Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Hanson Bridgett litigators provide custom solutions to help clients achieve results that matter. We balance cost effective litigation management tools with time tested techniques to find advantages during all phases of the dispute, whether it be discovery, trial, arbitration, mediation or otherwise. The firm’s litigation practice spans many substantive areas and includes deep experience at all levels of research and investigation, discovery, project management, alternative dispute resolution, trial, and appeal. When problems arise, we work closely with the client to identify and master the key issues and objectives, mapping a strategy for resolving the dispute in keeping with the client’s goals and means.
By taking a proactive approach, we identify and create choices for resolving disputes while helping the client to identify and manage the risks and benefits of each particular path. We are no strangers to the courtroom and have won many important victories that have generated headlines. However, time has shown that our greatest victories are those that came through the careful planning, strategic analysis and open communication that has produced satisfied, well informed, clients who continue to work with Hanson Bridgett.
Major Areas of Focus:
- Appellate
- Banking and Finance
- Commercial
- Construction
- Criminal
- Environmental
- Governmental/Public Agency
- Health Care and Senior Housing & Care
- Insurance Recovery
- Intellectual Property
- Labor and Employment
- Product Liability
- Real Estate
- Transportation and Logistics
- Trust & Estates
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News & Resources
Pollock v. Superior Court of Los Angeles
On July 31, 2023, the 2nd Appellate District issued its decision in Pollock v. Superior Court of Los Angeles holding that, unlike a response to a production demand, a document production does not have to be verified
May We Approach the Bench?
David Casarrubias, Thomas Rivera, Bianca Velez, Brenda Quintanilla, and Cynthia Loyola discuss the large majority of California courts that do not reflect the Latinx communities they serve.
The California Court of Appeal Issues Key Ruling Clarifying Procedural Deadlines for Motions to Compel Under the Civil Discovery Act
The California Court of Appeal Issues Key Ruling Clarifying Procedural Deadlines for Motions to Compel Under the Civil Discovery Act
Court of Appeal Rules An Elected Sheriff's Personnel Records May Be Discoverable Through A Public Records Act Request
The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, issued a decision on June 29, 2022, holding that internal investigation records of an elected peace officer do not constitute 'personnel records' exempt from California Public Records Act (CPRA) requests.
New California Court of Appeal Decision Upholds Decisions Made By County Retirement System During Great Recession
O’Neal v. StanCERA, et al. provides helpful guidance to public retirement boards about the considerations relevant to the discharge of their fiduciary duties.
Court Finds in Favor of Restaurants Seeking Coverage for Loss of Business Income
An Ohio court holds that an insurance policy could be interpreted to mean that the restaurants 'lost' their property when state governments ordered they could not be used as dine-in facilities, thus finding coverage for the restaurants.
California Proposes Significant Change to Limit Use of Short-Form Proposition 65 Warning For Consumer Products
DOL recently stated that the use of private equity investments within professionally managed asset allocation funds is not inconsistent with the plan fiduciaries' ERISA fiduciary duties.