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The California Supreme Court last week issued a decision with potentially broad liability implications for architects and design professionals. In Beacon Residential Cmty. Ass’n. v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP...

California Employment Law Update The California Legislature continues to be active in passing legislation affecting California employers and employees.  This article outlines the most notable employment laws that went...

The Isner case addresses the special circumstance of employers that require their employees to reside where they work. Husband and wife Plaintiffs Ron and Sharon Isner worked as apartment managers for Defendant...

California Employment Law Update On March 21, 2008, a San Diego County Superior Court ruled that Starbucks violated California law by allowing shift supervisors to share in the customer tip pool.  Jou Chou, a former...

Employment Law Update On May 21, 2008, President Bush signed the “Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act,” or “GINA.” GINA is far-reaching in that it intersects with many federal laws including Title VII of the...

California Employment Law Update California businesses need to be prepared for a new law taking effect on July 1, 2008 that will change how California drivers can use their cell phones. Businesses with employee drivers in...

California Employment Law Update The plaintiffs, hourly employees of several Brinker-owned restaurants in California, filed a class action against the restaurant chain, alleging rest break violations, meal break and “early...

Edwards v. Arthur Andersen involved an employee, Raymond Edwards (“plaintiff”), of Arthur Andersen (“Andersen”) who attempted to secure employment with competitor HSBC in the midst of the collapse of...

California Employment Law Update Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 10, which was classified as an “urgency” bill, on September 30, 2008.  The bill went into effect upon the governor’s signature, modifying...

California Employment Law Update The plaintiff in McDonald v. Antelope Valley Community College, a job application for a library administrative staff position, repeatedly applied for a position with the defendant, a community...

California Employment Law Update On October 22, 2008, the California Supreme Court granted review of and de-published Brinker Rest. Corp. v. Superior Court, 165 Cal.App.4th 25 (2008), an important recent decision that...

California Employment Law Update Three employees of the Oracle Corporation, instructors who trained customers to use Oracle software, sued the company for failure to pay overtime wages.  The plaintiffs were not residents...