October 28th, 2011
October 2011 On October 9, 2011, Governor Brown signed into law Senate Bill 459 regarding independent contractors. The law significantly increases the risks and penalties [...]
October 6th, 2011
October 2011 Many small businesses attempt to save taxes and employee benefit cost by classifying their workers as independent contractors. When business owners classify workers [...]
January 17th, 2011
Clients like fixed fees. My firm also likes fixed fees. Here is why my firm would prefer to work under a fixed fee arrangement: We [...]
December 10th, 2010
Imagine litigation in which the sales and profits of a particular product or in a particular region were at issue. Such questions are commonplace in [...]
February 17th, 2008
February 2008 A number of current stalled deals involve material adverse change clauses. Litigation in this area will increase because of uncertainties involving (i) the [...]
March 17th, 2006
March 2006 Alter-ego is one of the most commonly alleged equity-based principals. Where the facts warrant, courts will disregard the separate legal existence of corporations [...]