Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
September 6, 2022 9:00am
In a recent Fifth Appellate District case, Magallanes De Valle v. Doctors Medical Center of Modesto (2022), plaintiff challenged summary judgment in favor of Doctors Medical Center of Modesto for her medical malpractice claim…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
September 6, 2022 9:00am
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently signed the Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance (“Ordinance”) into law.[i] The Ordinance was passed on June 28, 2022 by the City Councili and will take effect August 12, 2022…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
September 6, 2022 9:00am
California employers received some unfortunate news when the Supreme Court of California held in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. premium pay for meal and rest break violations constitutes wages for purposes of Labor Code sections 203…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
August 5, 2022 9:00am
Consistent with its mission to deliver justice for all, Tyson & Mendes served justice when it argued and won Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, the most impactful California Supreme Court decision of the twenty-first century and arguably the last fifty years…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
July 22, 2022 1:18pm
A new effort by the persistent plaintiff’s bar to drastically change and gut significant provisions of MICRA was slated for the November 2022 ballot. If passed, this ballot initiative would have had devastating consequences for California doctors…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
July 12, 2022 12:31pm
The National Hockey League (NHL) is on the verge of losing a lawsuit alleging entitlement to coverage for pandemic losses from insurance carrier, Factory Mutual. On February 24, 2022, California Superior Court Judge Sunil R. Kulkarni ruled the NHL…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
July 12, 2022 12:23pm
A California court recently struck down Senate Bill No. 826 (“SB 826”), a landmark gender diversity law requiring the representation of women on the boards of publicly held corporations in California…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
July 12, 2022 12:06pm
Actor Alec Baldwin’s passion for making movies was renewed when given the opportunity to work on the set of “Rust,” a Western film set in the 1880’s. “This movie has made me love making movies again,” said Baldwin…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
July 12, 2022 11:53am
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled in Johnson v. WinCo, that new hires for a supermarket chain may not revive their class action lawsuit seeking compensation as employees for the time and expense of taking a drug test…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
June 7, 2022 9:44am
Last year, we reported a California federal district court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the wife of a construction worker who claimed her husband contracted COVID-19 at work and brought the virus home, infecting her as well…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
April 4, 2022 4:43pm
State Bill (“S.B.”) 271, the Fair Federal Juries Act, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 12, 2022. This bill was written to pave the way for more diverse jury pools in federal cases.
Guest Editor: Kiran Gupta
April 1, 2022 10:01am
he case against powerhouse plaintiff’s lawyer Tom Girardi and his now former wife Erika Jayne, a singer and star of reality show “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” is filled with all the details of a juicy crime novel and as many twists and turns as a Six Flags roller coaster.
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
April 1, 2022 9:45am
The Second District Court of Appeal recently held that the corporate and individual owners of a residence for the disabled had a legal duty to prevent the sexual assault of one of its residents.
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
March 31, 2022 3:10pm
At the bottom of every complaint and answer is the prayer, which inevitably demands “cost.” Cost is an often-overlooked aspect of the case evaluation and spoils of victory.
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
March 11, 2022 4:58pm
The California Supreme Court issued an opinion regarding the highly contested “Dynamex ABC” test. The court held in Vasquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising International, Inc. the test in Dynamex applies retroactively when determining whether a worker should be classified as an employee or independent contractor for the purpose of wage and hour laws applies retroactively.
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
March 11, 2022 4:54pm
As if employers already didn’t have enough of an upward battle in California pushing back on employment retaliation claims, a recent California Supreme Court decision just upped the ante. In Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc., the Court eliminated the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting test.
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
March 11, 2022 4:45pm
Enacted in 2004, The Labor Code’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) authorizes aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California for Labor Code violations…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
March 11, 2022 4:24pm
On January 1, 2022, the nation’s first warehouse transparency law will go into effect, permanently changing the quota requirements in the warehouse distribution industry…
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
March 11, 2022 4:07pm
California employers have had many difficulties over the past years, not only with the ongoing and changing COVID issues, but also with employee retention. Another challenge employers face this year comes in conjunction with the recent minimum wage increase due to SB3.
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
March 2, 2022 3:53pm
As the legal profession has evolved, women’s roles in the legal system have grown significantly. Many inspiring women have gone to law school and successfully cemented their place in various careers throughout the legal field.
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
March 2, 2022 3:42pm
Throughout California and the United States, there is a rising trend of Nuclear Verdicts™, defined as jury verdicts in excess of $10 million or that are wildly disproportionate to the injuries in the case.
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
January 28, 2022 9:00am
The United States Supreme Court refused to hear the case brought by Cal Cartage Transportation Express LLC challenging the appellate court ruling upholding California’s Assembly Bill 5 (“AB5”). Though AB5’s impact on rideshare companies is often dissected, the law also significantly impacts the trucking industry, and can, without careful planning, expose trucking companies to Nuclear Verdicts™.
Guest Editor: Grace Shuman
January 13, 2022 8:39am
On January 1, 2022, the nation’s first warehouse transparency law will go into effect, permanently changing the quota requirements in the warehouse distribution industry. AB 701 requires warehouse employers provide employees with written disclosures related to distribution quotas. Employees will not be required to fulfill these quotas at the expense of meal or rest breaks.
Guest Editor: Kiran Gupta
December 3, 2021 9:00am
On November 4, 2021, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 2, ruled against establishing tort liability for insurers who paid less than what the hospital believed to be the “reasonable and customary value.” This partially published opinion is based on the underlying suit between plaintiffs Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center (collectively “the hospitals”) and defendant Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (“Kaiser”) stemming from alleged underpayment by Kaiser for emergency medical services rendered at the hospitals.
November 18, 2021 10:53am
A jury recently awarded $20 million against the City of Exeter in San Luis Obispo County, California in a case involving a 2016 retired police dog which attacked and killed one individual and injured another…