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Do lawyers need to send IRS Forms 1099 to their own clients? Here's why not

Nov. 1, 2024

Issuing a Form 1099 to a client can result in the client...

By Robert W. Wood

The campaign season's copyright showdown

Oct. 30, 2024

Politicians are increasingly using popular songs in their...

By Sami Kazi, Rami S. Yanni

Objections to questions asked during trials

Oct. 28, 2024

This article by Elia V. Pirozzi discusses various objecti...

By Elia V. Pirozzi

Special Coverage

California voters appear set to overwhelmingly pass a ballot initiative increasing penalties for drug and retail theft crimes.



Special Reports

Top Boutiques 2024

Oct. 30, 2024

The annual list of California's best boutique firms practicing in a wide variety of fields.


Today's News

State Bar & Bar Associations

When she's not leading the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, Nadine Tan is teaching legal writing to first-year law students. Here's her advic...


Civil Litigation

Earlier this year billionaire investor James A. Kohlberg accused neighbor Mark Attanasio of taking sand from the beach behind his property without authorizat...


Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

9th Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson's wrote for a 2-1 majority that implementation of President Joe Biden's executive order boosting federal contractors' minimu...


Technology, Intellectual Property

Opening statements in Masimo's suit claiming Apple improperly lured a top engineer with trade secrets began in a second trial on the matter.


Environmental & Energy

Nearly a decade after the Refugio State Beach oil spill, Santa Barbara County property owners who held easements contracts with the oil pipeline's original c...


Intellectual Property, Contracts

Real Intent's defense team from Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP lauded the verdict as a "sweeping victory." Attorneys for plaintiff Synopsys dispute that ch...


Columns

Torts/Personal Injury, Technology, Government

Brace for major changes in digital rights as the No Fakes Act aims to enforce strict liability and impose hefty fines on viola...


Tax, Government, Entertainment & Sports

The recent film tax credits won't save Hollywood

Nov. 6, 2024
By Laura LaBrecque

California's latest film and television tax credit proposal aims to boost production, but can it compete with other states and...


Technology, Consumer Protection Law

A tale of two philosophies: crypto and capital markets under Harris and Trump

Nov. 5, 2024
By Teresa Goody Guillén , Isabelle Corbett Sterling

While both candidates support the crypto industry, Trump's evolution from opposition to endorsement, exemplified by his family...



Verdicts & Settlements

Police Misconduct Lionel Rubalcava v. City of... $12,000,000
False Claims Act People of the State of Cali... $7,700,000
Wage and Hour Randy Salinas, an individua... $5,500,000
Excessive Force Carlos Towns, Barsha Knox, ... $5,250,000
Wage and Hour Sonny Williams and Steven R... $3,950,000
Auto v. Auto John Doe v. Roe Transport, ... $3,000,000
Sexual Abuse A.W., I.W., T.W., M.W., and... $1,500,000
Whistleblower Retaliation Jose Garza v. City of Parli... $1,000,000
Auto v. Auto John Doe v. UIM $999,999
Wage and Hour Ana Vallejo, individually, ... $950,000

On the Move

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Oct. 31, 2024


Michael R. Guerrero as Partner in Los Angeles from Ballard Spahr LLP.

Guerrero helps companies manage regulatory and compliance issues across a wide range of consumer-focused products, including automotive finance and leasing, earned wage access products, Buy Now Pay Later products, point-of-sale and personal property financing and leasing, rent-to-own products, credit cards, and installment loans. In addition, he advises contractors and financing companies on residential solar energy sales, financing, and leasing issues. A recognized thought leader, he is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, has been quoted by several media outlets, and has authored numerous articles on emerging fintech regulatory issues.


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Community News

Community News

The firm's Silicon Valley office will be led by Managing Partner Lindsey M. Romano, who has extensive experience in the region...



Attorney Profiles


Daily Appellate Report

Family Law

Marriage of Diamond

Spouse seeking to set aside judgment due to mental deficit failed to provide evidence of mental incapacity.


Torts

Maksimow v. City of South Lake Tahoe

The City of South Lake Tahoe did not have notice of the dangerous icy condition of a parking lot and therefore could not be found liable for plaintiff's injuries.


Criminal Law and Procedure

Mountain View Police Dept. v. Krepchin

Penal Code Section 18175's gun violence protective order does not violate the Second Amendment.


Criminal Law and Procedure

U.S. v. Pham

Defendant's admission in plea agreement to "knowingly and intentionally" distributing narcotic pills and issuing prescriptions without a legitimate purpose provided requisite mens rea for...


Civil Procedure

Sweet v. Everglades College Inc.

A settlement agreement listing universities for whom student borrowers were entitled to presumptive relief based on strong indicia of misconduct caused reputational damage and was suffici...