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In California, You Can’t Amend Your Way Out of a Defective Debt Collection Lawsuit
If your business buys, sells, or collects charged-off consumer debt in California, there’s a habit worth breaking. When a collection…
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San Francisco Litigated a Water Rate Class Action for a Year, Then Won by Showing It Was Filed the Wrong Way
If your company is thinking about challenging a rate or fee that a city or public agency just imposed, you’re…
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Cities Can No Longer Bury Your Local Tax Refund in Red Tape
If your business pays a tax to a California city and believes the city got the number wrong, you’d expect…
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You Don’t Owe Your Customers a Safer Product You Haven’t Finished Building
Every company that makes a product makes bets: what to build next, how fast to develop it, when to launch.…
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You Won the Lawsuit. That Doesn’t Mean You’ve Collected a Dime.
Summary Winning a lawsuit is only half the job. If the company or person that owes you money has no…
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This Litigation Shortcut Could Cost You Your Right to Appeal
Summary When your business files a lawsuit, an early ruling from the judge can change the entire course of the…
