by SBE Law | Jul 31, 2017 | News & Articles
On July 20, 2017 a Monterey County jury returned a unanimous 12-0 verdict after a 9 day trial and 2 hours of deliberation. The case involved a collision between an Ace Hardware tractor trailer and plaintiff’s automobile, traveling in opposite directions on a...
by SBE Law | Jul 6, 2016 | News & Articles
The goal of this article is to briefly introduce what trade secrets are, how they can be useful for any type of business or enterprise, and what you can do if the secret gets out. This article also briefly discusses the recently enacted the Defend Trade Secret Act...
by SBE Law | May 24, 2016 | News & Articles
On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published substantial changes to the overtime rule in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It will make approximately 4.2 million currently exempt employees eligible for overtime pay later this year. There are...
by SBE Law | Feb 16, 2016 | News & Articles
Ashley Dorris, Jessica Farley and Barry Snyder convinced a jury in San Bernardino to return a verdict for their client in a race discrimination trial after just 45 minutes of deliberation. Representing C.R. England, Inc., the Snyder Law lawyers defended the company...
by SBE Law | May 6, 2015 | News & Articles
On January 6, 2015, Penske Logistics, one of the country’s largest trucking companies, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit’s holding in Dilts v. Penske Logistics, LLC (9th Cir. 2014) 769 F.3d 637. In Dilts, the court...
by SBE Law | Feb 23, 2015 | News & Articles
California’s Second District Court of Appeal recently issued an Opinion in Jose Vargas v. FMI, Inc., et al. (Case No. B246660, January 23, 2015) holding that the Privettedoctrine does not shield a motor carrier from vicarious liability for injuries to employees of...
