Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck February 17, 2017 A wave of arrests involving undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles and cities nationwide has ignited fear and sparked demonstrations by immigration advocates who are worried about maintaining sanctuary status. A sanctuary city is loosely defined as a municipality that declares

Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck January 27, 2017 As investigators work swiftly to determine the cause of the state’s deadliest fire in more than a decade, there’s plenty of evidence that code violations and a lack of inspections played a significant role in contributing to the death toll.

Written on Behalf of Brian S. Kabateck | Kabateck LLP December 16, 2016 If a car manufacturer creates a safety feature but doesn’t automatically include the device in every vehicle it sells, is the automaker designing a defective product? That’s the question the California Supreme Court will evaluate as it

Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck | Kabateck LLP December 2, 2016 When insurance companies underestimate the need for certain types of insurance (i.e., Hurricane Katrina victims), underestimate the cost of rebuilding (the victims of the 2003 Sand Diego County wildfires), or when homeowners neglect to report improvements to

Golden State Strengthens Workers’ Rights to Resolve Employment Disputes Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck | Kabateck LLP November 11, 2016 Arbitration contracts are those tiny printed, legally worded agreements that trap unwitting consumers and employees into signing away their rights to settle grievances in court and limit the