The parties here, sophisticated business entities, entered
into a contract wherein they agreed to submit to the jurisdiction
of California courts and to resolve disputes between them
through California arbitration. They also agreed to provide
notice and “service of process” to each other through Federal
Express or similar courier. The narrow question we address is
whether t

Plaintiff and appellant Dolores Tarin (Dolores) appeals
from the judgment after the trial court granted three judgments
on the pleadings in favor of defendants and respondents Rochelle
Lind (Rochelle) and Jesse Tarin (Jesse)1 (collectively,
defendants), and Dolores dismissed her remaining claims.
Dolores alleged that defendants interfered in Dolores’s
relationship with her

¶1 Mother challenges an order awarding sole custody of the parties' minor child to the child's father. The parties had an opportunity in the trial court to present their evidence and make a complete trial court record and a complete appellate record. The record we are presented with is incomplete and does not contain the guardian ad litem reports used by the trial court. We decline to expand our t

Petitioner Christynne Lili Wrene Wood contacted the California Department of
Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) to report alleged gender discrimination by her
Crunch fitness club, which is owned and operated by CFG Jamacha, LLC and John
Romeo (collectively, Crunch). After an investigation, DFEH filed a lawsuit against
Crunch alleging violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Civ. C

Los Angeles, CA - The United States of America charged Anna Vishnevsky with health care fraud.

The former owner of a Studio City medical clinic was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for causing more than $11.5 million in bills to be submitted to health care benefit programs for unnecessary – and sometimes nonexistent – sleep studies, primarily for employees of United Parcel

Forty years ago, Congress recognized that refugees fleeing imminent persecution do not have the luxury of choosing their escape route into the United States. It mandated equity in its treatment of all refugees, however they arrived.1
This principle is embedded in the Refugee Act of 1980, which established an asylum procedure available to any migrant, “irrespective of such alien’s status,” and