What Does the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Mean for Orange County, California Business Insurance Claims?

A recent blog post by an expert in insurance risk management and claims points out some potential business insurance nightmares that could be caused by oil from the Gulf Coast oil spill polluting up and down the Atlantic coastline. First party claims for direct loss or damage to property Business and property owners whose property…

Daniel Callahan and Edward Susolik Named Top Orange County Litigation, Insurance Law and Personal Injury Attorneys by OC Metro Magazine

Callahan & Blaine is proud to announce that Dan Callahan and Ed Susolik have been named among the top three business, insurance and personal injury attorneys in Orange County, California in the August 2010 issue of OC METRO magazine. The award is based on data from the well-known Internet lawyer rating service Avvo. The Avvo…

Daniel Callahan and Edward Susolik Selected for the Super Lawyers “Top Ten List”

We here at Callahan & Blaine are very proud to be able to announce that our very own Dan Callahan and Ed Susolik have both been selected to the “Top 100 Lawyers in Southern California” list for 2010/2011, put out by Super Lawyers Magazine. Unlike some other attorney awards, Super Lawyers uses a rigorous process…

Callahan & Blaine Wins Client $5 Million Jury Verdict in California Fraud and Breach of Contract Case

SourcingLink.net, Inc., a San Diego, California manufacturer of retail software, entered into a contract with Carrefour, S. A., a French corporation and the second largest retailer in the world, with over $100 Billion in annual sales. The contract was for SourcingLink to provide Carrefour with software to link its 24,000 worldwide suppliers over the Internet.…

Callahan & Blaine Negotiates $42 Million Settlement for Orange County Register Newspaper Carriers in Employment Lawsuit

The vast majority of newspapers in the U.S. consider newspaper delivery personnel to be independent contractors – not employees. This means that the newspapers do not have to pay the carriers any employee benefits. But when 6000 current and former carriers from the Orange County (California) Register decided to sue the paper for past employee…