California recently enacted two bills — SB 699 and AB 1076 — amending and adding to Section 16600 of the California Business and Professions Code to broaden the scope of California’s already expansive prohibitions on...more
On October 8, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 54 (“SB 54”), which will apply to a majority of U.S. venture capital investment firms, even if they are not based in California. SB 54 aims to...more
The Supreme Court's unanimous June 29, 2023 decision in Groff v. DeJoy rejected the standard commonly used by courts in determining whether accommodating an employee's religious beliefs would constitute an "undue hardship"...more
7/6/2023
/ Civil Rights Act ,
De Minimus Doctrine ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Groff v DeJoy ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Substantial Burden ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship ,
USPS
Currently, California requires large private employers that are subject to EEO-1 reporting obligations under federal law to also submit annual pay data reports to the California Civil Rights Division (CRD). Covered employers...more
11/11/2022
/ Covered Employer ,
Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Labor Contractor ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Data ,
Private Sector ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Staffing Agencies ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Since 2018, California has required employers to provide the pay scale for a position when requested by an applicant that has completed an initial interview. Beginning January 1, 2023, employers that are hiring in California...more
Last week, in Van Buren v. United States, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. §1030 et seq., is not implicated by improper use of computer systems to which an...more
On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 979 (AB-979) into law, which will require every public company with securities listed on a major U.S. stock exchange and that has its principal...more
The emergence of COVID-19 has led to increased litigation and government activity across all industries, and this trend is only likely to accelerate. To assist you in better understanding your risk, we have examined matters...more
Under both the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and its California equivalent (Cal-WARN) covered employers are required to provide at least 60 days' notice before executing a mass layoff or...more
The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) challenged an agreement between two of the largest rail equipment suppliers in the world that prohibited them from competing to hire each other’s employees, often...more
The Supreme Court has unanimously decided, in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, No. 16-1276, that the whistleblower protections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 are only available...more
2/26/2018
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Internal Reporting ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, which immediately creates, for the first time ever, a federal civil cause of action for misappropriation of trade secrets. The DTSA adds a federal...more