The California Labor Commissioner cited Canoga Park-based Hart Placement Agency Inc. and its principals, Annie Ghaw and Hartmann Ghaw, $4,423,450 for misclassifying 144 in-home caregivers as independent contractors across Los Angeles County. The defendants have appealed; a hearing is pending.
On May 14, 2026, the State Bar of California Board of Trustees approved Proposed Standards for Certification and Recertification in Privacy Law, creating a new attorney specialization that takes effect January 1, 2027. A two-year alternative pathway through December 31, 2028 lets eligible practition
Los Angeles Superior Court grants two CCP 877.6 good-faith settlement motions in Myriad Pictures’ fraud and tortious-interference suit over the fourth Jeepers Creepers movie, freeing settling defendants from cross-claims by the non-settling Seal/Orwo group ahead of trial.
Orange County Superior Court denies Linda Sadeghi and Little American Businesses’ anti-SLAPP motion in a divorce-related trademark co-ownership dispute, while sustaining demurrers without leave to the four federal-trademark cancellation counts and the Penal Code section 502 computer access cla
Orange County Superior Court sustains demurrer with leave on most of ComfyGo’s California trademark, dilution, misappropriation, accounting, and commercial disparagement counts against Malisa Mobility, lets conversion, UCL, and tortious interference claims proceed, and strikes the UCL disgorge
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