The State Bar of California is due to issue its first progress update to the state Auditor later this month, to show efforts achieved in fixing the attorney discipline system.
As the state readies for full reopening this month, questions persist on how bills currently in the legislative process may help or hurt sustainable recovery from the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has released the results of its ninth annual survey, completed by 1,160 in-house lawyers, C-suite executives and human resources professionals.
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed partner of counsel David Marion as the newest member of the firm’s national Corporate department and Mergers & Acquisitions practice group.
A federal appeals court has reversed a district court class action certification, citing questions about the number of uninjured class members, and indicating a higher degree of commonality among plaintiffs should be the standard for other class action proceedings.
New legislation that would lift a cap on how much state and local (SALT) tax certain businesses can deduct on their federal returns is currently before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
A lengthy federal lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco alleges racial and age discrimination, harassment and a hostile work environment.
A bill, SB 232, requiring the state’s Employment Development Department (EDD) to meet deadlines for fixing how it handles claims and implements fraud prevention has been unanimously passed by a Senate committee and is scheduled for another hearing next week.
While preliminary data released by the Secretary of State shows the special election to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom is likely to proceed, Californians’ appetite to do so this fall compared to last remains to be seen.
Reed Smith announced the firm earned recognition from Yale Law Women in three categories of the organization’s prestigious Annual Survey of Gender Equity and Family Friendliness, now in its 16th year.
A new California bill that would require businesses to report wage and hour metrics and employee benefits would also provide eligible companies access to tax benefits, contracts, and other incentives from the state.
A recent state Supreme Court ruling found that work undertaken by contract workers on non-construction public works projects can be subject to a Prevailing Wage statute dating from the 1930s, raising questions about what the impact will be for the thousands of other special districts in California – from parks to libraries.
Acting U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds is proud to join the Tenderloin Community Benefit District in announcing the launch of the Youth Voice Program, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Project Safe Neighborhoods program and provided through the United States Attorney’s Office.
The pandemic has disrupted the life of U.S. workers in every industry. Navigating a return to work in an ongoing pandemic presents a host of challenges.
California employers with more than 25 workers will be mandated to provide up to an additional 80 hours of paid sick leave under a new law that remains in effect until this fall.
New legislation that proposes to raise taxes on California’s upper bracket earners is raising questions about the message it conveys, singling out a certain segment of the population to shoulder so much of its tax load.
A new report examining the impact of excessive tort claims in California finds that reforming the system could help create more than 200,000 jobs and an estimated $46 billion in economic activity.
DOL rules have eased the Outbreak Period deadline suspensions, but the Outbreak Period is not over. Finn Pressly and Anne Sanchez LaWer explain recent DOL guidance that slows the rush back to normal COBRA activity and the impact on COBRA administration beginning March 1st.
