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In April 2018, the Ninth Circuit held that employers cannot consider pre-employment salary history, even in combination with other factors, to justify gender pay disparities. See Rizo v. Yovino, 887 F.3d 453 (9th Cir. 2018)...

Minority attorneys continue to depart law firms at a higher rate than those in the majority and continue to be substantially underrepresented at the partner level. With the continued demands of clients and other organizations...

Payne & Fears LLP is proudly sponsoring the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association’s 42nd Annual Scholarship Fundraiser and Installation Dinner. About the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association (OCHBA) Since its...

Law360 (June 11, 2019, 10:32 PM EDT) — A California appeals court on Monday handed a win to grocery chain Safeway Inc. in a suit brought by a group of former employees challenging the company’s former policy...

Construction companies have a unique opportunity to avoid the application of the restrictive new independent contractors’ law that took effect this year. This article provides a checklist that will help construction...

Many businesses shift risk by requiring others with whom they do business – e.g., vendors, subcontractors, suppliers, and others – to procure insurance on their behalf by making the business an “additional insured”...

A growing number of state and local governments across the country are enacting laws that limit employers’ ability to ask about or consider applicants’ salary history. These laws are part of a nationwide effort to reduce...

On February 13, 2020, in a unanimous opinion, the California Supreme Court held in Frlekin v. Apple Inc., Case No. S243805, that time spent on an employer’s premises waiting for, and undergoing, required exit searches...

Ridgeway v. Wal-Mart, Inc., 946 F.3d 1066 (9th Cir. 2020) The employer must pay minimum wages to employees for time spent on mandated layovers where the employer’s policy imposes constraints on employees’ movements during...

Update June 30, 2022: On June 30, 2022, in a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court affirmed the California Court of Appeal’s decision in Grande v. Eisenhower Medical Center, Nos. E068730, E068751, discussed...

January 15, 2020, Irvine, Calif. – Payne & Fears LLP is pleased to announce that 10 of the firm’s partners have been named as 2020 Southern California “Super Lawyers” in the following practice...

Update Feb. 21, 2023 On Feb. 15, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion affirming the District Court’s preliminary injunction on the grounds that AB 51 is preempted by the FAA.  For more on that decision, please see our...