Legal Updates & Publications

Budget Crisis Hits California Wage Claims Process, July 14, 2010

Professional Liability Case Alert: California Supreme Court Decides Attorney Advertisement Falls Within Exemption Of Anti-SLAPP Lawsuit, May 21, 2010

Employment Alert: California's Budgetary Woes Have Changed the Labor Commissioner's Claims Process, May 17, 2010

Manufacturers Of Non-Defective Products Still Not Liable For Those Of Others, May 11, 2010

Products Liability/Asbestos Case Alert: Court Holds Component Part Manufacturer Not Responsible For Asbestos-Containing Replacement Parts, April 27, 2010

Insurance Law Alert: Court Of Appeal Affirms 15/30 Minimum Auto Policy Limits For Permissive Users, April 8, 2010

Employment Case Update: Good Faith Mistakenly Claimed Overtime Wages And Deductions To Vacation & Sick Time, March 22, 2010

Insurance Case Alert: Court Of Appeal Upholds Summary Judgment For Lack Of Adequate Proof of Loss And Incomplete, Evasive Answers At Examination Under Oath, March 10, 2010

Oklahoma Law Applied to Asbestos Claim, March 4, 2010

Employment Case Alert: Victory For Businesses With Headquarters Located Outside The State Of California, March 2, 2010

Products Liability/Asbestos Case Alert: California Supreme Court Applies Oklahoma Law To Defeat Mesothelioma Claim, February 23, 2010

Employment Case Alert: Appellate Court Reverses Pregnancy Discrimination Judgment, February 10, 2010

How to Deal WIth Disappearing Drivers, February 8, 2010

Construction Case Alert: Appellate Court Confirms Engineer's Duty to Defend Developer Arises Upon Tender Of Indemnity Claim, January 27, 2010

Insurance Law Alert: California Court Recognizes The Distinction Between Completed Operations And Products, January 12, 2010

Employment News Alert: Voluntary Incentive Compensation Plans, Employment Arbitration Agreements & Wage & Hour Cases, January 11, 2010

Case Alert: Failure to Notify Medicare of 3rd Party Payments Could Mean Double Payment Penalties, January 4, 2010

ALFA International Products Liability Perspectives, December 8, 2009

Tort Client Alert: Appellate Court Ruling Means An Increase In Damages Awarded To Plaintiffs, December 1, 2009

Employment News Alert: Second Appellate District Confirms Broad Non-Compete & Non-Solicitation Clauses Are Void, December 1, 2009

Employment News Alert: Severance Agreements, Due Process for Probationary Teachers & Public Employees' Free Speech Rights, November 16, 2009

Employment News Alert: Arbitration Clauses, Commuting Time, Managers Beware & Supreme Court Cases to Watch, November 3, 2009

Guiding Your Clients down the Information Highway, October 1, 2009

The Business Risk Exclusion, August 1, 2009

ALFA International Transportation Update: California Cases, Regulations & Statutes, August 1, 2008

Laches and Statutes of Limitation in Trade Secret and Trademark Cases, April 1, 2008

California courts establish "extreme caution" as a duty of care, April 1, 2006

View Current Publications »