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California Court Rules That A PAGA Claim Does Not Survive The Plaintiff’s Death

While there are many similarities between class claims and representative claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), the different nature of the two types of claims produces divergent results in some contexts. A...more

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A Different Sort Of Standing Is At Issue In Federal Court Challenge To California Female Director Quota

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Last November, a shareholder of OSI Systems, Inc. filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California challenging California's law imposing female director quotas on publicly traded...more

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First Legal Test Of Female Board Quota Law Will Be On Monday

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Last August, I reported on the filing of a taxpayer challenge to California's Board Gender Quota Law. Crest v. Padilla, Cal. Super. Ct. Case No. 19STCV27561. California's Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, was named as the...more

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Only A Contracting Party May Sue Under Government Code Section 1092

Calif. Supreme Court: San Diegans for Open Government v. Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego - Only a party to a contract may bring a legal action under Government Code section 1092 to invalidate...more

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Legal Challenge To California Board Gender Quota Law Filed

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As mentioned in yesterday's post, a much predicted challenge to California's board gender quota law was recently filed. The complaint alleges a single cause of action - violation of Article I, Section 31 of the California...more

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Two Partners, Three Lawyers, What Would King Solomon Do?

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Jarvis Properties is a limited partnership with two general partners. As fate would have it, the two general partners are brothers and each brother holds a 50% interest in the partnership. When one brother, James, sued for...more

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Professor Bainbridge Asks "Would They Have Standing?"

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As has been widely noted, the constitutionality of SB 826, California's new gender quota law, is questionable. It remains to be seen who will bring the challenge and where. Yesterday, Professor Stephen Bainbridge raised the...more

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Fictitious Name Use Fails To Engender Standing Or Jurisdictional Issue

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California Code of Civil Procedure Section 367 requires that every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party of interest. What happens when a plaintiff sues under a fictitious business name of a dissolved...more

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