Upholding Proposition 209, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed that public scools cannot base admission on race, gender or ethnicity.
CONSTRUCTION – G. Voskanian Constr. Inc. v. Alhambra Unified Sch. Dist.
OPINION – Contractor was able to recover payment for extra work performed on two public school projects. In one case, the work was retroactively authorized, and in the other case the school district had given misleading plans and specifications for the project. (Cal.Ct. App., 2nd Dist.)
DISCRIMINATION - Baker v. Mulholland Sec. and Patrol Inc.
OPINION - While plaintiff’s employment was terminated due to neglect of duties and “bad attitude,” he made at least prima facie showing of retaliation for complaining about discriminatory remarks, therefore expert witness fees should not have been assessed to him. (Cal. Ct. App., 2d Dist.)
SECURITIES - Barton v. Davis
COMPLAINT – The officers and the directors and executives of Netflix Inc. made materially false and misleading statements in order to repurchase over $200 million of its own stock at artificially inflated prices, a putative class action lawsuit alleges. (N.D. Cal.)
The counterclaim says Yahoo's photostream and Flickr photo-sharing service infringe a Facebook patent related to generating a personalized feed of stories on a social network.
Samuel Estreicher leaves Jones Day for Paul Hastings; Littler Mendelson adds Bradley Siciliano.
A U.S. judge granted class-action status to the suit that accuses Mumbai-based Tata and its subsidiary of breaching employee contracts and violating California labor laws.
The tech giants should prepare for trial in their high-profile IP lawsuit over Java patents, a federal magistrate judge ruled.
Fourteen firms announced mergers or acquisitions in the first quarter of 2012, compared with 16 during the same period last year, according to data from Altman Weil.
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