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At the 30th Annual Marketing Partner Forum hosted by Thomson Reuters Institute, Alexandra DeFelice discusses how law firm marketing and business development leaders are working to build collaboration and improve their...

At the 30th Annual Marketing Partner Forum hosted by Thomson Reuters Institute, Alexandra DeFelice discusses the how smaller law firms can pull success out of even the most modest marketing budgets....

Part Two of a Series Payne & Fears’ Business Litigation Group helps businesses and their owners with wide-ranging disputes. In our practice, we’ve noticed that in disputes among business partners there are common...

Caleb Chin has joined Payne & Fears LLP as an associate attorney based in the firm’s Irvine office. Caleb represents employers in all aspects of employment litigation, including wage-and-hour, Private Attorneys General...

We congratulate the nine hardworking Payne & Fears attorneys named 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers® in the following practice areas: Business Litigation Daniel M. Livingston Benjamin A. Nix Thomas L. Vincent...

On Jan. 5, 2023, the FTC proposed a new rule that would prohibit employers from imposing non-compete agreements on their workers. The new rule would apply to new and existing non-compete agreements. The new rule would make it...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) closed out a busy 2022 with four labor-friendly decisions that will reshape the employment landscape in 2023. NLRB Adds Consequential Damages Remedy In its most far-reaching opinion,...

Part One of a Series Payne & Fears’ Business Litigation Group helps businesses and their owners with wide-ranging disputes. In our practice, we’ve noticed that in disputes among business partners there are common...

It is with great sadness that the team at Payne & Fears mourns the loss of our good friend and valued colleague, Jim Scott, who passed away on Nov. 15, 2022. We remember Jim as a great friend, a trustworthy resource, and...

As a child mountain biking through Southern Utah with his family, Nate Cazier fell into what would become a lifetime love affair with the sport of cycling. Nate appeared on the Mi Duole Cycling Podcast recently to discuss his...

Alexandra DeFelice served as co-moderator of “Ensuring Success” a two-day seminar consisting of 14 panel discussions aimed at helping partners and other firm leaders navigate hot topics in professional service...

Starting at the end of 2020/early 2021, many California cities codified supplemental COVID-related paid sick leave, providing benefits beyond the state’s COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (“2022 SPSL”). Although...