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Victoria's Secret employees want to be paid for calling in about working a shift
By Matthew Blaken
In novel legal claim, employees demanding compensation for act of calling in to see if they must work a shift. ...
Securities litigants have not been shy in asserting the event study's impressive academic pedigree. But there's a problem with...
Intellectual Property
State law protects ideas where federal law falls short
By Ben Armisteadn
Not everything people conceive can be protected under federal copyright, patent or trademark law. California state law claims ...
Commentators have pounced on the recent jury verdict in the "Blurred Lines" trial to suggest it will cause a chilling effect a...
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will return its attention to a depression-era law that Justice Elena Kagan labeled "the w...
Litigation
Lynne Hermle hired to represent Twitter to fight gender discrimination claim
By Phil Johnson
Twitter Inc. has hired the same defense team that successfully represented venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield &...
Vice President and General Counsel of Cyan Inc. Petaluma ...
Environmental
Appeals court says city's tiered water rates are unconstitutional
By Fiona Smith
In a blow to water districts' efforts to encourage conservation during the drought, a state appellate court on Monday threw ou...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Kirkland guides $1.9B sale of cybersecurity firm to Raytheon
By Jason Pafundin
In the second billion-dollar acquisition of a cybersecurity company by a private equity firm in as many months, defense contra...
Mergers & Acquisitions
TPG grabs majority stake in Cirque du Soleil with help from Ropes & Gray
By Banks Albachn
The private equity-led deal is intended to bring the Canadian company's big-top presence to new consumer markets. ...
Litigation
9th Circuit upholds judge's ruling overturning $13 million verdict
By Laura Hautalan
Munchkin Inc. will have to retry its false advertising case against Playtex Products LLC after losing an appeal to the 9th U.S...
Labor/Employment
UPS drivers file class action as wage claims gain steam
By Philip Johnsonn
A class action filed by delivery drivers accusing United Parcel Service Inc. of wage and hour violations delve into a legally ...
Litigation
Southwest Airlines hit with wrongful death suit over response to fatally ill man
By Philip Johnsonn
A wrongful death lawsuit filed this week in Alameda County Superior Court alleges Southwest Airlines flight attendants left a ...
Litigation
Los Angeles County deals with legal trouble over new seal
By Kibkabe Arayan
Religious leaders are crying foul of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors breaking an agreement to stop using its revam...
Litigation
Class action filed against Chiquita for allegedly misleading consumers
By America Hernandez
The banana company faces a consumer class action complaint in California for misrepresentations of its growing practices in Gu...
Ventura County Judge Bruce Young sticks to the facts and the law but sometimes loses sleep.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.