The Elicker administration has appealed a $1,250 open-records fine by arguing that its release of a blank file was a good-faith effort to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for ...

The California Supreme Court recently held in Iloff v. LaPaille that an employer seeking to assert the good-faith defense to avoid mandated liquidated damages for failing to pay an employee the ...

The California Air Resources Board announced that it will give a break to some truckers who are working to meet a January deadline for upgrades to their aging diesel fleets. As we reported last week, ...

A proposed amendment to Commercial Division Rule 14 would require attorneys to engage in direct, good‑faith efforts to resolve discovery disputes before involving a judge and file a certification ...

In complex commercial agreements, parties are often required to use a specified level of “effort” when performing their obligations. But what distinguishes “best efforts,” “commercially reasonable ...