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Although there are remedies to collect what is owed on a private or public works project, when a party is not paid after providing work to a federal project, it only has the right to file a claim against the payment or...

Part Two: Strategies for Employers Losing Key Personnel to a Competitor   When a high-value employee quits, there may be a chance that he or she could misappropriate the company’s business trade secrets.  This can be...

Part One: Lawfully “On-Boarding” a Competitor’s Employee   I recently attended a symposium focused on trade secrets and litigation trends surrounding the loss of key personnel to competitors.  In...

Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. v. Swift Distribution Inc., B234234, Oct. 29, 2012 Background Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. (Hartford) issued a general liability insurance policy including advertising injury coverage to...

As a child,  I was a big fan of Star Wars.  I loved all of the movies (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi) and insisted on having all of the toys and action figures.  I even managed to score a Death...

Last month, we spoke about the possibly devastating effects of the expiration of the Bush Era tax acts as it relates to income taxation, not just estate and gift taxes.  This month we need to talk about business taxation....