California Employment News: California Wage Compliance – Avoiding Legal Pitfalls
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 516: Listen and Learn -- Elements of a Crime
California Employment News: CA Local Minimum Wage Updates
(Podcast) California Employment News: CA Local Minimum Wage Updates
Adaptive Reuse: From Desks to Doorways
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 514: Listen and Learn -- Discovery (Civ Pro)
A Counterintuitive Approach to Winning Without Litigation: One-on-One with Haley Morrison
(Podcast) California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 511: Listen and Learn -- Landlord/Tenant Law (Part 1)
From Permits to Penalties: A Deep Dive Into Coastal Development Law
California Employment News: Synthesizing Evidence in a Workplace Investigation – Part 3 (Featured)
Doc Fees Decoded: The Price of Paperwork in Auto Sales — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
(Podcast) California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)
California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 314: Listen and Learn -- False Imprisonment and Shopkeeper’s Privilege (Torts)
(Podcast) California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
Feeling the Heat: Strategies to Keep Cool Under California's Consumers Legal Remedies Act — The Consumer Finance Podcast
On August 21, 2025, the Mayor of Long Beach approved an ordinance requiring staffing for self-checkout at drug retail establishments and grocery stores. The ordinance will go into effect on September 21, 2025, the 31st day...more
On August 13, 2025, the District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by several business groups challenging California Senate Bills 253 (Climate Corporate Data...more
Effective October 1, 2025, California will join a growing number of jurisdictions that regulate the use of automated-decision systems (ADS) in employment decisions. Employers in California should review their use of ADS in...more
A new class action lawsuit filed in California Federal Court claims Celtic Ocean International, LLC’s Celtic Sea Salt products are contaminated with lead and arsenic, in violation of California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act,...more
On August 21, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) held a public workshop providing updates on SB 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261 (the Climate-related Financial Risk Act)....more
In July 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) adopted final regulations governing automated decision-making technology (ADMT), privacy risk assessments, and cybersecurity audits under the California Consumer...more
Key Takeaways - The California legislature is advancing two bills that focus on the role of private equity groups, hedge funds and management services organizations in the state’s health care industry....more
On 11 August 2025, California employers scored some relief from a rigidly applied arbitration statute with the California Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision in Hohenshelt v. Superior Court (Hohenshelt)....more
In a decision building on a string of recent industry wins, a federal district court granted a permanent injunction, which extended an earlier issued preliminary injunction, prohibiting the filing of new lawsuits to enforce...more
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently held its second virtual public workshop to provide additional guidance on implementing California’s climate disclosure statutes, SB 253 (Climate Corporate Data Accountability...more
On August 21, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) held its second virtual public workshop on California’s climate reporting laws, Senate Bill 253 (The Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and Senate Bill...more
When we speak to clients about online privacy issues, they almost always mention the CCPA – California’s Consumer Privacy Act that regulates the collection and use of personal data. But unless they have already faced a...more
California’s Civil Rights Department finalized regulations to curb the discriminatory impacts of artificial intelligence and automated decision-making in the workplace. The regulations apply to all employers in California and...more
The State of California has approved sweeping new changes to existing regulations implementing its Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). While targeted at an employer’s use of automated-decision systems and selection...more
In a decision with important implications for developers and charter cities alike, the California Court of Appeal held in Palm Springs Promenade, LLC v. Department of Industrial Relations that a city’s contribution of funds...more
California’s Department of Finance recently announced the minimum wage increase for 2026. The minimum wage in California will increase from $16.50 per hour to $16.90 perhour on January 1, 2026. This increase applies to all...more
On August 11, the California Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Hohenshelt v. Superior Court addressing the interplay between the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and California’s statutory requirements for timely...more
August 26, 2025|Client Alerts By John L. Hosack, Jason E. Goldstein California Insurance Commissioner Files Petition in the Superior Court to have him appointed as the Conservator of Real Advantage Title Insurance Company...more
On August 11, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Hohenshelt v. Superior Court and peeled away the draconian application of California's arbitration fee statute, California Civil Procedure Code §§...more
What happens if you are accused by the IRS, the FTB, or another California tax agency regarding omissions, fraud, or false information on a tax return? The short answer is simple: failure to make a full, transparent, and...more
In the recently published case Bartel v. Chicago Title Insurance Company, a California appellate court reaffirmed longstanding California law on insurers’ broad duty to defend even in the face of complicated underlying facts,...more
The California Supreme Court held that an employer must prove that it made a reasonable attempt to decipher the requirements of the law governing minimum wages in order to avail itself of the good faith defense against...more
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a virtual public workshop on August 21 to refine implementation of the state’s corporate climate-disclosure laws – Senate Bills 253 and 261 (amended by SB 219). In advance of...more
On July 4, 2025 the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law.[1] The OBBBA made several provisions permanent from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). It also made significant changes aimed to expand deductions,...more
On August 12, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling striking certain trade secrets asserted by a plaintiff on the grounds that the plaintiff had not spelled out its trade...more