California is poised to enact foreclosure legislation *

USA - July 11 2012
As California goes, so goes the nation?

Co-authors: Nancy R. Thomas, Grant C. Schrader.

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Ninth Circuit: FDA regulations broadly preempt food labeling claims *

USA - May 21 2012
Last week, the Ninth Circuit issued a broad FDA preemption ruling that elbows aside federal deceptive-labeling claims in the latest slugfest between Pom Wonderful and Coca-Cola that has been going on for almost five years.

Co-authors: Dr. Jae Hong Lee, Linda L. Lane.

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Brinker v. Superior Court: what it means for class action defendants generally *

USA - April 13 2012
Brinker v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum), No. S166360, 2012 WL 1216356 (Cal., April 12, 2012) likely will be remembered as the case in which the California Supreme Court gave welcome relief to a certain kind of California employment class action.

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Duran v. US Bank: the aftershocks of the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes earthquake hit class action-happy California *

USA - February 9 2012
The aftershocks continue to reverberate from the earthquake that was the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 2541 (2011).

Co-authors: Natalie Naugle, Karen J. Kubin.

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Supreme Court rejects massive employment class action: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes *

USA - June 21 2011
Yesterday, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to another purported class action.

Co-authors: Tiffany Cheung.

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