If you have had any significant interactions with any attorney during the course of your life, and if you have even a remote interest in golf, you have almost certainly played at least a few rounds with your attorney.  Attorneys tend to love golf, most likely because attorneys view the intricate sets of rules and decorum involved in a round of golf as a...

On July 19, 2017, Navigato & Battin held its 19th Annual Opening Day at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.  Clients and friends enjoyed a day of mingling, food, wagering, and even a magician.  Of the day, Daniel Navigato states, “NavBat Opening Day is always one of my favorite events of the year, as it gives us the opportunity to show appreciation to...

Most transactions involving the purchase and sale of a business start with negotiations between the buyer and seller and end with a formal binding contract.  In between these steps, the parties often exchange preliminary draft versions of the major deal points through letters of intent (“LOI”) or memoranda of understanding...

A new regulation approved by the Fair Employment and Housing Council limits employers’ ability to make hiring decisions based on an applicant’s or employee’s criminal history.  The new law, titled “Regulation §11017.1: Consideration of Criminal History in Employment Decisions,” went into effect on July 1, 2017.  Unless...

California employees’ reasonable expectations of privacy are protected by Article I, Section 1 of the California Constitution and by the common law tort known as “invasion of privacy.”  In determining whether particular acts or policies go too far in encroaching on an employee’s privacy rights in an impermissible way, the law...