On July 3, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shook the world of online commerce when it held in a 2-to-1 opinion that Amaz...
California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Storms on the horizon after high court’s Dynamex ruling
By Irene Scholl-Tatevosyan, Benjamin J. Kim
In early 2018, the California Supreme Court changed the way California businesses approach the use of independent contractors ...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
Strategies shift after Epic Systems
By Gary M. McLaughlin, Christopher Petersen
In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held that class action waivers in employee arbitration agreements do not violate the Natio...
Labor/Employment
Employees must be paid for every minute
By Jennifer M. Protas, Laura C. Riparbelli
The California Supreme Court, after having been petitioned by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to answer this question, h...
Labor/Employment
The rights of transgender and non-binary employees
By Camille H. Pating
Recent California laws and regulations provide protections for transgender and non-binary employees, ranging from expanding t...
California Courts of Appeal, California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation
Heimlich shut the ‘back door’ to vacating arbitration awards
By Stephen L. Raucher
But was this the correct policy choice? It should be noted that the Burlage holding never really “caught on” as a successful b...
All employers should be prepared and plan ahead for unexpected illicit behavior of their employees. The criminal detention of ...
Labor/Employment
Data privacy concerns for human resources executives
By Katherine S. Catlos, Jean Liu
California has undertaken an ambitious initiative designed to enhance privacy protections for consumers — which includes emplo...
Nearly three years after California voters approved a ballot measure decriminalizing the recreational use of cannabis, and mor...
California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment
Are unpaid summer internships still legal?
By Andre Y. Bates
For many California companies, summer brings a fresh crop of young and enthusiastic interns eager to improve their future empl...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Time to reconsider nonsolicitation provisions?
By Michele Haydel Gehrke, Anne Cherry Barnett
Until recently, employee nonsolicitation provisions were believed to be the last post-employment restrictive covenant that Ca...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Avoiding the ban on noncompetes: Is it possible?
By Wendy M. Lazerson, Katharine M. Miner
Recently, the Delaware Court of Chancery did an about face and upheld a Delaware choice-of-law provision in an employment agre...
Criminal, Letters
Support for giving parolees the right to vote is misguided
By Marc Debbaudt
Chesa Boudin, who is running to be San Francisco’s next district attorney, says he supports restoring parolee voting rights to...
Civil Rights, Government, Labor/Employment
Why the ban on hair discrimination is important
By Frank H. Wu
California has just passed legislation prohibiting discrimination against “traits historically associated with race … includin...
Moo! When public figures have a cow, they all too often come down with a case of mad lawsuit disease
California Courts of Appeal, Family
Moving parties in family law matters can be hit with fee sanctions
By Lauri Kritt Martin
Be warned: the moving party in a Family Law matter can lose their motion, as well as be sanctioned for their requested relief.
Family
I don’t love you anymore: protecting yourself in the event of divorce
By Jacqueline Combs
It is important to be prepared for curve balls life can throw, including, your spouse coming home unexpectedly and telling you...
United States District Judge Manuel L. Real was in his eighth of what would be 53 controversial years on the Central District ...
Family
DVRO hearings may feel like criminal proceedings, but mind the differences
By Lisa H. Meyer, Eric W. Meyer
A lawyer should strongly consider that with every question asked and work with a client to feel when to admit, deny, attempt ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Antitrust & Trade Reg., Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court
Balancing the interests of antitrust and labor laws
By Cynthia E. Richman, Daniel G. Swanson
National attention has increasingly focused on the proper role of antitrust law in regulating labor markets. Much has been wri...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar exam oversight requires more than just watching
By Mitchel L. Winick
The Legislative Analyst’s Office that serves as the California Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal and policy advisor recently pu...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government
China and the US: Promoting and regulating artificial intelligence
By Dean W. Harvey, Dominique Shelton Leipzig
According to data from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey Global Institute, AI is expected to create as many as 133 million...
Let’s all hope that Lee Robbins continues to do well. He wants to move out of state and has been paying rent on a town home th...
Civil Rights, Government
End racist voter suppression and restore the right to vote
By Chesa Boudin
California is on the verge of restoring the right to vote for people on parole, ending a practice that makes second-class citi...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Letters, Civil Litigation
MICRA is waiting for justices to step up to the plate
By Nathaniel J. Friedman
Young Nicholas Rowley’s multi-paragraph letter (“Fixing MICRA: In search of a hero in a black robe,” July 3) demonstrates that...
Labor/Employment
New law targets discrimination based on hair style
By Camille H. Pating, Yuki Cruse
California Senate Bill 188, known as the CROWN Act, seeks to “Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural hair.” The bi...
Mayor Pete’s milestone candidacy will hopefully serve the cause of history by cashiering the unfounded and logically empty spe...
Corporate, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
Providing opinions can create ethical issues
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair
When thorny issues arise in the corporate setting, the board of directors of a company may turn to an outside attorney to perf...
California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
California is doubling down on the Dynamex ruling across the board
By Allegra A. Jones, Brooke B. Tabshouri
Just over a year after the California Supreme Court handed down the landmark decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a...
Many plaintiffs settle lawsuits or win judgments, but are later surprised that they have to pay taxes. Even those who know tha...