Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLPDemetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP2026-05-08T08:03:00Zhttps://www.ddsffirm.com/feed/atom/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/sites/1204738/2018/08/cropped-site-identity-32x32.pngOn Behalf of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP<![CDATA[California Files Federal Lawsuit Seeking Info On Proposed Rollback Of Federal Clean Car Standards]]>https://www.ddsffirm.com/?p=461542025-05-22T15:27:26Z2019-04-02T14:43:18ZOn Behalf of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP<![CDATA[OEHHA Extends Public Comment Period for Proposed Cancer Inhalation Risk Factors for Cobalt and Cobalt Compounds]]>https://www.ddsffirm.com/?p=461512025-05-22T15:26:56Z2019-03-08T16:15:14ZOn Behalf of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP<![CDATA[It is Prudent to Involve Counsel at the Outset When Selling a Potentially Contaminated Property,]]>https://www.ddsffirm.com/?p=460972020-03-02T13:42:21Z2017-05-12T15:56:46ZOn Behalf of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP<![CDATA[Plans Are in the Air]]>https://www.ddsffirm.com/?p=461032020-03-02T13:15:13Z2016-03-25T05:56:58ZOn Behalf of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP<![CDATA[New York Times Article Features Current Firm Project]]>https://www.ddsffirm.com/?p=461022020-03-02T13:16:22Z2016-02-25T06:56:55ZTurning Polluted Properties Into Profits.]]>On Behalf of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP<![CDATA[AB2: A New Development in Redevelopment]]>https://www.ddsffirm.com/?p=460892020-03-02T13:44:48Z2016-01-25T06:56:31ZOn Behalf of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP<![CDATA[Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis LLP Moves to 915 Wilshire]]>https://www.ddsffirm.com/?p=461552020-03-02T12:43:10Z2015-12-15T09:43:21ZOn Behalf of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP<![CDATA[California Supreme Court Overrules Henkel and Holds Insurer Consent Is Not Required For Assignment]]>https://www.ddsffirm.com/?p=460912020-03-02T13:47:34Z2015-08-25T05:56:37ZFluor v. Superior Court (August 20, 2015) 61 Cal.4th 1175, the California Supreme Court overruled its prior decision in Henkel Corp. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 29 Cal. 4th 934 (2003) and found policyholders could assign rights to insurance coverage without obtaining insurer consent. This returned California to the position held by most other jurisdictions in the nation. The holding addressed consent to assignment provisions in insurance policies and whether or not an insurer must provide consent for such an assignment to be effective. The issue often arises in connection with long tail liabilities coupled with corporate reorganizations or transfers. For example, if Company A is potentially responsible for a historic release of contamination in the 1970’s, it could face a present day claim. If Company A still exists in its present format as it did as a named insured under the historic policy, it can tender the claim for coverage under that historic policy. However, if Company A reorganized and/or transferred assets/liabilities into a new business entity, then its present iteration could face obstacles obtaining coverage. In Henkel, after a series of agreements, plaintiff Henkel Corporation (Henkel) acquired the metallic chemical product line of Amchem Products, Inc. (Amchem No. 1) and assumed all related liabilities. However, the California Supreme Court would not allow that Henkel also acquired the benefits of the insurance policies issued to Amchem No. 1. In Fluor, a subsequent reverse spinoff company of the historic insured was able to obtain coverage after the California Supreme Court overruled Henkel and held that an insurer must honor an insured’s assignment of the right to invoke defense or indemnification coverage for an injury that occurred within the time limits of a policy. The Fluor Court justified its new position by claiming it was based upon Insurance Code section 520—a statute tracing back to 1872, which was not cited to or considered in Henkel.]]>On Behalf of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP<![CDATA[Putting the Development Back Into Redevelopment]]>https://www.ddsffirm.com/?p=460902020-03-02T13:55:01Z2014-01-25T06:56:34ZOn Behalf of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP<![CDATA[Brian D. Langa Identified as 2013 Southern California Rising Star]]>https://www.ddsffirm.com/?p=461052020-03-02T13:13:30Z2013-11-27T06:57:05ZFor the sixth year in a row, Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP’s Brian D. Langa has been identified by Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star.
Mr. Langa has been identified as a rising star in the field of environmental law each and every year since his initial eligibility for the honor in 2006. Super Lawyers selects attorneys to its Rising Stars list using a rigorous, multiphase rating process, and no more than 2.5% of lawyers in California are named to the Rising Stars list.]]>
For the sixth year in a row, Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP’s Brian D. Langa has been identified by Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star.
Mr. Langa has been identified as a rising star in the field of environmental law each and every year since his initial eligibility for the honor in 2006
. Super Lawyers selects attorneys to its Rising Stars list using a rigorous, multiphase rating process, and no more than 2.5% of lawyers in California are named to the Rising Stars list.]]>