What Nurses Statewide Need to Know About BVNPT Petitions for Reinstatement Losing a California LVN license is career-altering. When that revocation is based on sexual misconduct, many nurses believe reinstatement is impossible — regardless of how much time has passed. That belief is understandable. It is also not always correct. California law allows a…
Professional license discipline in California has always been complex, but 2026 marks an important period of transition for licensed professionals facing investigations, accusations, or administrative hearings. While there is no single, sweeping “professional license reform” statute taking effect statewide, a combination of new laws, regulatory changes, and board-specific rulemaking will directly affect how professional…
Changes are afoot in California to California’s judicial diversion laws heading into 2026, especially around mental health diversion and how the courts administer collaborative treatment programs. These changes don’t completely rewrite diversion law, but they adjust eligibility and judicial discretion and introduce new administrative standards that will matter to defendants, attorneys, prosecutors, and judges in…
It’s a deeply uncomfortable topic, but one that psychologists, addiction specialists, and criminal defense attorneys confront regularly: how men who never had a sexual interest in children can still end up consuming child sexual-abuse material (CSAM), often described in legal contexts as “child pornography.” What surprises many families—and even the…
Over the past couple of years, e-bikes have exploded in popularity across California, especially in Orange County, where sunny weather and beach paths make them an easy choice for getting around. But with that popularity has come something else: a wave of new rules, penalties, and even criminal cases aimed…
When most people hear about the U.S. meth crisis, they picture desert labs in Mexico or rural houses in the Midwest. But the story actually starts thousands of miles away — in the sprawling industrial zones of China. There, among thousands of legitimate factories, a quieter trade has been thriving:…
In the United States, birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Affirmed by the United States Supreme Court in 1898 in the case, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, this right extends to any child born in the United States, regardless of the child’s parents’ nationality…
“[A]t the very core” of the Fourth Amendment “stands the right of [an individual] to retreat into his [or her] own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.” (Silverman v. United States (1961) 365 U.S. 505, 511.) This protection against unreasonable search and seizure, that is, a search without a…
Perhaps going down as one of the most inventive and also one of the stupidest insurance fraud crimes in recent memory, a group of scammers filed several insurance claims for damage to their three luxury vehicles. The four scammers filed separate insurance claims, all to separate insurance companies, after they…
California Penal Code section 3055 provides that inmates who have been incarcerated for 20 years or more and are over the age of 50 or those incarcerated for 25 years or more and are over the age of 60 are eligible for what is called “Elderly Parole.” Even violent sex…