On January 23, 2024, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rebuked the FBI for its March 2021 raid on US Private Vaults (“USPV”) in Beverly Hills, California. The decision ends the long running dr...
Frontline PBS recently released Democracy on Trial, a special documentary examining the origins and key evidence in the upcoming trials against former President Donald Trump. BWO Partner Ken Wh...
California’s mental health diversion statute, Penal Code section 1001.36, has been on the books since 2018. But there is no published case nor any secondary source addressing its applicabilit...
Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, resigned earlier this week. Her resignation letter suggests two root causes: fallout from her recent congressional testimony and allegations of plagiarism i...
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On July 15, 2021, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Orange, styled Nicole Wheat v. Mario Marovic, et. al., Case No: 30-2021-01210986-CU-OE-CXC. A cop...
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On July 15, 2021, a class action lawsuit was initiated against various restaurant and bar establishments owned or operated by Mario Marovic alleging wage claims for: Failure to Pay Minimum Wages....
On December 10, 2020, a class action lawsuit was initiated against Shoreline Treatment Center and Rachel Levi alleging wage claims for: (1) Failure to Pay Overtime; (2) Failure to Provide Meal Pe...
https://brownwhitelaw.com/class-action-lawsuit-against-shoreline-treatment-center-for-unpaid-wages/
The Court of Appeals Confirms that Disabled Adults Cannot Be Forced to have Visitation with Someone they Do Not Want to See Does a disabled adult who is subject to a California conservatorship ha...
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A Guide to Understanding Celebrity Conservatorships America loves celebrity gossip. So who hasn’t been following the conservatorship drama surrounding Britney Spears in Los Angeles probate co...
On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court delivered a landmark opinion recognizing basic critical protections for the rights of gays, lesbians, and transgendered individuals in the workpl...