by Scott Halberstadt | Jan 17, 2023 | Business Law, COVID-19 Updates, Employment - California, News
The California Supreme Court May Finally Weigh in on That Question. After almost two years of uncertainty, we may finally get clarification as to whether California businesses with business interruption insurance coverage can recover losses they suffered as a result...
by Scott Halberstadt | Jan 9, 2023 | News
The collapse of FTX Trading Ltd. has resulted in a ripple effect, resulting in a wave of failures of other cryptocurrency firms. The latest is BlockFi Lending, LLC. Having filed for bankruptcy and having had its lending license suspended by California’s Department of...
by Scott Halberstadt | Apr 27, 2022 | COVID-19 Updates, News
While employers generally understand that they owe a duty to maintain the safety of their employees while those employees are in the scope of their employment, can an employer be responsible for the health, welfare and safety of an employee’s family? As a result of...
by Scott Halberstadt | May 12, 2020 | Construction Law - California, News
While it has been more than twenty years since the California Supreme Court determined, in Wm. R. Clarke Corp. v. Safeco Ins. Co., that “pay-if-paid” provisions in subcontracts were unenforceable, following a recent decision from the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate...
by Scott Halberstadt | Apr 10, 2020 | Business Law, COVID-19 Updates, News
In order to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, state, county and city governments have issued various orders requiring the closing of “nonessential” businesses. These closures have had a substantive, negative effect upon businesses throughout the country. ...