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Employment Law: Hold the Phone: Court of Appeal Rejects Employer Vicarious Liability for Employee's Off-Duty Driving Accident
In the recently decided Ayon v. Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC (Cal. Ct. App., Sept. 21, 2018, No. G054578)( Ayon ), a Court of Appeals held that an employer defendant, Esquire Deposition Solutions (“Esquire”), a court reporting service, was not ...
Posted By Cecilie E. Read
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Securities Law: Do You Actually Tweet That?
“Was this text legit?” was the reaction by Tesla’s head of investor relations to the August 7, 2018 tweet made by Tesla Chairman Elon Musk stating that Mr. Must was considering taking Tesla private. Since that time, there has been a great deal of reporting ...
Posted By Claudia J. McDowell
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Employer Not Liable for Employee Driving Accident
In the recently decided Ayon v. Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC (Cal. Ct. App., Sept. 21, 2018, No. G054578)( Ayon ), a Court of Appeals held that an employer defendant, Esquire Deposition Solutions (“Esquire”), a court reporting service, was not ...
Posted By Cecilie E. Read
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TOXIC TORT: Sherwin-Williams Petitions Supreme Court for Review of "Super Tort" Theory of Liability
On July 16, 2018, Sherwin-Williams (“SW”) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court seeking to overturn a $1.15 billion verdict levied against it and two other companies, ConAgra Grocery Products Co. and NL Industries ...
Posted By Jason A. Benkner
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