Miscellaneous

• UC Regents Ordered to Pay Refunds to Professional Students for Improper Tuition Hikes

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | January 29, 2008 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  California's Supreme Court has denied the University of California's appeal in Kashmiri v. Regents of University of California, awarding thousands of professional students $40 million enrolled in UC programs whose tuition fees were increased during the 2002-2003 school year, despite the Regents' promise to hold fees steady.The class action lawsuit was filed in San Francisco July of 2003, when...

• Salesian Order of Priests are the Last Standing in Los Angeles

  Cheryl Buchanan | January 26, 2008 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Or maybe it would be more appropriate to say that they are the last lying? But, I've always had trouble with the whole question over when to use "lying" or "laying" in a sentence. If one means not telling the truth and the other means hiding out in the weeds and avoiding responsibility and continuing to hope it will all just go away... well then I guess they both work. Its just a matter...

• Budget Cuts Will Hurt Those Who Need The Most Help

  Michael Eyerly | January 18, 2008 7:10 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Proposed budget cuts in California will adversely affect the elderly, children, environment and workers. California has a $14.5 billion budget gap. That's a fair amount of money. To close that gap the state could raise taxes or cut its spending. Because the Governor does not want to raise taxes, he has proposed across the board spending cuts. To cut that much from the state's budget,...

• Federal Judge Permits Class-Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against VA

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | January 14, 2008 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Veterans of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan shall have their day in court, after all. US District Court Judge Samuel Conti has cleared a national class-action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the US Department of Veteran's Affair's claims system. The ruling affirms the rights of veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to sue in federal court over the huge...

• Woman Assaulted at Dodger Stadium Sues

  Lance Rubin | January 09, 2008 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A woman who was assaulted in the parking lot at Dodger Stadium by a fan has sued Dodger Stadium for her injuries. When is a landowner responsible for injuries to patrons when those injuries are caused by someone else -- not by the facility?Assaults can happen any time, anywhere. A woman heading off to Chavez Ravine to attend a Dodger game never thought her trip would end as it did - with her...

• Zero Tolerance in Fresno Diocese is a Myth

  Cheryl Buchanan | January 05, 2008 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Having been raised a Catholic, I believe in forgiveness, reconcilliation, and second chances. Having spent five years working on child molestation cases and coming to a deeper understanding of the psychosis that compels adults to habitually torture and victimize children, and the lifelong damage that those children struggle with as adults, I also believe we have a responsibility that preempts...

• Mortgage Meltdown Spawns State Efforts to Prevent Abusive Lending Practices by Mortgage Brokers

  Michael Eyerly | January 04, 2008 7:51 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  States adopt standard licensing requirements to curb abusive lending practices by mortgage brokers The so-called sub-prime mortgage crisis (by no means have the problems and abusive lending practices been limited to sub-prime borrowers only) has spawned efforts on a number of fronts to curb abusive lending practices. The most recent effort mandates a standardized application, licensing and...

• Denial of Employees Rights: Stealing the Intangible?

  Miriam Schimmel | January 03, 2008 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Recent news stories across the country illustrate how the denial of employees' rights continues to be a problem, and sadly, it seems that the victims are too often workers who work hard for low hourly pay. Some of the biggest offenses include not allowing employees their legal right to take rest breaks or lunch breaks, or not paying employees properly for overtime or vacation time. Employers...

• Avalanche of Support for Minor Sued by 60 Year Old Man Injured in Ski Accident

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | January 03, 2008 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A 60-year-old man who filed a lawsuit against the family of a 7-year-old boy who collided with him on a ski slope last year near Vail, Colo. has become the target of an media backlash. Attorneys are split as to the minor's potential liability in the case. The lawsuit seeks $75,000 for medical expenses associated with a dislocated shoulder and rotator cuff injury the man says was caused by the...

• Action Brought for Alleged Overtime and Minimum Wage Violations

  Michael Eyerly | December 21, 2007 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  California wage and hour laws allegedly violated by failure to pay overtime or minimum wages to janitorial workers.Breaking rocks for the man. As many as 300 workers were allegedly paid as little as $50 a day for working 10-hour shifts and seven day work-weeks by two Southland janitorial services companies. But isn't that illegal. Yes it is.To begin, as of January 1, 2008 the minimum wage for...