January 21, 2016
It is a heartbreaking but all too common scenario: a person over the age of 65 places their trust in the wrong person and ultimately has that trust betrayed. Now the elder must resort to a financial elder abuse action to return what is rightfully theirs. However, what can the elder do to prevent this […]
July 14, 2015
Last year the California legislature passed AB 1522, the ‘Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014’. Under this law California employers are required to provide Paid Sick Leave to their employees with very few exceptions. The Paid Sick Leave requirement went into effect on July 1, 2015. The Paid Sick Leave requirement applies to any […]
June 9, 2015
The relationship between trust beneficiaries and trustees charged with the administration of a trust’s assets is one particularly susceptible to conflict, largely, because the trustee holds the exclusive power to control and dispose of assets which are equitably owned by the beneficiaries. Under California law, trustees are obliged to comply with the terms of the […]
March 31, 2015
In California civil litigation, “SLAPP” is an acronym for “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.” SLAPP litigation refers to lawsuits which are brought against a person primarily to discourage that person from exercising his or her constitutional rights of free speech and to petition for the redress of grievances. See Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 425.16(a). […]
February 20, 2015
What is better than winning a lawsuit? It’s winning the case and getting the other side to pay your attorney’s fees. In civil litigation, the general rule (often called the “American Rule”) is that each side in a lawsuit pays its own attorney’s fees. The “American Rule” means that even if you win your lawsuit, […]
