Cal Biz Lit
Discussion of trial law and legal issues of interest to business clients.
Author: Bruce Nye is a trial lawyer in the San Francisco Bay area. He is managing partner of Adams | Nye | Sinunu | Bruni | Becht.
Blawg Related Categories: Appellate Practice • Corporate Law • Trials & Litigation • States • California • Business Law • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Cal Biz Lit
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Still More Chemicals Up For Proposition 65 Listing
Now we all got a good chuckle over the Proposition 65 Cancer Identification Committee's recent action in listing marijuana smoke as a carcinogen (see: Proposition 65 Now Protects Stoners. As they say, however, "but seriously…
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Cal Supremes Put Another Bullet in The Unfair Competition Law
In a post here last May, I talked about the California Supreme Court's decision in In Re Tobacco II Cases (2009) 46 Cal.4th 298, suggesting that in that decision, the Supremes might have enlarged the…
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Proposition 65 Now Protects Stoners
Dude. Two and one half years of CalBizLit, and finally, our first marijuana story. I go away for a three day weekend and what happens? California's Cancer Identification Committee lists marijuana smoke as a carcinogen.…
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More on Removal -- Not Always Protection Against Big, Big Verdicts
I blogged last week on whether removal to Federal court was the best idea for defendants in product liability cases, the short version being, generally, yes. But it isn't a panacea. Pierson v. Ford Motor…
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Well That Sure Didn't Take Long: OEHHA Adding 30 Chemicals To Proposition 65 List
CalBizLit blogged here and here about the suit by Sierra Club and others to force expansion of the Proposition 65 list of carcinogens and reproductive / developmental toxicants. As discussed, the Alameda County Superior Court…
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More Misuse of Discrimination Laws, Major League Baseball Division
Last November, CalBizLit reported here on an unreported appellate decision favoring the Los Angeles Angels involving Mothers Day mom's only give-aways. Short version: Angels give tote bags to moms on Mothers Day, lawyer with too…
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Removal In Product Liability Cases -- Always A Good Idea?
Like about 42 kajillion other people, I'm a member of Linked-In. I'm also a member of a number of groups, including DRI and several groups dedicated to product liability issues. I'd just written a post…
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Arbitration: Maybe The Common Wisdom Isn't Always So Wise
Here are some elements of the "common wisdom" about arbitration: Arbitration is good for defendants, bad for plaintiffs; This is particularly so in employment cases, where arbitration removes a case's "high-end" (i.e., "runaway") risk; It's…
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More About The Smelly Bentley: Court of Appeal Finds Trial Court Was Required to Impose Terminating Sanction For Discovery Abuses
Earlier today, I posted about the Court of Appeals' decision in Doppes v. Bentley Motors, Inc. (June 8, 2009) ___Cal.App.4th___ (GO39922), There, the Court held that the trial court had jurisdiction to award 7% pre-judgment…
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Breaking News: Pre-trial Interest Awardable for Smelly Bentley Automobile
As CalBizLit has discussed previously, consumer warranties in California are governed by the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, California Civil Code section 1790 and following. The act requires manufacturers, or their California designees, to correct consumer…