california
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California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin, the longest-serving of the seven current members of the state’s high court and its first Chinese American judge, will retire at the end of August, the Golden State court system announced Wednesday. Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Northrop Grumman inked a $12.4 million settlement deal Monday with employees who claimed the defense giant’s 401(k) plan betrayed workers by using a costly management strategy for a risky investment fund, wrapping up a 13-year legal fight… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A split Ninth Circuit panel said Monday that Williams-Sonoma doesn’t have to disclose a list of its California customers in a proposed class action claiming the company misled customers about the thread count of its bedding, with the dissenting judge calling his colleagues’ ruling “unnecessary”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California attorney who was ordered last year to pay $12 million for “serious ethical violations” has been violating a federal court’s orders by harassing and threatening class members in an action over a never-built Las Vegas condominium, according to a Tuesday filing in the case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The companies behind the Spearmint Rhino chain of nightclubs will pay $3.65 million to resolve a class action alleging they misclassified exotic dancers as independent contractors rather than employees in order to pay them less, according to a settlement filed Monday in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 