Criminal Law

• Homicide
  Rodriguez, police officer, was relieved of duty with pay in 2013 based on an Internal Affairs investigation whether his father and brother were involved in a homicide in 2007.

Business and Corporate Law

• Trade Secrets

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
• Wrongful Termination
  An employee sued in state court to vacate an arbitration award in favor of an employer on a wrongful termination claim. The employer then removed the case to the federal trial court which granted the employer's request to confirm the award. The Supreme Court reversed because the federal court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.
• Employment Discrimination
  Kovachich sued the employer for employment discrimination and retaliation because of her disability. The Connecticut Supreme Court reversed the appellate court's judgment for the employer.
• Employment Contract
  Angie Moriana filed a PAGA action against her former employer, alleging a California Labor Code violation. She also asserted a wide array of other violations allegedly sustained by other Viking employees. Because her employment contract contained a mandatory arbitration agreement, the employer moved to compel arbitration of Moriana's individual PAGA claim and to dismiss her other PAGA claims.
• Employment Litigation
  Robyn Morgan signed an agreement to arbitrate any employment dispute she might have with her employer. Even so, she went to court with a collective action asserting a violation of federal law regarding overtime payment.

Property Law

• Eminent Domain
  The majority pointed out that, generally, sovereign immunity waivers cannot be found when Congress exercises its powers under Article I of the constitution. However, there have been exceptions in which the Court has found "structural waiver" – cases involving bankruptcy and cases involving Congress' eminent domain power.