Petition for review denied. A man injured while unloading a vessel on a fixed platform in Louisiana territorial waters met the requirements for coverage under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
Petition denied. The petition for review of a National Labor Relations Board decision was supported by substantial evidence and contentions that the Board violated due process and improperly imposed a notice-reading remedy were without merit.
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Affirmed. The trial court’s determination that the County Board of Supervisors’ elimination of a longtime county Solid Waste Enforcement Officer’s position was retaliation was upheld. The employee was running for sheriff as an Independent and the Board preferred Democrats.
Petition denied. A company’s petition for review of an administrative law judge’s finding of violations and imposition of a monetary penalty against a poultry processing plant following a worker injury was upheld.
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Reversed and remanded to enter summary adjudication for Plaintiff as to her retaliation claim and punitive damages, but denied discrimination and harassment claims.
Revived claims that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s woefully inadequate cybersecurity practices enabled hackers to steal personal data about millions of past and present federal employees. Reversed a dismissal in relevant part, in a lawsuit brought by labor unions and others arising out of a 2014 cyberattack.
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Held that the City of Chicago violated the Bankruptcy Code’s automatic stay when it continued to hold debtors’ impounded vehicles until they paid their outstanding parking tickets. The city must return the vehicles to the debtors, the Seventh Circuit concluded in these four consolidated Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases.
Held that a shoplifting juvenile did not violate a California law that prohibits the possession of certain physical tools that can be used for burglary. He contended that the statute does not cover pliers for removing anti-security tags. Finding merit in his argument, the California Supreme Court clarified the requisite intent to trigger criminal liability under the burglary tool possession statute.
Affirmed an order establishing a limited conservatorship of the person in a case involving a woman with autism spectrum disorder who objected to the conservatorship and to the appointment of her mother and elder sister as conservators.
In a marital dissolution proceeding, resolved issues involving child and spousal support awards, division of assets and other matters.