Despite the recent decrease in gas prices throughout the county, late last week the Internal Revenue Service published its revised guidelines for mileage reimbursement which went are scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2015. For business-related ...

Over the last several weeks, grand juries have featured very prominently in the social discourse throughout the nation. However, the common knowledge of the grand jury system is typically limited to the sole fact that a grand jury decides whether to indict ...

An employee returning to work from Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") leave is a delicate situation that must be handled with sensitivity and tact by employers. While employees want to be treated as they were before their leave; employers need to ensure ...

The Sony Pictures Entertainment cyber-attack that resulted in the leak of various highly-sensitive and confidential corporate data, employment information, and proprietary intellectual property just before Thanksgiving is the latest in a long line of ...

In an opinion filed on September 25, 2014, the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District concluded that a child born with birth defects, allegedly caused by in utero exposures to toxic chemicals, could avoid having her claim barred by ...

In any negligence cause of action, foreseeability of harm is a factor in determining whether or not a defendant has a legal duty to a plaintiff. Generally, a defendant has no duty to protect a plaintiff from an unforeseeable harm arising out of the acts of ...