Legal News

"Workers Can't Catch a Break from Calif. Court"
This morning's Recorder has an article on the Court of Appeal's opinion, handed down yesterday, in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum), ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (July 22, 2008)...

Calif. Bans Most Non-Compete Clauses
Calif. High Court Brightens Rule Against Non-Compete PactsThe RecorderIn a ruling long awaited by the employment law sector, the California Supreme Court on Thursday effectively rejected the use of most non-competition agreements in California...

Calif. Court: Employees May Be Fired for Medical Marijuana Use
California workers may be fired for medical marijuana use, under a ruling issued Thursday by the California Supreme Court. In a 5-2 decision, the court held that California's Compassionate Use Act of 1996 -- which gives authorized medical marijuana users...

Report says Calif. should end juvenile prisons
Report says Calif. should end juvenile prisons By Don Thompson Associated Press Writer / July 15, 2008 SACRAMENTO, Calif.?A state watchdog commission has recommended that California phase out its antiquated juvenile prisons by 2011, replacing them with regional lockups run...

Calif. Supreme Court Rules Doctors Cannot Deny Fertility Treatments Due to Patient's Sexual Orientation
Via Law.com: Three months after approving same-sex marriage, the California Supreme Court gave gay rights another boost Monday by unanimously ruling that doctors can't invoke religion to refuse treating homosexual patients (pdf)...

Calif. Supreme Court rejects lawsuit against Calif. marriage amendment
Alliance Defense Fund and ProtectMarriage attorneys are calling the California Supreme Court?s rejection of a lawsuit against the state?s proposed marriage amendment an appropriate decision on a frivolous lawsuit.

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Workers Compensation Overview
Federal laws that cover workplace injuries

H-1B Visas
How to get professional worker's visa

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Composix Kugel Mesh Patches
alleging the memory recoil ring has the potential to break and cause bowel perforation or chronic enteric fistulae.

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.