In order to continue to prioritize the health and safety of our colleagues, clients, and contacts, Stone | Dean LLP has successfully initiated and implemented a Business Continuity Plan. The Plan requires all attorneys, paralegals, and support staff to work remotely. Where in-office staffing is necessary, strict social distancing is observed and only those personnel …
Since it appears that we are all going to be spending some (i.e., too much) “quality time” with our family and other home-dwellers, we thought would provide you with list of things to do, and eat, that might make the time pass in a more enjoyable, productive, and informative fashion. Enjoy! Learning LinkedIn – Allowing access …
To soften the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses are assessing their insurance policies whether existing insurance policies may provide some relief. A New Orleans restaurant recently filed the first of a potential flood of lawsuits seeking insurance benefits to cover losses from government-mandated closures due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. At the …
Stone | Dean wishes safety and sanity to our clients, friends, and families as we, as a nation, deal with the adversity caused by COVID-19. We, as a law firm, have taken every possible precaution at our Warner Center location to ensure that our employees are provided with a safe working environment. In addition, Stone …
Greg Stone, Kristi Dean, and Gregg S. Garfinkel have been selected to the 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service …
Adding to the fallout of the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal is a recent lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court by former major league pitcher, Mike Bolsinger. Bolsinger was a relief pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays when he was called into a game on Aug. 4, 2017. He, in baseball terminology, got “lit-up” …
On February 10, 2020, Postmates Inc. and Uber Technologies, Inc., sought an order insulating their drivers from the provisions of Assembly Bill 5, which both gig-based business challenge AB5 as unfair and unconstitutional. Judge Gee of the United States District Court for the Central District of California indicated that she would not second guess the …
Partner, Gregg S. Garfinkel is on the Alumni Speaking Board of Our House Grief Support Group of Woodland Hills. On January 28, 2020, Gregg spoke to a group of first year medical students from the USC Keck School of Medicine regarding effective communication techniques to utilize when dealing with patients, families, and caregivers dealing with …
As a follow up to our recent blog on the issue, on January 16, 2020, Judge Benitez granted the Plaintiff’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction in the California Trucking Association v. Attorney General Xavier Becerra matter (“CTA matter”). This precludes California’s Attorney General from enforcing AB-5 against any motor carrier operating in California until final …
California Assembly Bill 5 (AB-5) is a law aimed at classifying most workers as employees rather than independent contractors, that went into effect Jan. 1, 2020. However, the day before the law was to take effect, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez of the Southern District of California granted an application by the California Trucking …