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Employment Law Update The U.S. Supreme Court held in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. that plaintiffs must prove that age is a “but for” cause of an adverse employment decision under the Age Discrimination in...
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March 11, 2014
Employers on Winning and Losing Ends of California Supreme Court Decisions Involving Standing and Class Action Pleading Requirements
California Employment Law Update In a pair of companion cases, the California Supreme Court ruled on two major issues for employers facing workplace violation suits. In Arias v. Superior Court (Angelo Dairy), the Court held...
California Employment Law Update The California Supreme Court held in Hernandez v. Hillsides that the defendant employer did not violate employee privacy rights by installing a hidden camera aimed at catching a person viewing...
Employment Law Update On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010 (“NDAA 2010”) into law. The NDAA 2010 significantly alters employers’ duties under the Family...
March 11, 2014
California Supreme Court Expands Basis for Harassment Claims While Limiting Punitive Damages Against Employers
California Employment Law Update On November 30, 2009, in Roby v. McKesson Corporation, the California Supreme Court ruled on two significant issues for California employers: (1) whether evidence of personnel actions can...
March 11, 2014
Recent California Supreme Court Decision Continues Trend Toward Greater Certainty and Lower Amounts in Punitive Damage Awards
California Business Litigation Update Late last year, the California Supreme Court decided Roby v. McKesson Corporation. One of the central holdings of Roby was that, on its specific facts, the constitutional maximum for a...
As previously reported, in 2009 President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which, among other things, provided for a 65 percent subsidy for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act...
On June 28, 2010, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, certified its June 3, 2010, opinion in Pennsylvania General Ins. Co. v. American Safety Indem. Co. (No. D054522) for publication....
March 11, 2014
The California Supreme Court Permits Older Workers to Pursue Age Claim Against Google
In Reid v. Google, Inc., the California Supreme Court decided two questions, one procedural and one substantive, which will have a substantial impact on an employer’s ability to defeat employment litigation via use of a...
March 11, 2014
New Court of Appeal Decision Makes It More Difficult for Employers to Require Arbitration of Employment Disputes
A new decision from the California Court of Appeal makes it more difficult for employers to enforce arbitration clauses in employment agreements that provide for an award of attorney’s fees and costs to the prevailing...