You made a successful summary adjudication motion and you are itching to tell the jury about it at trial. Unfortunately, you are legally required to keep your lips sealed on the issue. But there may be a way to give the jury a heads up without running afoul of the law.
Filed under: Civil Litigation, Legal Topics, Litigation Strategy | Tagged: CCP §437c, jury, motion for summary adjudication, summary adudication, summary judgment | Leave a Comment »
With the economic downturn, consumer debt is on the rise. Not surprisingly, debt collector complaints are also on the rise. There are strict legal limits on how far debt collectors can go, but unfortunately many debtors don’t know about them. Debtors and their attorneys need to know these limits and hold debt collectors to them.
Filed under: Business, Civil Litigation, Legal Topics | Tagged: debt collection, debt collectors, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, FTC | Leave a Comment »
Despite the publicity surrounding very contentious custody battles, many divorcing couples with children end up with a court order for joint physical custody and have to figure out the details of sharing time with their kids. As with most things, it helps to get it all spelled out in advance — and in the custody [...]
Filed under: Family Law, Legal Topics | Tagged: child custody, custody orders, divorce, joint physical custody, visitation | Leave a Comment »
What good will an expert witness do for your case if he or she is not adequately prepared? Not much. Having a prepared expert can make all the difference in your case, and it’s up to you to make sure your expert is fully prepared to do battle for your case.
Filed under: Civil Litigation, Legal Topics | Tagged: depositions, expert witness, trial, trial preparation | Leave a Comment »
In our ever-globalizing world, you’ll sometimes need to seek discovery evidence in foreign countries to use in a California civil case. Here are some practical steps to take before embarking on a journey for discovery in foreign lands.
Filed under: Civil Litigation, Legal Topics | Tagged: depositions, discovery, foreign discovery | Leave a Comment »
For at least some locations, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Gen Y tenants are currently flooding the rental market and increasing competition among tenants. More prospective tenants is obviously great news for landlords, but they still have to select wisely from among applicants. Here are some suggestions to help landlords identify the perfect tenant, or [...]
Filed under: Legal Topics, Real property | Tagged: fair housing laws, landlords, screening, tenancy, tenants | Leave a Comment »
The following is a guest blog post by Gregory Grinberg, an associate with Harbinson Tune Kasselik in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in workers’ compensation defense law. His blog, WCDefenseCA, deals with California workers’ compensation issues. So, your employee was injured on the way to work… are you liable? Generally, the answer is “no,” but as [...]
Filed under: Business, Employment Law, Legal Topics | Tagged: coming and going rule, employee commute, employer injury, employer liability | 3 Comments »
Apparently the saying used by frustrated parents applies to statutes: “I brought you into this world and I can take you out.” The California Supreme Court has upheld recent legislation that dissolved California’s redevelopment agencies (RDAs) that were originally created by the legislature. The court also struck down the alternative legislative scheme that would have [...]
Filed under: Business, Legal Topics, Public Law, Real property | Tagged: Motosantos, redevelopment agencies | Leave a Comment »
In light of the Penn State sex abuse scandal, many institutions are considering what they would do if a criminal investigation came to their doorstep. Don’t wait for that possibility; have a plan ready to put into effect if anything like the nightmare at Penn State should happen to your institution.
Filed under: Business, Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Legal Topics | Tagged: criminal investigation, grand jury subpena, internal investigation, Penn State scandal | 1 Comment »
