Consumer Advocate Legal Update

Recent Posts from Consumer Advocate Legal Update

• KPA Attends the CAOC Annual Convention, Looks Forward to the CAOC Hawaii Travel Seminar!

  This past weekend the KPA attorneys attended the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) Annual Convention in San Francisco, where they learned about the latest developments in consumer litigation. Highlights of the weekend included the Women’s…

• To Spoil or Not to Spoil

  When can spoliation of evidence be actionable? Litigants can rejoice that a promise , once it is made, cannot be broken with impunity. In Cooper v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. (2009, 4th Dist.…

• Use Corporate Depositions to Get your Case Certified

  Taking the deposition of persons who have been designated to testify on behalf of a defendant are a critical component of a class action discovery plan. These “corporate designee” or “Person Most Knowledgeable” depositions under…

• CAOC 48th Annual Convention

  The CAOC 48th Annual Convention is being held this week, November 12 - 15, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.  This is a great event to meet other CAOC members, hear presentations from top attorneys…

• MICRA - Do Proponents Really Understand It?

  A little while ago, I was at an event where an informal question and answer session was being conducted between two candidates for Assembly. One of the topics that stirred up a lively conversation was…

• California Supreme Court Holds That Earned Wages Can Be Transformed Into Unvested Future Compensation in Schachter v. Citigroup, Inc.

  On November 2, 2009, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion in Schachter v. Citigroup, Inc., __ Cal.4th __ (2009), holding that an employment incentive provision calling for the forfeiture of restricted company stock if…

• Credit Card Companies Race to Beat New Law

  In a push to beat the new federal regulations, credit card companies across the nation are sending out notices to their customers that their interest rates will be increasing. The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure…

• Matt Bailey Published in California Lawyer Magazine

  Co-head of the KPA Class Action Practice Group, Matt Bailey, has an article in this month's issue of California Lawyer. The article, Class Notice in the Electronic Age, covers the intriguing debate of handling class notice…

• Law360.com Reports on the KPA Regelman v. Level 3 Communications LLC Employment Case

  The Law360.com employment article “Analyst Wins Conditional Cert. in L-3 FLSA Dispute” reports on the recent conditional collective certification by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in the case of Regelman…

• Read the Latest Edition of the KPA Newsletter!!

  Three reasons why you should read the November KPA Newsletter: 1.  It is the best place to learn about the latest developments in plaintiff litigation. 2.  KPA attorney's Becki Kammerling, Nancy Gardner and Roxanna Tabatabaeepour are this…