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A number of bills currently before the Nevada Legislature will affect employers if signed into law. The following summarizes these bills as they have been introduced. Summary of Prospective Bills SB157 provides that an...

California recently enacted legislation that markedly increases disclosure requirements for commercial landlords regarding accessibility compliance. Since 2013, Civil Code section 1938 has required commercial landlords to...

A federal district court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from enforcing its Final Rule implementing higher salary requirements to qualify for an overtime...

Another city has added to the burdens of doing business in California by passing its own paid sick leave and minimum wage requirements not always consistent with state law. On June 7, 2016, voters approved an ordinance...

Exceeding even the newly expanded requirements of state law, on June 2, 2016, the Los Angeles City Council increased the city-wide minimum wage to $10.50 per hour and doubled employee paid sick time to 48 hours per year. Los...

Almost all companies have information that they consider trade secrets. On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act creating a new federal civil cause of action which companies may use to...

With the Mayor’s signature, San Francisco has formally adopted the country’s most generous paid parental leave policy with its new law requiring employers to provide fully-paid family leave for parents after the birth,...

On Friday, January 29, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) proposed revisions to the Employer Information Report (“EEO-1”) that are intended to identify pay discrimination and...

Last week, the California Supreme Court reaffirmed broad protections for borrowers using purchase money loans. In Coker v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., the Court explained that the state limits “a lender’s recovery...

In a ruling that should help policyholders secure defense funding, the California Court of Appeal issued another opinion limiting the application of “other insurance” clauses in commercial general liability...

Today Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Fair Pay Act, SB 358, which gives California the most expansive equal pay protections in the nation. While the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 and California Labor Code already...

Today, the Nevada Supreme Court recognized for the first time an insured’s right to independent counsel. In State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Hansen, the Court ruled that Nevada law requires an insurer to pay for...