by Kevin Meade | May 19, 2023 | Business Law, Employment - California, Litigation Matters, News
California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, Labor Code section 2698 et seq. (“PAGA”) is in the news again as oral arguments were presented last week in Adolph v. Uber Technologies, case number S274671 (“Adolph”), in the Supreme Court of the State of California...
by Scott Halberstadt | Apr 3, 2023 | Business Law, Employment - California, Litigation Matters, News
General Contractors and Owner’s Representatives May Be Liable Generally, a subcontractor is solely responsible for the injury to one of its workers on the job site. However, as a recent California Court of Appeal reminded us, that is not absolute. The case involved an...
by Kate Vescera | Jan 26, 2023 | Business Law, Employment - California, News
What is the Proposed FTC Rule? The FTC has proposed a new rule (the “FTC Rule”) that would prohibit non-compete agreements in most employment situations. (The full text of the FTC Rule can be found here:...
by Scott Halberstadt | Jan 17, 2023 | Business Law, COVID-19 Updates, Employment - California, News
The California Supreme Court May Finally Weigh in on That Question. After almost two years of uncertainty, we may finally get clarification as to whether California businesses with business interruption insurance coverage can recover losses they suffered as a result...
by Kevin Meade | Nov 3, 2022 | Business Law, Employment - California, News
2022 has been a busy year in California for employment law developments. Between California state and local governments, many new pieces of employment legislation were passed this year, and will take effect on January 1, 2023. Here are the top employment law...
by Kate Vescera | Oct 22, 2020 | Business Law, Employment - California, News
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the waiting time for a case to come to trial was often well over a year. Due to the pandemic, that waiting time has gotten even longer. Many courts have been essentially closed for months, with some still not being fully open yet....
