Higgs’ USD School of Law Diversity Scholarship Funded by its Attorneys for 3rd Straight Year

Congratulations to another successful year for Higgs Fletcher & Mack attorneys Beginning in 2010, our attorneys have created and funded to the USD School of Law a scholarship entitled Higgs Fletcher and…

Partner Peter Doody Speaker at ASCDC Reception

Pete Doody was a speaker at the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (“ASCDC”) education seminar and reception, which was held on July 19, 2012. The panel discussion, titled “Practice Update: Echoes…

Supreme Court Decides Brinker–Employers Must Merely Provide Breaks

The California Supreme Court decided Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Sup. Ct. today. Of course, employers throughout the state have been watching this case closely and waiting to see whether the Supreme Court…

BAPCPA’s Impact on Application of the Absolute Priority Rule in Individual Chapter 11 Cases

Higgs Associates Receive SDDT Young Attorneys Award

Higgs Fletcher & Mack associates Laura Buckley, AnneElise Goetz and Jason Ross each received the San Diego Daily Transcript’s Young Attorneys award, which annually recognizes the San Diego legal community’s up-and-coming attorneys…

High Tech Evidence and Brick and Mortar Foundations

As trial attorneys we enjoy entering the court room on the first day of trial with the confidence which comes with being organized, prepared and ready to put on our best case.…

(Not So-) Benign Neglect Supports Retaliation Claim

In Hofferica v St. Mary Medical Center, a staff nurse sued her hospital employer after she was fired—when she did not return—at the end of her approved FMLA leave. The employee alleged…

NLRB Issues New Rule Requiring Employers to Post Notices

The NLRB has issued a Final Rule that requires employers to notify employees of their rights under the NLRA. This regulation is a mandatory posting effective November 14, 2011. The notice is…

Pitts v. Terrible Herbst, Inc. (9th Cir. 10-15965 8/9/1) FLSA/Class Action

Wage/Hour Class Action Decision applying federal procedural law and NV state law. Take-Away: Defendant employer could not “pick off” representative plaintiff to end class action lawsuit. A defendant may “moot” a class…

Partner Alexis Gutierrez blogs about NLRB Rule for employers

NLRB Issues New Rule Requiring Employers to Post Notices The NLRB has issued a Final Rule that requires employers to notify employees of their rights under the NLRA. This regulation is a…