April 16, 2007

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BANKING LAW, CIVIL PROCEDURE, CLASS ACTIONS, CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW, DEBT COLLECTION
• Fireside Bank v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County

CIVIL PROCEDURE, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW, RETAIL
• Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Prods., Inc.

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BANKING LAW, CIVIL PROCEDURE, CLASS ACTIONS, CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW, DEBT COLLECTION
Fireside Bank v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County, No. S139171
In a class action brought against a bank arising out of certain debt collection attempts, a court of appeals' judgment denying bank's challenge to a ruling on the substantive merits of the action is reversed where the trial court abused its discretion in ruling on the merits concurrent with deciding that a class could be certified, but before class notice had gone out. Read more in DOC...   Read more in PDF...

CIVIL PROCEDURE, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW, RETAIL
Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Prods., Inc., No. S140308
In the context of workplace-related claims for meal and rest periods, the "additional hour of pay" provided for in Labor Code section 226.7 constitutes a wage or premium pay subject to a three-year statute of limitations, and not a penalty subject to a one-year statute of limitations. Read more in DOC...   Read more in PDF...