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David Rosenfeld Testifies in Workers’ Rights Case

PR Newswire, February 23, 2012 by Galen Munroe
http://prn.to/xlB4wV

“Loomis is violating various international labor standards which protect the right of workers to be represented by the union of their choice,” said David Rosenfeld, Professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law.


David Rosenfeld Explains Workplace Impact of Prop. 19

CBS5.com, August 13, 2010 by Robert Lyles
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=68210@kpix.dayport.com

“You can be tested for marijuana and it shows marijuana use, it could be two weeks, three weeks, four—a small amount. It could be for medicinal purposes. It has no impact on your work.” So labor attorney David Rosenfeld says Prop. 19 will fill a gap in the law, protecting employees from termination or prospective workers from elimination during drug prescreening.


David Rosenfeld Doubts Bankruptcy Ruling Will Help Workers’ Recoup Wages

Las Vegas Sun, July 30, 2009 by Michael Mishak
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul/30/ruling-wage-suits-can-name-executives/

He said the opinion would not effect a sea change in litigation because those who are often responsible for financial wrongs are lower-level supervisors, who wouldn’t have the resources to pay judgments against them.”The people who are really responsible often don’t have the ability to pay, and those who do have the money, it’s hard to show they had operational control,” Rosenfeld said. “In short, you won’t always be able to nail the people who have the money.”


Daniel Rubinfeld Calls for Reassessment of Newspaper Mergers

San Jose Mercury News, March 17, 2009 by Pete Carey
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11936205?source=most_emailed

University of California-Berkeley law and economics professor Daniel Rubinfeld said that in the current environment faced by newspapers, “the Justice Department needs to keep an open mind to the possibility of some kind of deal that makes the Bay Area’s newspapers viable.”


David Rosenfeld Explains Limitations of the Equal Pay Act

KGO-TV, February 9, 2009 by Mark Matthews
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/politics&id=6631006&pt=print

“I can only go back two years. The law is very clear that if I file a claim today, I can go back two years and collect back pay only for those two years,” said Professor David Rosenfeld, from Boalt Hall Law School.


David Rosenfeld Questions Controller’s Challenge to Governor

San Jose Mercury News, July 26, by Mike Zaplerhttp://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10005275?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.comIt is Democratic Controller John Chiang, with the job of issuing paychecks, who would be snubbing the law if he continues to pay state employees as he has promised…. The controller “seems to be inviting a Schwarzenegger vs. Chiang lawsuit,” added David Rosenfeld, a labor attorney who teaches at the University of California-Berkeley School of Law.