In this non-employment-related opinion with important implications for litigation throughout the country, the United States Supreme Court held that after a defendant removes a case from state to federal court based on federal question grounds, the plaintiff may in an amended complaint delete all references to federal law and thereby deprive the federal court of supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state-law claims, resulting in a remand back to state court. Since most plaintiffs prefer to litigate their cases in state court, this opinion will likely result in fewer successful removals to federal court by employers.
Blake Wentworth, formerly a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, sued the University for failure to engage in the interactive process and failure to reasonably accommodate an alleged disability in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), as well as for violating the California Constitution and the Information Practices Act (the “IPA”) (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798, et seq.) by disclosing private information involving Wentworth’s medical history and the investigation of multiple student complaints that had been lodged...
Housing Department clarifies online comments about interim housing units In response to netizens' comments on a social media platform about victims of the fire incident in Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po...