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Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Lee's Log Cabin, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's...

Burrus v. State Lottery Comm'n of Indiana

Civil Rights, Gaming Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit by former employees against a state lottery, denial of defendant's motion to dismiss on the basis of sovereign immunity is...

US v. Phillips

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law, White Collar Crime
Husband and wife's convictions for multiple counts of willingly making a false statement to a federal agency and immigration fraud are affirmed in...

Miller v. Clinton County

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a county employee alleging unlawful termination, denial of a motion to dismiss is vacated and cause remanded for dismissal where: 1)...

Simon v. Hartford Life, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case alleging breach of fiduciary duty by a plan administrator, motion to dismiss is affirmed where even a plan's sole beneficiary cannot,...

Simon v. Hartford Life, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case alleging breach of fiduciary duty by a plan administrator, motion to dismiss is affirmed where even a plan's sole beneficiary cannot,...

Golden Gate Rest. Ass'n v. City and County of San Francisco

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, ERISA, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a challenge to municipally mandated employer health care spending requirements, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed and the case remanded...

Wachovia Ins. Servs., Inc. v. Toomey

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Upon certified questions from the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in a case arising from the termination of two employment contracts, the...

Perez v. City of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In proceedings brought after plaintiff-police officer was terminated based on misconduct, partial grant of her petition for a writ of administrative...

Freedom Communications, Inc. v. Superior Court of Orange County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
Order prohibiting petitioner, doing business as The Orange County Register, from reporting on trial testimony of witnesses in a case in which it is...