Driven to exhaustion

Avoiding FEHA administrative potholes on the bumpy road to litigation

Gina Browne
Janette Lee

From Issue: 2019 May

Deflategate and the California workplace

A commonsense approach to workplace investigations involving personal cell phones

Kevin Pease
Nicholas Starkman

From Issue: 2017 September

Crossing the finish line to approval of your class-action settlement

Courts are increasingly scrutinizing settlements to ferret out potential conflicts and collusion

Adrianne De Castro

From Issue: 2021 May

California leave laws offer numerous protections

Employees in companies of 50 or more workers are entitled to many types of statutory leave, and even those in smaller firms (5 or more) are entitled to pregnancy leave

From Issue: 2019 March

Arbitrating employment claims

Don’t just turn and run from an arbitration clause; some can be used to your advantage

Joseph M. Lovretovich
Andrew S. Pletcher

From Issue: 2018 August

Appellate Reports

In Dynamex Operations Cal. Supreme Court adopts new test for “employee” vs. “independent contractor.” In Pebley v. Santa Clara Organics, appellate court oks medical care on a lien, even for plaintiffs with insurance

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2018 June

Discovery aimed at defeating an arbitration clause in employment cases

Seeking pre-hearing discovery relating to a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration could make the difference in keeping your client’s claims in court

Erin M. Kelly

From Issue: 2023 October

Defamation in employment

Chris Whelan

From Issue: 2016 April

Communicating damages in sexual-harassment cases

Help the jury make an emotional connection to the harm and loss suffered by your client in a sexual-harassment case

Martin I. Aarons
Shannon H.P. Ward

From Issue: 2019 May

Attorney’s fees and costs in FEHA cases

Recovery of fees and costs, and statutory offers to compromise, in FEHA cases after Williams and the 2019 statutory amendment to FEHA

Kelly A. Knight

From Issue: 2019 August

Appellate Reports

Cal Supreme Court rules in Augustus v. ABM that the Brinker standard applies to rest breaks and that “on call” rest breaks are not compliant with the law

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2017 February

Appellate Reports

Troester v. Starbucks Corp. – The California Supreme Court rejects the use of the de minimus doctrine to allow employers to demand small amounts of uncompensated work for employees

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2018 September