October 20, 2017 CRIMES, MONEY, BABIES AND MORE! WHAT’S IN THE LINEUP FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS IN 2018 Don’t mistake this for a trailer for your favorite Thursday night TV lineup. Instead, it’s a preview of the legal compliance changes California employers will soon be grappling with. Below is a brief summary of some of the […]
SRC founding partner Luanne Sacks’ peers selected her for inclusion in the 24th edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for her work defending clients in Product Liability Litigation. The Best Lawyers in America is the oldest and among the most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. This is Lu’s 10th consecutive year being recognized as […]
August 17, 2017 On remand from the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016) (“Spokeo”), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that Plaintiff had standing to bring his claims under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) in Robins v. Spokeo, Inc., […]
Hope Case, Co-Founding Partner, Sacks Ricketts & Case, LLP, will speak at The Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “Practical Strategies and Latest Legal Developments in Wage & Hour Litigation and Compliance LIVE Webcast.” This event is scheduled for June 28, 2017, from 9:00 am – 10:30 am (PT)/12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (ET). For further details, […]
May 11, 2017 On Monday May 8, 2017, the California Supreme court issued its decision in Mendoza v. Nordstrom, Inc., clarifying when and how employers must provide employees with a day of rest under California Labor Code Sections 551 and 552. The specific questions tackled by the Court were: Is the one day of rest […]
February 23, 2017 In a published decision issued on February 1, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit remanded for further consideration the lower court’s final approval of a consumer class action settlement in In re: Target Corporation Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, Case No. 0:14-md-02522 (8th Cir. Feb. 1, 2017) […]
February 14, 2017 On January 25, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals partially reversed and remanded a settlement against ARS National Services, Inc. (“ARS”), a debt collection agency, in the case Koby v. ARS National Services Inc., et al., Case No.13-56964 (Jan. 25, 2017) (“Koby”). In a precedential decision authored by Judge Paul J. […]
January 31, 2017 In an unpublished decision issued on January 20, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s decertification of plaintiffs’ class in Eric Stiller and Joseph Moro, et al. v. Costco Wholesale Corp., Case No. 3:09-cv-02473-GPC-BGS (9th Cir. Jan. 20, 2017) (“Stiller”). In Stiller, various employees […]
January 23, 2017 On January 9, 2017, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California upheld the California choice-of-law provision in Facebook, Inc.’s Terms of Service in the case Jose Palomino et al. v. Facebook Inc., Case No. 3:16-cv-04230 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 9, 2017) (“Palomino”). In Palomino, various citizens of New Jersey […]
Sacks, Ricketts & Case LLP (SRC) will present its third annual California Employment Law Breakfast Briefing on December 6th and 8th. SRC will provide attendees with timely information and tools to help comply with the new California and federal employment laws and traverse the constantly changing legal landscape for California employers. SRC attorneys Luanne Sacks, […]
As the end of the year approaches, it is important to return our focus on the challenges of reviewing and updating workplace policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the myriad of workplace laws. On June 14, 2016, Sacks Ricketts & Case issued an E-Alert notifying our clients and friends that the voters of the […]
Consumer class actions based on “slack-fill” containers have had a seat at the food wars table for a while. Now, however, it appears that competitors may be able to pull up a chair. A court in the District of Columbia recently denied McCormick & Company, Inc.’s motion to dismiss a Lanham Act claim based on […]