A fish pedicure, also known as a fish spa, involves patrons dipping their feet in a tub of water filled with small fish called Garra rufa. Garra rufa are sometimes referred to as “doctor fish” because they eat away dead skin found on peoples’ feet, leaving newer skin exposed. Garra rufa are native to the Read more…
Save the Date! On Wednesday, February 13, the Administrative Law Section of the Sacramento County Bar Association (SCBA) will be hosting a luncheon at Blue Prynt (815 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814) about WRITS – Everything You Always Wanted to Know. Special Guests will be the following Judges from the Superior Read more…
On January 1, 2013, Senate Bill 1215 went into effect. This Board of Optometry-sponsored bill created two retired license statuses, and updated Business and Professions Code section 3070 pertaining to the mandatory notification of addresses for the practice of optometry. The new retired license statuses are currently not available. That Read more…
Administrative hearings come in all varieties ranging from a local government building permit issue to a Medical Board license revocation case. More often than not the nature of the rights at stake in the administrative hearing are quite significant. In particular, the California Administrative Procedure Act governs the rights of Read more…
Berman Hearings are administrative hearings conducted by the California Labor Commissioner to determine the legitimacy and extent of an employee wage claim against an employer. The Berman Hearing was named after Howard Berman, the member of the California State Assembly who instituted it. It is designed to provide a speedy, informal, Read more…
Many California licensees or professionals applying for an occupational or business license who have been convicted of drug-related offenses do not understand the consequences of their conviction. More often than not, the licensing authority – whether a state licensing Board or local licensing agency – will deem the conviction substantially Read more…
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), an agency may designate as “precedent” a decision or part of a decision “that contains a significant legal or policy determination of general application that is likely to recur.” (Government Code §11425.60(b)). Precedent decisions can be used to clarify the agency’s interpretation of the Read more…
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2008 issue of the Sacramento Lawyer, the bi-monthly publication of the Sacramento County Bar Association. The article is the copyrighted property of the Sacramento County Bar Association.) This article discusses two of the main tools government and administrative law practitioners use to challenge a Read more…
The California State Bar recently adopted new Rules of Court and State Bar Rules that reserves the right to suspend an attorney’s license to practice law in the State of California if the attorney owes a large delinquent tax liability. The rule only applies to attorneys who are on the Read more…
In California, “expungement” of a record (under Penal Code section 1203.4) does not mean that the conviction never happened. It simply relieves a person from the criminal penalties of their actions. What are some other options? Sealing the Record of a Minor Unlike expungement of a record (under Penal Code Read more…