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July 2017 – Super Lawyers names Cohorn Law founder Cari Cohorn to the 2017 Northern California Rising Stars List. This is an exclusive list, recognizing no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a highly respected rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented multiphase selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys to be used as a resource for both referring attorneys and consumers seeking legal counsel.
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March 3, 2017 – Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the Northern District of California today appointed Cohorn Law as pro bono counsel to plaintiff Isaac Riggs in a lawsuit alleging excessive force by a corrections officer at Salinas Valley State … Continue reading
July 2016 – Super Lawyers names Cohorn Law founder Cari Cohorn to the 2016 Northern California Rising Stars List. This is an exclusive list, recognizing no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson … Continue reading
September 1, 2015 – Judge Edward Chen certified a class today in O’Connor v. Uber Technologies, Inc., in which the plaintiffs claim that they, and everyone else who has driven for Uber since August 2009, was an employee of Uber, … Continue reading
August 19, 2015 – The State Supreme Court announced today that it will review a lower court’s ruling on what discovery may be taken – and when – by a plaintiff in an action under the Labor Code Private Attorneys … Continue reading
August 1, 2015 – More than 14 million users have already downloaded Windows 10; the new operating system has been described both as “glorious” and as “incredibly intrusive.” With respect to the latter, Microsoft’s newly revised Services Agreement and Privacy … Continue reading
July 2015 – Super Lawyers names Cohorn Law founder Cari Cohorn to the 2015 Northern California Rising Stars List. This is an exclusive list, recognizing no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state. Super Lawyers, part of … Continue reading
July 15, 2015 – The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division Administrator today issued “interpretative guidance” aimed at stemming the “problematic trend” of misclassification of employees as independent contractors. The Administrator’s goal is righteous: Numerous commentators and judges have … Continue reading
Trademark Board Rules Former Band Member Never Owned Band Name, Cancels Registration June 30, 2015 – Renowned San Francisco-based party band Wonderbread 5, represented by Cari A. Cohorn (while at her prior firm), prevailed on its petition to cancel the … Continue reading
Fun with One-Way Intervention June 24, 2015 – Last month, the United States District Court for the Central District of California certified a class in a royalties dispute brought on behalf of owners of pre-1972 recordings played by Sirius XM … Continue reading