Practice Areas

Business Litigation & Counseling

Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Persons who occupy a position of trust, such as a business partner or a professional advisor, are generally required to act in the best interest of those with whom they deal and must not take any sort of unfair advantage. Those who have been harmed b… Read More

Business Interference

Generally, there are two ways in which a person can be held liable for interfering with another person’s business: interference with contractual relations interference with prospective economic advantage Interference with contractual relations oc… Read More

Contract Disputes

A contract is an agreement between two parties. The agreement can be written, oral, or implied by conduct. Although the purpose of a contract is to create a clear understanding of each party’s obligations, disagreements can still occur about what t… Read More

Entity Dissolution Claims

There are times when a business partnership, including a corporation, may wish to dissolve and no longer continue the business relationship. This process often can be quite difficult, not only from a business point of view but also from a legal point… Read More

False Advertising

Businesses are permitted to advertise by making truthful claims about their products. However, businesses are liable for crossing the line into deception and misrepresentation. Honest businesses are harmed by untruthful competitive practices of disho… Read More

Fraud

Fraud is the misrepresentation or concealment of an important fact. Fraud claims arise in a wide variety of situations, for both businesses and individuals. Our attorneys are experienced in litigating fraud claims and have achieved very significant v… Read More

Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

While no one enters into a business as a partner or shareholder with the expectation of a problem, disputes do arise. Often, these disputes require the partners or shareholders to part ways on less-than-friendly terms. Examples of business disputes i… Read More

Employment

Contract Claims

A breach of contract occurs when one party (either the employer or employee) fails to fulfill the obligations outlined in the employment agreement. When this happens, one or both parties may want to have the contract enforced and seek damages for the… Read More

Discrimination & Harassment

It is unlawful for any employer to harass an employee because of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, or sexual orientation. The laws protecting… Read More

Employer Audits & Counseling

Our firm offers small and mid-size businesses a host of services to assist in human relations and employee operations, audit employer compliance practices, and counsel employers in practical ways to mitigate and prevent the risks associated with empl… Read More

Employment Development Department Claims

It is not uncommon for an employee to be discharged, or even forced to quit, and be denied EDD (unemployment) benefits. The initial denial is subject to an automatic appeal before an administrative law judge. For the employee, it is important to time… Read More

Leave of Absence

Under the FMLA, employees — men and women — have the right, under certain circumstances, to medical and pregnancy leaves of absence without fear of retaliation. Our firm has represented employees in obtaining such leave. We have also represented… Read More

Unfair Competition

Employers are prohibited from engaging in “unfair competition.” This term has been broadly construed to prohibit many types of activities, including the following, under certain circumstances: competitive acts by current employees breach of fidu… Read More

Wage & Hour Claims

Employees are generally categorized as either exempt or non-exempt from the wage and hour laws, although even non-exempt employees have a number of rights, including, for example, the right to receive “prompt pay” upon resignation or discharge. W… Read More

Wrongful Termination

Although employment contracts are generally terminable at will, California courts recognize a narrow exception to this rule where an employer’s reason for termination violates public policy. Despite an employment contract that allows for terminatio… Read More

Financial Elder Abuse

Insurance Coverage

Intellectual Property

Trade Secrets

A trade secret includes any valuable business information that is not generally known and is the subject of reasonable efforts to maintain its secrecy. A company’s trade secrets are at the heart of the company’s business. The entire business mode… Read More

Trademarks

A trademark is a mark or symbol that identifies your goods or services. As such, it is an invaluable mark and should be protected from attempts by others to capitalize on your business’s goodwill by using a similar mark to confuse people into belie… Read More

Copyrights

The owner of a copyrighted work has the right to exclude others from infringing on the work. That includes the right to prevent others, without permission, from infringing on certain exclusive rights that are granted to the copyright holder, includin… Read More

Landlord/Tenant

Commercial: Lease Negotiation & Litigation

Commercial leases are extremely complex instruments which, unfortunately, are routinely entered into by unwitting tenants without the benefit of legal representation or advice. The language used in commercial leases can be confusing just to read. Wit… Read More

Residential: Lease Negotiation & Litigation

Many large, sophisticated landlords employ lengthy and adhesive (one-sided, take-it-or-leave-it) leases in renting their apartments. It would surprise most people that many of these leases contain not just one, but multiple provisions which are void… Read More

Proposition 65

Real Estate