• GDBBD associate James Kan, along with co-counsel from Bruckner Burch and Shellist Lazar, obtained a unanimous jury verdict in favor of 55 opt-in plaintiffs relating to illegal mandatory tip pooling practices maintained by Chili's Restaurants.   See 2008 WL 2714079, *18 (S.D. Tex. July 9, 2008).

• Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian and three of its partners, Teresa Demchak, Morris J. Baller and David Borgen, are featured in the 2009 edition of  Legal 500, an annual listing of leading lawyers in the United States .  One of only five plaintiffs' labor and employment class action firms listed in the Litigation Section of the compendium, the authors describe Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian as having "a long record of representing the underdog and includes employment discrimination and wage and hour plaintiff class actions, within a strong litigation practice."

• Target & Staples Settlements:  GDBBD and co-counsel Lainey Feingold represented advocacy groups for the visually impaired in reaching agreements with Target and Staples to improve service to their customers with visual impairments.  Both will install tactile point of sale devices in all of their U.S. stores, and Staples will upgrade its website to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).  Continue reading Target press release and Staples press release.

• California Lawyer magazine has named Laura L. Ho as one of 43 attorneys to receive the thirteenth annual California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Awards.  Ms. Ho was honored for her role in winning a $105 million judgment against coffee mega-chain Starbucks. (3/01/2009)

• Rite Aid's Website and Point-of-Sale Improvements Praised by Blind Community Leaders (5/01/2008)

• Attorney James Kan on The Impact of Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court on Wage and Hour Claims--A Plaintiffs' Counsel's Perspective (10/2008)

• National Credit Reporting Companies, Blind Community, Announce Landmark Initiative to Provide Accessible Online Credit Reports (4/23/2008)

• Sutter Health Adopts Sweeping Plans to Improve Accessibility Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (4/18/2008)

• Attorney Linda M. Dardarian on Structured Negotiations (4/12/2008)

• Attorney Teresa Demchak on Employment Discrimination and Pre-Litigation (4/08/2008)

• Attorney Laura Ho on a Large-scale California Action (4/1/2008)

• Starbucks Ordered to Repay Baristas Over $100 Million; Paying Supervisors from Tip Pool Unlawful and Must Stop Says Court (3/20/2008)

• 7-Eleven, Inc.'s Upgrade of Point of Sale Equipment Praised by Blind Community (3/18/2008)

• Meet Early, Settle Often (6/21/2007)

• Negotiating Wins for the Disabled (6/21/2007)

• Installation of Accessible Pedestrian Signals Will Aid Blind, Visually Impaired Community (6/20/2007)

• RadioShack Announces Point of Sale, Web Site Initiative for Customers with Visual Impairments  (6/13/2007)

• Attorney Barry Goldstein highlighted in The Justice Files: Three Legal Pros Making a Difference - (3/2007)

• Should You Be Getting Overtime? (2/16/2007)

• E-Loan to Pay $13.6 Million to California Mortgage Loan Consultants in Class Action Settlement (1/16/2007)

• Safeway Installs New Equipment to Protect Financial Privacy of Shoppers with Visual Impairments (10/31/2006)

• Justice for All: The 72 Best Lawyers in the East Bay (3/01/2006)

• Computer Industry in Wage Lawyers' Sights (1/25/2006)

• Patience, Not Litigation, Results in Blind-Accessible ATMs (1/23/2006)

• Office Talk - For the Plaintiff (1/01/2006)

• FLSA - Attorneys Say 'Continuous Work Day' Ruling Prompts Questions Over When Work Begins (12/16/2005)

• Reverse Auctions Have No Class - Lawyers Square Off with Firms Trying to Undercut Settlements (7/18/2005)

• Reverse Auctions Have No Class - Lawyers Square Off with Firms Trying to Undercut Settlements (7/18/2005) - accessible version

• The Swat Team of Bias Litigation (1/23/1995)