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EBulletins

As a free service to the legal community, Horvitz & Levy LLP regularly sends e-Bulletins to its clients and other interested parties regarding important California law developments. For example, past e-Bulletins have provided alerts regarding issues on which the California Supreme Court has granted review, and regarding important decisions, published and unpublished, from the California Courts of Appeal.

• Court of Appeal Clarifies Application and Scope of Component Parts Doctrine (February 2012)
  
• Court of Appeal Addresses Ostensible Agency Theory [Walker v. Sonora Regional Medical Center] (January 2012)
  
• Cal. Supreme Court Hands Major Victory to Manufacturers [O'Neil v. Crane Co.] (January 2012)
  
• One Action Rule Does Not Apply to Pre-Litigation Settlement of Wrongful Death Action With Fewer Than All Heirs [Moody v. Bedford] (January 2012)
  
• California Punitive Damages: A Big Year For Big Verdicts: The Top Punitive Damages Awards of 2011 (January 2012)
  
• California Supreme Court Clarifies Test for Overtime Exemption [Harris v. Superior Court] (January 2012)
  
• California Supreme Court Set to Clarify Employers' Meal Break Obligations (November 2011)
  
• Court of Appeal Interprets Supreme Court Decision in Howell (November 2011)
  
• California Channel Likely to Broadcast Oral Argument in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (October 2011)
  
• Intervening Insurer May Contest Both Liability and Damages (October 2011)
  
• Court of Appeal Examines Pleading Requirements in Toxic Tort Cases (September 2011)
  
• Cal. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Assumption of Risk Case (September 2011)
  
• California's MICRA Damage Limit Upheld as Constitutional . . . Again (September 2011)
  
• Supreme Court Expands Privette Doctrine (August 2011)
  
• California Supreme Court Settles Law on Medical Expense Damages Under Collateral Source Rule (August 2011)
  
• Second Circuit Holds That "First Sale" Doctrine Does Not Apply to Goods Manufactured Outside the United States (August 2011)
  
• CA Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of California Law to Work Performed by Out-of-State Employees (July 2011)
  
• California Supreme Court Limits Employer Liability (June 2011)
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Causation in FELA Cases (June 2011)
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Decides Historic Wal-Mart Class Action Case (June 2011)
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Decides Global Warming Case (June 2011)
  
• California Supreme Court to Address Public-Sector Union's Access to Employees' Private Information (June 2011)
  
• California Supreme Court to Review Common Law Governing Release of Liability (June 2011)
  
• Court of Appeal Holds That Insurance Brokers Are Not Fiduciaries (May 2011)
  
• California Supreme Court Grants Review in Lost Profits Case Involving Innovative Product (May 2011)
  
• Court of Appeal Applies Alter Ego Doctrine in Employment Discrimination Case (April 2011)
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Holds Class Action Waiver Provisions in Arbitration Agreements Are Enforceable (April 2011)
  
• California Supreme Court to Consider Scope of Fraud Exception to the Parol Evidence Rule (April 2011)
  
• Injured Contractor May Not Recover From Property Owner Based on Cal-OSHA Violations (March 2011)
  
• California Supreme Court To Examine Social Host Immunity (March 2011)
  
• Court of Appeal Urges Supreme Court to Review Common Law Governing Release of Liability (March 2011)
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Expands Protection from Workplace Retaliation (March 2011)
  
• Horvitz & Levy's Annual Review: Highlights of Legal Developments in 2010 (March 2011)
  
• California Supreme Court Clarifies Deadline for Appealing From Dismissal of Class Allegations (March 2011)
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Expands Employer Liability for Discrimination (March 2011)
  
• Supreme Court Strictly Construes Mandatory Dismissal Statute (March 2011)
  
• Supreme Court to Decide Whether a School District Can Be Vicariously Liable for Sexual Molestation (March 2011)
  
• Court of Appeal Addresses Whether Claims Adjusters are Exempt from California's Overtime Requirements (February 2011)
  
• California Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Arbitration Agreements to Berman Hearings (February 2011)
  
• California Court of Appeal Limits Medical Expense Damages (February 2011)
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review in Federal Workers’ Compensation Rights Case (February 2011)
  
• Court of Appeal Clarifies Scope of Remedy for Failing to Provide Meal and Rest Periods (February 2011)
  
• Supreme Court Narrowly Defines Scope of Permissible 'Intentional Act' Exclusion in Fire Policy (February 2011)