If you own a business or serve as a C-level executive, chances are good that you have been subjected to at least one deposition in your work life. If the litigation stakes were high enough, you may even have endured several days of deposition. In this...
Employment lawsuits account for a staggering 30% of all civil litigation in the United States today. In this lackluster economy, people who lose their jobs or suffer other adverse employment actions have real incentives to file lawsuits against former, current, or even prospective employers (as do their contingency-fee lawyers). ...
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Superior Court announced a new round of deep cuts in courtroom staffing, and the closing or consolidating of several courtrooms. Since the recession of 2008, this largest trial court in the nation has lost more than 500 of its staff...
When non-lawyers think of contracts, they usually imagine a formalized document that has a place for two or more signatures, next to a line for the date of signing. Many non-lawyers also recognize that “oral” agreements can be legally binding as well. But what about a...
Last year around this time we reviewed several pieces of legislation which California's then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had vetoed, claiming that the proposed laws were “anti-business,” or that they exposed California employers to frivolous lawsuits. In 2011, the Legislature passed many of the same measures, with high...
In 1986, California’s electorate passed a voter initiative called Proposition 65, or “Prop 65,” which was later enacted into law as the “Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.” The goal of the initiative was to improve the overall health of California’s residents...
