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Gambini v. Total Renal Care

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action setting forth Family Medical Leave Act and state discrimination law claims, denial of employee's motion seeking judgment as a matter of...

Ventress v. Japan Airlines

Civil Procedure, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
The Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation Treaty between the U.S. and Japan does not preempt California's whistle blower protection laws.

Anderson v. US Bancorp

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an employee's action brought pursuant to ERISA for severance benefits under defendant's "Middle Management Change in Control Severance Pay...

Bravo v. Superior Ct. (County of L.A.)

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In proceedings arising from a trial court's striking of petitioner's peremptory challenge under Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 on the grounds...

Locke v. SunTrust Bank

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In suit against employer for injuries plaintiff sustained during a bank robbery, dismissal of complaint is affirmed as: 1) the negligence claim is...

In re: S. Louisiana Sugars Coop. Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action in which plaintiff sought coverage from an insurer under a commercial general liability policy after it was sued for personal injuries by...

Bourdais v. New Orleans City

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit brought by Caucasian fire recruit applicants alleging that city's race-conscious hiring policy impermissibly caused a delay in their hiring,...

In re Basco

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice
In a case in which a doctor sought to disqualify his opponent's attorney because the attorney had to question the work product of his former law...

Baylor Univ. v. Coley

Contracts, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff's former employer-university breached her contract and forced her to resign from her tenured faculty position by...

In re RLS Legal Solutions, LLC

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A petition for mandamus to compel arbitration of an employment dispute is conditionally granted where the court of appeals erred in holding that the...