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As a follow up to the post on our Blog in early October, which described the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral argument on a case involving whether the employer had to pay employees for post-shift ...

On Monday, November 24, 2014, a Missouri Grand Jury issued its decision that there was insufficient evidence to indict Officer Darren Wilson for his August 9, 2014 officer involved shooting of Michael Brown.  The Grand ...

On August 14, 2014 the California Supreme Court held that if a person chooses to remain silent prior to being read a Miranda warning and the person does not expressly tell the arresting law enforcement ...

A very informative article recently published in the New York Times and summarizing the variety of issues surrounding the decline in the number of ‘volunteer firefighters’ can be accessed HERE.  One critical issue is only ...

After several days of arbitration, David J. Garcia of Goyette & Associates was successful in obtaining an order that overturned the termination of Yuba County Correctional Officer Elijah Etchegoin.      This matter began when ...

For an interesting analysis of the government’s paternalism regarding short term lending, see the WSJ article by Ronald L Ruben regarding a lawsuit filed against several federal agencies last month by the payday lending industry trade group, ...

There is $1.2 trillion in outstanding federal student loan debt as of the end of April, up almost 10% from prior year and 55% from 2007 according to Eduvisors.com.  In comparison, there is about $170 ...

G&A WINS OVER HALF A MILLION in AWARDS from CA Labor Commissioner for Three Phillips 66 Employees Goyette & Associates (G&A) complex litigation and wage & hour attorney Gary Goyette represented three individuals who worked for ...

A court ruling on Tuesday striking down job protections for teachers in California deals a sharp blow to unions Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/california-teachers-tenure-vergara-ruling-unions-107656.html#ixzz34XdDVmNm