News from July 2018
Windmill Health Products alleged to use illegal slack-fill in Super Greens product packaging
LOS ANGELES – A Norwalk woman alleges that a product she purchased was packaged in a container that had 50 percent empty space.
Former student, parents allege Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District did not provide appropriate education
LOS ANGELES – The parents and a former student of a Santa Monica school district are challenging a decision made by the Office of Administrative Hearings regarding the student's education.
Man seeks damages from Fast Advance Funding over allegedly illegal sales calls
LOS ANGELES – A Monrovia man alleges a Pennsylvania company illegally called him to solicit its services.
Police officer alleges he was terminated in retaliation from job with U.S. Navy
LOS ANGELES – A Ventura County law enforcement officer alleges he was terminated in retaliation for reporting potential violations of federal law.
Monarch Container Line alleged to have failed to deliver shipments in good condition
LOS ANGELES – A City of Industry company is alleged to have failed to transport and deliver shipments of garments in the same good order and condition they were received.
Bellwether trial over Monsanto's Roundup opens
SAN FRANCISCO - An attorney for a 46-year-old California man diagnosed with terminal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma told a jury during opening arguments on Monday that chemical giant Monsanto has known its best-selling weed killer Roundup causes cancer for almost as long as his client has been alive, claims the company is fighting.
Franzen-Hill alleges it is owed more than $400,000 for mechanical work
LOS ANGELES – A San Luis Obispo County contractor is alleged to have failed to pay a subcontractor for work on a federal project.
Chevron alleges 'criminal scheme' in $18 billion foreign arbitration award
SAN FRANCISCO -- Chevron alleges they are the target of a "criminal scheme" over a deeded land controversy in Saudi Arabia.
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9th Circuit rules man has no legal interest in biological mother's estate
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a man's case over his biological mother's estate.
Ninth Circuit rules entities do not have standing to file suit against Export-Import Bank over Australia project
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a ruling that the plaintiffs in an environmental case lack standing to challenge a bank's authorization of funding for a project in Australia.
Ninth Circuit upholds lower court decision denying injunction of the Voter's Choice Act
SAN FRANCISCO – A panel of judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of a request for a preliminary injunction enjoining the California Voter’s Choice Act (VCA).
Plaintiffs who allege WellPet sold contaminated pet food granted leave to file amended complaint
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California has granted the plaintiffs in a case over allegedly contaminated pet food products leave to file a second amended complaint.
Woman alleges medical marijuana use in HUD-subsidized apartment led to eviction
SAN FRANCISCO – A woman at risk of losing her home because she uses medical marijuana and lives in a Housing Urban Development (HUD)-subsidized complex sued President Donald Trump and other federal agencies for allegedly having contradictory stances on cannabis.
Florida man alleges job offer was withdrawn because HireRight included non-conviction arrest record in report
SAN FRANCISCO – A background check service company in Irvine unlawfully included a non-conviction arrest record in a report that led to the rescinding of a lucrative job offer, according to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Appeals court orders hospital to pay $50,000 fine for leaving sponge in surgery patient
SAN FRANCISCO – A California appeals court recently said Saint Francis Memorial Hospital must pay a $50,000 fine assessed by the state after a sponge was left in a patient who had back surgery in 2010.
California Supreme Court reverses appeal court decision in handgun identification number case
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court recently issued a decision reversing an order by an appeals court in a case involving handgun safety laws requiring dual placement of microscopic identification numbers.
Appeals court upholds denial of car owner's right to intervene in government case against VW
A three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a district court’s ruling that a Volkswagen owner had no right to intervene in U.S. government’s Clean Air Act enforcement action against the carmaker regarding the installation of “defeat devices” in some diesel vehicles that allowed Volkswagen to cheat on emissions tests.
IKON seeks to remove unfair labor practices lawsuit to federal court
IKON Office Solutions Inc., Ricoh USA Inc., and Ricoh Americas Corporation recently filed a motion to remove to federal court a lawsuit claiming the company violated California Labor laws by not allowing employees to take meals and breaks and failing to reimburse or pay overtime wages.
Blue Shield of California claims outsource company cost them millions
Blue Shield of California recently filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against HealthPlan Services Inc. (HPS) that alleges HPS cost Blue Shield to lose tens of millions of dollars in mistakes and poor service after HPS was hired to help Blue Shield during the Covered California exchange.
Consumer alleges Gateway One Lending & Finance, credit bureaus failed to correct report
SACRAMENTO – A man alleges that information on his credit report is inaccurate and has not been corrected despite a dispute.