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June 2, 2021

Ninth Circuit Restricts Scope of PAGA Claims in Federal Court and Clarifies California Wage Statement Requirements

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On May 28, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed Walmart a groundbreaking win in a wage-and-hour class and California Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) action.  Reversing a nearly $102...
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June 1, 2021

Bad Faith Refusal to Settle: Anatomy of a Claim and a Possible New Paradigm Under California Law

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Jared De Jong, a partner in the firm’s Irvine office, will be part of a live webinar sponsored by the Orange County Bar Association’s Business Litigation and Insurance Law Sections. The program will address legal...
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May 25, 2021

Santa Clara County Employers: A Three-Step Guide to Tracking Individuals’ Vaccination Status

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Update: On June 21, 2021, Santa Clara County updated its Order of the Health Officer to lessen the burden on employers regarding obtaining certifications of vaccination status. Employers must now require all personnel to...
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May 10, 2021

KEY CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT LAW CASES: APRIL 2021

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California Trucking Association v. Bonta, No. 20-55106, 2021 WL 1656283 (9th Cir. Apr. 28, 2021) Summary:  The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act does not preempt the “ABC test” for determining whether...
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May 6, 2021

Texas Supreme Court Gives Policyholders a Greater Voice When Settling Covered Claims

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The Texas Supreme Court recently increased policyholders’ influence over an insurer’s right to settle a third-party claim for less than policy limits. Insurers have long enjoyed a nearly absolute right to settle claims,...
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April 29, 2021

Back to the Office: Legal Considerations for CA Employers

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More than a year after COVID-19 was deemed a pandemic, employers are transitioning greater numbers of employees back to the workplace. As organizations return their workforce to the office, it is important to have the right...
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April 28, 2021

Ninth Circuit Joins California Court of Appeal in Rejecting FAAAA Preemption of AB 5 as Applied to Motor Carriers

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held today that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (“FAAAA”) does not preempt application of California’s Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), codified as amended...
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April 20, 2021

California Establishes Right to Rehire For Certain Workers Laid Off During Pandemic

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On April 16, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 93 into law. The bill requires employers in specified hospitality and business services-related industries to offer to rehire certain workers who were laid off during the...
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April 12, 2021

Key California Employment Law Cases: March 2021

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Clark v. Superior Court., No. D077711, 2021 WL 1050057 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 19, 2021) Summary:  Employee exhausted her administrative remedies despite failing to identify her employer’s proper legal name in her DFEH...
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April 8, 2021

Protecting Information While Working from Home – One Year Later

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One year after COVID caused companies to send droves of employees home to work remotely,  how well did those employees do at protecting their clients’ and their company’s confidential information and what can they do...
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April 2, 2021

Businesses Receive Clarity on What Automated Calls and Texts Violate the TCPA

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The Supreme Court’s Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid decision finally settled the confusion over what equipment constitutes an automatic telephone dialing system (a robodialer) that can violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...
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March 23, 2021

Texas Supreme Court to Review Eight-Corners Duty-to-Defend Rule

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The Texas Supreme Court has accepted certified questions from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to clarify Texas’s eight-corners rule for determining the existence of a duty to defend. In Bitco Gen. Ins. Corp. v. Monroe...
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