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CalChamber Files Lawsuit to End Prop.65 Warnings for Acrylamide
On behalf of its members, the California Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit on October 7 to stop the multitude of Proposition 65 warnings...
California Has One of Worst Lawsuit Climates in Country, Business Survey Shows
California has one of the worst lawsuit climates in the country, affecting companies’ decisions on whether to do business in the state, according to...
Independent Contractor Test Applies Retroactively
Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that the test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor, established by last year’s California...
California Chief Justice Recaps Progress on Civil Justice Reform, Ongoing Challenges
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye
(Photo Courtesy Judicial Council of California)
In an address to the California Legislature last week, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye...
U.S. High Court Reverses Equal Pay Case; Judge Can’t Adjudicate from Beyond Grave
The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a Ninth Circuit court case because the judge who wrote the opinion died before the opinion was issued...
Reporting to Work: No Physical Presence Required
Last week, the Second District California Court of Appeal ruled that on-call employees are entitled to reporting time pay if they are required to...
Class Action Settlement Doesn’t Prevent 2nd Lawsuit
An employee who was a member of a wage-and-hour class action settlement with her employer, is able to pursue a subsequent lawsuit against her...
California Ranks as No. 1 ‘Judicial Hellhole’
California has landed atop the “Judicial Hellholes” list again, according to the latest ranking of the “most unfair” civil litigation courts by the American...
State Supreme Court Ruling Protects Employers, Preserves Workers’ Comp Exclusivity
The California Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of employers, finding that an employee’s tort claims against a doctor who reviewed workers’ compensation cases...
High Court Ruling Raises Questions on Passage of Local Special Taxes
How many voters does it take to pass a local special tax?
Since Proposition 13 in 1978, voters have had the final say on local...
