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Lawmakers Okay Budget Bill Addressing Union Dues Collection and Communications about Membership Rights

California lawmakers have approved a budget trailer bill that imposes new obligations on public sector employers related to deducting union dues and fees from workers' paychecks.

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Supreme Court Rules Public Sector Union Agency Fees Are Unlawful

Overturning a longstanding precedent, the United States Supreme Court has held in Janus v. AFSCME that public employees may not be compelled to pay mandatory agency fees, or "fair share" fees, to public-sector unions, because such fees violate the First Amendment.

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Colleges Have a Duty to Warn or Protect Students from Foreseeable Violence

Colleges have a legal duty, under certain circumstances, to protect their students from or warn them about foreseeable violence in the classroom or during curricular activities, the California Supreme Court has ruled.

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