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...
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...
