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Private Judge in Jolie/Pitt Case: No More Flawed Than Usual
Private Judge in Jolie/Pitt Case: No More Flawed Than Usual
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Why Won’t The Court Free Britney?
Why Won’t The Court Free Britney?
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A Plaintiff Cannot be Compelled to Arbitrate the Threshold Question of Employee Status in a PAGA Claim
In Damaris Rosales v. Uber Technologies, Inc. (May 4, 2021) 2021 DJDAR 4243, the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, clarified that a plaintiff asserting ...
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Skid Row Ruling Should Be Required Reading
Timothy D. Reuben’s article Skid Row Ruling Should Be Required Reading is published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on April 27, 2021.  
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Court of Appeal Ruling Muddies The Waters On Punitive Damages
Timothy D. Reuben’s article Court of Appeal Ruling Muddies the Waters on Punitive Damages is published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on March 1, ...
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Freedline v. O Organics LLC
445 F.Supp.3d 85 (N.D. Cal. 2020) (dismissal of false advertising claim as to sugar content of kombucha)
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Ballot Designations Favor Prosecutors for the Bench
Ballot Designations Favor Prosecutors for the Bench
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Courts Shouldn’t Punish Those Who Can’t Afford to Pay Fines
Timothy D. Reuben’s article Courts Shouldn’t Punish Those Who Can’t Afford to Pay Fines is published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on February 18, ...
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Job Applicants Cannot Bring Common Law Tort Actions Against Prospective Employers for “Tameny” Discrimination
The Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, recently clarified that a common law tort action under Tameny for employer conduct in violation of public policy ...
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Court of Appeal Affirms Jury Verdict Because Plaintiffs Presented Prima Facie Case of Whistleblower Retaliation
The Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, recently issued an opinion illustrating the burden of proof in a whistleblower retaliation case.  In Hawkins v. City ...
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Walking the Tightrope of Representing Two-Person Entities
Timothy D. Reuben’s article Walking the Tightrope of Representing Two-Person Entities is published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on October 25, 2019.
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A Bad Case For Lawyers
Timothy D. Reuben’s article A Bad Case For Lawyers is published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on October 17, 2019.
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