On August 27, 2014, Kyle Kring and Laura Hess presented So You Received a Sexual Harassment Complaint, What Not to Do, a Trial Lawyer's Perspective to approximately one hundred attendees of the 2014 California HR Conference which took place at the Anaheim Convention...
Month: August 2014
The Letter of The Law: August 2014
IN THIS ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW: Breaking News: California Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Employers in Regards to Class Action Waivers, But Not in Regards to PAGA Claims EMPLOYMENT LAW: Privacy Rights and the Public Records Act EMPLOYMENT LAW: No Duty to Reasonably...
Privacy Rights and the Public Records Act
Competing interests of transparency in government and elected officials and government employees' right to privacy has stirred up a debate throughout California. A recent California appellate court ruled that government officials and employees' private communications...
No Duty to Reasonably Accommodate Employees for Medical Marijuana Use
By: and Grace PakThe increased decriminalization of marijuana use raises questions of whether employers are required to reasonably accommodate employees who use it for medical reasons, and whether they can terminate the employee for...
Design Professional Liability
By: Brendan J. CoughlinThe California Supreme Court has agreed to review a case greatly affecting construction defect litigation. All working contractors and subcontractors know how difficult it can be to force design professionals to be involved in construction...
Defending Against Requests for Taking Depositions of Apex Witnesses
An "Apex Witness" is the person that sits at the highest level of a large organization, such as the Chairman of the Board, President of the Company, or Chief Executive Order. Most courts throughout the country recognize that deposition notices directed at an official...
Breaking News: California Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Employers in Regards to Class Action Waivers, But Not In Regards to PAGA Claims
Posted on July 10, 2014 On June 23, 2014, the California Supreme Court issued a long awaited opinion in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC (2014 WL 2808963). Long awaited is an understatement, as the underlying case was filed in 2006. The issue of whether...
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