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The general rule in the United States has historically permitted non-competition agreements when they are reasonable in time and geographic scope.  California has been the leading exception.  Business and...

Eric Sohlgren and Robert Coviello discuss the top employment law developments of 2017. In this focused 90-minute program, the speakers focus on the changes likely to have the greatest effect on employment law...

This one-hour session, geared toward human resources professionals and in-house attorneys, will cover legal changes impacting California employers, including a discussion of new laws, enforcement trends, and “hot...

A California Court of Appeal has confirmed that additional insured endorsements (“AIE”) granting coverage for liability arising out of a named insured’s “ongoing operations,” and in effect during those “ongoing...

Every company that uses email or stores files electronically (i.e. every company) finding itself in litigation must comply with increasingly onerous discovery obligations.  While electronic storage and transmission of...

Payne & Fears LLP has been ranked in the 2018 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list and regionally in 5 practice areas. We are honored to have been recognized as...

This article was originally published in the Orange County Business Journal “General Counsel” supplement in October 2017. The article has been reprinted below with permission. In today’s business environment,...

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibits discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Under current law, employers with 50 or more employees must provide at least two hours of prescribed...

Expanding California’s efforts to not cooperate with federal immigration authorities, Assembly Bill 450 imposes new requirements on employers when responding to government immigration worksite enforcement actions. The new...

Assembly Bill 1008 broadens the current “ban the box” law beyond public employers to apply to private employers. The new law makes it an unlawful employment practice for public and private employers with five or more...

The California Supreme Court has confirmed that the attorneys’ fees an insured is compelled to incur due to a carrier’s bad faith (its “Brandt fees”) are compensatory damages to be considered when...

This month’s key California employment law cases involve wage-and-hour issues, arbitration, and employment discrimination based on marital status. Wage and Hour – Lopez v. Friant & Assocs., LLC, 2017 WL 4251126 (Cal....