Alyssa Dillard
ADLI Successfully Limits Liability in Substantial HOA Lawsuit
ADLI Founder Dr. Dariush Adli and associate Alyssa Dillard, went to trial defending a large homeowners association, who was sued by a member following water damage to their condominium. The resident and homeowner was seeking monetary damages to repair the condo’s interior, to fund further work on common areas and for diminution of property value….
Rosen: A Case Study on a School’s Duty to Protect, Daily Journal (January 7, 2019)
Alyssa Dillard’s article “Rose: A case study on a school’s duty to protect its students,” published in the Daily Journal, discusses the recent California Supreme Court case involving a violent act on the UCLA campus, which resulted in a new standard regarding a university’s duty to protect its students from a foreseeable threat of violence…
Anti-SLAPP: When State and Federal Rules Collide
The degree to which California’s anti-SLAPP provisions conflict with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is an issue that has been hotly disputed since California Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16 was enacted in 1992. Recently, the Ninth Circuit held that when California’s anti-SLAPP statute is utilized in federal court, the court will review the…