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- California Supreme Court Nixes most non-compete agreements
- When it comes to employment laws, California is among the most employee friendly jurisdictions anywhere. A recent landmark ruling by the state's Supreme Court involving non-compete agreements has served to reinforce that reputation. In a widely watched decision involving the now defunct accountancy practice of Arthur Andersen, the Supreme...
- Research articles 2008-09-15
- California Supreme Court Agrees to Review Sterling v. Taylor Case in Dispute over What Constitutes Binding Agreement for Sale of Real Estate
- Business Editors LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--May 3, 2004 The California Supreme Court has granted a petition for review in the case of Sterling v. Taylor, a civil matter that raises an important consideration of whether various unsigned notes and informal conversations can be pieced together to establish a binding...
- Research articles 2004-05-03
- California Supreme Court Approves Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
- The California Supreme Court on August 24, 2000 issued an important ruling approving the concept of mandatory, employer-imposed arbitration agreements for resolution of employment disputes. The Court required that such agreements be bilateral (i.e., both the employer and the employee must be bound to arbitrate claims); required that the employer...
- Research articles 2000-10-02
- California Supreme Court Validates Prenuptial Agreement In Barry Bonds Divorce Case
- In a ruling in the divorce case of San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds, the California Supreme Court said recently that prenuptial agreements are valid even if only one party had a lawyer. The justices unanimously reversed a lower-court decision last year that made vulnerable thousands of existing prenuptial...
- Research articles 2000-09-11
- Court TV's Legal Questions Column.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 22 -- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON LEGAL ISSUES: The information provided is general in nature; consult with an attorney or legal expert for specific advice on your case. QUESTION: If two unmarried people who lived together...
- Research articles 1999-03-22
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- Senate confirms Brown for U.S. court
- WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Janice Rogers Brown, an Alabama sharecropper's daughter, to become a judge on one of the nation's most powerful courts after a heated debate in which she was praised as a role model and denounced as an extremist. The vote to put Brown,...
- Research articles 2005-06-09
- Kaleidescape Loses DVD Ripping Appeal
- A California state appellate court reversed a two-year-old decision by a trial court, which had heard a suit brought by the DVD Copy Control Association accusing Kaleidescape of breaching the contract governing CSS, the rights-management technology built into DVDs. That suit, initially won by Kaleidescape, had been on appeal since...
- News items 2009-08-12
- Compensation Proceeding May Bar a Subsequent Civil Action Alleging Similar Claims or Injuries
- In broadly interpreting the language of a settlement agreement and release before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board ("WCAB"), the California Supreme Court concluded that plaintiff Mary J. Jefferson was barred from suing her employer, the California Department of Youth Authority, for sex discrimination under the California Fair Employment & Housing...
- White papers 2003-06-05
- Appellate Expert Who Argued Similar Out-Of-State Non-Compete Case Available to Comment on Microsoft v. Lee & Google
- LOS ANGELES -- The issues in Microsoft v. Lee & Google are similar to those faced by Robin Meadow, a partner in the leading appellate boutique Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP, when he represented Advanced Bionics Corporation before the California Supreme Court in a lawsuit involving multi-jurisdiction litigation over...
- Research articles 2005-08-22
- Apple dings Psystar for $2.67m, round two heads to Florida
- It looks like the first phase of the Apple / Psystar Mac cloning saga is winding towards a conclusion, as the two sides have just filed wrap up their case with the California court that ruled decisively in favor of Apple last month . As you probably...
- News items 2009-12-01
- Yes, but is it funny? US Chamber issues takedown notice for Yes Men parody
- By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews It looks like the US Chamber of Commerce Web site, and has a convincing URL: www.chamber-of-commerce.us . It bears the seal of the Chamber, a private organization that advocates for business issues before federal legislators. And...
- News items 2009-10-26
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