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Law360: A Settling Party’s Cross-Claim Shield in Bankruptcy Cases

California Code of Civil Procedure (“CCP”) Sections 877.6 and 877 create a procedure whereby a settling defendant can be insulated from claims of contribution and indemnity from non-settling codefendants. This arises in cases of joint tortfeasors, environmental or asbestos situations where one defendant wants to extricate itself and eliminate the risk of future cross claims […]

Taxation and Trusts & Estates The 13.3% Solution: of DINGs, NINGs, WINGs and Other ThINGs

Download this article as a PDF: The 13.3% Solution: of DINGs, NINGs, WINGs and Other ThINGs Wealthy taxpayers have now experienced the impact of higher federal and state income tax rates for a full year.1 Many have created or would like to create trusts for their children and grandchildren, which also could be subject to extraordinarily […]

ADA Representation and Global Hospitality Group® Hotel Online: Failure to provide an Ounce of ADA Compliance is worth a Pounding by the DOJ – What you can learn from the DOJ’s settlement agreement with Starwood and The Phoenician

Marty Orlick’s article, “Failure to provide an Ounce of ADA Compliance is worth a Pounding by the DOJ – What you can learn from the DOJ’s settlement agreement with Starwood and The Phoenician,” was published by Jim Butler’s Hotel Law Blog, and was picked up by Hotel Online and ehotelier.com.