Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck Porter Ranch residents feel dismayed and angry after two state agencies decided to allow SoCal Gas to restart operations at the Aliso Canyon gas storage field. It appears state officials have prioritized energy reliability over public safety. SoCal Gas could resume operations within
Written on Behalf of Brian S. Kabateck July 21, 2017 For decades, Californians injured or killed by negligence in our health care system have been denied justice and proper compensation due to the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975, known as MICRA. California’s failure to pass Proposition 46,
Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck June 27, 2017 A recent US Supreme Court decision dealt a serious blow to consumers seeking legal recourse in product liability lawsuits. The court sided with the giant drug manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb which sought to limit where plaintiffs can seek compensation for death
Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck June 20, 2017 Terror has gripped Europe with a vengeance over the past few weeks. Even more recently, America has had to come to grips with violence, targeting our elected officials in the shootout at a baseball field in Alexandria VA. As the
Written on Behalf of Brian S. Kabateck June 9, 2017 Semi-trucks are involved in hundreds of thousands of crashes every year in America and about 4,000 of those incidents are fatal, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Truck driving is one of the deadliest jobs, with nearly 750
By Brian S. Kabateck and Natalie S. Pang Days after Google proudly congratulated itself on Twitter for closing the gender pay gap globally, the Department of Labor accused the company of “systemic compensation disparities” in pay “pretty much across the entire workforce.” In vehement denial of these accusations, Google has