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Cochran v. Schwan's Home Service

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of class certification is reversed and remanded, where: 1) employees who use their personal cell phones for work-related calls must be...

Knutsson v. KTLA

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court's order denying defendant's motion to compel arbitration is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiffs entered into a personal service agreement...

Millay v. State of Maine Department of Labor

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for judicial review brought pursuant to 29 U.S.C. section 722(c)(5)(J), the choice to default to the federal statute of limitations under...

Nielsen v. AECOM Technology Corporation

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's order granting defendants' motion to dismiss a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation suit is affirmed, where: 1) the district...

LeFiell Manufacturing Co. v. Superior Court (Watrous)

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action brought by plaintiff-employee under Labor Code section 4558, which provides an exception to the exclusivity of the workers' compensation...

US ex rel. Polansky v. Pfizer

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The appeal from the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claims against defendant for alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act and...

Rebolledo v. Tilly's, Inc.

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court's order denying defendant-employer's motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff-employee's putative class action regarding statutory...

Menkes v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am.

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action, dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint for failure to state a claim is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiffs' purchased supplemental private...

Cherry v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a constitutional challenge to defendant-city's decision changing the manner in which annual increases to pension benefits are calculated, which...

Lupyan v. Corinthian Colleges Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer on plaintiff's claims of interference with the exercise of her rights under the Family and Medical...