Case Summary, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Case Summary, Labor and Employment Law
This month's key California employment law cases involve duty to investigate the accuracy of criminal convictions, no-fault absenteeism policies, and enforceable forum-selection clauses.
Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
Before we could know the efficacy of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), which became effective January 1, 2020, California residents passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), which takes effect January 1, 2023.
Legal Alert, Business Litigation
2020 | Legal Alert, Business Litigation
The Ninth Circuit recently reminded companies that they must provide notice to consumers when they change their terms and conditions, even where original terms state that they are subject to change at-will and at any time (i.e. the original contract contains a “change-of-terms” provision). Without express notice to the consumer, any change is unenforceable.
Case Summary, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Case Summary, Labor and Employment Law
This month's key employment law cases involve piece-rate employees and questions of arbitrability of a labor issue.
Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
On September 17, 2020 Governor Gavin Newsom signed three bills (SB 1159, AB 685, and SB 1383) expanding workers’ protections in relation to COVID-19 exposure in the workplace, and expanding the California Family Rights Act. All three bills will require employers to take specific steps in response to COVID-19-related issues, and to modify and update their leave policies and practices.
Case Summary, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Case Summary, Labor and Employment Law
This month's key employment law cases involve Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), class certification, and arbitration clauses.
Legal Alert, Insurance Coverage
2020 | Legal Alert, Insurance Coverage
This week, in AXIS Reinsurance Co. v. Northrop Grumman Corp., ____ F.3d ____, 2020 WL 5509743 (9th Cir. Sept. 14, 2020), the Ninth Circuit addressed an important question of first impression: When can an excess insurer second-guess an underlying insurer’s decision to pay a claim? Prior to AXIS Reinsurance, there had been no California or the Ninth Circuit case discussing an excess insurer’s right to make a covered-claims challenge to the exhaustion of underlying insurance, even though policyholders frequently encounter such arguments.
Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
The majority of the employment-related bills that Governor Newsom will sign this year will not take effect until January 2021 or later. But Governor Newsom signed two significant, employment-related “trailer bills” this week that took effect immediately.
Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
On August 31, 2020, California’s legislative session closed with a flurry of bills—the majority driven by COVID-19. These bills have been sent to the governor, who now has until the end of September to sign them into law or allow them to become law without his signature.
