Back in the 1970s, our state legislature enacted a law to require “destruction” by “permanent obliteration” of records of minor marijuana convictions that were more than two years old. So
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Class Actions
Supreme Court Decides AT&T Mobility
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
Today, the Supreme Court decided AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion (pdf), a case we first reported on last June. The plaintiffs in the underlying case filed a class action complaining about being…
Dukes v. Wal-Mart Update
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
Last April, I wrote about the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruling allowing a gigantic discrimination and harassment class action to proceed against Wal-Mart. As of August 25, 2010, Wal-Mart…
Supreme Court to Consider Class Action Waiver
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
Sometimes cases from other areas of law can have a strong impact on employment law in California. For example, Laster v. AT&T Mobility LLC involved class action waivers in consumer contracts. Laster…
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9th Circuit Authorizes Gigantic Discrimination Class Action against Wal-Mart
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal issued a decision today in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores. In that case, six women complain of sex discrimination in pay and promotion decisions, but…
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UNLICENSED ACCOUNTING WORK: EXEMPT OR NOT? ASK OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
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Campbell v. Pricewaterhousecoopers, LLP, 602 F. Supp. 2d 1163, 1181 (E.D. Cal. 2009).
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