Efficient And Effective Business Litigation
No one wants to be involved in litigation of any kind. It takes time and resources away from your priorities and makes it hard to focus on what matters to you: your business. If you’re not familiar with the term ‘qui tam’, you’re not alone. But if you suddenly find...
Most employers do their best to provide a supportive, productive work environment while enforcing employment regulations. Sometimes, however, an employee or applicant will make a claim of discrimination and the employer may not know what to do next. Discrimination...
Business owners in Southern California and elsewhere continue to experience employment, supply chain and inflationary challenges that are affecting their bottom line every day, and challenging them to look for new ways to remain viable. Businesses face not only worker...
Damages for breach of contract are important for businesses and others harmed by a contract breach. It is helpful to be familiar with the different types of contract damages and how they may be able to provide relief to those harmed by a breach of contract. Damages...
Employers in California try hard to ensure their workplace is inclusive and pleasant for their employees. Even so, the law recognizes that certain classes of persons need extra protections in the workplace. For example, under the Americans with Disabilities Act,...
A strong contract can make or break your business. But so, too, can a breach of contract that is mishandled. That’s why if you hope to protect your business as fully as possible, you have to be prepared to both negotiate and draft legally sound contracts as well as...
Much of success in litigation is dependent upon your preparation. This is true even if you expect to negotiate resolution. One of the keys to thorough preparation is ensuring that you know what information the other side possesses. After all, that’s the only way that...
Employers often relied on nondisclosure agreements and confidentiality clauses in employment contracts to prevent harassment, abuse, and other worker lawsuits. But starting in 2022, NDAs and other agreements may not prevent workers in California from speaking out...
Solid contracts form not only the foundation of businesses in California and across the country, but are also the glue that holds together relationships within a company as well as to other entities. Business entities depend on contracts to keep operations running as...
The Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) has been a thorn in the side of California employers since its inception, but it looks like a recent decision in the Second District Court of Appeals may effectively limit massive lawsuits that are not only extremely costly to...