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2009 Key Employment Law Developments Eric C. Sohlgren, Partner, recently delivered his third annual address to the Orange County Bar Association on recent developments in employment law practice. With over 100 employment law...

As previously reported, in 2009 President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which, among other things, provided for a 65 percent subsidy for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act...

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On June 28, 2010, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, certified its June 3, 2010, opinion in Pennsylvania General Ins. Co. v. American Safety Indem. Co. (No. D054522) for publication....

In Reid v. Google, Inc., the California Supreme Court decided two questions, one procedural and one substantive, which will have a substantial impact on an employer’s ability to defeat employment litigation via use of a...

A new decision from the California Court of Appeal makes it more difficult for employers to enforce arbitration clauses in employment agreements that provide for an award of attorney’s fees and costs to the prevailing...

A new decision from the California Court of Appeal found that emails sent between an employee and her attorney were not confidential because the emails were sent from a company computer and the employee was informed, through...

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that federal arbitration law clears the way for arbitration agreements in California to bar claims from being brought on behalf of a class. Employment arbitration agreements can now...

In Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co., the California Court of Appeal held that an employee not authorized to work in the United States could not pursue discrimination and retaliation employment claims. The court reasoned that the...

Governor Brown signed legislation that prohibits the willful misclassification of individuals as independent contractors. The new law creates civil penalties of between $5,000 and $25,000 for each willful misclassification of...

Governor Brown has signed legislation that restricts California employers from using consumer credit information for employment purposes. The law goes into effect on January 1, 2012. Summary of the Law Effective January 1,...