Blog

Minami Tamaki LLP Partners Minette Kwok, B. Mark Fong, Olivia Serene Lee, Suhi Koizumi, and Senior Counsel Dale Minami were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 27th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Associate Seema Bhatt was selected for Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch. Minette, Olivia...

TOP ROW (L-R): Donald K. Tamaki*; Minette A. Kwok*; Dale Minami* Top 100; B. Mark Fong*; Olivia Serene Lee**; MIDDLE ROW (L-R): Lisa P. Mak**; Seema Bhatt**; Suhi Koizumi*; Sean Tamura-Sato**; La Verne A. Ramsay; BOTTOM ROW (L-R): Dian Sohn; Angela C. Mapa; Claire Y. Choo; Judy Hinh Wong; Leyla M...

On Monday, June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, ruled that an employer who fires a worker merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII.  Title VII is the federal civil rights statute that makes it “unlawful…for an employer to fa...

The ABA Journal Character Witness series explores legal and societal issues through the first-person lens of attorneys in the trenches who are, inter alia, on a mission to defend liberty and pursue justice. The latest installment is “Alife of fighting injustice“. BY DALE MINAMI I am a third-gener...

This piece from Bill Ong Hing was originally published on the ImmigrationProf Blog. Photo CC BY 2.0 Daniel Arauz. Friends–Minneapolis is a wake up call. The tragic police murder of George Floyd highlights the sad truth that racial profiling of African Americans and the country's racial divide con...

Business Interruption Coverage Under All-Risk Policies Minami Tamaki LLP's Consumer and Employee Rights Group is investigating claims that insurance carriers are wrongfully denying business interruption insurance claims made by businesses coping with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Millions ...

Minami Tamaki LLP congratulates Partner Donald K. Tamaki on receiving this year's AABA Joe Morozumi Award for Exceptional Legal Advocacy. “[Don] is a worthy successor to the heritage bequeathed by the award's eponymous civil rights giant,” wrote AABA in its announcement. “Just as Joe Morozumi her...

Minami Tamaki is receiving inquiries from employees, consumers, businesses, and community members regarding a wide range of legal issues related to coronavirus (COVID-19) in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Recognizing the need for reliable information and assistance, Minami Tamaki has formed a Coron...

Minami Tamaki LLP is investigating claims that U.S. and foreign airlines have refused to provide required refunds after canceling or significantly delaying flights because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency.  On April 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) issue...

This week, in Babb v. Wilkie, the U.S. Supreme Court held in an 8-1 decision (Justice Thomas dissenting) that federal employees can sue for age discrimination if any part of a personnel action was tainted by age bias, even if age was not the “but-for” cause of the personnel decision. This is a lo...

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed into law on Friday, March 27, will provide much-needed assistance to a country struggling with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The $2 trillion economic relief plan has numerous provisions aimed at helping U.S....

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread, California Governor Gavin Newsom recently issued a state-wide shelter-in-place order directing all individuals to stay home, except to provide or obtain essential services or to perform other authorized necessary activities.  Due to that or...

On March 19, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered all individuals in the state to stay at home in order to slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).  The order contains exceptions for essential needs, including work in critical infrastructure sectors.  Governor Newsom's California orde...

Congressman Ted Lieu of California's 33rd Congressional District authored an op-ed published by The Washington Post on March 18, 2020. Related: The Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON) and Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) have launched the Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center in res...

Minami Tamaki is investigating allegations that Evenflo engaged in fraud and deceptive marketing in the sale of its Big Kid Booster seats.  According to a February 2020 investigation by ProPublica, Evenflo advertised its Big Kid booster seats as “side impact tested” without revealing that its own...

Top photo by Mark Fong. Minami Tamaki LLP congratulates Partner Donald K. Tamaki on being honored with an ABA Spirit of Excellence Award for 2020. The award was presented at the 2020 ABA Midyear Meeting in Austin, Texas, on February 15, 2020. The award celebrates the efforts and accomplishments o...

Minami Tamaki's Consumer and Employee Rights Group (CERG) regularly represents clients in wage-and-hour matters involving overtime pay and classification of employees as exempt/non-exempt.  On January 1, 2020, new United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) rules on the Fair Labor Standards Act's (...

On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the most comprehensive privacy legislation in the United States, will go into effect. In the internet age, businesses collect an enormous amount of data about consumers.  This includes identification, health, biometric, geolocation...

Minami Tamaki LLP Associate Seema Bhatt has been selected for The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40, a professional organization of the top trial lawyers from each state or region who are under the age of 40. Membership into The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40 is by invitation only...

Minami Tamaki's Consumer and Employee Rights Group regularly litigates workplace issues in the food and beverage industry.  A California appellate court's decision in O'Grady v. Merchant Exchange Productions, Inc. has the potential to significantly expand requirements that banquet charges paid by...

Minami Tamaki represented college athletes in the landmark case of O'Bannon v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”), which challenged the NCAA's long-running policy of denying college athletes compensation for the use of their names, images, and likeness.  Northern District of Califo...

The Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has awarded Minami Tamaki LLP Partner Donald K. Tamaki with a Japan Foreign Minister's Commendation for 2019. The Commendations are awarded to individuals and groups with outstanding achievements in international fields, in order to acknowledge their contribu...

Minami Tamaki LLP's Immigration and Nationality Law practice is now nationally ranked on the new 2020 U.S. News/Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list, which was just released today. The firm's immigration practice received a National Tier 3 ranking for the first time, and a Metro Tier 1 ranking for ...

Our firm has represented many people who have been injured in accidents involving rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft. Determining whose auto insurance covers you in such accidents, and how much money is available to compensate you for your injuries, requires an understanding of the law gov...

Minami Tamaki LLP was proud to sponsor the 44th anniversary gala of API Legal Outreach (APILO) last Friday at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center. For over four decades, APILO has provided direct legal and social services to low-income, marginalized communities in the areas of immigration, fam...