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Dicon Fiberoptics, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board

Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In a tax refund suit brought by an employer claiming enterprise zone hiring tax credits, it is held that: 1) the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) may conduct...

Kinecta Alternative Financial Solutions Inc. v. Superior Court (Malone)

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action alleging wage and hour violations by an employer, in which the defendant moved to compel arbitration of the plaintiff's...

Dickens v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employee's ERISA suit arising out of the termination of long-term disability benefits under his employer-sponsored plan, an appeal by the claims...

Cavallaro v. UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In lawsuits seeking to represent a potential class of hospital employees who had allegedly been deprived of compensation for certain aspects of their...

Pruell v. Caritas Christi

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action asserting violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by hospitals and health care providers, the district court's...

Peleg v. Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the plaintiff's former employer for violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, breach of an implied-in-fact contract...

Thornton v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

Government Law, Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for reimbursement of the attorney fees and other expenses the plaintiff incurred in responding to investigations of the circumstances of her...

Filarsky v. Delia

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against defendants who included an attorney hired by a city for an internal affairs investigation of the...

Henry M. Lee Law Corp. v. Superior Court (Chang)

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment compensation case in which the plaintiff's former attorney moved to intervene in the action and to amend a postjudgment order...

Santomenno v. John Hancock Life Insurance Co. (U.S.A.)

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an insurance company and its affiliates under ERISA and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA) for allegedly charging the...