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April 30, 2025

Legal Insight: Avoiding the Double-Dip: Application of the Privette-Toland Doctrine Beyond the Construction World

As a business or homeowner, there is always a risk of being sued if someone is injured on the job or on your property. Employees are likely covered by workers' compensation insurance if they are injured on the job. The...

April 22, 2025

Legal Insight: Avoid Legal Pitfalls in Telemarketing: Navigating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

This discussion is regarding a business’s use of the phone to directly contact consumers. There are two main federal laws that deal with telemarketing – the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). Both have to...

April 21, 2025

Gain Insights on Deed Fraud from David L. Fleck at NACBA Convention

Join Los Angeles Partner David L. Fleck as he tackles the growing issue of deed fraud at the 33rd Annual Convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA), happening April 24–27, 2025, at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood.

April 15, 2025

Attend Steven DeLateur’s Free Land Use Talk at Arcadia Association of Realtors Mixer!

Orange County Partner Steven W. DeLateur will be speaking at the Arcadia Association of Realtors’ (AAR) networking and education lunch on Thursday, May 1! His presentation, titled “What Realtors Need to Know About Land Use,” is free and open to all AAR...

April 14, 2025

Legal Insight: Compliance with California’s Standards for Geolocation Data Collection and Protection

The California Privacy Regulators have made it clear that they are focused on data collection and privacy practices such as sharing consumer’s data. Recently, the California Attorney General issued a press release that they are currently focused on location data that is...

April 7, 2025

Legal Insight: California Court of Appeal Holds Certain Wildfire Debris Not Direct Physical Loss to Property

In Gharibian v. Wawanesa General Insurance Company (2025) 329 Cal.Rptr.3d 574, the California Court of Appeal, Second District, recently held that wildfire debris did not qualify as “direct physical loss to property” such as to trigger the protections of the insurance policy...

April 3, 2025

Nathalie C. Hackett and Jamie N. Burke Attain Summary Judgment in Personal Injury Claim

New York Partners Nathalie C. Hackett and Jamie N. Burke secured a favorable verdict in a personal injury case in which the plaintiff, a sanitation worker, claimed our clients were responsible for injuries he sustained on their property.