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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...
November 1, 2017
Payne & Fears LLP Recognized by U.S. News & Best Lawyers in 2018 “Best Law Firms” List
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...
October 23, 2017
Keys to the Kingdom: How Confidentiality Agreements Are Key to Keeping Business Information Secret
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...
October 16, 2017
California Supreme Court Rules that Brandt Fees Must Be Included in the Calculation of Punitive Damages
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....
Senate Bill 63 significantly expands job-protected leave for millions of Californians. The new law allows employees who work for a company with 20 or more employees within a 75-mile radius to take up to 12 weeks of leave to...
Kelby Van Patten and Scott S. Thomas gave an informative CLE presentation on the topic: “What Every Litigator Should Know About Insurance Coverage.” Every litigator must know enough about insurance to protect...
September 28, 2017
Politics in the Workplace: Do NFL Players Have Freedom of Speech to Protest at Games?
It’s nearly impossible to turn on the TV and not hear something about the NFL player protests and whether such actions are protected speech under the First Amendment. While these protests started last season, they...
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, September 19, 2017 – Payne & Fears LLP is pleased to announce that James R. Moss, one of the firm’s partners, has been appointed by Governor Gary R. Herbert to the Utah State Charter School...