California is diverse in many ways, including the number of different languages used both in the home and in commerce. In business transactions, thousands upon thousands of consumer contracts are negotiated each day in California in a language other than English. But what...
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...
More often than might be imagined, clients ask whether they can have a partnership with only one partner. A recent case from the California Court of Appeal has held, for the first time, that a partnership (not surprisingly) must have at least two partners. In Corrales v. Corrales, decided...
Attorneys' fees are often referred to as the "tail that wags the dog" of civil litigation. Court cases often end up being so costly that the legal fees and expenses dwarf the amount originally at stake in the dispute; this often forces the parties to...
Lawyers are trained, from the first day of law school and continuing throughout their careers, to be precise with their words, both spoken and written. Attention to verbal precision -- or the lack thereof -- often spells the difference between winning and losing in litigation cases. Consider the...
