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California Business Law Update On November 18, 2008, the Fourth District Court of Appeal decided Surrey v. TrueBeginnings, et al., a case brought under the Unruh Act and the Gender tax Repeal Act (California Civil Code §§...

California Construction & Business Law Update On December 2, 2008, the Fourth District Court of Appeal decided Greystone Homes, Inc. v. Midtec, Inc., et al. In a case of first impression, the court ruled that home builder...

Background Facts Plaintiff Christine Brewer (“Plaintiff”), a waitress at the Cottonwood Golf Course Restaurant (“Cottonwood”), filed suit against Cottonwood, alleging age discrimination and Labor Code violations...

California Business Law Update On December 19, 2008, the Fourth District Court of Appeal published its opinion in Cohn v. Corinthian Colleges, Case No. G038388.  The case arose when the Angels Baseball club gave away...

Employment Law Update On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The bill expressly overturns the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber...

Employment Law Update In January 2008, President Bush signed into law the first-ever amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) and on November 17, 2008, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its much...

California Employment Law Update On January 23, 2009, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, published its decision in Cristler v. Express Messenger Systems, Inc., providing further guidance on the...

California Business Litigation Update On February 20, 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law the “California Foreclosure Prevention Act.” The law, until January 1, 2011, and with respect to loans that were recorded...

Employment Law Update On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“the Act”), attempting to provide economic stimulus to the nation’s economy.  Among the...

Employment Law Update In the decision 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett, the United States Supreme Court held that a provision in a collective bargaining agreement expressly requiring union member to arbitrate age-discrimination claims...

Employment Law Update On May 18, 2009, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen. Reversing the Ninth Circuit’s decision, the Court held that AT&T did not violate the Pregnancy...

California Employment Law Update On June 2, 2009, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District issued its opinion in Chau v. Starbucks Corporation. Reversing the Superior Court of San Diego County’s decision,...