Legal Writing

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

CNA Legal Action
Sutter Health California Pacific Sued for Alleged Hiring Ban on Filipino Nurses

Ballot Device
Election Systems and Software agrees to pays city of San Francisco $3.5 million settlement after problems with AutoMARK lead to prolonged hand counting of votes.

American State Bank
$225,000 settlement reached in hiring discrimination lawsuit.

American State Bank Discrimination
$225,000 settlement reached in hiring discrimination lawsuit.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...