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Introduction - Pharmacy employees at some CVS and Walgreens stores, including pharmacists, technicians, and support staff, recently walked off of their jobs to protest insufficie...

...NLRB Issues Final Rule on ‘Joint Employer’ Standard On - October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule titled “Standard for...

A judge denied a motion last month by former Alameda County prosecutor Amilcar Butch Ford to dismiss charges against him involving Ford allegedly giving confidential information to the attorney of a San Leandro police officer in a...

In the November edition of The Essentials, we outline key provisions of many of the new employment laws that will take effect in 2024. GENERALLY APPLICABLE NEW LAWS - AB 1076 and SB...

Yesterday's post concerned discussed Lagrisola v. North American Financial Corp.,  2023 WL 7273708 (Nov. 3, 2023), in which the Court of Appeal held that a borrower had failed to plead...

California expanded its already broad restrictions on noncompete clauses by enacting Senate Bill No. 699 (“SB 699”), which takes effect on January 1, 2024. The new statute, Business and...

As if compiling all of the existing California employment notices wasn’t enough, a new law becoming effective January 1, 2024 imposes an additional notice to employees. AB 1076...

California’s Business and Professions Code (the “Code”) has long been the nation’s strictest law on restrictive covenants, essentially prohibiting employee noncompetition agreements...

California law makes void any contract "by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind," including non-compete agreements.

Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced on Wednesday that Alliance United Insurance Company settled a multi-jurisdictional civil lawsuit that alleged the company had violated sections of the Business and Professions Code through unfair business practices.