Arbitration of Employment Claims. The California legislature recently passed AB 465, which is a bill that prohibits employers from requiring employees to agree to arbitrate employment claims as a condition of their...

Hannah Montana Creators Not Entitled to Profits Two creators of the Walt Disney Co.’s hit kid’s television show “Hannah Montana” lost their bid for a cut of the show’s merchandising profits when a California...

Cal-OSHA regulations require that employees who work outdoors in temperatures exceeding 85 degrees must be given a five minute “heat recovery” break as necessary to protect from overheating.  SB 435 is a new law...

Partner Michael H. Leifer and associate Erin B. Naderi represented the landowner in a land lease rent adjustment arbitration against the owners of 150 leasehold condominium units.  A significant arbitration award was issued...