A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel on Tuesday reversed a 2010 decision and handed unions a major loss - along w...
When non-fiduciary employees are disloyal, the common law duty of loyalty may no longer protect employers. By Bradford K. Newm...
Labor/Employment
Rise of the suitable seating suit: A new trend in employment class actions
By Genevieve Knollen
Claims that employers are not providing suitable seating are on the rise across a broad spectrum of industries. By Shawn Khorr...
Labor/Employment
Got a minute? The de minimis standard in wage and hour law
By Karen Natividadn
Should courts allow employers to escape liability for small amounts of uncompensated time? By Scott Edward Cole and Hannah R. ...
Labor/Employment
Buyer beware: Employers leasing employees are not immune from liabilities
By Karen Natividadn
Why companies are wrong to believe they are avoiding "big ticket" employment-related liabilities by using contingent workers. ...
Two ex-Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP attorneys have been permanently barred from promoting what federal officials allege a...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate panel clears way around Concepcion
By Laura Ernden
Plaintiffs' lawyers were celebrating Tuesday after a California appellate court issued what's believed to be the first publish...
Environmental
Part of S.F. Candlestick development stopped until remediation completed
By Carla Pinedan
A Superior Court judge has stopped development at portions of the Candlestick Point-Hunters Point redevelopment project in San...
Week days, lawyers addressed James P. Marion as "your honor." On weekends, the Orange County Superior Court judge with the big...
Administrative/Regulatory
Despite proposed rules, questions persist about insurance exchanges
By Mandy Jacksonn
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released proposed rules for state health insurance exchanges required the by ...
The federal government has agreed to clear a backlog of more than 700 imperiled animal and plants awaiting protection under th...