials were not specific as to when the proposed ban would take effect or how strictly the new policy would be enforced. A representative from the Dutch Ministry of Justice said...

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Range Resources’ suit against Cecil Township over zoning rules adds to the growing debate over how much municipalities can regulate land use as drilling in the Marcellus Shale ramps up. See the original post here: Pennsylvania: Gas Company Sues Over Zoning Rules

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KY: Sandhill Crane Hunting Season Approved See the original post here: KY: Sandhill Crane Hunting Season Approved

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By DAVE DOWNEY – North County Times – Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 7:30 pm The Sheriff’s Department will get about half of $21.8 million in state funding being spread among Riverside County departments so they can deal with an anticipated influx of hundreds of state prisoners and parolees, a county public safety panel decided Tuesday. Under a...

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From: “Kieliger, Camilla” Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:01:00 -0700 Subject: Invitation to Comment: Criminal Jury Instructions Comments sought: The Advisory Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions has approved and posted its latest release of proposed revisions and additions to the criminal instructions (CALCRIM) for public comment. The instructions are available for viewing on the internet at http:// www.courts.ca.gov/policyadmin-invitationstocomment.htm...

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By Bob Sullivan – MSNBC.COM A government surveillance software scandal that erupted in Germany this weekend has spread beyond that nation’s borders, raising questions about how far government officials around the globe might go to monitor citizens through spyware. On Saturday, as reported on MSNBC.com, the German-based Chaos Computer Club announced it had examined a Trojan horse program...

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ScienceDaily (Oct. 10, 2011) - One of the most successful strategies in pest control is to endow crop plants with genes from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt for short, which code for proteins that kill pests attempting to eat them. Read more here: Smarter Toxins Help Crops Fight Resistant Pests