Rohm v. Dow
Feb 11, 2009
Dow Chemical's refused to a complete a $14.5 billion takeover of Rohm and Haas Company, a specialty chemicals manufacturer. Click here to read Chancellor Chandler's Decision in the Hearing to Exclude.Click here to view Rohm and Haas' Complaint.Cli...
Feb 11, 2009
Appeal of California district court's granting of defendant's motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs (body shop owners) dispute the methods used to determine the "prevailing auto body rate" - a metric required by the state legislature to give uniformity to...
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Feb 11, 2009
Appeal of injunction granted by AZ district court in case brought by flight attendant union to halt changes to working conditions made by employer under the Railway Labor Act.
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Feb 9, 2009
Ernest Harrel filed suit for wrongful imprisonment and infliction of emotional distress after he was arrested for grand larceny at a Jorge & Gerry's in 2004. All criminal charges were later dropped.
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Kuhn v. Diamond State
Feb 9, 2009
Plaintiff, Kuhn Construction, was awarded a $10 million+ contract for wharf construction from DSPC, a mixed private/gov't entity. Kuhn Construction claims that, due to faulty architectural plan data, they had to incur additional construction costs...
Feb 9, 2009
In this class action, plaintiffs are suing EarthLink over millions of dollars of allegedly unfair early termination fees. Each time an EarthLink customer canceled their services early, or in the case of three class representatives, simply upgraded...
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Feb 5, 2009
California's governor was authorized to reduce the workweek through a furlough of represented state employees, and the reduction in pay corresponding to the hours not worked did not amount to a modification of established salary ranges in violatio...
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Feb 4, 2009
Suit brought by the state's attorney general against Pfizer's Pharmacia unit and other pharmaceutical manufacturers alleging they overcharged the state's Medicaid system. Litigation over "average wholesale prices" for medication charged to state M...
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Hess v. RJ Reynolds
Feb 3, 2009
Stuart Hess's widow Elaine Hess sued cigarette maker Philip Morris, claiming that her husband could not stop smoking because he was addicted to nicotine. Mr. Hess died of lung cancer at age 55, in 1997.Hess v. RJR Reynolds was the first of the "E...
Jan 29, 2009
The Professional Engineers in California Government and the California Association of Professional Scientists claim the governor needs legislative approval to force furloughs for state workers.
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