Dec 10, 2021 | Collection & Creditor Rights, News
Read & Download the story here In a recent decision, In re Hutchinson, ___ F.3rd ___, 2021 DJDAR 10838 (9th Cir. 2021), the Court affirmed the Bankruptcy Court and the Ninth Circuit BAP holding that a debtor may not attempt to avoid a penalty portion of a tax lien...
Oct 27, 2021 | Labor & Employment, News
Read & download the article Not since the disappearance of Amelia Earhart have people been more perplexed. Which companies were the early targets of the California Attorney General’s enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and on what basis?...
Jun 24, 2021 | Labor & Employment, News
Download a PDF of the article here: By the Firm’s Labor & Employment Department For California employers, one of the most significant legal RISKS is a wrongful termination lawsuit. For a sometimes bewildering variety of reasons, terminating an employee can wind...
Jun 24, 2021 | Intellectual Property law, News
Download a PDF of the article here: By the Firm’s IP and Tort Practice Groups In law, “strict liability” is an interesting concept. It provides that any company that places a consumer product in the stream of commerce (i.e., is part of the distribution process such...
Mar 25, 2021 | Labor & Employment, News
Download a PDF of the article here On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court handed down a key decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903. This ruling, a landmark in the state’s labor law, set out the requirements for...
