While there are many organizations that oversee olive oil quality around the world, the US follows the USDA 1948 classification system. In California, the 2008 California State Senate Bill SB634 made olive oil labeling requirements much stronger for products sold in California. According to California Law, olive oil labeled as “’Extra Virgin Olive Oil’ means…
Figuring out what your health insurance does and does not cover can be challenging under the best of circumstances. But when your child is diagnosed with autism or an autism related disorder, it can be even more difficult to determine what coverage you are entitled to under your health insurance policy. According to the website…
Callahan & Blaine recently filed a class action lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court against some of California’s largest distributors and retailers of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. The defendants are olive oil manufacturers, distributors and retailers who sell their product in the state of California and have been knowingly misleading and defrauding California consumers for…
Callahan & Blaine recently filed a class action lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court against some of California’s largest distributors and retailers of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. For years, chefs and home cooks have shared anecdotal tales of extra virgin olive oil that just did not taste right. It has now become clear that these…
The vast majority of newspapers in the U.S. consider newspaper delivery personnel to be independent contractors – not employees. This means that the newspapers do not have to pay the carriers any employee benefits. But when 6000 current and former carriers from the Orange County (California) Register decided to sue the paper for past employee…
According to a recent article on CNN.com Wal-Mart gender pay lawsuit heads to trial, more than a million former and current employees of Wal-Mart have formed a class action against the super retailer, alleging gender bias against employees in both pay and promotions. In April of 2010 a San Francisco based US court of appeals…
A massive fire caused by a broken 24-inch gas main has destroyed over 50 homes and has killed at least 6 innocent victims; an unknown number of people have also been injured. Motorists from Interstate 280 were able to witness the explosion and subsequent fire, saying that the flames reached sixty feet in the air as much as…
The Federal Court clarified the difference between independent contractors and employees in a key decision: Dalton v. Lee Publications, Inc. The Court found that the newspaper carriers can bring a class action lawsuit against the San Diego newspaper, The North County Times, as employees despite their having signed independent contractor agreements. The Court based its…
