by Andrew Jaramillo | Sep 19, 2014 | Administrative and Legislative Developments
With all of the media attention focused on California’s new paid sick leave law, other California bills affecting employers and employees in California that were signed by Gerry Brown seem to have quietly slipped under the radar. Two of these are Assembly Bill 2053,...
by Andrew Jaramillo | Sep 16, 2014 | Judicial Developments
In Castaneda v. Ensign Group, Inc., ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (September 15, 2014), the California Court of Appeal (Second Appellate District, Division Six) reversed the order of the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court (Judge Harman) granting summary judgment in favor of...
by Andrew Jaramillo | Sep 4, 2014 | Judicial Developments
In Kao v. University of San Francisco, ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (September 3, 2014), the California Court of Appeal (First Appellate District, Division Three) affirmed the judgment of the San Francisco County Superior Court (Judge Douglass) in favor of defendant after a...
by Andrew Jaramillo | Sep 4, 2014 | Judicial Developments
In Jiminez v, Allstate Insurance Co., ___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. September 3, 2014), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the order of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Judge Kronstadt), certifying as a class action plaintiff’s claims...