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#sealed-records

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office must comply with subpoenas issued by the county's civilian oversight board as part of a whistleblower investigation into alleged misconduct, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.

The appeals court ruled that a lower court had considered Peters's personal beliefs when deciding upon a punishment, thereby rendering the sentence improper.

Supporters of the legislation argue that it is designed to protect prospective applicants for executive positions at universities by keeping private all application records until finalists are named. This confidentiality is crucial for individuals who wish to apply without alerting their current employers.

This bill is intended to address a narrow set of high-cost, resource-intensive requests that can delay agencies' ability to respond to other records requests. The goal is to ensure that agencies can continue to respond to all requests in a timely manner.

Cancer survivors looking for mortgage protection insurance will have their diagnosis disregarded after five years' remission, down from seven.

The technology at issue is a subcutaneous cosmetic penile implant, a silicone sleeve placed between the skin and 'Buck's fascia' to enhance girth and length.

Our estimate is that we've opened more than 10 million records with this law. The argument is that family members have a right to see that information, know it, and safeguard it. And eventually the public does as well, so that it can understand the enormous atrocity that has occurred.

As part of the newly created Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey, colleges must submit years of disaggregated admissions data-including the test scores, grade point averages, race, sex and income ranges of applied, admitted and enrolled students dating as far back as 2019. The data collection is part of an effort to verify that universities aren't considering race in admissions decisions after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of such practices in 2023.

Bishop was found guilty on 24 counts of committing lewd acts on three minor victims, all described in court documents as victims under the age of 14. The span of these offenses covers multiple years. Evidence admitted at trial showed that Bishop possessed more than 600 images of child sexual abuse material depicting two of the minor victims.

The initial subpoena, sent to 20 medical providers last year, demanded the young patients' addresses, Social Security numbers, medical diagnoses, prescriptions, all documents affirming any parental authorization to receive gender-affirming care, and other information.

A federal agent stops a car during a routine traffic stop amid the Trump administration's anti-immigrant crackdown. The driver rolls down the window, and before asking for any documents, the officer takes a picture of the person behind the wheel. Or perhaps, during an immigration raid, some neighbors try to prevent masked agents from entering a private residence without a warrant, and a confrontation ensues. The agents restrain a witness, and while the person is still struggling on the ground, they point a cell phone camera at them and take a picture.

You're getting ready to make a document production to the other side. You're worried though that the other side may use GenAI tools on the documents that don't ensure they are protected from public disclosure. You ask to see the other side's policies just to be sure. They refuse. You ask the judge for a protective order since some of your documents contain trade secrets.