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The question of supervisory status is a critical issue that cuts across all areas of employment law.  One area where it has critical importance is discrimination cases, particularly sexual harassment, because the employer is...

Triple-digit temperatures have hit California, and the excessive heat wave doesn’t seem to be letting up – Death Valley was reported to have recently peaked to 130 degrees, and rangers have been trying to persuade people...

The family of the late actor James Gandolfini is about to be whacked by the IRS.  Mr. Gandolfini had an estate of approximately $70 million, and it appears that the majority of it will be distributed via a simple will that...

  California has some common regulations about filing a mechanics lien. However, you will also need to grasp county specific requirements. I came across an article [1] that provided some simple, yet useful information....

  Hear Ye, Hear Ye. . . One of the more frequent questions that I receive from my insurance subrogation clients relates to the “hows” and “whens” of sending a notice letter to a potentially...

Employers have been struggling to understand the parameters of the employer mandate for health care coverage that was scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2014.  In an attempt to avoid political fallout from the business...

At the end of May, the California Assembly passed AB 10, which raises the hourly minimum wage.  Originally, the bill would have increased the minimum wage from $8 to $9.25 by January 2016, with automatic increases every year...

A couple of recent cases have come down that I think are worthy of mention. The first is Brown v. Mid-Century Insurance Company (Case No. B238357, filed 4/2/13).  In that case the California Court of Appeals ruled that the...