Linda Wang

Dec 19, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Linda Wang

Frequently, employment arbitration agreements are written with the intent to apply to future disputes between an employee, the employer and the employer’s parent and sister companies. Employers and third parties can breathe easier after the California Court of Appeal held that employees who sign an arbitration agreement cannot avoid arbitration by suing related entities and arguing that arbitration does not apply because the third-parties were not signatories to the agreement. Edgar Gonzalez v.

Dec 17, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Linda Wang

California employers may not be able to recover the costs of a lawsuit from prevailing employees in certain types of wage claims, even if they obtained a more favorable result after trial than their statutory offer to compromise pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 998 (section 998 offers). In Jorge Chavez v. California Collision, LLC, the California Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s decision to award costs to the defendants for beating their section 998 offer.

Nov 22, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Linda Wang

Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have discovered a key biological reason why obesity increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, and it boils down to size—specifically the size of fat cells. The study, published in Cell Reports, could lead to the development of new therapies for type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases that work by helping fat stem cells differentiate and make new, smaller fat cells.

Nov 7, 2024 | newsroom.ucla.edu | Linda Wang

Key takeaways The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA welcomed close to 100 high school students for tours, demonstrations and an interactive panel discussion in conjunction with Stem Cell Awareness Day on October 15 and 16.

Sep 5, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Wenli Zhu |Yan Zhang |Linda Wang |Jiajia Li

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