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Los Angeles, Calif. – December 4, 2017 — Payne & Fears LLP, a leading full service business, employment and insurance coverage law firm, is pleased to have Damon Rubin join the firm’s Los Angeles office as...

Irvine, Calif. – January 1, 2018 — Distinguished business, employment, and insurance law firm, Payne & Fears LLP is pleased to announce that two attorneys have been elected to the partnership. Jared de Jong based...

  Orange County Business Journal featured Payne & Fears in “Leno Joke Aside, Payne & Fears All Business in Expansion.”...

Richard Falcone featured in Daily Journal article “Merger Motivates Large-Firm Lawyers to Seek Smaller Home.”...

Payne & Fears’ Las Vegas office opening featured in Daily Journal Extra’s Industry Watch on June 7, 2004....

In a case of first impression in the Ninth Circuit, Benjamin v. B&H Educ., Inc., 877 F.3d 1139 (9th Cir. 2017), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals adopted the “primary beneficiary test” to determine whether vocational...

In the final days of 2017, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nixed yet another Obama-Era decision, overruling a highly controversial decision in Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB 934...

Employers should breathe a sigh of relief.  On December 14, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board overturned the dramatic expansion of the joint employer test it established just two years ago in the controversial...

In a case of first impression in Nevada, Neville v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 133 Nev. Adv. Op. 95 (Dec. 7, 2017), the Nevada Supreme Court held that employees have a private right of action to recoup unpaid wages under...

This month’s key California employment law cases involve disability discrimination claims and procedural issues related to workers’ compensation proceedings. Disability Discrimination – Neufeld v. WinCo Holdings,...

Payne & Fears LLP is pleased to announce that Managing Partner Daniel F. Fears has been recognized by Orange County Business Journal in its 2017 OC 500 Directory of Influence.  The OC 500 is a compendium of 500...

This 90 minute meeting will cover new laws impacting employers in California and nationwide; how to address politics, speech and the workplace creating a culture of inclusion and openness; revelations in harassment cases and...