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Month: September, 2018
Early Sullivan Handles Another Lawsuit Involving Native American Law, Representing Homeowners Alleged To Be Trespassing on Indian Land
Category: News, Press, Publications | Friday, September 14th, 2018 | Comments Off on Early Sullivan Handles Another Lawsuit Involving Native American Law, Representing Homeowners Alleged To Be Trespassing on Indian Land
Mobile home park Safari Park Inc., located in Palm Springs, California, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against numerous high-end property owners, alleging that they regularly trespass onto land allotted to a member of the Agua Client Band of Cahuilla Indians and subleased by Safari Park.
Early Sullivan represents the property owners and has filed a Motion to Dismiss Safari Park’s action, arguing that the Plaintiff relies on federal laws which do not confer jurisdiction of the action to the Central District. The Firm argues that the law cited by Safari Park that authorizes the allotment of reservation land to individual tribal members, and the related law that allows this property to be leased, do not apply to disputes between non-Indian lessees like Safari Park and third parties like the homeowners — rather, the laws can only be applied to relationships between lessees and Indian landowners.
The full article in the Desert Sun can be read here.
Eric Early Represents Non-Profit Group Concerned About Fair Education in Santa Barbara
Category: News, Press, Publications | Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 | Comments Off on Eric Early Represents Non-Profit Group Concerned About Fair Education in Santa Barbara
Representing a group of concerned citizens about fair and quality education, Eric Early appeared before the Board of the Santa Barbara Unified School District and spoke about its pending adoption of training programs to be provided by a nonprofit named Just Communities Central Coast. Detailed in Josh Grega’s Santa Barbara News-Press cover story titled, “School Board Threatened With Lawsuit Over Training Program,” Eric spoke out against three memoranda of understanding that purport to deal with diversity, inclusion and equity in schools, arguing that they were radical, discriminatory, and illegal. Early stated, “I’m here to tell you that the Board should consider long and hard and very carefully the legal exposure it will face if it enters these MOUs.”
Bryan Sullivan Settles Lawsuit for Client Terry Crews
Category: News, Press, Results | Friday, September 7th, 2018 | Comments Off on Bryan Sullivan Settles Lawsuit for Client Terry Crews
Several publications, including Vanity Fair and The Hollywood Reporter covered Bryan Sullivan’s representation of actor Terry Crews in his #MeToo case against behemoth agency WME and agent Adam Venit. Bryan filed the civil lawsuit last year against WME and Venit following allegations that he groped Crews at an industry party in 2016. WME admitted that Venit had exhibited a pattern of this type of behavior. As part of the settlement, Venit will be retiring from WME and the agency will institute a new, landmark policy to address workplace conduct of this nature.
Additionally, Bryan authored an exclusive Forbes article about his experience representing Crews in his lawsuit.