Practices
Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of trademark infringement action.
California Court of Appeal reverses rulings that prevented a personal representative from settling a decedent’s lawsuit.
California Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment in favor of employer based on lack of evidence of discriminatory motive for employee’s three-year suspension.
California Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment in favor of employer based on absence of causal link between protected activity and alleged retaliatory act.
Trial court grants motion for new trial in breach of lease case, finding insufficient evidence to support verdict that invalidated lease based on mutual mistake of fact.
Ninth Circuit reverses summary judgment order in pro bono civil rights case on behalf of Oregon state prisoner.
California Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment in a wrongful death action against a common carrier.
California Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment rejecting a gymgoer’s personal injury lawsuit.
California Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment on MICRA statute of limitation grounds.
California Court of Appeal holds that the trial court abused its discretion in denying a continuance after a party’s attorney was hospitalized days before trial.