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Practice Areas

  1. Class Action

  2. Employment

  3. Personal Injury

  4. Consumer Fraud

  5. Investment Fraud/Antitrust

  6. Elder Abuse

  7. Business/Commercial

  8. Insurance

  9. Professional Liability


RECENT EVENTS



Aashish Desai - Speaker

Class Action

Employment Panel

13th Annual LACBA Labor & Employment Symposium

Biltmore Hotel

Los Angeles, CA

March 31, 2010


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call: 949.474.3004


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Current Investigations


Our firm is diligent in pursuing cases where multiple parties have been wronged by a company or other potential defendant.  Find out if you or someone you know may be a victim of unlawful conduct.


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ARTICLES


  2. •The Stealth Attach - Pleadings Standards, Consumer Attorneys of California, FORUM Magazine (Jan/Feb 2010)

      by Aashish Y. Desai

  1. •Pickoff Moves.pdf, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (Cover Story September 2009)

      by Aashish Y. Desai

  1. •Class Confusion Article.pdf, Los Angeles Daily Journal (August 25, 2009)

      by Aashish Y. Desai


  1. •Confirmation Class -- Settlement Issues.pdf, Los Angeles Lawyer (July - August 2008)

      by Aashish Y. Desai


  1. •Elder Abuse - Use of “Chemical Restraints”

  2. by Patrick A. Carreon


  4. •Defendants Bear a Heavy Burden to Prove the Amount in Controversy under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005.pdf, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 49, No. 11 (Nov. 2007)

  5. by Aashish Y. Desai


  7. •Late to Class-What to do with Untimely "Opt-In" Forms in Collective Class Actions.pdf, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 48, No. 12 (December 2006)

  8. by Aashish Y. Desai


  10. •Striking the Answer to Class Actions is Easier than You Think!.pdf, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 48, No. 6 (June 2006)

  11. by Aashish Y. Desai


  13. •A Solution in Search of a Problem - The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Texas Business Litigation, Business Torts (Spring 2005)

  14. by Aashish Y. Desai


  16. •The Class Action Fairness Act.pdf, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 47, No. 7 (July 2005)

  17. by Aashish Y. Desai


  19. •Master of the Complaint - The Role of Class Counsel, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 46, No. 8 (August 2004)

  20. by Aashish Y. Desai


  22. •Class Action Arbitration - Commentary, The Federal Lawyer, Volume 51, No. 6 (July 2004)

  23. by Aashish Y. Desai


  25. •The Nuts & Bolts of Class Counsel's Motion to Remand - Emerging Issues.pdf, Class Action Litigation Report, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Volume 5, No. 12 (June 25, 2004)

  26. by Aashish Y. Desai


  28. •Class Action Arbitration - The Chickens Come Home to Roost.pdf, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 46, No. 3 (March 2004)

  29. by Aashish Y. Desai


  31. •“Bazzle” Confounds Arbitration Agreements and Class Actions, Los Angeles Daily Journal, (Feb. 20, 2004)

  32. by Aashish Y. Desai


  34. •FLSA Overtime Class Actions and Liquidated Damages, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 45, No. 11 (November 2003)

  35. by Aashish Y. Desai


  37. •Federal Class Action Overtime Cases - Can You Really Get Double Damages?.pdf Class Action Litigation Report, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Volume 4, No. 17 (Sept. 12, 2003)

  38. by Aashish Y. Desai


  40. •The Nine-Month Rule and Punitive Damages for Health Care Professionals.pdf, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 45, No. 8 (August 2003)

  41. by Aashish Y. Desai


  43. •Procedural Rule Shouldn’t Bar Meritorious Punitives Claims, Los Angeles Daily Journal, (June 3, 2003)

  44. by Aashish Y. Desai


  46. •Litigating Federal Class Action Overtime Cases - A Primer, Forum Magazine, Volume 33, No. 1 (Jan/Feb. 2003)

  47. by Aashish Y. Desai


  49. •Analysis & Perspective - Fees in Class Actions, Wage Hour & Leave Report, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Volume 2, No. 1 (Jan. 17, 2003)

  50. by Aashish Y. Desai


  52. •Analysis & Perspective - Employment Class and Collective Actions, Class Action Litigation Report, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Volume 4, No. 1 (Jan. 10, 2003)

  53. by Aashish Y. Desai


  55. •Legislative Attorneys' Fees Under the FLSA-The Trump Card.pdf, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 44, No. 11 (November 2002)

  56. by Aashish Y. Desai


  58. •Fee-Shifting in Overtime Wage Statute Trumps Contract’s Attorney - Fee Clause, Los Angeles Daily Journal, (October 21, 2002)

  59. by Aashish Y. Desai


  61. •The Discovery Problem Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 44, No. 8 (August 2002)

  62. by Aashish Y. Desai


  64. •Discovery in Overtime Class Actions Often is Prevented Before Certification, Los Angeles Daily Journal, (July 25, 2002)

  65. by Aashish Y. Desai


  67. •Analysis & Perspective - The Discovery Conundrum in Fair Labor Standards Act Collective Actions.pdf Class Action Litigation Report, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Volume 03, No. 13 (July 12, 2002)

  68. by Aashish Y. Desai


  70. •Analysis & Perspective - Class Action Overtime Cases Class Action Litigation Report, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc, Volume 03, No. 04 (February 22, 2002)

  71. by Aashish Y. Desai


  73. •Wage & Hour Compendium of Overtime Pleadings and Documents, (Third Edition) (2003)

  74. by Aashish Y. Desai


  76. •Revenge of the Wage Slave - Class Action Overtime Cases.pdf, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, Volume 43, No. 11 (November 2001)

  77. by Aashish Y. Desai


  79. •Class Clout - Attorneys Should Not Overlook Federal Overtime Law, Los Angeles Daily Journal (November 8, 2001)

  80. by Aashish Y. Desai


  82. •The Other Side of the Cumis Coin:  The Insurer’s Ability to Select Associate Defense Counsel under Civil Code § 2860(f), Western State University Law Review, Vol. 20 No. 2, pg. 569-591 (Spring 1993)

  83. by Jon R. Mower

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