California Legal Brief

The Rule of Citizens of Humanity, LLC v. Donboli is that a family relationship between class counsel and the representative plaintiff does not necessarily preclude probable cause to bring a class action claim, under circumstances where the underlying statutory violation existed at the time of filing and no clear authority prohibits such representation.

The Rule of Detrick v. Shimada is that a non-English speaking witness's declaration is inadmissible without foundational evidence of a qualified interpreter and attestation that the translation accurately reflects the witness's words, under circumstances where the witness cannot read, write, or speak English and provides no evidence of interpreter qualifications or translation accuracy.