California News
June 19, 2013
ThomsonReuters |
June 19, 2013
A California appeals court has supplied an opening for plaintiff lawyers seeking to hold generic drugmakers liable for injuries allegedly caused by their copycat drugs.
Tags: California, Preemption
June 18, 2013
National Law Journal |
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June 18, 2013
Concerns about the allocation of possible excess cash appear to have held up for now the proposed $1.6 billion settlement between Toyota and consumers asserting economic damages tied to sudden acceleration defects.
Tags: California, Class Action
Legal Newsline |
June 18, 2013
When Richard Burdge describes the court funding crisis in California, he says even the state’s legislators realize they’ve pushed too far in the past few years.
Tags: California, Judiciary
June 11, 2013
ThomsonReuters |
June 11, 2013
A trio of cases before the California Supreme Court will clarify how it will apply a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting class action arbitration to employment contracts.
Tags: Arbitration - ADR, California
June 4, 2013
Bloomberg |
June 4, 2013
Standard & Poor’s told a judge that California’s lawsuit over state pension fund losses from mortgage-backed securities should be thrown out because it doesn’t meet requirements for a false-claims case.
May 23, 2013
The Recorder |
May 23, 2013
In tobacco litigation, as in real estate, the key is location, location, location.
May 21, 2013
Lawyers Weekly |
May 21, 2013
The award of a premium to Storm Financial victims who bankrolled part of a class action against Macquarie Bank could encourage self-funded group litigation, a Brisbane silk has claimed.
Tags: California, International
May 20, 2013
The Recorder |
May 20, 2013
After years of defending access suits brought by a wheelchair using lawyer, Catherine Corfee now represents his former employees in a harassment suit.
Tags: California, Lawsuit Abuse Impact
The Recorder |
May 20, 2013
It's gotten awfully hard for lawyers to wriggle out of arbitration agreements in the wake of AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion. But it's not impossible, as evidenced by a blistering order handed down by U.S. District Judge William Alsup this week, siding with class action lawyers at Sanford Heisler in an employment case against San Jose computer company Ma Laboratories Inc.
Tags: Arbitration - ADR, California
May 15, 2013
Legal Newsline |
May 15, 2013
As California Assemblyman Mike Gatto, D-Los Angeles, learned more about Proposition 65 and its impact on small businesses, he heard several stories that struck him as clear abuses of the law.
Tags: California, Lawsuit Abuse Impact
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