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October 31, 2018 – Irvine, Calif. – Payne & Fears LLP is pleased to announce that Blake Dillion (Associate, Irvine) and Peter D. Hernandez, CPA (Director of Finance) are appointed members to The CFO Leadership Council...

We are a proud sponsor of NHRA – Orange County’s 4th Annual Southern CA Leadership Summit. This event will focus on ways to build winning teams by creating a workplace culture where people are cared for, admired,...

This article was first published in the Orange County Business Journal (OCBJ) on October 22, 2018 in the General Counsel Supplement. Privacy activists cheered when, on June 28, 2018, Governor Brown signed into law the...

J. Kelby Van Patten, a partner in the Irvine office, will be speaking at the Orange County Bar Association Insurance Law Section Seminar, as they cover: California Insurance Law Annual Update 2018. Topics: Summaries of recent...

As a corporate attorney, you are not an insurance coverage specialist, but you still need some basic working insurance knowledge to avoid jeopardizing your client’s ability to secure coverage when it gets sued or...

This month’s key employment law cases address pre-employment physicals, appeals from California Labor Commissioner awards, and background checks.   EEOC v. BNSF Ry. Co., 902 F.3d 916 (9th Cir. 2018) Summary: Requiring...

9 FAQs About De Minimis Doctrine After Troester v. Starbucks was first featured in the Employment section of Law360.    In Troester v. Starbucks Corporation, the California Supreme Court recently held that the...

This month’s key employment law cases involve the ministerial exception to employment laws and disability discrimination. Sumner v. Simpson Univ., No. C077302, 2018 WL 4579765 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 25, 2018) Summary: ...

In a major victory for ride-share company Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its much anticipated opinion in O’Connor v. Uber Technologies,...

Leila Narvid, managing partner of the firm’s San Francisco office, will join the California Minority Counsel Program’s 2018 Annual Business Conference panel for the topic: Being the She-EO of Your Career –...

Congratulations, your organization has decided to transition to a paperless human resources environment. While the benefits are numerous, such as increased efficiency and cost savings, the actual process of converting paper...

On September 30, 2018, for the final time during his tenure as Governor, Governor Jerry Brown acted on a series of bills passed by the legislature that would have far-reaching consequences for employers.  Though...