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The COVID-19 outbreak is clobbering restaurants and bars. It’s hard to pay your overhead, let alone make a profit, when you can’t stay open for business. Is there anything that can be done to save your bottom line? Maybe....

Payne & Fears knows that the news is changing every day and that you want continued guidance on employee matters related to COVID-19. While we continue to publish bulletins on new developments, we also know people are...

Payne & Fears LLP is proudly sponsoring the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association’s 42nd Annual Scholarship Fundraiser and Installation Dinner. About the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association (OCHBA) Since its...

You are invited to join Payne & Fears LLP and ADP for a co-hosted seminar for employers in the area who are interested in demonstrating compliance with California state laws. Topics: The assault on employment arbitration...

Join Eric C. Sohlgren, a partner in the firm’s Irvine office, as he covers new California laws: employee vs. independent contractor, expanded accommodations for nursing mothers at work, hairstyle discrimination, and...

Join Amy R. Patton and co-panelist Darren J. Campbell of Aitken Campbell Heikaus Weaver, LLP as they discuss Current Developments in Employment Law as part of the Orange County Bar Association’s MCLE Last Dash Seminar:...

Please join Payne & Fears and the Orange County Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section for their January Meeting. Speakers Anna Salusky Mahoney, Esq., Managing Partner at Mahoney Law Group, APC and...

Amy Patton, a partner in the firm’s Irvine office, will be speaking at the Orange County Bar Association’s MCLE Last Dash 2020, a one-day continuing legal education marathon. Amy will be joined by Darren J....

Join Eric C. Sohlgren, a partner in our firm’s Irvine office, and Terri Olson, Founder/HR Consultant of HR Prescriptions, as they present critical details you need to know to protect your business or employer. Topics on...

Join Association of Corporate Counsel, Mountain West Chapter and James Moss, a partner at Payne & Fears’ Utah office, for a lunch presentation that will educate attendees on legislative and case law updates that...

This complimentary webinar will educate business owners, in-house counsel and human resources professionals on legislative and case law updates that will impact employment in California in 2020, including: The assault on...

Jared De Jong and Nathan A. Cazier, both partners in our Irvine office, will be speaking at the Civil Litigation Section of the North County Bar Association on the topic: Insurance-Coverage Issues Litigators Need to...