California Supreme Court Strengthens Protections of MICRA
In a pair of recent cases, Winn v. Pioneer Medical Group, Inc. and Flores v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, the California Supreme Court issued decisions...
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Court of Appeals: All Websites Must Revise Their Terms of Use
In a case of first impression for California appellate courts, on March 17, 2016, Brett Long v. Provide Commerce, Inc. defined what sort of website design elements...
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A Cautionary Tale on Drafting Settlements
Last week the California Supreme Court delivered a stern lesson to litigants about the critical importance of ensuring that every settlement agreement is carefully...
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Apple is Going to Make a Bigger Rock
Can God make a rock so large he can’t move it? Maybe God can’t, but I can guarantee that Apple will. Earlier this week a federal court ordered Apple to create a...
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Court of Appeals reminds litigants: If there’s no duty, there’s no lawsuit
What do a haunted house, hidden explosives, and an overweight package all have in common? These are the unusual fact patterns of a trio of recent cases from the end of...
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Insurers gain new leverage against cumis counsel under the Hartford v. J.R. Marketing decision
The story so far So here’s the basic situation. The insured (J.R. Marketing) asks its insurer (Hartford) to cover its defense against a claim and to pay cumis counsel...
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