Public meetings held to explain how people can submit claims By Allison Sampite-Montecalvo, MAY 30, 2013
CHULA VISTA — The first of three meetings to explain how eligible taxpayers could submit claims for a piece of an $8 million lawsuit settlement attracted a handful of people with questions about the process and criticism for the city of Chula Vista.
By Dave Rice – San Diego Reader
The City of Chula Vista appears set to settle a class action lawsuit brought by wireless phone users who claim the city has been charging an illegal tax rate on the devices.
A San Diego court has preliminarily approved a class action settlement between wireless phone users and the City of Chula Vista that includes $8 million being made available for funding for rebates and refunds of the City’s telephone user’s tax and payment of litigation expenses and attorneys’ fees.
By Allison Sampite-Montecalvo, Union-Tribune
CHULA VISTA, Calif. — A San Diego Superior Court judge has approved a preliminary settlement in a class-action lawsuit challenging Chula Vista’s tax on wireless phone service, and tens of thousands of cellphone users in the city could share in the $8 million to be distributed as part of the agreement.
By Douglas Sherwin, The Daily Transcript
The legal industry, like most other segments of the U.S. economy, is slowly improving as the country rebounds from the recession.
But the recent financial woes caused law firms and their clients to re-think how they do business — a change that is likely permanent, according to local legal analysts.
By Douglas Sherwin, The Daily Transcript
The city of Chula Vista has agreed to pay up to $8 million in refunds to settle a class-action dispute over a telephone tax it applies to wireless phone users in the city.
Women are inching ahead in the legal profession in San Diego. An annual equality survey by Lawyers Club of San Diego shows small but steady increases in the numbers of women and minorities in partner and leadership positions in law firms from last year.
