by Michael Kushner | Sep 27, 2023 | Litigation
OVERVIEW Depositions play an indispensable role in civil litigation. Simply put, a deposition is the questioning of a witness under oath, in the presence of a court reporter, who is trained to take down every word of testimony. Before delving into how you can best...
by Michael Kushner | Sep 6, 2023 | Business, Litigation
On September 5, 2023, a Long Beach jury ordered Ken Allen Lamphear, a seasoned real estate investor from Los Angeles County, to pay $3 million in punitive damages for elder abuse and fraud against Suzanne “Susie” Yorgason, an 80-year-old Long Beach...
by Michael Kushner | Mar 9, 2023 | HOAs
OVERVIEW HOAs in California are largely governed by the Davis-Stirling Act, a series of statutes located in the Civil Code. In other words, all HOAs in California must abide by the Davis-Stirling Act, as well as other applicable California laws. One of an HOA’s most...
by Michael Kushner | Feb 21, 2023 | Free Speech
OVERVIEW This week, the United States Supreme Court is set to hear two separate cases challenging the legal immunity that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (“CDA”) has provided to online platforms and social media websites for the last 26 years....
by Michael Kushner | Feb 20, 2023 | Business
OVERVIEW In 2018, the State of California passed a sweeping consumer privacy protection law called the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). Then, in November of 2020, voters in California passed Proposition 24—the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”),...
