4/19/21
By: Candice Jackson and Robert A. Cutbirth
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. On the first day of this important month, the California Supreme Court issued Brown v. USA Taekwondo. Arising from allegations of sexual assault by members of the United States’ women’s taekwondo …
11/10/20
By: Zachary Price
Under Proposition 51, although all defendants in California are liable to a plaintiff for 100% of plaintiff’s economic damages (including such things as medical expenses and lost earnings), defendants are only liable for noneconomic damages (such as …
Securing the Bag: California Supreme Court Rules Exit Searches Compensable
3/2/20
By: Gregory Blueford
Shunning the position of the United State Supreme Court’s decision in Busk v. Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc., the California Supreme Court has ruled that time spent on the employer’s premises waiting for and undergoing company-mandated exit searches …
CAUTION! Disciplinary Action Ahead
2/27/20
By: Anastasia Osbrink
It has now been over a year since California Evidence Code, section 1129 went into effect, and as such, it is a good time to be reminded that compliance is mandatory and attorneys who fail to comply …
AB5: California’s Controversial Gig-Work Law Took Effect January 1, 2020
1/7/20
By: Margot Parker
As of January 1, 2020, California’s AB5 may require employers to reclassify hundreds of thousands of independent contractors as employees with broad labor law protections. The new law codifies the “ABC test” adopted by the California Supreme …
Dear California Legislature the Constitution Prohibits Ex Post Facto Laws
6/10/19
By: David Molinari
If you have practiced law in the State of California for an appreciable period of time you become numb to warnings from out-of-state clients and counsel bemoaning enactments by the state’s legislature that will doom business and …
Navigating the Employee v. Independent Contractor Landscape in a Post-Dynamex World
3/25/19
By: Ariel Brotman
In a post-Dynamex world, hiring entities are finding it increasingly difficult to determine whether or not to classify a worker as an independent contractor or an employee.
On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued …
10/2/17
By: Owen T. Rooney
In J.M. v. Huntington Beach Union High School District, 2017 Lexis 2017, the California Supreme Court ruled that a minor plaintiff was required to comply with the time requirements for petitioning a court for relief …