https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk20GfYz6js By Jean Elle On the brink of closure, some restaurant owners are demanding money back from government agencies. Under California’s new stay-at-home order, The Blue Light is back to take-out only and bare-bones staffing, but the bills for state and local licenses keep mounting. The restaurant owner says as long

Bad faith and BI claims: The view from the plaintiff’s side By Patricia L. Harman As the number of coronavirus cases continues to surge across the country, insurers are already seeing numerous lawsuits for bad faith and business interruption claims related to the virus. The issue of bad faith looms for

NBC LA I-Team The company that operated the helicopter that crashed in Calabasas in January, killing Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and eight others, is fighting back against lawsuits over the tragedy, filing a suit of its own contending air-traffic controllers are to blame for the crash.

E*Trade Hit With Lawsuit After Investors Burned by Subzero Oil By Catherine Ngai – Bloomberg News One of the biggest U.S. brokerages has been hit with a class action lawsuit after the oil price crash in April led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses for its clients and

Class Action Claims E*Trade Failed to Warn About Risks From Oil Price Crash By Catherine Ngai One of the biggest U.S. brokerages has been hit with a class action lawsuit after the oil price crash in April led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses for its clients and

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 18, 2020)—Three plaintiffs have filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court against brokerage giant E*TRADE, claiming a software glitch trapped traders into small-size contracts when oil prices went negative for the first time in history. The unprecedented crash happened in the crude oil futures market

Injunction orders Uber and Lyft to employ drivers unless appealed in 10 days By Juliette Fairley Gig economy workers lost a major battle Monday when a San Francisco superior court judge ruled against two popular ride-sharing companies, ordering them to stop misclassifying drivers as freelancers. Uber and Lyft were sued

Insurance Question: Say Rioters Destroy My Business, Am I Covered? Getty Images By H. Dennis Beaver, Esq. If you ask your broker, the answer may be no. But don’t just accept that response. Know what your policy covers, and how to protect yourself. A riot breaks out. Your business or

Supreme court permanently lowers bar exam score for student lawyers By Juliette Fairley More than 20% of Loyola Law School students failed the bar exam at first pass, according to the chairman of the Loyola Law School board, but that may soon change thanks to the California Supreme Court. “That