SAN FRANCISCO – The boards of trustees of several plans allege that a Fremont employer will not let an auditor inspect its books and records per the terms of their bargaining agreement.
SAN FRANCISCO – Two men who were employed as general and skilled laborers for the maintenance and construction of telecommunications lines allege their former employers did not properly pay them and have filed a class-action suit.
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court declined a petition filed by Stanislaus County to review a disability case involving Deputy Dennis Wallace, who was seeking payment of $468,000 in connection with being placed on unpaid leave by the county for two years after he was injured.
SAN FRANCISCO – When the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of Scott Kiernan v. Antonio A. Hinojosa in May, the decision was one in a series. The court reversed the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of California, which had granted Hinojosa’s petition for habeas relief, and one California attorney says this reinforces a message long communicated to inmates.
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco individual has filed a class-action lawsuit against a credit reporting agency alleging it denies consumers free annual copies of their credit reports.
SAN FRANCISCO – A California corporation is suing a Minnesota company over claims it is selling products that infringe on patents owned by the plaintiff.
A San Francisco-based litigation funding company is a type of business that operates in the shadows, according to a legal expert, and now that the Securities Exchange Commission is going after Prometheus Law on charges of defrauding investors, other third-party litigation funders may find themselves subject to greater oversight.
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Rafael business is accused of not designing a bracing system and trestle in accordance with the terms of a professional service agreement.
SAN FRANCISCO – A couple has filed a class-action lawsuit against a Maryland company and its officers alleging that they made false and misleading statements to shareholders.
SAN FRANCISCO – Grande Lum, former director of the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Relations Service (CRS), has returned to Accordence, the California negotiation training and consulting company he founded, to serve as a senior adviser.
