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CDF Obtains Summary Judgment for Large National Aviation Employer

CDF secured a complete summary judgment, in its entirety, on behalf of a major national employer in the aviation support services industry, defeating a plaintiff’s claims of negligent hiring, supervision, and retention, failure to train, sexual harassment under Civil Code section 51.9, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Carolina A.…
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CDF Obtains Complete Defense Award for Large, Preeminent Regional Hospital at Arbitration

CDF secures a complete defense award for a large regional hospital after five-day arbitration in a disability discrimination and retaliation matter. The employee (who had a history of engaging in odd workplace behavior) filed a lawsuit wherein he alleged disability discrimination, failure to engage and failure to accommodate, retaliation, and wrongful…
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CDF Secures Complete Award for Large Regional Hospital in Race and Disability Case

CDF secures a complete defense award for a large regional hospital after a five-day arbitration in a race and disability discrimination case. A former employee was terminated after lying during an internal investigation and thereafter filed a civil lawsuit wherein they alleged claims of discrimination based on race and disability status, wrongful…
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CDF Obtains Summary Judgment for Hospital at Arbitration in Claims Relating to the California Family and Medical Rights Act

CDF obtained summary judgment on behalf of Los Angeles Hospital in a case involving claims of race discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and retaliation in violation of the California Family and Medical Rights Act, along with a laundry list of alleged wage and hour violations. After the employee was terminated for violating Company policies,…
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CDF Successfully Enforces Class Waiver and Arbitration Agreement at Trial Court Level for National Lending Company

A national lending company faced class claims that it failed to pay employees all wages earned. Plaintiff attempted to avoid the arbitration agreement and class waiver that she executed at the time of hire so that she could pursue a class action. CDF successfully enforced the class waiver and arbitration agreement at the trial court level. Which was…
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Plaintiff Can’t Invoke California Law To Pursue Class Wage Claims In Lieu Of Individual Arbitration

A national lending company faced class claims that it failed to pay employees all wages earned. Plaintiff attempted to avoid the arbitration agreement and class waiver that she executed at the time of hire so that she could pursue a class action. CDF successfully enforced the class waiver and arbitration agreement at the trial court level. Which was…
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CDF Granted Summary Judgement in Arbitration, In Its Entirety, on behalf of Preeminent Regional Hospital

CDF has lassoed the unicorn and scored a major victory on behalf of a preeminent regional hospital. A former employee filed a demand for arbitration alleging nine causes of action, including claims of wrongful termination in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, failure to provide meal breaks…
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Court of Appeal Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Los Angeles Hospital in Disability Discrimination Case

A registered nurse from a hospital located in Los Angeles filed a disability discrimination claim against her former employer following her termination. Plaintiff took an extended medical leave but then refused to return to work after being released from her treating physician, without any restrictions. Instead, Plaintiff requested additional time off to…
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CDF Obtains Complete Summary Judgment for Client in Claims of Disability, Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate

A former employee of a well-known medical management company resigned employment position but thereafter filed claims of constructive discharge, discrimination based on age and disability status, and that the employer failed to accommodate and failed to engage in the interactive process. Dawn Irizarry led the defense in obtaining summary judgment in its…
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Retaliation and Discrimination Case Dismissed on Summary Judgment, Upheld on Appeal for Prominent Los Angeles Hospital

CDF represented a prominent hospital in connection with a complaint filed by a terminated employee after the employee failed to return from leave on the employee’s return to work date, failed to contact the employer to seek additional leave and failed to respond to any written communications from the employer. Plaintiff alleged six causes of action,…
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Hospital Prevails on Summary Judgment in Disability Discrimination Claim

Well-known Los Angeles Hospital terminated an employee after the employee failed to report to work on her return to work date. The employee alleged a single cause of action of disability discrimination and sought punitive damages. Dawn Irizarry led the defense in obtaining summary judgment. Marianne Koepf and Carolina Schwalbach also worked on this matter.
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CDF Obtains Complete Summary Judgment for Famed Media Company in an Employee Poaching Case

CDF secured a major victory for client Lessin Media Company, dba The Information (“The Information”), in a dispute with rival news media organization TheWrap News, Inc. (TheWrap). TheWrap sued The Information, alleging the outlet poached a former writer, misappropriated proprietary information and interfered with business opportunities. The lawsuit…
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CDF Rings Up a Complete Defense Verdict for Nationwide Grocery Store Chain

Our client, a nationwide grocery store chain, faced a lawsuit from a disgruntled former store management employee who was re-assigned after store surveillance footage caught her giving away bunches of fresh roses to store customers for free at the end of the day – a direct violation of the store’s policies. Following an investigation that determined…
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CDF Serves Up a Complete Defense Verdict for Restaurant Group

Our client, a southern California restaurant group, faced a lawsuit from a disgruntled former employee who was fired for threatening a co-worker to provide false testimony in the sexual harassment case brought by his wife (also a former employee). After his wife abandoned her lawsuit over less than flattering text messages found in discovery, the…
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CDF Scores Decertification of Class After Strategic Removal And Successful Attack on Continued Class Treatment in Misclassification Case

Our client, a national bank, successfully obtained decertification of a previously certified class in a class action case involving the alleged misclassification of exempt loan officers who were engaged in selling loans to small businesses. The primary exemption defense was the California outside salesperson exemption, though the administrative and…
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Class Certification Defeated On Claims By Music Instructors Alleging Independent Contractor Misclassification

Our client, a music school, faced a potential class action lawsuit by a former music instructor claiming that he and other music instructors were improperly classified as independent contractors, and alleging various derivative wage and hour claims as a result. In support of his theory, Plaintiff relied heavily on a form contract that every instructor…
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CDF Persuades California Supreme Court to Throw Out Class Action Trial Plan And Judgment And Decertify The Class

Our client, a national bank, prevailed in the California Supreme Court following a first-of-its kind class action trial and multiple appeals. CDF defended the bank against a class action alleging misclassification of exempt loan officers who were engaged in selling loans to small businesses. The primary dispute at trial was the applicability of the…
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CDF Successfully Defends Grill Manufacturer in Overtime Case

CDF obtains a victory in a recent and significant failure to pay overtime and misclassification case. The firm protected a prominent grill manufacturer from exposure to potential lawsuits with a skillful and vehement defense against legal action brought by former employees. In less than three hours, a federal jury in the United States District Court,…
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Foreign Worker Recaptures Time Spent at South Pole

Our client, a professional services firm that supplies services to NOAA, had an foreign national employee that was approaching the end of her six year stay in H-1B status. We filed an H-1B extension petition and recaptured eighteen months of H-1B status by establishing that the time the employee was at sea and in Antarctica.
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Removal Proceedings Terminated for Spouse of US Marine

Our clients, a U.S. Marine and his newlywed and undocumented spouse were stopped at a Border Patrol Checkpoint on I-8 while the family was traveling to the Marine’s new duty station to San Diego. The spouse was placed into removal proceedings. On a pro bono basis, we negotiated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to dismiss the removal…
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