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by Lawrence E. Duffy, Jr. (Orange Office)
Actually, plenty. And for good reason. Over the past several months, there has been a spate of newspaper articles reporting on the downfall of some very prominent lawyers. This sudden interest was triggered by their criminal convictions in connection with secret and illegal payments of earned legal fees to "clients."
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by Stephen R. Onstot (Los Angeles Office) and Lisa R. Ackley (Orange Office)
If it smells like butter but it's not, it's probably diacetyl (die-AS-i-tl), a food additive that gives microwave popcorn and other processed foods their buttery flavor. Recently, Orville Redenbacher and kin have become uneasy over allegations that diacetyl is causing a lung disease, nicknamed "popcorn lung disease," in workers at microwave popcorn plants across the country.
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by Daniel R. Jacobs (Orange Office)
Construction defect litigation has been pervasive in California for some years now. Individual cases brought on by Home Owners Associations (HOAs) can involve millions of dollars in claims and whether anyone has standing to collect certain damages is often an issue that has significant impact on the size of the case. Nowhere is that more true than in high-rise construction defect cases.
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by Lisa R. Ackley (Orange Office) and Matthew S. Brady (Orange Office)
Los Angeles General Order Second Amended No. 29, commonly referred to as "G.O. 29," was an important discovery tool for defendants in asbestos cases. Unfortunately, on Tuesday, December 18, the California Court of Appeal ruled in Snyder v. A.W. Chesterton that G.O. 29 was invalid because the requirements of G.O. 29 conflict with the work product doctrine which protects attorneys' impressions, opinions, and conclusions.
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WFB&M is proud to announce this year's Seagull Golf Tournament, benefiting the research, prevention and treatment of Juvenile Diabetes.
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by Dana Burch (San Francisco Office)
WFB&M offices celebrated Breast Cancer Awareness month by wearing pink.
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WFB&M attorneys and non-attorneys donate their time and talents to the local community.
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