Birmingham, AL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud his former employer Chick-fil-A.

Larry James Black, Jr., 37, of Center Point, the former Director of Hospitality at Chick-fil-A Five Points, charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. Black’s co-defendant, Joshua Daniel Powell, 40, of Moody, a former manager at the same ... More...   $0 (09-21-2021 - AL)

San Jose, California franchise law lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a fraud theory claiming more that $75,000 in damages.... More...   $0 (06-10-2021 - CA)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Ruless Pierre, who was charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and structuring.

U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: “Today, Ruless Pierre was brought to justice for callously lying to investors. Pierre told investors their investment returns were excellent, when in fact he failed to invest investor funds as promised,... More...   $0 (06-02-2021 - NY)

New York, New York franchise law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on Petroleum Marketing Practices-Franchise Protection Act violation theory.... More...   $0 (05-11-2021 - NY)

Norfolk, Virginia nationwide investment fraud conspiracy charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kent Maerki 78, of Scottsdale, the founder of Dental Support Plus Franchise, LLC, and Janus Spectrum, LLC, made a multitude of misrepresentations about those businesses in materials used to solicit investments, including during appearances on radio shows and in a presentation about inves... More...   $0 (03-17-2021 - VA)

In this interlocutory appeal of a preliminary injunction, the dispositive issue is whether 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(23) gives Medicaid patients a right to challenge, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a State’s determination that a health care provider is not “qualified” within the meaning of § 1396a(a)(23). Our decision rests primarily on two independent bases: (1) the Supreme Court’s decision in O’Bannon v. To... More...   $0 (11-25-2020 - TX)

Sacramento, CA - Fair Employment and Housing

The question presented in this appeal is whether an award of attorneys’ fees under
Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 was properly denied to the prevailing defendants
in an action brought by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing
(DFEH) under Government Code section 12974.1
Section 12974 contains a unilateral... More...   $0 (09-11-2020 - CA)

Over the course of approximately 16 years, respondents
Neal Moritz and Neal H. Moritz, Inc. (collectively, Moritz) worked
for appellants, Universal City Studios LLC and its wholly-owned
subsidiary, FFSO Productions LLC (collectively, Universal),
rendering services as a producer for the film The Fast and the
Furious (Universal Pictures 2001) and several sequels thereto
(coll... More...   $0 (09-03-2020 - CA)

California law recognizes a tort cause of action against a noncontracting
party—also called a stranger to the contract—who intentionally interferes with the
performance of a contract. (Applied Equipment Corp. v. Litton Saudi Arabia Ltd. (1994)
7 Cal.4th 503, 513-514 (Applied Equipment).) Caliber Paving Company, Inc. (Caliber)
sued Rexford Industrial Realty and Management, Inc. (Rex... More...   $0 (09-02-2020 - CA)

Appellant Golden State Warriors, LLC (GSW) challenges the trial
court’s judgment confirming an arbitration award. The arbitration concerned
the meaning of the word “terminates” in section 6.4 of the agreement
governing the basketball team’s use of the Oracle Arena in Oakland,
California (the License Agreement). On appeal, GSW argues that “allowing
[the] contract to expire by it... More...   $0 (08-21-2020 - CA)

A neighborhood organization and a resident sued the City
of Santa Monica, which uses at-large voting to elect its City
Council. The plaintiffs claimed this system discriminated against
Latinos, which is the term all parties use. After a bench trial, the
trial court agreed and ordered the City to switch to district-based
voting. We reverse and enter judgment for the City because... More...   $0 (07-10-2020 - CA)

Plaintiff Sofia Wilton Barriga filed this lawsuit against 99 Cents Only Stores LLC,
(99 Cents) on her own behalf and on behalf of similarly situated current and former
nonexempt employees of 99 Cents hired before October 1, 1999, and who worked the
graveyard shift after January 1, 2012, until the conclusion of her lawsuit, pleading various
Labor Code violations and violation of the... More...   $0 (06-28-2020 - CA)

Plaintiff Sofia Wilton Barriga filed this lawsuit against 99 Cents Only Stores LLC,
(99 Cents) on her own behalf and on behalf of similarly situated current and former
nonexempt employees of 99 Cents hired before October 1, 1999, and who worked the
graveyard shift after January 1, 2012, until the conclusion of her lawsuit, pleading various
Labor Code violations and violation of the... More...   $0 (06-28-2020 - CA)

Sometimes small gestures can have unexpected consequences. Major initiatives practically guarantee them. In our time, few pieces of federal legislation rank in significance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There, in Title VII, Congress outlawed discrimination in the workplace on thebasis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Today,we must decide whether an employer can fire someones... More...   $0 (06-15-2020 - GA)

In this marital dissolution proceeding, the trial court entered judgment denying
appellant Mary Kay Brewster’s (Mary Kay) request for spousal support orders because
she suffered criminal convictions for acts of domestic violence against respondent Chris
Clevenger (Chris). In doing so, the trial court determined Mary Kay had not overcome
the rebuttable presumption set forth in Famil... More...   $0 (03-09-2020 - CA)

This case requires us to define the “public interest” in the
internet age. The issue arises in an anti-SLAPP motion: a
special motion to strike claims under Code of Civil Procedure
section 425.16. This statute can apply if the targeted claims
arose from “protected activity,” which the statute defines to
include statements on an issue of “public interest.”
Neighbors Eric Ley... More...   $0 (02-03-2020 - CA)