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This month’s key California employment law cases involve reporting time pay and potential liability of payroll companies for wage-and-hour violations. Goonewardene v. ADP, LLC, 6 Cal. 5th 817, 243 Cal. Rptr. 3d 299 (2019)...
On April 24, 2019, the United States Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) bars orders requiring class arbitration when an agreement is ambiguous about the availability of such a...
Join The Orange County CFO Leadership Council and Payne & Fears’ own Richard K. Zepfel along with panel as they discuss the nuanced and complex process of mergers & acquisitions, and what skills and strategy are...
Irvine office partners, Benjamin Nix and Daniel Rasmussen, in conjunction with Association of Corporate Counsel – Southern California Chapter, discussed the growing trend of companies suing their competitors for...
March 19, 2019
Weathering the Cyber Storm: A Panel Discussion on Privacy, Security, and Risk Management
Jared De Jong, a partner in the firm’s Irvine office, will be speaking along with a panel at the Orange County Bar Association’s Health Care Law and Insurance Law Joint Section Meeting. The panel will cover an...
March 19, 2019
Utah State Bar: Workplace Violence – What Can Employers Do to Prevent it Without Violating the Law?
James R. Moss, a partner in the firm’s Salt Lake City office, will be speaking at the Labor & Employment Law Section of the Utah State Bar. The session will focus on laws and situations that are most likely to get...
March 19, 2019
Employers Council Utah: Workplace Violence – What Can Employers Do to Prevent it Without Violating the Law?
James R. Moss, a partner in the firm’s Salt Lake City office, will be speaking at the Employers Council of Utah. This briefing will focus on laws and situations that are most likely to get employers into legal trouble...
Leila Narvid, a Partner in our San Francisco office, was a guest speaker at Middlebury Institute of International Studies for their course entitled “Legal Aspects of Compliance” where she spoke extensively about...
This month’s key California employment law cases involve wage-and-hour issues. Donohue v. AMN Servs., 29 Cal. App. 5th 1068, 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 111 (2018) Summary: Policy rounding employees’ time worked is legal if...
In partnership with the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce, Partner James R. Moss will host a complimentary breakfast seminar to take the “pain and fear” out of challenging employment law questions, including...
February 15, 2019
The OC Hispanic Bar Association’s 41st Annual Scholarship Fundraiser & Installation Dinner
Payne & Fears LLP is proudly sponsoring the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association’s 41st Annual Scholarship Fundraiser & Installation Dinner. About the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association (OCHBA) Since...
February 11, 2019
California Supreme Court Limits Liability for Payroll Service Providers
On February 7, 2019, the California Supreme Court unanimously held in Goonewardene v. ADP, Inc., S238941 that a payroll service provider cannot be held liable for errors it makes in issuing paychecks to workers of companies...