A personal injury occurs when an individual has suffered an injury due to the negligence of another and can include an injury to the body, mind, or emotions. California personal injury law protects you if you are harmed by another's act or failure to...
Executive Summary: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued a Directive officially establishing its five-year moratorium on enforcement of the affirmative action obligations of TRICARE subcontractors....
Here’s a shout out to all you employers out there who forget to send your employees the proper FMLA notices when they seek leave for a reason covered by the FMLA. Occasionally, the courts have your back, despite your lack of attention to detail....
In this presentation: - Principles of performance management and discipline - Avoiding common pitfalls - Using “PIPs” and other tools to address common problems - Questions - Excerpt from Principles of performance management and...
The wave of media attention highlighting the working conditions of adjunct professors in academia across the nation is difficult to miss these days. Even Congress has become involved. The House Education and Workforce Committee (HEWC) recently issued...
As we reported back in December 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a reasonable limitation of actions provision in an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) is enforceable...
Plaintiffs in most class and collective actions try to plead their claims in such a way as to exert the maximum pressure against the employer. In some instances, that raises the issue of whether the plaintiff should assert one, clear claim or...
A recent WIPO Survey assessed the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) clauses in various technology transactions, and the results make for interesting reading for anyone who is in the business of negotiating technology deals. The goal of the...
Minden Pictures, Inc. v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. - USDC, N.D. Cal., April 29, 2014: California district court holds that dismissal of copyright action for lack of statutory standing did not divest the court of jurisdiction to award attorneys’...
The late professor Joseph Sax once wrote about California that “they don’t do groundwater,” referring to the absence of a statewide scheme for the permitting and regulation of groundwater. It is true that there is no centralized state regulatory...
