(Podcast) California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
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The JustPod: Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing: A Discussion with Hillary Blout
(Podcast) California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 503: Listen and Learn -- Present and Future Estates (Part 2)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 501: Listen and Learn -- Present and Future Estates (Part 1)
(Podcast) California Employment News: Fair Chance Act – A Brief Overview of Employment Criminal Background Checks
California Employment News: Fair Chance Act – A Brief Overview of Employment Criminal Background Checks
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits
(Podcast) California Employment News: Breaking Down Los Angeles’ Fair Work Week Ordinance
California Employment News: Breaking Down Los Angeles’ Fair Work Week Ordinance
California Employment News: Taking Advantage of the PAGA Reform – How Employers Can Lower Their Risk of PAGA Liability
(Podcast) California Employment News: Taking Advantage of the PAGA Reform – How Employers Can Lower Their Risk of PAGA Liability
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 303: Listen and Learn -- Injunctions and Restraining Orders (Civ Pro)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode The Aftermath of the February 2025 California Bar Exam
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 302: Listen and Learn -- More on Discovery (Civ Pro)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 301: Listen and Learn -- Professional Responsibility: Fee Agreements
California Employment News: Drug and Alcohol Policy Enforcement for In-Office and Remote Workers
Under California Civil Code section 2924(d), a trustee’s communications and actions that are necessary to conduct a nonjudicial foreclosure sale pursuant to a deed of trust are privileged under Civil Code section 47. The...more
We have noticed a growing trend of class actions suing businesses over pricing practices. Brands and retailers who advertise discounts framing the discount as a bargain off the “regular price” when the business has never...more
A new California Senate bill (SB 1103 or the Bill) provides commercial tenant protections by amending several sections of the California Civil Code relating to commercial tenancy. These statutory protections will apply...more
Senate Bill 1103 (also known as the Commercial Tenant Protection Act) (SB 1103) introduces substantive changes affecting commercial leasing practices in California. Signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 30, 2024,...more
The word "forfeiture" has an interesting etymology. It is derived from two Latin words, foris meaning a door or gate, and facere meaning to do. Eventually, the word came to refer to a misdeed punishable by a fine. Today,...more
Personal injury damages in California are intended to make an accident victim whole again by compensating him or her for the injuries and damages caused by the intentional, reckless or negligent acts of another person or...more
The word "contract" is derived from the Latin word contrahere which means to draw (or drag) together. The California Civil Code defines a "contract" as "an agreement to do or not to do a certain thing". Cal. Civ. Code §...more
Vondran Legal® News: We have recently filed suit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation. Amazingly, they used photographs of two Defendants (who are working professionals who...more
Creating certainty in the inherent uncertainty of the future is the name of the game when it comes to drafting commercial leases. When courts overrule provisions that the parties to the lease have agreed upon, however, that...more
On March 4, 2024, the California Supreme Court ruled in Niedermeier v. FCA that consumers forced to trade in or sell their defective vehicles due to a manufacturer’s failure to comply with the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty...more
Recently signed into California law by Governor Gavin Newsom, SB 235, the amendment to CCP 2016.090, is to take effect on January 1, 2024. In essence, this amendment is to modify and amend the existing law in California state...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Now that the Legislature’s September 14, 2023 deadline to pass bills to the Governor has come and gone, we are providing an overview of which employment bills are before the Governor for consideration,...more
On September 29, 2022, the California Court of Appeal First Appellate District, in Honchariw v. FJM Private Mortgage Fund, LLC, held a private lender’s imposition of late charges and default interest constituted an unlawful...more
Members of an LLC are required to pitch in equally for the LLC’s expenses and debts, right? Generally, no....more
It is not uncommon for loan agreements to provide for fees, penalties, and default interest in the event of the borrower’s late payment. However, a case recently published by California’s First Appellate District — Honchariw...more
Under California’s easement “merger” (merger of title) doctrine set forth in Civil Code sections 811 and 805, an easement (or servitude) is “extinguished” by “the vesting of the right of the servitude and the right to the...more
Most forms of California business entities have statutory buyout procedures allowing the company or its owners to avoid claims by a disgruntled owner for judicial dissolution by purchasing the disgruntled owner’s interest....more
Section 1624 of the California Civil Code specifies a number of agreements that are invalid unless they, or some "note or memorandum thereof", are in writing and signed by the party to be charged or the party's agent. One of...more
The California Civil Code includes a number of decidedly gnomic provisions. Section 1597 is one of these. It purports to answer the question of what is possible...more
Signed into California State law in July of 2019, California Civil Code Section 3361, also known as Senate Bill 41 (or SB 41), states: “Estimations, measures, or calculations of past, present, or future damages for lost...more
Lawyers are sometimes asked to render an opinion that "the [bill of sale] is sufficient as to form to transfer the Company’s right, title and interest in and to the assets specified in the Agreement to the Buyer". Implicit...more
Fires have played a major role in the history of California. Not only have these disasters repeatedly left a trail of devastation through the State’s forests and other natural areas, but recent fires have been noteworthy in...more
California lawmakers wrapped up this year’s legislative session, passing roughly 900 bills this year. Among those were only a few privacy initiatives, which we outline below. ...more
In a major recent decision, the California Court of Appeal rejected a city’s interpretation of what constitutes an “objective” standard under the Housing Accountability Act (HAA), Government Code section 65589.5, and upheld...more
I expect that most plaintiffs in derivative actions do not expect to pay a defendant's attorneys' fees if they lose because under the "American Rule" each side pays their own attorneys' fees, regardless of who wins. A...more