Dr. My Tran and Dr. Ian Murray are dentists who owned a dental
practice known as Bird Rock Dental. Dr. Murray worked at the practice and
Dr. Tran handled the business operations through his own separate entity.
About two years after they formed the practice, they had financial disputes.
In the midst of these disputes, Dr. Tran accused Dr. Murray of substandard
dental work and ... More...   $0 (09-28-2020 - CA)

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Google, Inc. and Alphabet, Inc. (collectively, Google), and Adecco USA,
Inc. (Adecco) require their employees to comply with various confidentiality
policies. John Doe, David Gudeman, and Paola Correa, who are current and
former Google and Adecco employees, sued Google and Adecco under the
Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act o... More...   $0 (09-25-2020 - CA)

Sean Smith and Tyrone Woods tragically
perished in the September 11, 2012, attacks on United States
facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Their parents, Patricia Smith and
Charles Woods, sued former Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton for common-law torts based on her use of a
private email server in conducting State Department affairs
while Secretary of State and public sta... More...   $0 (08-19-2020 - DC)

A jury returned verdicts in favor of plaintiff Timothy King against defendant U.S.
Bank National Association (U.S. Bank) for defamation, wrongful termination in violation
of public policy, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing,
awarding King almost $24.3 million in compensatory and punitive damages. U.S. Bank
filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding ... More...   $0 (07-29-2020 - CA)

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP suits) are meritless
lawsuits designed to punish parties for protected activities (the right to petition or free
speech). A party can move to strike a SLAPP suit by filing an anti-SLAPP motion.
(Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)1
There is a two-prong test: the moving party must show the
lawsuit arises from its protected activiti... More...   $0 (05-27-2020 - CA)

While Michael Tilkey and his girlfriend Jacqueline Mann were visiting at her
home in Arizona, the two got into an argument. Tilkey decided to leave the apartment.
When he stepped out onto the enclosed patio to collect his cooler, Mann locked the door
behind him. Tilkey banged on the door to regain entry, and Mann called police. Police
arrested Tilkey and charged him under Arizona ... More...   $0 (04-24-2020 - CA)

A jury found that a hospital and medical group created a
hostile work environment and wrongfully discharged three
nurses based on their opposition to a supervisor’s harassment,
using a pretext that the nurses had abused a patient. The nurses
soon found new jobs, but a year later lost them when the State of
California filed criminal charges against them for the patient
abuse... More...   $0 (03-11-2020 - CA)

This case requires us to define the “public interest” in the
internet age. The issue arises in an anti-SLAPP motion: a
special motion to strike claims under Code of Civil Procedure
section 425.16. This statute can apply if the targeted claims
arose from “protected activity,” which the statute defines to
include statements on an issue of “public interest.”
Neighbors Eric Ley... More...   $0 (02-03-2020 - CA)