Running a successful business can bring about admiration and jealousy from outside parties and other companies. Though you may do your best to ensure that your company follows California business regulations and conducts all operations in good faith, it may not...
Business Litigation
3 business partner issues that need direct attention
Having a business partner is an important part of operating a company for many California entrepreneurs. You likely started your business venture with your chosen partner because you believed that you could achieve professional success together. At first, everything...
Put Yourself in the Best Position of Maintaining Confidentiality with Public Relations Firms
A word of caution to litigants who retain a public relations (“PR”) firm to spin the media narrative in their favor: your communications likely are not privileged under California law. Here are two tips litigants should consider when working with a PR firm. What is...
Violations of company bylaws can lead to business litigation
Running a large corporation is not easy to do. Because so many responsibilities exist, most corporations have a board of directors to ensure that everything runs as it is supposed to while shareholders receive updates. As the CEO of a successful company, you...
Make Sure Your Trial Lawyer Has Trial Experience
No one would have a doctor perform brain surgery who had never performed the procedure before. Yet, many clients go to trial with lawyers who have little or no trial experience. Often, clients simply assume their lawyers have trial experience and do not bother to ask....
California Appellate Court Issues Important Ethical Opinion Regarding Lawyers Representing Harassment Victims
If you represent a victim of someone who suffered harassment in the workplace, can you contact another employee victim to get evidence? In Doe v. Superior Court (2019) Westlaw 2480029 (no official cite available yet) the Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Div. 1...
Is mediation the answer to your professional dispute?
Are you stuck in the middle of a business dispute with a partner, shareholder or customer? Do you have concerns about working things out without going to court? There are times when litigation is the only answer to your problem, but you shouldn't go down this path...
Klein & Wilson Wins A Breach of Shareholder Agreement Jury Trial
is pleased to report that following a $1,162,660 jury verdict in its client's favor, the defendants settled the case by agreeing to pay 's client $1,850,000. The client formed an advertising agency with four...
Be Careful in Becoming a Minority Shareholder in a Corporation or Minority Member in a Limited Liability Company
While two percentage points may seem like a very small difference in power in running a company, those two percentage points can make all the difference in the world. Under the law, there is an immense difference between being a 51 percent owner and a 49 percent...
When talking to unrepresented people – don’t deceive them
Emily Post, the Queen of etiquette, said, "there is no excuse for the most unfilial act of all--deception." While she was advising on an unrelated subject, her message rings true for attorneys.New California Rule of Professional Conduct, rule 4.3 is designed to...