Can AI Replace Lawyers? Not Yet.
AI is a powerful tool that has the potential to revolutionize legal research. However, lawyers and t...
California Settlement Agreements Must Include Amended General Release Language
California amended general release language, which requires updates to settlement agreements. ...
California Employers Must Pay On-Call Employees
A California court held that employees who are "on-call" for an employer but do not work a shift are...
Minimum Wage Increases For Some California Employees Took Effect July 1
The State of California minimum wage is $11.00 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees, or ...
FINRA Arbitration Victory: Ford & Diulio PC obtains damages and expungement of defamatory statements for former Edward Jones Broker
On June 30, 2017, Ford & Diulio PC Partner Kristopher Diulio obtained a resounding victory for forme...
CFPB Bans Class Action Waivers in Consumer Arbitration Agreements
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that financial companies will no lon...
Qui Tam Relators Can Be “Original Source” Despite Prior Public Disclosures of Alleged Fraud
Steven Hartpence and Geraldine Godecke (“Relators”) each brought a qui tam case against their ...
Truck Drivers Misclassified as Independent Contractors:
In Garcia v. Seacon Logix, Inc., Romeo Garcia and other plaintiffs were truck drivers who transporte...
Bike Accidents
In Orange County as a whole, 13 people died and 1,441 were injured due to bicycle accidents in 2012....