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Howser v. ABB, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law
In an action against employer for an alleged violation of FLSA in denying compensation for the time which employee spent at medical appointments,...

California Logistics, Inc. v. State of California

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In a case involving tension between the application of collateral estoppel to "pay first, litigate later" rule under section 32 of article XIII of the...

Travis v. Bd. of Trustees of the California State Univ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against the trustees of the California State University for its alleged violation of Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act when they met in a...

Krauss v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against defendants-plan administrators for various violations of ERISA and the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, summary judgment for...

Grace v. USCAR

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and federal and state gender discrimination claims against defendants is affirmed in part and...

Fields v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit instituted by African-American plaintiff against former employer alleging racial discrimination for her wage disparity from other...

Livingston v. Wyeth, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit alleging wrongful discharge in violation of the whistleblower protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, summary judgment for...

Rweyemamu v. Cote

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit instituted by a Catholic priest against a bishop and a diocese alleging racial discrimination in a denial of a promotion and tyhe...

Dotson v. BRP US Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit alleging retaliatory discharge for filing a workers' compensation claim, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed where: 1)...

Abdullahi v. Prada USA Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a high-end clothing retailer alleging retaliation and discrimination, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part and reversed in...