Media Articles on Law Firm

A.  Collective Bargaining Articles

  1. Labor Management Committees Contained in HERE Contract with San Francisco Hotels, BNA Daily Labor Report No. 178, September 16, 1994

  2. Hotel Workers Striking Mark Hopkins While Cooperation Marks Other Talks, BNA Daily Labor Report No. 201, October 20, 1994

  3. San Francisco Hotels, Union Reach Agreement, By Tony DelaCruz, Hotel Business, Volume 3, Nov 21-Dec. 6, 1994

  4. Union Soldiers, Organized Labor Is Fighting For Its Life, And It's Got Some Brand-New Tricks Up Its Sleeves,  Restaurant Business, November 20, 1994

  5. San Francisco Hotel, Union Accord Cutting Grievance Costs, Forum Told, BNA Daily Labor Report, March 17, 1995

  6. For Hoteliers, The Word For Today Is: Cooperation, By Sheila Muto, The Wall Street Journal, April 8, 1998

  7. Labor Relations In SF Approaching Flash Points, By Ilana DeBare, SF Chronicle, July 17, 1999

  8. Union Members Spend Labor Day Picketing, By Glen Martin, SF Chronicle, September 7, 1999

  9. Lawyer: Hotel Union Close to New Contract, SF Examiner, September 14, 1999

  10. Tentative Agreement in Hotel Talks, Deal with 11 of S.F.’s largest hostelries could serve as industry model, San Francisco Chronicle, By David Lazarus, September 14, 1999

  11. Workers at Luxury S.F. Hotels Reach Contract Deal, Marin Independent Journal, September 18, 1999

  12. S.F. Hotel Workers Gain 5-Year Contract, By Carol Emert, SF Chronicle, September 18, 1999

  13. Hotels: San Francisco Hotels, HERE Reach Tentative Accord on Five-Year Contract, Daily Labor Report, September 20, 1999

  14. Hotels: HERE Local 2 Members Ratify Five-Year Contract with 11 Major Hotels, By Joyce E. Cutler, BNA Daily Labor Report, September 27, 1999

  15. IBT, California Liquor Wholesalers Agree On Pacts Covering Sales, Non-Sales Workers, Daily Labor Report, October 6, 1999

  16. Labor Department Orders Hearing Over Trusteeship by Hotel Employees Union, By Michael Bologna, BNA, December 20, 2000

  17. Labor's Best Hope, By David Whitford, Fortune, October 29, 2001

  18. Interest-Based Bargaining: The Future of Negotiations, by Catherine E. Sullivan, August 2002
     
  19. Beverly Hilton, Union in Deal, By Alana Semuels, LA Times, October 5, 2006

B.  Litigation Articles

  1. Suit Charges Garment Shop with Jobless-Insurance Scam, By Ted Bell, Sacramento Bee, May 4, 1985

  2. Rancher Suing UC Awarded $7 Million, By Jim Haynes, Sacramento Bee, September 9, 1988

  3. Rancher Wins Libel Judgment Over Deaths Of Pesticide-Sprayed Cattle, San Francisco Examiner, September 10, 1988

  4. Apartment Killing Ruled Self-Defense, By Wayne Wilson, Sacramento Bee, May 6, 1989

  5. Deputies' Group Loses Lease Ruling, By Steve Gibson, The Sacramento Bee Final, December 28, 1989

  6. A Short Circuit in Phillip's Mind, By Pete Dexter, The Sacramento Bee Final, December 29, 1989

  7. Deputies Find Missing Checks, By Marcos Breton, The Sacramento Bee Final, February 3, 1990

  8. Phillips Lied In Deposition, Workman Says, By Marcos Breton, The Sacramento Bee Final, February 8, 1990

  9. CalFarm General Counsel Hit with Harassment Suit, By J. Nils Wright, Business Journal, February 8, 1993

  10. Harassment Suit Targets CalFarm Co., By T. G. Swauger, The Sacramento Union, February 19, 1993

  11. Sex Harassment Suit Against San Jose Hotel, By Jamie Beckett, Chronicle South Bay Bureau, June 27, 1995

  12. Farmers Beat City, By Victoria Manley, Register-Pajaronian, November 30, 1998

  13. Failed City Lawsuit Against Farmers Draws Reaction, By Victoria Manley, Register-Pajaronian, December 9, 1998

  14. Court Ruling Backs Right-To-Farm Law; Appeal Pending, By Ray Sotero, AG Alert, December 9, 1998