When NFL training camps open this week, there will be some thousands of free agent players trying to win a spot on a team. While a relative few will make it, everyone relishes the opportunity. Unfortunately, one player will not get such a chance, even though he is...
Are California wineries rivaling their big business counterparts in Europe? A recent business acquisition by Pernod Ricard, a French wine and spirits conglomerate, suggests that California’s winemakers were doing something right.The conglomerate, which readers...
You may not have noticed it the last time you went to the mall, but traditional brick and mortar retailers are having a difficult time. The proliferation of online retailers is taking a bite out of the marketplace previously dominated by retailers with physical...
A lawsuit involving a contract dispute between the former lead singer of Steely Dan and the rest of the band was filed in Los Angeles on Feb. 28. According to reports, David Palmer is claiming that the band owes him payments for royalties earned through streaming and...
DirecTV customers may soon be looking elsewhere to get an update on the weather. The satellite TV company announced that it will no longer be carrying the Weather Channel because of a dispute over distribution terms. DirecTV has over 20 million subscribers and is one...
Contract law can be complicated, but in its most basic terms, it helps ensure that what one person or entity says will be done for a specified amount of compensation will be completed. When one side or the other of the contract doesn't uphold their end of the deal, it...
Back in June, we told you about the BottleRock festival in Napa Valley, California, that had turned into a huge litigation mess of contract disputes over unpaid debts. That story continues today, with the rock festival's organizers still making promises and not...
California Skateparks had emerged as the likely leader in its bid to be chosen as the firm responsible for the designing and building of a $1.44 million skate park at Kennedy Park in Napa, California. That may not be the case now after someone anonymously dropped off...
A five-year contract awarded to Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) for operating the communications network for the U.S. Navy is now under protest by Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) and Harris Corp (HRS). The deal is worth $3.5 billion.The protest was filed at the U.S. Government...
A Mother's Day weekend music festival in Napa, California has ended on a sour note. Over a month after the festival ended, 142 stagehands and several charities have still not been paid as promised. The stagehands are due $630,000 from the organizers of the BottleRock...