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Contractors who transact California business for profit under a fictitious business name must comply with California's fictitious business name statutes. Failing to do so can result in adverse business consequences, including the denial of rights to maintain a California lawsuit, unnecessarily increasing litigation costs, and potentially barring recovery altogether.

Acting Governor Richard J. Codey signed into law the New Jersey Identity Theft Prevention Act ("Act") on September 22, 2005.

This article highlights a recent Sedgwick appellate victory on behalf of attorneys accused of conspiring with their clients.

Let's say that you have been sued for your work on a project completed five years ago. A year after you were named as a party to the lawsuit, your attorney sent you a letter informing you that another party wants to take a deposition of the person at your company who has the "most knowledge" about the job.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that the "special circumstances" exception to the usual "first to file" rule used to determine priority when competing lawsuits have been filed in different forums does not apply merely because the plaintiff here, two insurance carriers in the first-filed action was partly motivated by a desire to select a forum with favorable law.

Recently, a 15-truck pileup occurred on the rain slicked Interstate 5 freeway near Santa Clarita, California. Five big rigs were engulfed in flames inside a tunnel, closing the tunnel for days and causing extensive damage.

A recent Supreme Court of New York decision has held that e-mails between an employee and his attorneys sent using the employer's e-mail system are not privileged.

The California Supreme Court in Ross v. Ragingwire Telecommunications, Inc. has held that an employee fired for his use of medicinal marijuana cannot sue his former employer for disability discrimination or wrongful termination under California law.

President Bush has signed into law the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), which will go into effect on January 1, 2009.

Improper disclosure of a patient's personal and/or medical information can occur in unique situations. Two recent cases, neither involving improper computer disclosure, are instructive on how courts are being asked to expand legal duties beyond traditional boundaries.

In the heavily anticipated decision of Johnson v. American Standard, which was issued April 3, 2008 (Opinion No. S139184), the California Supreme Court unanimously decided that the "sophisticated user doctrine" applies in California.

Since Justice Ginsburg’s unsettling concurrence in “Aetna v. Davila”, 542 U.S. 200 (2004), the plaintiff’s bar has tirelessly sought to use her suggestion that the Court should reevaluate “make whole” relief under ERISA §502(a)(3)(B), 29 U.S.C. §1132(a)(3)(B), as a wedge to crack open the limitations on damages available under ERISA.

Following the lead of Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska and New York, California has created a new leave of absence right for spouses of military personnel. The law takes effect immediately.

On August 29, 2005, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation holding California banks and other financial institutions liable if they fail to report suspicions of financial elder abuse, effective beginning January 1, 2007. The legislation is part of a nationwide trend to increase oversight of our country’s aging population by those who deal with elders.

We've all seen the late-night infomercials featuring former celebrities extolling the virtues of miracle products.

The Class Action Fairness Act, while not a panacea for corporate America’s litigation woes, should end the prosecution of nationwide class actions in so-called "hellhole" jurisdictions.

There is a longstanding history of tension between local governments and street vendors. To be sure, areas such as the famous streets of SoHo in New York and the Santa Monica Promenade and Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles are known for the "flair" of the vendors and artists who occupy their sidewalks.