In Cal. Renters Legal Advocacy & Educ. Fund v. City of San Mateo (2021) 68 Cal.App.5th 820, the First District considered an appeal from the denial of a petition that alleged the City of San Mateo (City) improperly denied a
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First District Upholds the Constitutionality of the Housing Accountability Act and Overturns City’s Denial of Housing Development
In Cal. Renters Legal Advocacy & Educ. Fund v. City of San Mateo (2021) 68 Cal.App.5th 820, the First District considered an appeal from the denial of a petition that alleged the City of San Mateo (City) improperly denied a…
San Mateo, California Enacts ‘Hazard Pay’ Ordinance for Large Grocery and Drug Stores
On March 1, 2021, the City Council of San Mateo, California, adopted “An Emergency Ordinance Requiring Large Grocery Stores and Large Drugstores to Provide Hazard Pay to their Employees” to ease the burdens caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. San Mateo…
New Delaware Chapter 11 Filing – FirstRain, Inc.
By Cole Schotz
FirstRain, Inc., an enterprise software company headquartered in San Mateo, CA, has filed voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Case No. 17-11249). FirstRain’s petition estimates both its assets and…
California Supreme Court Rejects “New Project Test” and Defers to Agencies on Whether Project Modifications Require Subsequent Environmental Review
On September 19, in a long-awaited and unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo County Community College District. The opinion, authored by the Court’s newest…
Teacher Sexually Harassed By Students Sues School For Hostile Work Environment
Readers know by now that the status of a workplace sexual harasser is irrelevant to hold the employer liable for a hostile workplace – it is the existence of the hostile work place that is significant, whether caused by a…
Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: EndoGastric Secures $30 Million in Financing
EndoGastric Solutions has announced it completed raising $30 million in an internal series G financing round.
EndoGastric, headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., develops natural orifice surgical products and procedures to advance the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases.
Existing investors including…
CEQA’s Standards For Subsequent Review To Be Addressed By Supreme Court
In a rare grant of review of an unpublished case, the California Supreme Court granted review on January 15, 2014 of the decision in Friends of the College at San Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo County Community College District (1st…
Defendant’s Amount In Controversy Award Scrutinized for Time Barred and Other Inapplicable Damage Claims
Smith v. Lux Retail North America, Inc., 2013 WL 2932243 (N.D.Cal. June 13, 2013)
In calculating damages, the defendant in this action had added damages that were outside the statute of limitations and otherwise inapplicable. Rejecting the defendant’s calculations, a…
PG&E Criminal Investigation Could Slow Victims’ Lawsuits
By Mike Danko
The Blue Ribbon panel appointed by the CPUC has blasted PG&E, suggesting that PG&E knew about the weaknesses in its system for years before the explosion but did essentially nothing. According to Steve Johnson, writing for the San Mateo Times, the panel noted: that…