Cases

Mergers and acquisitions are the processes by which companies may combine entities or one company buys another, normally to serve a strategic business purpose, such as expanding market share, accessing new technologies, or reaching new audience sectors. The process by which mergers and acquisitions occur is highly complex, requiring a key foundatio…

On September 29, 2024, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 98 Planning and zoning: logistics use; truck routes (“AB 98”). AB 98 imposes state-wide building design and location regulations on new or expanded “logistics use” projects. The bill defines logistics use projects as, “building in which cargo, goods, or products are moved or stored…

On June 6, 2024, the California Supreme Court reversed a court of appeal ruling that found that the University of California erred when its environmental impact report for a student housing project at People’s Park failed to analyze noise impacts from the students who would live there and did not adequately consider alternative sites. Relying on …

After a former miner filed a discrimination complaint the mine operator filed a request for a hearing regarding her temporary reinstatement. ALJ McCarthy held the temporary reinstatement hearing on July 20, 2021 and during the hearing the parties reached an agreement on the material terms of an economic settlement. On July 29, 2021, ALJ McCarthy ap…