http://mtdocket.com Minami Tamaki LLP Thu, 03 May 2012 17:17:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Senior Associate La Verne Ramsay in the Minami Tamaki LLP Immigration Practice Group will be a featured speaker at a CLE event on "Advanced Issues in PERM Labor Certifications" presented by the American Immigration Lawyers Association Northern California Chapter. Also featuring Lisa Spiegel, a partner at Duane Morris LLP, the CLE ... http://mtdocket.com/2012/05/la-verne-ramsay-to-present-at-aila-norcal-cle-event-on-may-29/ Minami Tamaki LLP welcomes Glicel E. Sumagaysay as a new Associate with the Consumer and Employee Rights Group (CERG) at Minami Tamaki LLP. She practices civil litigation with an emphasis in employment law, wage and hour issues, antitrust and other complex class action litigation. She was admitted to the ... http://mtdocket.com/2012/04/glicel-sumagaysay-joins-consumer-and-employee-rights-group-as-associate/ Brenda K. (fictitious name), a 76-year-old married artist, fell down a dark staircase at night at a retreat center in rural Marin County where she was attending a weekend conference. There were no witnesses to the fall and she was found by other guests who heard ... http://mtdocket.com/2012/04/29-million-recovery-for-fall/ Minami Tamaki LLP Partner Minette A. Kwok will join the national Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council, effective June 2012. Based in Washington, D.C., the American Immigration Council has played a leading role in the national debate over immigration reform. With its focus on advocacy, public policy, litigation ... http://mtdocket.com/2012/04/minette-kwok-joins-american-immigration-council-board-of-trustees/ Phillip Zackler recently joined Minami Tamaki LLP as an Associate in the Business/Nonprofit Practice led by Partner Donald K. Tamaki. Phil graduated from Duke University School of Law and received his B.A. in Political Science (Phi Beta Kappa) from UC Berkeley. After law school, Phil joined the San Francisco corporate group ... http://mtdocket.com/2012/04/phil-zackler/ By Kevin R. Allen, CERG Practice On April 12, 2011, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Brinker v. Superior Court (S166350). The opinion was highly anticipated because it could have potentially, on one extreme, eliminated wage and hour class actions based on break claims altogether or, on the other extreme, ... http://mtdocket.com/2012/04/landmark-brinker-decision-clarifies-employer%e2%80%99s-burden-to-provide-breaks-continues-use-of-class-actions/ Partner Dale Minami on March 29 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus of Alameda County at their 7th Annual Membership Dinner in Oakland Chinatown. The Caucus also honored Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer-prizewinning reporter who revealed in mid-2011 that he was an undocumented immigrant, sparking ... http://mtdocket.com/2012/03/dale-minami-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-from-alameda-democratic-group/ Minami Tamaki LLP Associate Kevin R. Allen was one of three attorney panelists at the March 28 Employment Law Practice panel presented by the Labor and Employment Law Society at the Santa Clara University School of Law. Kevin, an SCU alumni from 2005, was asked to participate in order to ... http://mtdocket.com/2012/03/kevin-allen-on-scu-law-panel-on-employment-law/ Seth I. Rosenberg, a Senior Associate in the firm's Personal Injury practice, was recently selected as a member of National Trial Lawyers Association: Top 40 under 40, an invitation-only honor extended exclusively to those individuals who exemplify superior qualifications, trial results, and leadership as a young lawyer. Selection to the National ... http://mtdocket.com/2012/03/seth-rosenberg-selected-for-national-trial-lawyers-top-40-under-40/ The Recorder last week reported on a case in which Minami Tamaki partner Jack Lee is the court-appointed liaison. See article below.  Bloomberg also reported on the settlement. The plaintiffs in the case allege that Samsung, Hitachi, Sharp and others "engaged in a worldwide, multiyear conspiracy to fix prices and hinder competition related ... http://mtdocket.com/2011/12/recorder-lcd-makers-to-pay-539m-to-settle-civil-antitrust-suits/