Marijuana: The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the marijuana/home privacy case, in Juneau, on March 20th. The audio and video are available at Gavel to Gavel. G2G will broadcast the arguments on April 6th at 7:50 pm. The Alaska ACLU is represented by staff counsel Jason Brandeis and two national ACLU attorneys. Allen Clendaniel of […]
The question of whether paralegal services should be valued at cost or at prevailing market rates when determining a fee award to a prevailing party in a suit against the government is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff, No. 06-1717.
Employees of a government contractor were awarded back pay, payroll […]
A California Superior Court ordered Starbucks to pay all California baristas more than $100 million in back tips and interest that the coffee chain paid to shift supervisors. This was a class action with as many as 100,000 baristas in all Starbucks California stores. The Court held that state law prohibited managers and supervisors from […]
Don’t exchange e-mails with your client via the client’s work computer. Chances are good that neither the attorney-client nor the work product privilege applies, if the employer has a modern employee computer use policy. See Scott v. Beth Israel Med. Ctr. Ltd.
H/T: California Wage and Hour Law Blog
