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10.28.21

Key Takeaways From the Gray v. Dignity Health Decision

On October 13, 2021, the California Court of Appeal, 1st District in San Francisco issued its opinion in Gray v. Dignity Health, 2021 WL 4771982.


08.20.21

Key Takeaways From the Natarajan v. Dignity Health Decision

On August 12, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Natarajan v. Dignity Health, No. S259364.


06.20.18

Key Takeaways From the Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision

On June 4, 2018, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Case No. 16-111.


02.22.17

Securing the Safety Net for America's Vulnerable Populations

Many older Americans have insufficient income and assets to protect them through retirement.


02.22.17

HCQIA Preemption of State Physician Whistleblower Statutes

Medical professionals who are subject to adverse actions following peer review often seek to sue the peer review participants (including the individual peer-reviewing physicians, medical staff leadership and the hospital), casting themselves as quality-of-care advocates that have been mistreated or ...


08.06.13

CA Supreme Court Upholds Borrowed UCL Claim Under Federal Law

In an opinion issued late last week, the California Supreme Court interpreted the Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq. (the “UCL”), to allow a UCL unlawfulness claim based on a “borrowed” federal law, even though Congress had repealed ...