Litigation

A Southern California school district is under fire from within after its acting director of classified human resources was fired by the superintendent. The man was hired on Jan. 20 by the district’s Personnel Commission to fill the job. The commission, which uses the...

A Southern California school district is under fire from within after its acting director of classified human resources was fired by the superintendent. The man was hired on Jan. 20 by the district’s Personnel Commission to fill the job. The commission, which uses the...

A former executive with the Los Angeles Sparks is disputing the cause of her termination from the WNBA team. The franchise has said the woman was fired on Oct. 4, 2019, because she used a racial slur when addressing players following a game. She said she was fired...

A company concerned about its exposure to environmental litigation may have to contend with a new legal theory: public nuisance. Traditionally, a toxic tort class-action lawsuit may have been the legal theory claimed against an alleged environmental offender. However,...

Water is the lifeblood of many ecosystems, making it one of the earth’s most precious commodities. Accordingly, local, state, and federal authorities take water quality protection seriously. For example, wastewater from manufacturing or other industrial operations...

Settlements in environmental litigation don’t come cheaply. In a recent example, O’Reilly Auto Parts has agreed to pay almost $10 million to settle a lawsuit brought by over 50 California district attorneys. The amount includes civil penalties, litigation costs, and...

Valero, a California refining company, has reached a settlement with officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. According to a recent EPA release, Valero will pay a $157,800 fine to settle allegations of improper hazardous waste handling. Valero is a big...

Environmental litigation can be an important tool for protecting a party’s rights under applicable federal or state statutes. Litigation for its own sake, however, is another matter. Recently, the California legislature approved two bills that have some commentators...

Like all legislative bills in California, it is would-be law that must successfully negotiate some hurdles before taking legal effect. Its author hopes it can garner so-called "super-majority" bipartisan support in both the California State Assembly and California...

Water concerns are flatly huge and always on the minds of Californians, likely in a way unexperienced by residents of any other state.That is partially attributable, of course, to the state being the most heavily populated in the country. It owes, too, to California's...