In this case the firm successfully defended claims that Mendes Calf Ranch violated various statutes pertaining to the raising of livestock. The firm successfully defended the case and succeeded in convincing the Court that the Plaintiff lacked standing to sue under the Unfair Business Practice scheme set forth in California Business and Professions Code §17200.

In this case, Scott D. Laird successfully defended appeal and made new law regarding California Code of Civil Procedure Section 998 Offers.

Patrick D. Toole and Scott D. Laird successfully argued that the insurance company, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, wrongfully denied its insured coverage for a claim of false imprisonment in an underlying class action lawsuit.

In this case the firm successfully represented the City of Fresno in a labor case involving an action brought by the Police Officer’s Union and the Fire Fighter’s Union seeking to set aside the repeal of the City Charter provisions which set forth the employee’s wages based upon an eight city average. In this complex case arising under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, it was successfully argued at both the trial and Appellate Court level that the actions taken by the City of Fresno were proper and that the City of Fresno properly fulfilled its bargaining obligations with the labor unions.

In this case the National Labor Relations Board upheld the decertification of the union that had represented the work force of the firm’s client. The board’s opinion is often cited for the proposition that a bargaining unit supervisor properly may participate in the decertification process.

In this case the firm obtained the reversal of an adverse arbitration award, in the process establishing important precedent regarding the validity and interpretation of collective bargaining agreements under California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Act.