¶1 Alexander L. Bednar (Respondent) is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar) and is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma. The Bar initiated this action under Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S.2011, ch.1, app. 1-A, by filing an eleven-count Complaint on December 21, 2017. Respondent did not respond to the Complaint or to the Bar's Motion to Deem Allegati... More...   $0 (03-12-2019 - OK)

The defendants here took part in a decade-long scheme surreptitiously to sell tax-free cigarettes, thereby defrauding federal, state, and local governments of more than $45 million in tax revenue. The federal government eventually uncovered the scheme and charged them with 34 counts of various crimes, including conspiracy to commit mail or wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. � 1349, conspiracy ... More...   $0 (02-27-2019 - KY)

Under the Labor Code, an employee who believes he or
she has not been paid the wages due under the applicable labor
statutes and wage orders may bring a civil action against his
or her employer. (See, e.g., Lab. Code, § 1194; Martinez v.
Combs (2010) 49 Cal.4th 35, 49-51; see also Lab. Code, § 2699.)
This case presents the question whether, when an employer
hires an indepen... More...   $0 (02-10-2019 - CA)

Opinion of the Court by Cantil-Sakauye, C. J.
Under the Labor Code, an employee who believes he or
she has not been paid the wages due under the applicable labor
statutes and wage orders may bring a civil action against his
or her employer. (See, e.g., Lab. Code, § 1194; Martinez v.
Combs (2010) 49 Cal.4th 35, 49-51; see also Lab. Code, § 2699.)
This case presents the quest... More...   $0 (02-08-2019 - CA)

This appeal arises out of a dispute between six siblings over the interpretation of
the Trolan Family Trust (the trust), created by their parents in 1974. Upon the death of
their mother in 2015, the siblings became cotrustees of the trust, with the power to act by
majority vote. Five of the siblings, Appellants in this matter, agreed to maintain the
assets in trust, hoping they wou... More...   $0 (02-02-2019 - CA)

This appeal requires us to consider two Revenue
and Taxation Code1 sections that address a real property’s
“base-year value” (base value), a core metric for assessing
property taxes in California. Specifically, we must consider the
interplay between section 51.5, subdivision (a), which removes
any otherwise applicable time limits on the assessor’s ability
to correct base va... More...   $0 (01-31-2019 - CA)

Plaintiff Frederick Theodore Rall III, a political cartoonist
and blogger, sued Los Angeles Times Communications LLC (The
Times) after it published a “note to readers” and a later more
detailed report questioning the accuracy of a blog post plaintiff
wrote for The Times. The Times told its readers that it had
serious questions about the accuracy of the blog post; that the
p... More...   $0 (01-18-2019 - CA)

A tenant rented a building for his audio recording business
under several written leases, the most recent of which contained
an undefined “right of first refusal to purchase.” After the
landlord signed a contract to sell the building to a third party, the
tenant submitted an offer to purchase it, but the landlord
rejected the offer because the third party’s offer was for
“c... More...   $0 (01-15-2019 - CA)