Court Holds That Same Attorney May Advocate Before The ALJ and Agency Head
The Department of Corporations, like many state and federal agencies, does not observe a strict separation of powers. Indeed, the Department performs quasi-legislative functions in the form of rule making, prosecutorial (executive) functions in the form of investigation and advocacy and quasi-adjudicative functions in the form of making decisions. The combination of prosecutorial and adjudicative functions within a single agency is typical of many, if not Read more...
Californians Like To Whistle While They Work
California Ranked No. 1! The staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission recently released the 2012 Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program. It turns out that California leads the other states in terms of the number of tips received. According to the report, California accounted for 17.4% of all tips received. The next highest ranking state, New York, generated only 9.8%. Read more...
