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News & Insights
October 15, 2019
Ingrid Campagne Dee Cohen Katz

Has Silicosis Resurfaced in Kitchen Countertop Workers?

The rise in popularity of engineered stone, a trendy kitchen and bath countertop choice for many homeowners, may be related to the diagnosis of severe silicosis in a number of workers that manufacture the product. Engineered
October 8, 2019
Dee Cohen Katz Elizabeth L. Huynh Katie A. Stricklin Soniya D. Khemlani Kendra E. Bray

Walsworth Honored at OCWLA Gala for Advancement of Women Award

Last Thursday, Walsworth was presented with the 2019 Advancement of Women Award from the Orange County Women Lawyers Association at their annual gala in Newport Beach. Managing Partner, Dee Cohen Katz, partners Liz Huynh,...
September 12, 2019
Sage R. Knauft

Governor Newsom To Sign Bill Making it Harder to Classify Employees as Independent Contractors

On Tuesday, September 10, 2019, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 5 that would codify the California Supreme Court’s decision made last year in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los...
September 5, 2019
Kendra E. Bray Derek S. Johnson

California Legislature Limits Defendants’ Examination in Mesothelioma Cases

On August 30, 2019, CA Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that significantly limits the defense cross-examination time in depositions in cases where individuals have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or silicosis....
August 26, 2019
Dee Cohen Katz

EPA Finds Key Ingredient of Roundup Herbicide is Not Carcinogenic and Bans California Retailers from Including Cancer Warnings

Numerous lawsuits have been filed against Bayer AG, which obtained the rights to the herbicide Roundup in its takeover of Monsanto, as well as a number of retailers which regularly sell the product, alleging these companies...