all - Opinion Summaries

McLean v. State of California

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions
In a labor and employment action, brought by a retired deputy attorney general against her former employer for failing to promptly pay final wages as...

People v. Vidana

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for grand theft by larceny and embezzlement based on defendant's taking and underreporting to her employer $58,273.02 in cash from...

Friedman v. Live Nation Merchandise, Inc.

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a copyright action, arising from defendant's infringement of plaintiff's photos of the hip hop group Run-DMC for use on t-shirts and a calendar,...

Polo v. Innoventions Int'l LLC

Health Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In a civil procedure appeal, arising after plaintiff's putative class action against defendant for false advertising in the sale DiabeStevia was...

US v. Harmon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Ethics & Disciplinary Code
Convictions against defendant, an attorney convicted of money laundering while representing a client charged with receiving stolen property, are...

S.D. v. Haddon Heights Bd. of Ed.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law
In an education action, alleging that defendant school board discriminated and retaliated against plaintiffs for seeking to enforce plaintiff-child's...

US v. Dahl

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence for multiple counts of attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity using interstate commerce is vacated and remanded for...

Georges v. United Nations

Class Actions, International Law
In a putative class action, seeking to hold defendant UN officials responsible for plaintiffs' injuries resulting from the UN's role in Haiti's...

Piszel v. US

Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Contracts
In an action arising out of plaintiff's termination as CFO of Freddie Mac, alleging that the government's refusal to pay a contractual severance...

In re S.N.

Family Law
In a family law action, the juvenile court's order awarding custody of child to father is affirmed where: 1) the court failed to obtain a valid waiver...