On January 17, 2013, Lance A. Adair, John Schroeder attended the Orange County Bar Association's 2013 Judges' Night and Annual Meeting in Irvine, CA. The installation of the new OCBA 2013 President, Wayne R. Gross, took place, and the Honorable Francisco F. Firmat was...
On January 17, 2013, Lance A. Adair, John Schroeder attended the Orange County Bar Association's 2013 Judges' Night and Annual Meeting in Irvine, CA. The installation of the new OCBA 2013 President, Wayne R. Gross, took place, and the Honorable Francisco F. Firmat was...
If you have any employees that receive commissions as part of their compensation package, you need to be aware of a new law that went into effect as of January 1, 2013. AB 1396 amended California Labor Code section 2751.The new law provides, "Whenever an employer...
Timekeeping...you already know that all California employers are required to keep copious records of an employee's time in and out for purposes of paying wages and overtime, and ensuring that meal periods are taken. A common and long-standing practice in timekeeping...
IN THIS ISSUE:REAL ESTATE: Marijuana Dispensaries Blowing Up in SmokeCONSTRUCTION: Can an Intervening Insurance Company Sue for Breach of Contract?REAL ESTATE: California Court Finds Deed of Trust Enforceable Despite Failure to Name a Trustee Marijuana Dispensaries...
The medical use of marijuana is a hot topic in California. The regulation of dispensaries has generated numerous land use regulations, and landlord-tenant disputes now before the California Supreme Court. Dispensary regulation creates a mechanism for local government...
A recent case questioned the legal basis for an intervening insurance company, on behalf of its suspended developer insured, to directly sue subcontractors for various causes of action including: indemnity, breach of warranty, declaratory relief, negligence, and most...
Can there be a trust without a trustee? If the trust instrument is a California deed of trust, the answer is now yes.In Shuster v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP (2012) WL 5984222, the plaintiff/borrowers had borrowed the sum of $670,000, executing a deed of trust as...
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