United States: Amendments To California Anti-Retaliation Laws Facilitate Employee Lawsuits - Squire Patton Boggs LLP

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Soon it will be easier for California employees to establish a prima facie claim of retaliation in violation of California law. On October 8, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom...

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300,000 Lives Could Be Saved in 10 Years if US Enacted Stronger Gun Control Laws
300,000 Lives Could Be Saved in 10 Years , if US Enacted Stronger Gun Control Laws, Study Says. According to a study revealed on Jan. 5 by Everytown for Gun Safety, . hundreds of thousands of people could avoid untimely deaths at the hand of gun violence if America follows the example of states like California and New York, CNN reports. . The study revealed rankings for each state based on their gun laws vs. gun death rates for all of 2023. . California and New York ranked best for gun safety, while Arkansas, Mississippi and Idaho were the lowest-ranked states. . Everytown found that five foundational laws seem to be the most effective for reducing gun violence rates. Those laws include requiring background checks and/or permits to buy guns, concealed carry permits, secure storage of guns, . rejecting "Stand Your Ground" laws, and enacting "extreme risk" laws, which temporarily prohibit a person from accessing firearms when they are an apparent danger to themselves or others. . Legislators have a roadmap to keep their communities safe from gun violence, but itโ€™s up to them to put these critical policies in place, Nick Suplina, senior vice president for Law and Policy at Everytown for Gun Safety, via statement. While states at the top of Everytownโ€™s list are taking significant action to prevent gun violence, gun lobby-backed legislators continue to play politics with our lives and the consequences are deadly, Nick Suplina, senior vice president for Law and Policy at Everytown for Gun Safety, via statement. Those deadly consequences are made apparent by the country's first mass school shooting of 2024, only four days into the new year. Those deadly consequences are made apparent by the country's first mass school shooting of 2024, only four days into the new year. 17-year-old Dylan Butler opened fire at Perry High School in Iowa, killing a sixth grader and injuring four other students and an administrator before turning the gun on himself. 17-year-old Dylan Butler opened fire at Perry High School in Iowa, killing a sixth grader and injuring four other students and an administrator before turning the gun on himself

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