Central District of California denies remand and dismisses California FEHA discrimination claims brought by a Tennessee-based remote worker for Karl Storz, holding that FEHA reaches only employees whose situs of employment or material elements of the cause of action are substantially connected to Ca
Second District holds that California’s Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act gives applicants standing to sue for $10,000 in statutory damages without proving actual harm, but Unfair Competition Law claims still require a concrete economic injury.
The court denied remand in a Song-Beverly Act/Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act lemon-law case against General Motors over a 2018 GMC Yukon, ruling that GM’s removal was timely because the federal MMWA claim alone did not affirmatively show the amount in controversy and pre-litigation repair records
Central District of California grants an unopposed motion to dismiss three labor claims as preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, then grants the plaintiff’s motion to remand the remaining state-law claims for lack of any remaining federal hook.
Central District of California denies remand of an Amazon discrimination suit, holding that a plaintiff cannot defeat federal jurisdiction by submitting a post-removal stipulation capping damages or by relying on the affirmative defense of mitigation.
Central District of California enters a preliminary injunction barring federal immigration officials from re-detaining petitioner without complying with required procedures, holding the case is not moot under Nielsen v. Preap and that the Winter factors continue to support relief.
Central District of California affirms denial of supplemental security income, holding that the ALJ provided clear and convincing reasons for partially discrediting the claimant’s back-pain testimony where the medical record contained no documentation of the alleged 2018 car accident or any treatmen
Second District reverses denial of a domestic violence restraining order, holding the trial court applied the wrong legal standard in evaluating whether the petitioner’s ex-wife’s conduct — repeated stalking, threats, and unwanted entries — constituted abuse under the Domestic Violence P
Second District holds that a plaintiff who defeats an early bond motion under Corporations Code section 17709.02 is still subject to the ordinary cost-shifting rules if he ultimately loses the derivative suit on the merits.
Second District applies In re Dezi C.’s substantial-evidence review and holds that DCFS’s failure to interview the paternal grandfather did not undermine an ICWA inquiry that included both parents and seven other paternal relatives.