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News & Insights

November 7, 2019

Alejandro Ruiz Named to the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, OC Chapter, Board of Governors

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Payne & Fears is proud to announce that Irvine Partner Alejandro “Alex” Ruiz has been named to the Board of Governors of the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL). The ABTL was...
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November 6, 2019

Insurance-Coverage Issues Litigators Need to Know

Events
Jared De Jong and Nathan A. Cazier, both partners in our Irvine office, will be speaking at the Civil Litigation Section of the North County Bar Association on the topic: Insurance-Coverage Issues Litigators Need to...
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November 1, 2019

Payne & Fears LLP Recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in 2020 “Best Law Firms” Rankings

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Payne & Fears LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers 2020 “Best Law Firms” list. Firms included in the 2020 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers...
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October 30, 2019

OCBA: California Insurance Law Annual Update 2019

Events
Kelby Van Patten, a Partner in the firm’s Irvine office, will join distinguished panel at the Orange County Bar Association, for their Annual Insurance Law Update. Topics: Summaries of recent first party and third party...
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October 18, 2019

Risk Management: What Do All Those Contractual Indemnity and Insurance Provisions Mean, Anyway?

Events
Your executives look to you for help drafting contracts every day. Those contracts routinely contain provisions governing insurance requirements and indemnity. What do those insurance provisions mean, and what should you...
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October 15, 2019

Employers No Longer Able to Require Arbitration Agreements As Condition of Employment

News/Alerts
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...
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October 15, 2019

California Legislature Extends Statute of Limitations for Fair Employment and Housing Act Claims to Three Years

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On October 10, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 9 into law, extending the statute of limitations for claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), California’s comprehensive...
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October 15, 2019

California Court of Appeal Provides Further Clarity on Scope of Dynamex

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Ever since the California Supreme Court issued its groundbreaking decision in Dynamex Operations W., Inc. v. Superior Ct., 4 Cal. 5th 903 (2018), we have been monitoring its application by the lower courts. On October 8,...
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October 4, 2019

Pizza Hut Delivers a Win for Employers: Reimbursement Claims are Not Automatically Excluded from Coverage by a Policy’s “Wage-and-Hour” Exclusion

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The California Court of Appeal recently ruled that a “wage-and-hour” exclusion in an employment practices liability insurance (“EPLI”) policy must be narrowly interpreted to extend coverage for...
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September 26, 2019

California Supreme Court Strikes Blow to Insurers’ Choice-of-Law Provisions

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The California Supreme Court has struck a blow to insurers’ attempts to contract out of more policyholder friendly jurisdictions, holding that the notice-prejudice rule is a fundamental public policy. Pitzer College v....
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September 25, 2019

Top Ten Mistakes Employers Make: Litigation Prevention Tactics

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Eric C. Sohlgren, a partner in the firm’s Irvine office, will be speaking at the October 1st meeting of American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) – Southern California...
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September 12, 2019

Governor Signs AB5 Into Law ⁠— Reshaping California’s Independent Contractor Classification Landscape

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Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 5 (“AB5”), controversial legislation which will have a substantial impact on California employers when it goes into effect on January 1, 2020.  AB5 enacts...
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