Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP is a full-service California law firm with a national reputation. Since its founding in 1873, Luce Forward has grown to practice in more than 30 different areas of law with six offices statewide. Luce Forward works closely with a broad spectrum of clients, in both the private and public sectors, to help them achieve their objectives and efficiently resolve complex legal problems. The firm's attorneys have extensive jury trial experience in both state and federal courts and regularly obtain favorable results for clients, often shaping the law in the process. The firm prides itself on consistently delivering timely, cost-efficient solutions and works to ensure it as at the forefront of the legal industry.

Main Areas of Practice:

Business and Intellectual Property

Business and Intellectual Property Litigation

Commercial, Finance & Insolvency

Family Wealth & Exempt Organizations

Insurance Litigation

Labor and Employment

Real Estate and Environmental Litigation

Real Estate Securities & Finance

Real Estate Transactions

Proposition 65: A Deceptively Simple Law With Costly Consequences
Cordon T. Baesel, December 14, 2011
The relentless pursuit by the California plaintiffs’ bar of Proposition 65 claims against companies doing business in the state has all the makings of a reality television show.

Court of Appeal Refused to Allow Developers to Enforce Dispute Resolution Provision in CC&Rs
Charles A. Bird,Marjorie J. Burchett,Kathleen F. Carpenter,Cathy L. Croshaw,Roger C. Haerr,Katie A. Jacobsen,Nancy T. Scull, November 18, 2011
A California Court of Appeal recently concluded that developers who had sold all of the units in a condominium development could not compel arbitration under the project’s declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions (“CC&Rs”). Promenade at Playa Vista Homeowners...

Going, Going, Gone . . . California Solar Incentives for Builders/Developers . . . Don't Delay . . .
Kathleen F. Carpenter,Rachelle A. Costa, November 16, 2011
Over the past few months the California Energy Commission has reported a substantial increase in the number of rebate reservation applications received for New Solar Homes Partnership (NSHP) funding. Due to this surge in program activity, the amount of monies requested will exceed current program...