Azniv Ksachikyan Joins MPC Legal
Azniv Ksachikyan Joins MPC Legal Martirosyan Professional Corporation is pleased to announce that Azniv Ksachikyan will be joining MPC Legal as Of Counsel, effective immediately. Azniv Ksachikyan is a graduate of U.C. Hastings, College of the Law. She was Editor-In-Chief of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, served as an Extern for the Honorable Charles Breyer, [...] Read More
What do you do if you have been involved in an Auto Accident?
What do you do if you have been involved in an Auto Accident? Wherever, whenever and however it happens, nobody likes an accident. And yet at one point or another it happens to nearly everyone. True, some are more serious than others, but there are some things to keep in mind that will ensure the [...] Read More
Californias with a Criminal Record have a New Law on Their Side
Californias with a Criminal Record have a New Law on Their Side According to recent statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, one out of every 30 Americans is either currently in jail or on parole, and one out of every five Americans has spent time behind bars. When considered in the context of the [...] Read More
How a viable case can be compromised without the Proper Allegations
How a viable case can be compromised without the Proper Allegations Specifically, the Dubai hotel where the injuries were sustained was owned by Mohamed Saeed Almulla & Sons, LLC, which was no longer a party to the case by the time a decision was rendered. However, Ritz-Carlton Bermuda (“RC Bermuda”) and Ritz-Carlton Delaware (“RC Delaware”) [...] Read More
Is the California Unruh Civil Rights Act Applicable to Religious Institutions?
Is the California Unruh Civil Rights Act Applicable to Religious Institutions? A Riverside County Superior Court judge has permitted transgender student Domaine Javier’s civil rights lawsuit against California Baptist University (CBU) to proceed after denying CBU’s motion to dismiss the complaint. The lawsuit was filed in response to CBU’s decision to expel Javier after school [...] Read More
Toyota’s Unintended Accesleration Litigation: Bad Brakes or Bust?
Toyota’s Unintended Accesleration Litigation: Bad Brakes or Bust? On August 8, 2013, a California court heard opening statements in what is being called the “unintended acceleration litigation” against Toyota. The case arises out of an accident that took the life of a Southern California woman, when in August 2009, at nearly 100 miles per hour, [...] Read More
Don’t Get Caught on the Wrong Side of California Labor Law
Don’t Get Caught on the Wrong Side of California Labor Law Running a business can be a very expensive proposition, so much so that at times everything beyond making the payroll and paying the rent begins to seem like an unnecessary cost. Business owners have to be smart when it comes to keeping costs down [...] Read More
Will AB 880 Hurt California Businesses?
Will AB 880 Hurt California Businesses? It hasn’t been long since the landmark Supreme Court decision that upheld the Affordable Care Act, which in addition to implementing sweeping reforms in the world of medical care and medical insurance, imposes penalties on those that do not obtain any kind of health insurance. That provision was found [...] Read More