It was obviously important that the contractual dispute between a Southern California municipal transportation entity and a bus company providing riding services to approximately 800,000 customers each day get resolved, and in an optimal manner. Seemingly, it did,...
Month: April 2017
Private Attorney General Act and Arbitration
The Private Attorney General Act, or PAGA, allows an aggrieved employee to act as if they are the state in an attempt to make claims for recovery of civil penalties for Labor Code violations. Claims under this Act essentially substitute the plaintiff for a state labor...
Early Mitigation of Damages
Damages are the monetary results of litigation. They can range from compensation for injuries incurred by a plaintiff to attorney's fees. As a result, they can range from a single dollar in nominal damages to millions of dollars in extensive litigation cases. ...
Once again, UC Berkeley spotlighted in employment harassment suit
What a UC Berkeley honors graduate who came back to her alma mater last summer to work with a described "world-renowned professor of philosophy" as his assistant prior to embarking on a graduate program reasonably expected was s singular opportunity to grow in her...
Defective products, safety recalls: 2016 denoted as singular year
Here are a couple quick and obvious realities related to manufactured products that are made available to consumers through the market mainstream. First, and notwithstanding the efforts of product designers, makers, wholesalers, retailers and other parties to ensure...
“Explosive” entertainment litigation dispute truly packs a punch
The below-described entertainment litigation imbroglio has a close and obvious nexus to Los Angeles, given the film industry's central association with the city, which is flatly unparalleled elsewhere. By happenstance, though, the venue that most formally features in...
