18 The principal issue in this appeal is whether the United States District
19 Court for the Western District of New York (Larimer, J.) awarded an adequate
20 equitable remedy for violations under the Employee Retirement Income
21 Security Act of 1974 ... More...   $0 (01-14-2019 - NY)

Appellants Venice Coalition to Preserve Unique
Community Character and Celia R. Williams alleged in a
complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court that the
City of Los Angeles engaged in a pattern and practice of illegally
exempting certain development projects in Venice from
permitting requirements in the Venice Land Use Plan and in the
California Coastal Act. The ... More...   $0 (01-10-2019 - CA)

1st Century Bancshares, Inc. (1st Century) was a Delaware corporation
headquartered in Los Angeles, California, whose shares were publicly traded on
the NASDAQ. On March 10, 2016, 1st Century and Midland Financial Co. (Midland)
announced plans to merge. The merger agreement called for Midland to acquire 1st
Century for $11.22 in cash per share, a 36.3 percent premium over 1st Centu... More...   $0 (12-26-2018 - CA)

The Labor Code generally provides that employees who
work more than five hours must be provided with a 30-minute
meal period and that employees who work more than 10 hours
must be provided with an additional 30-minute meal period.
(Lab. Code, § 512, subd. (a); all undesignated statutory
references are to this code.) An employee who works no more
than six hours may waive the... More...   $0 (12-10-2018 - CA)

The California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District recently rejected
various constitutional challenges to Senate Bill No. 277. (Brown v. Smith (2018) 24
Cal.App.5th 1135 [rejecting claims Sen. Bill No. 277 violated four provisions of the
California Constitution: the free exercise of religion, the right to a public education,
equal protection, and substantive due process].) S... More...   $0 (12-08-2018 - CA)

A long-time county employee decided to retire, and in December 2012, he
submitted his application for retirement to the county’s retirement authority. On January
1, 2013, the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (Pension Reform
Act or PEPRA) took effect. Included in that measure is a provision that mandates the
complete or partial forfeiture of pension benefits/p... More...   $0 (12-04-2018 - CA)

The filing date of a bankruptcy petition determines the
law governing exemptions and freezes the value of the
exemptions that the debtor may claim. Because Debra
Wilson’s amended bankruptcy schedules sought to claim
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more than Washington law permitted her to claim as of the
petition date, we affirm the district court’s decision, limiting
her claimed exe... More...   $0 (11-29-2018 - WA)

When convicted sex offenders have a diagnosed mental
disorder making it likely they would engage in sexually violent
behavior if released, they are subject to civil commitment
proceedings under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA;
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.). County governments are
responsible for filing the commitment petition, providing
counsel and experts fo... More...   $0 (11-23-2018 - CA)

In 1996, California voters adopted Proposition 218 (as approved by voters Gen.
Elec. Nov. 5, 1996, eff. Nov. 6, 1996 general/official-declaration.pdf> [as of Nov. 14, 2018], archived at
) (Proposition 218) to add article XIII C to the California
Constitution by which they expressly reserved their right to chall... More...   $0 (11-17-2018 - CA)

This case involves a little girl bonded to and loved by each of her three parents.
The wife in a married couple (defendants C.P. and J.P., wife and husband)
conceived the child with a coworker (plaintiff C.A.), but hid that fact from wife’s
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employer and--initially--from husband. The marriage remains intact and wife and
husband parent the child. For the first three years of th... More...   $0 (11-14-2018 - CA)