Elvia Velasco Jimenez asserted claims under the Fair Employment and Housing
Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.)1 against her contracting employer2 U.S.
Continental Marketing Inc. (USCM), a manufacturing company that negotiated with
Jimenez's direct employer Ameritemps, Inc. (Ameritemps), a temporary-staffing agency,
for her employment.3 Jimenez's claims required a threshold sho... More...   $0 (10-20-2019 - CA)

In this acrimonious dispute between neighbors over a
driveway easement, defendants Stephen and Tracy Lee appeal
the trial court’s denial of a motion pursuant to Code of Civil
Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute,1 directed at
three claims plaintiff Starview Property, LLC asserted for the
first time in its first amended complaint. Although the Lees’
motion was ti... More...   $0 (10-19-2019 - CA)

In July 2013, the Executive Officer of the California State Board of Pharmacy (the
Board) filed an accusation against pharmacist Solomon Oduyale, citing 20 charges for
discipline and seeking revocation of his pharmacist license. By August 2016, Oduyale
had successfully challenged all but nine of the charges for discipline against him. The
Board then ordered Oduyale's pharmacist lic... More...   $0 (10-16-2019 - CA)

The Government Code requires a contract between an employee and a school
district to provide that, if the contract is terminated, the maximum cash settlement the
employee may receive is an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee
multiplied by the number of months left on the unexpired term of the contract, up to a
maximum of 18 months. (Gov. Code, §§ 53260, subd. (a); 5... More...   $0 (10-14-2019 - CA)

Does “regular rate of compensation” for calculating meal
or rest break premium payments mean the same thing as
“regular rate of pay” for calculating overtime premium payments,
and does facially neutral “rounding” of employee work time
systematically undercompensate Jessica Ferra and a class of
employees of Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC (Loews)? We agree
with the trial court th... More...   $0 (10-10-2019 - CA)

Two employers agreed that the general employer would
obtain workers’ compensation insurance for employees it leased
to the special employer.1
Relying on this agreement, the special
employer obtained workers’ compensation insurance for its own
employees with a “limiting endorsement” excluding coverage for
special employees. These agreements were in place for several
year... More...   $0 (10-04-2019 - CA)

Teamsters is a labor union that represents skilled crafts employees at two of
Regent’s campuses: University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of
1 A strategic lawsuit against public participation, or SLAPP suit, is one which
“ ‘seeks to chill or punish a party’s exercise of constitutional rights to free speech and to
petition the government for redress of grievances.’... More...   $0 (10-04-2019 - CA)

A jury found in favor of plaintiff Patrick Nejadian and against his
employer, defendant County of Los Angeles (County), on Nejadian’s
causes of action for retaliation in violation of Labor Code1 section
1102.5, subdivision (c) (hereafter, section 1102.5(c)), and for retaliation
in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov.
Code, § 12940 et seq.), and awarded ... More...   $0 (10-02-2019 - CA)