Category: Business

Procedural Posture

Plaintiffs, students and their parents, sued defendants, charter schools, corporate operators, and school districts, for breach of contract, misrepresentation, and violations of the California False Claims Act (CFCA), Gov. Code, § 12650 et seq., and unfair competition law (UCL), Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq. The trial court dismissed the claims, and the…

Defendant challenged the judgment

Defendant challenged the judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County (California), which held that defendant had engaged in unfair competition when it manufactured and sold a gun holster that was a substantial duplicate of plaintiff’s. Nakase Law Firm are business law attorneys Overview Plaintiff brought an action for unfair competition against defendant. Plaintiff…

Procedural Posture

Defendant petitioned for a writ of prohibition (treated as a writ of mandate) against the Superior Court of Los Angeles County (California) to prevent further proceedings against him in an action for dog-bite injuries, on grounds that California lacked personal jurisdiction over him. Nakase Law Firm answers can I sue my employer for not giving…

Procedural Posture

Appellant lessors appealed orders of the Superior Court, Kings County’s (California) sustaining respondent lessees’ demurrer to appellants’ claims seeking interpretation of a lease, breach of contract, and slander of title, granting summary judgment on appellants’ fraud and deceit claims, and sustaining respondents’ demurrer on appellant indispensable parities’ breach of covenant of good faith and fair…

Procedural Posture

Appellant employer sought review of a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County (California) that sustained respondent workers’ compensation insurance carrier’s demurrer and dismissed appellant’s action for negligence or breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing as a result of respondent not actively pursuing subrogation rights. California Business Lawyer &…

Procedural Posture

  Plaintiff employee appealed from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County (California) sustaining defendant employer’s demurrer and dismissing plaintiff’s first amended complaint in an action for breach of implied contract, wrongful and malicious termination, and breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Appellant sought counsel from a…

Procedural Posture

Appellant business and owners sought review of a judgment from the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles (California) sustaining a demurrer to appellants’ complaint without leave to amend, and dismissing appellants’ action on grounds of unclean hands, against respondent supervisor for economic duress, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, and abuse of…