Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman, Colombia’s Minister of Energy and Mines Amylkar Acosta, Mayor of Santiago de Calí Rodrigo Guerrero, and Director of Planning of Colombia Tatyana Orozco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) “to collaborate in…
Today, Pillsbury attorneys Ray Sweigart and Jeff Kiburtz published their advisory titled An American Policyholder in London: English Choice of Law Clauses in United States Insurance Policies. The Advisory identifies a few of the issues on which English law is notably different from prevailing law in the United States and…
UPDATE: Chief Executive Magazine, Best & Worst States for Business (May 2014) — In the 10th annual survey of CEOs, over 500 CEOs across the U.S. graded states with which they were familiar on a variety of measures, including the tax and regulatory regime, the quality of the workforce and…
Pillsbury attorneys Robert L. Wallan, and Alyson R. Parker published today their advisory titled Shamrock Shake: St. Patrick’s Day Earthquake in Los Angeles Is a Reminder to Check Your Property Insurance Policy on the heels of a 4.4-magnitude earthquake that shook L.A. County out of bed at 6:25 a.m. on St.…
On Thursday, March 13, a California Court of Appeal found substantial evidence that State Farm General Insurance Co. (State Farm) had a duty to defend North Counties Engineering Inc. (North Counties) under a policy that included products-completed operations coverage notwithstanding that the policy also included a professional services exclusion. The…
CalChamber recently announced that workshops will be conducted throughout the state by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to help businesses to learn how to apply the new California Competes Tax Credit. This credit is an income tax credit available to businesses–both large and small–that want to…
Today’s post is for anyone who has ever looked around their house and imagined how much more fun it could be made for their pet with just a little time, money, and effort. Yes, today’s post is for me, I admit it. Beginning with perhaps the least extravagant and easiest…
UPDATES: Sacramento Business Journal, Sacramento Republic FC adds to ownership roster (Oct. 6, 2014); The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento’s new soccer stadium will be named after Bonney Plumbing (Apr. 21, 2014); The Sacramento Bee, Five questions to ponder as Republic FC begins its inaugural season (Mar. 28, 2014); Sacramento Business Journal,…
Today, Pillsbury attorney Ray Sweigart posted his advisory titled English Contract Law: Your Word May Still be Your Bond. The advisory discusses English law on oral contracts and the English courts’ willingness to find that binding contracts have been made despite the lack of a final writing and signature.
Construction is set to begin in April on a highway bypass south of College Station, Texas. But a group of ancient oak trees sits near the site where the road will run. The Texas Department of Transportation (“TxDOT”) intended to remove four of the trees, each 200 to 300 years…