June 2022 There is often confusion as to when an insurance company must pay for an insured’s choice of counsel. In a number of...

  June 2022 Under California Labor Code § 226.7, and the Industrial Welfare Commission (“IWC”) wage orders, employers must

May 2022 The opinion in Kim v. TWA Construction, Inc. (2022 Cal. App. LEXIS 412) issued by the Court of Appeal of California Sixth...

  California local public agencies and their contractors should take note of a recent appellate decision pertaining to late...

March 2022 The pandemic certainly did not slow down California’s Legislature and appellate courts. The following five appellate...

January 2022 Aas v. Superior Court (2000) 24 Cal. 4th 627 – economic loss rule Amelco Electric v. City of Thousand Oaks ( (2002)...

  November 2021 Employment arbitration agreements continue to be a hot button issue in California. We recently highlighted a...

    October 2021   As 2021 winds down, California has yet again passed a host of new employment laws that has been...

October 2021 In response to what has been described as an extreme shortage of affordable housing in the City of Los Angeles, the...

September 2021 A recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit may prevent employers from mandating arbitration agreements as a condition of...