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Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum)

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action by a restaurant's hourly nonexempt employees claiming that the restaurant failed to provide them required rest and meal...

Samper v. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a neo-natal intensive care unit nurse's reasonable accommodation claim against her employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the district...

US v. Aleynikov

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a prosecution of a former Goldman Sachs employee for stealing and transferring some of the proprietary computer source code used in Goldman's high...

Morales-Cruz v. University of Puerto Rico

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit against a university and university officials for gender-based employment discrimination, the district court's grant of the...

Norris v. Securities and Exchange Comm'n

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
An arbitrator's decision affirming the petitioner's removal from his position as an SEC trial attorney is vacated, where: 1) there was no evidence...

US v. Nosal

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a prosecution that included counts for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for aiding and abetting employees in exceeding their...

Williams v. Public Employment Relations Board

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) dismissed charges by two nonunion university faculty members that their federal and...

Wilder v. Merit System Protections Board

Military Law, Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which a former civilian employee of the Navy, who was on the job for less than a year but who had previously served for 26 years in the...

Maynard v. Rivera

Labor & Employment Law
In a former employee's suit alleging unlawful termination from employment for refusal to endorse a paycheck presented to her as a receipt for the...

Rehmani v. Superior Court (Ericsson, Inc.)

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a case asserting claims of workplace harassment based on national origin and religion in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, a writ...