Susan Allison’s article ‘California Decision Expands Actuary’s Potential Liability Based on Aiding and Abetting Theory’ was republished by news aggregator, Mondaq.
Arbitration was originally created to provide parties with a speedy and less expensive forum for resolving disputes outside of the courts, but has eroded over the years to become equally, if not more, expensive and time consuming than litigation. To curb that trend, one state has enacted an innovative statutory scheme whose express purpose is […]
The recently published California decision in Nasrawi v. Buck Consultants LLC, issued by the Court of Appeal, Sixth District, has the potential to expand an actuarial firm’s liability well beyond its current limits under California law.[1] In Nasrawi, the appellate court reversed a trial court order which sustained a demurrer filed by defendants Buck Consultants […]
Matt Hinks’ article, “AB 2222: Density Bonus Bill Will Rein In Incentives,” was published by the Daily Journal.
Greg Cordrey’s article, “PTAB Patent Requires the Patent Owner to Attend Oral Argument,” was published by JD Supra and picked up by MSN Money.
Mark Adams contributed a chapter for the book, The Trial of a Federal Court Case, published by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2014). His chapter is titled, “Expert Testimony, a Trial Lawyer’s Checklist”.
Stan Gibson and Nahal Bahri wrote “Chapter 9: Preparing to Discuss Predictive Coding at the Rule 26(f) Conference” which was included in PLI’s Course Handbook for the Electronic Discovery Institute, 2014.
An article written by Matt Kenefick entitled, “Tread Lightly Pursuing Trade Secret Litigation,” was published by the Daily Journal.
An article by Matt Kenefick titled, “Avoiding and Handling Your A/R Disputes from Your Lawyer’s Perspective,” was published by The CEO Magazine.
Courts in California continue to rely on the equitable and third party beneficiary principles discussed in JSM Tuscany, LLC v. Superior Court[1] and Crowley Maritime Corp. v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co.[2], as the basis for extending a contractual obligation to arbitrate to nonsignatories of an arbitration agreement. The Southern District of California’s decision in City of […]