by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Mar 18, 2011
I communicate weekly with an “accountability partner.” We use a written and mental checklist just to account for how we’re reaching goals or dealing with “issues;” Last week, out of one of these conversations concerning my practice, I...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Dec 28, 2010
This quote basically explains why I love the practice of law: [Moore v. Regents of the University of California (1990) 51 Cal3d Page 120, at 135] ____________________________________________ “No court, however, has ever in a reported decision imposed...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Dec 28, 2010
In my practice, a question arises from time to time: Is this case appropriate to file in U.S. District Court? The answer is not a matter of whim, but statutory duty: if a defendant is resident outside the state of California, and my client (the party suing the...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Dec 28, 2010
The University of California is a special creature of the State Constitution. Our Supreme Court in 2008 described it as having broad autonomy in self-governance, even to the extent of devising internal quasi-judicial procedures and remedies for the resolution of...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Dec 27, 2010
Home Depot brought a demurrer [attack by motion that the complaint does not allege facts sufficient to state a cause of action] to allegations that its failure to provide its retail employees seating accommodations was a violation of Labor Code Section 1198 and Wage...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Dec 27, 2010
Here is the logic of scarcity: I hurt, therefore you should hurt too. If this is the prism by which I see the world, then I will allocate, measure, and divide according to the limitations I experience. If I am poor, I too will seek for you to be poor by my choices. In...
