The importation of gray market branded clothing into the U.S. and other countries has created a significant disadvantage for authorized distributors, who have to pay substantially higher prices for the same branded clothing, but which is being sold for less by gray marketers.
Last month, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (which hears appeals of cases decided in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) affirmed that an employee’s allegations of discrimination under Title VII can be overcome by a showing that the employer had a legitimate reason for the termination – insubordination.
n the last post on Electronic Discovery Compliance, this blog explored Judge Sheindlin’s most recent decision involving litigation opponents’ duties to preserve and produce evidence during litigation, The Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Sec., LLC. In May 2010, Judge Sheindlin entered an important amendment to her decision.
More and more real property owners across the country are finding themselves in the enviable position of receiving an out-of-the-blue offer to lease space on their property for a cellular telecommunications antenna site. Almost any property owner will be interested in generating income from an unused portion of his property, but cell site leases are a different animal and the smart owner will not simply jump at any offer.
If you have established a trust, such as a revocable living trust, you may have encountered the same issue as the California Court of Appeals in Presta v. Tepper (179 Cal. App. 4th 909 (2009)): what, exactly, is a trust?
So what do the employment lawyers and privacy advocates learn from the case? In short, that a reasonable search for a legitimate work-related purpose will not amount to a violation of an employee’s Fourth Amendment rights.
Is electronic mail an acceptable method of notice under a lease? Maybe not, says a court in California – if the lease language is poorly drafted.
Many cities in California, starting with San Francisco, have enacted or are considering bans on plastic shopping bags. The Save the Plastic Bag Coalition has been striking back. Its case against the City of Manhattan Beach was recently accepted for review by the California Supreme Court.
Anne E. Senti-Willis, one of the firm’s employment attorneys, with a focus on tax and employee benefit law, will present an update on IRC section 409A, dealing with deferred compensation.
Often in a California real property purchase and sale agreement, the buyer and seller decide to divide closing costs according the customary practice of the County in which the real property is located.
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