California Employment News: California Wage Compliance – Avoiding Legal Pitfalls
California Employment News: CA Local Minimum Wage Updates
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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
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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)
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(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
The JustPod: Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing: A Discussion with Hillary Blout
On July 30, 2025, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 648 into law, amending the Labor Code to strengthen protections for employee gratuities. Under the new law, if customer pays a gratuity by credit card, then the business...more
Earlier this year, the California’s Civil Rights Council (CRC), a branch of the California Civil Rights Department, approved the final text of new regulations to address employers’ lawful use of artificial intelligence (AI)...more
California is the latest mover in a world of evolving AI regulation, amending the Fair Employment and Housing Act’s (FEHA) regulatory framework to address the use of artificial intelligence in employment-related decisions....more
If your company is using AI or other automated decision making systems to make employment or hiring decisions, a new set of regulations in California will be going into effect on October 1, 2025 that will require your...more
Employers are increasingly using Automated Decision Systems (“ADS”) – tools powered by Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and algorithms – to streamline recruitment and manage the employee lifecycle. Uses so far include resume...more
On May 13, 2025, Cal/OSHA issued a new draft of its proposed Workplace Violence Prevention in General Industry regulation, which updates its previously issued July 15, 2024 version. This May 2025 version incorporates advisory...more
On May 13, 2025, Cal/OSHA released a new discussion draft of its proposed regulation on Workplace Violence Prevention in General Industry. This latest version updates the July 15, 2024 draft we previously blogged about, and...more
As we previously blogged, effective July 1, 2025, Los Angeles County’s new Fair Work Week Ordinance requires qualifying retailers and grocers (300+ employees nationwide in unincorporated LA County) to give workers predictable...more
While California employers may be generally aware of the nine requirements for wage statements, a careful review of the nuances of each of those requirements is necessary to ensure compliance under Labor Code section 226....more
California employers face new compliance updates in 2025, including the expiration of most COVID-19 prevention regulations, a mandatory whistleblower notice posting, and an updated state withholding allowance...more
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 699: Sweeping Prohibition Against...more