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Sep 09, 2021 Santa Clara County
This putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) action is brought on behalf of employees of Defendant Point Digital Finance, Inc.2 Plaintiffs allege that Defendant failed to provide proper meal and rest breaks, failed to pay overtime and other premium pay at the correct rates, and required emp...
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Sep 09, 2021 Santa Clara County
This a Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) action on behalf of employees of Defendant Silva Sausage Co., alleging wage statement violations. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for approval of a settlement, which is unopposed. As discussed below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion.
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Sep 09, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is a putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) action on behalf of employees of defendant Seagate US LLC, alleging underpayment of sick pay and wage statement violations. The parties reached a settlement, which the Court preliminarily approved in an order filed on May 7, 2021. The fact...
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Sep 09, 2021 Santa Clara County
Insurance Company
This action arises from an insurance dispute between Plaintiff Pacific Lodging Group LP d/b/a Bodega Coast Inn and its insurer, Defendant Sequoia Insurance Company. Before the Court is Sequoia’s demurrer to each cause of action in the Complaint, on the ground that Bodega Coast fai...
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Sep 09, 2021 Santa Clara County
This consolidated, putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) action is brought on behalf of employees of Defendant Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant failed to provide proper meal and rest breaks, failed to pay wages in the proper form, and failed to provi...
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Sep 02, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is a class action alleging that the City of Palo Alto unlawfully imposed a Utility Users Tax (“UUT”) on customers of telephone service providers. The parties reached a settlement, which the Court (Judge Walsh) preliminarily approved in an order filed on November 6, 2020. The factual and procedural bac...
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Aug 12, 2021 Santa Clara County
This action filed by plaintiff Willie Menchaca (“Plaintiff”) against defendants Goodwill of Silicon Valley (“Goodwill”) and Mason Simmons (collectively, “Defendants”) arises from alleged employment discrimination, wage and hour, and safety violations.
Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to compe...
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Aug 12, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is a putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) action on behalf of employees of Defendant Accenture Flex, LLC. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant failed to include shift differentials in employees’ regular rates of pay, including for purposes of cashing out sick leave. Before the Court is ...
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Aug 12, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is a putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) action on behalf of employees of defendant DAL Global Services, LLC. Plaintiff alleges failure to reimburse business expenses, wage statement violations, and other wage and hour violations. The parties reached a settlement, which the Court...
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Aug 12, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is an action for trade secret misappropriation and related claims. The Court entered judgment in favor of Defendants Acer America Corporation and Acer Inc. (collectively, “Acer”) after granting their motion for summary judgment. Acer filed a memorandum of costs on May 25, 2021, claiming a total of $16...
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Aug 12, 2021 Santa Clara County
This derivative action arises from the alleged gross mismanagement of nominal defendant Flora Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”) by its former CEO, chairman, and majority shareholder, Defendant John P. Alderete. Plaintiff Terry Gross also brings claims against former Flora board members Robert Robbins and Ma...
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Aug 12, 2021 Santa Clara County
Plaintiff Anita Nariani Schulze brings employment discrimination and related claims against Apple, Inc. in her individual capacity. She also brings putative class and representative claims for violation of the Equal Pay Act (“EPA”) and related causes of action, on behalf of other female software engineers ...
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Aug 12, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is an action under the Unfair Competition Law (UCL), Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), and False Advertising Law (FAL), arising from alleged defects in Defendant Google LLC’s Pixel 3 smartphones. Before the Court is Google’s motion to compel arbitration and stay the action, which Plaintiff opposes....
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Aug 05, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is a putative class action on behalf of tenants of apartment buildings owned by Defendant SCK Ilara Investors, LLC, alleging that Defendant illegally withheld portions of tenants’ security deposits.
Before the Court is Defendant’s demurrer to each cause of action in the operative Class Action ...
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Aug 05, 2021 Santa Clara County
Plaintiff Jason Forrester brings this action derivatively on behalf of nominal defendant SnapRoute, Inc. and in his individual capacity. He alleges that Defendants Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Joe Sexton, John Vrionis, and Rama Sehkar engaged in a fraudulent scheme to remove him a...
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Aug 05, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is a putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) action on behalf of employees of Defendant Loomis Armored US, LLC. The parties reached a settlement, which the Court preliminarily approved in an order filed on February 26, 2021. The factual and procedural background of the action and the C...
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Aug 05, 2021 Santa Clara County
This action arises from a scam that uses images and videos of plaintiff Steve Wozniak and other famous tech entrepreneurs to fraudulently induce individuals to transfer their cryptocurrency to the scammers. Mr. Wozniak and the other plaintiffs (collectively “Plaintiffs”), who are victims of the scam, alleg...
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Jul 15, 2021 Santa Clara County
These consolidated actions arise from negotiations between Defendant Cisco Systems, Inc. and ConnectBeam, Inc., a startup founded in 2005 by Puneet Gupta to develop social enterprise software. Mr. Gupta later formed Plaintiff Leadfactors, LLC, which brings this action to enforce ConnectBeam’s asserted trad...
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Jul 15, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is an action for trade secret misappropriation and related claims. The Court entered judgment in favor of Defendants Acer America Corporation and Acer Inc. (collectively, “Acer”) after granting their motion for summary judgment. Now, Plaintiff Intellisoft, Ltd. moves for a new trial. Defendants oppose...
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Jul 15, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is a putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) action on behalf of employees of Defendant Abacus Business Corporation Group, Inc. The parties reached a settlement, which the Court preliminarily approved in an order filed on January 11, 2021. The factual and procedural background of the a...
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Jul 15, 2021 Santa Clara County
These cross-actions arise from Plaintiff Silvaco, Inc.’s acquisition of Nangate, Inc. (Nangate) pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement (SPA). The SPA provides for ongoing earn-out payments to the defendants, and dispute have arisen about those payments and associated issues. Silvaco seeks declaratory relie...
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Jul 08, 2021 Santa Clara County
Before the Court is Flagship’s motion to deem Plaintiff an inadequate class representative, on the ground that her claims are barred by settlements in two related class actions. Plaintiff opposes Flagship’s motion on the basis that she did not receive notice of one of the two settlements. As discussed belo...
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Jul 08, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is a putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) action on behalf of employees of defendant McGee Air Services, Inc., alleging a number of wage and hour violations. Before the Court are Plaintiffs’ motions (1) for preliminary approval of a settlement and (2) for leave to file a Fifth Amend...
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Jul 08, 2021 Santa Clara County
This is a putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) action on behalf of employees of defendant North American On-Site LLC, alleging a number of wage and hour violations. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary approval of a settlement, which is unopposed. As discussed below, th...
