California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law several bills that will have significant impact on employers’ workplace...
Perspectives
A federal district court in Florida has ruled that a claim against a policyholder arising out of a hacker’s theft of confidential credit...
Employers which use background checks in their hiring process without obtaining written authorization may wish to review their practices....
Charitable donors expecting an income tax deduction must obtain, maintain, and in some cases provide to the IRS specific documentation to...
By Doug Dexter, Holly Sutton, James Baker, and Brookes Degen In Troester v. Starbucks, a unanimous California Supreme Court held that...
Over the last several years, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, for the San Francisco Bay Region (Water Board), determined that...
The California Fair Employment and Housing Council has published new regulations that increase protections from national origin...
On June 22, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophyiscal Corp. addressing whether foreign lost profits...
The White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced on June 20, 2018 that it is considering updating its regulations...
Published by the ABA Environment & Energy Section by Sarah Peterman Bell, David Lazerwitz and Brian Wantz A recent ruling by the Fourth...
In 2012, Congress created a new procedure that allows the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to conduct a litigation-like procedure to...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act creates a new tax incentive to stimulate economic development in certain low-income communities known as...