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Show: results per page Sort by:  | Partner May State FEHA Claim Against Partnership For Retaliation For Opposing Sexual Harassment Of An Employee Of The Partnership
Laura Izon Powell, Bruce A. Scheidt, David W. Tyra; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article May 23, 2012, previously published on May 21, 2012 A California Court of Appeal recently held that the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) supports a partner’s claim for retaliation against her partnership for opposing sexual harassment of an employee of the partnership. (Fitzsimons v. California Emergency...
| | Church Members Prohibited from Soliciting Donations in Front of Grocery Store
Jon E. Goetz; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 Church members can be permanently barred from soliciting donations outside a stand-alone grocery store, under a recent court of appeal ruling (Ralphs Grocery Company v. Missionary Church of the Disciples of Christ (--- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, Cal.App. 2 Dist., April 25, 2012). The court found that the...
| | Eviction of Tenant without Cause from Low Income Housing Which is Government-Subsidized but Privately Owned Violated Tenant’s Right to Due Process
Jon E. Goetz, Jeffrey L. Massey; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 A court of appeal found that a tenant of a privately owned low income, government-subsidized housing was deprived of a protected property interest when the property manager evicted a tenant at the conclusion of her lease without cause. (Anchor Pacifica Management Company v. Green (--- Cal.Rptr.3d...
| | California Legislative Analysts Office Examines Fiscal Oversight System For School Districts
Marie A. Nakamura, Meghan Covert Russell; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 7, 2012 The California Legislative Analysts Office ("LAO") released a report on April 30, 2012 entitled "School District Fiscal Oversight and Intervention," in which it examined the State's fiscal oversight system for school districts. In its most recent report, the LAO compiled...
| | Summary Judgment May Not Be Granted In Elder Abuse Case When A Complete Defense Has Not Been Established
Linda M. Monje; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2012, previously published on May 3, 2012 In Knox v. Dean (--- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, Cal.App. 4 Dist., April 24, 2012), a California Court of Appeal considered whether summary judgment in an elder abuse charge against a conservator of an elderly man was correct. The court ruled that because the caregiver's defense was based on his mere...
| | Court Of Appeal Clarifies Limits Of Legal Protection Provided To Medical Marijuana Collectives, Cooperatives And Dispensaries Under The CUA And The MMPA
Jonathan P. Hobbs, Jeffrey L. Massey; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article May 1, 2012, previously published on April 27, 2012 The Court of Appeal recently issued an opinion that clarifies the operational parameters of medical marijuana collectives, cooperatives, and dispensaries, confirms that cities may pursue civil injunction relief under Health and Safety Code section 11570 and Civil Code section 3479, and confirms...
| | No Change Of Ownership Assessment Exemption For Property Sold To Private Party Under Threat Of Condemnation
Jon E. Goetz, Jeffrey L. Massey, Brett L. Price; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2012, previously published on April 24, 2012 A California court of appeal recently rejected a landowner’s claim that newly purchased replacement property should be exempt from reassessment and the establishment of a new base year value because the landowner sold his original property under threat of condemnation to a private party...
| | When A Trust Specifies How It May be Modified, A Modification Made Differently Is Not Valid
Linda M. Monje; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2012, previously published on April 23, 2012 In King v. Lynch (--- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, Cal.App. 5 Dist., April 10, 2012), a California Court of Appeal considered a challenge to changes made to a trust by one of two settlors to the trust, when the trust itself specified that any changes must be made through a written instrument signed by both...
| | Employers are Required to Provide Meal and Rest Periods but Not Required to Ensure That Employees Utilize the Meal and Rest Periods
Laura Izon Powell, Bruce A. Scheidt, David W. Tyra; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article April 16, 2012, previously published on April 12, 2012 In a much anticipated decision, the California Supreme Court held that employers subject to the Industrial Welfare Commission ("IWC") Wage Orders are required to provide employees with meal and rest periods during which they are relieved "of all duty, with the employee thereafter at...
| | Court Upholds Denial Of Mobile Home Park Owner’s Request For Major Rent Increase
William T. Chisum, Jeffrey L. Massey; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2012, previously published on April 6, 2012 A city’s denial of a mobile home park owner’s request for a major rent increase pursuant to a mobile home rent control ordinance did not violate the owner’s constitutional rights because the owner was receiving a fair rate of return on its investment. (Besaro Mobile Home Park,...
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