Slater Law Group & Lieberman partner Mark Slater will speak before the Silicon Valley RIMS Chapter on June 22, 2017. Mr. Slater will join a panel discussing developments in business interruption insurance litigation, including the evolving definition of “physical damage.” He will also share his perspective on evaluating first and third-party claims. Mark was lead…
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SHL Successfully Defends Order Dismissing Nonresident Defendants for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
In Strasner v. Touchstone Wireless Repair and Logistics, LP, 5 Cal. App. 5th 215 (2016), plaintiff argued for general personal jurisdiction over four non-resident subsidiary companies based on their parent company’s presence in the forum. The Court of Appeal upheld the trial court’s order quashing service of summons on the out-of-state defendants, ruling plaintiff, “ha[d]…
California Business and Professions Code Section 25000.2: Proposed Improvements to the Brand Transfer Law
Click here for a printable version of this article. Everything changes. In 2007, the California Beer and Beverage Distributors (CBBD) sponsored Senate Bill 574, which the California Legislature finally codified as section 25000.2 of the California Business and Professions Code, known as the Brand Transfer law.2 This law contemplates that, when a successor beer manufacturer…
SHL Named to 2016 BTI Client Service A-Team
Slater Law Group & Lieberman LLP is proud to have been named to BTI Consulting Group’s 2016 Client Service A-Team. The BTI Client Service A-Team is the gold standard used by corporate counsel and law firms to assess how law firms honestly stack up in client service delivery. The elite list of law firm Client Service A-Team…
IP Attorney Sandra P. Thompson Joins SHL
Slater Law Group & Lieberman LLP is proud to welcome intellectual property attorney Dr. Sandra P. Thompson. Sandra has more than 17 years’ experience providing patent, trademark, copyright, licensing and new media counseling and IP prosecution services to clients of all sizes — from Fortune 50 companies, to start-ups, to universities. You can read more…
In Vino Veritas
In wine, there is truth. In Napa, there is fraud and deception. SHL attorney Tony Ventura is representing long-time client Del Dotto Vineyards in a complex web of legal actions playing out in civil, bankruptcy and criminal courts to protect the integrity of Del Dotto’s premium wines and its brand. Tony was quoted in a…
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Complete Victory for SHL Client Rehrig Pacific Company
On December 10, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sitting in Washington, D.C. issued its decision upholding the complete dismissal of all claims against Slater Law Group & Lieberman LLP’s client, Rehrig Pacific Company. Rehrig Pacific engaged Slater Law Group & Lieberman LLP in 2011 to defend it against a…
Jury’s Verdict Proves Smooth Sailing for SHL Client Pelican Joe’s
After a two-week trial, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury returned a verdict entirely in favor of Slater Law Group & Lieberman LLP’s client, Bay Boat Rentals Alamitos Bay, Inc., affectionately known as Pelican Joe’s. Attorneys Jonathan Hersey and Neil Cooper represented Pelican Joe’s in the lawsuit against two former managers who defrauded the…
Mark Slater Quoted Regarding Recent Gmail Outage
Mark Slater was quoted in a January 24, 2014 Law360 article discussing Google’s recent Gmail outage. Mr. Slater commented on how the Gmail outage could spark business interruption insurance coverage lawsuits between Google and its insurers, or between Gmail users and their insurers, similar to Slater Law Group & Lieberman’s representation of memory card maker SanDisk…
Bank Levies – More Effective, Less Expensive
The bank levy is an important judgment collection tool in California. It “sweeps” the funds in a debtor’s bank or brokerage account. Historically, to levy a debtor’s account, a creditor was required to serve a Notice of Levy on the specific bank branch at which the debtor’s account was located, and a debtor’s funds remained…