Williams v. Superior Court
3 Cal.5th 531 (Cal. 2017) Cited 237 times 12 Legal AnalysesConcluding fear of retaliation cuts in favor of "facilitating collective actions so that individual employees need not run the risk of individual suits"
Pioneer Ele. v. Superior Court
40 Cal.4th 360 (Cal. 2007) Cited 148 times 8 Legal AnalysesConcluding that there was no serious invasion of privacy where disclosure of the identity of potential class members did not involve revelation of personal or business secrets, intimate activities, or similar private information, and threatened no undue intrusion into their personal lives
Bartold v. Glendale Federal Bank
81 Cal.App.4th 816 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000) Cited 123 timesExplaining that the financing "is generally accomplished in California through a deed of trust"
Belaire-W. Landscape, Inc. v. Superior Court
149 Cal.App.4th 554 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007) Cited 97 times 8 Legal AnalysesDenying writ petition seeking to overturn trial court order granting plaintiffs' motion to compel identification of potential class members in wage and hour lawsuit through opt-out letter; "[w]hile it is unlikely that the employees anticipated broad dissemination of their contract information . . ., that does not mean that they would wish it to be withheld from a class action plaintiff who seeks relief for violations of employment laws"
Puerto v. Superior Court
158 Cal.App.4th 1242 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) Cited 43 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that employees had a legitimate expectation of privacy in their addresses and telephone numbers "in light of employers' usual confidentiality customs and practices"
Lee v. Dynamex, Inc.
166 Cal.App.4th 1325 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) Cited 31 times 1 Legal AnalysesReversing denial of class certification and directing court, after ordering additional discovery, "to permit the parties to file supplemental papers regarding the propriety of class certification and to conduct a new class certification hearing"
Crab Addison, Inc. v. Superior Court (Roberto Martinez)
169 Cal.App.4th 958 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) Cited 19 times 1 Legal AnalysesUpholding trial court's order compelling putative class members' contact information, including phone numbers
Stadish v. Superior Court
71 Cal.App.4th 1130 (Cal. Ct. App. 1999) Cited 15 timesIn Stadish v. Superior Court (1999) 71 Cal.App.4th 1130, 84 Cal.Rptr.2d 350 (Stadish), the court held that the party's failure to assert a trade secret privilege in its initial discovery responses constituted a waiver.
Union Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Superior Court
80 Cal.App.3d 1 (Cal. Ct. App. 1978) Cited 13 timesHolding plaintiff entitled to discovery where plaintiff manifested "intention to amend" complaint to include additional claims "if a basis therefor [was] disclosed by discovery"; noting "[r]elevancy of the subject matter [of discovery] is determined by the potential as well as actual issues in the case"
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 23,013 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Section 1013 - Requirements for service by mail
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1013 Cited 78 times(a) In case of service by mail, the notice or other paper shall be deposited in a post office, mailbox, subpost office, substation, or mail chute, or other like facility regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service, in a sealed envelope, with postage paid, addressed to the person on whom it is to be served, at the office address as last given by that person on any document filed in the cause and served on the party making service by mail; otherwise at that party's place of residence.
Section 1010.6 - Electronic service of document
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1010.6 Cited 40 timesAuthorizing trial courts to adopt local rules permitting electronic filing of documents
Section 2023.040 - Request for sanction
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 2023.040 Cited 40 timesRequiring declaration setting forth facts supporting amount of monetary sanctions sought