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Proskauer - California Employment Law

What Would John Wilkes Booth Do? Mandatory COVID Vaxes for Actors

Although the threat of COVID-19 (remember that?) seems to have diminished considerably over the past five years, once upon a time in Hollywood many production companies (along with other employers) required employees to be...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

California Appeals Court Opines on Interplay Between Employment Discrimination Claims and Anti-SLAPP Laws

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A California appellate court last week issued a decision in Wilson v. CNN, applying and interpreting the scope of last year’s Supreme Court ruling in the same case, which had itself resolved a circuit split in the state as to...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California Employment Law Notes - November 2019

Court Upholds Whistleblower Verdicts In Favor Of Fired Parking Ticket Hearing Examiners - Hawkins v. City of Los Angeles, 40 Cal. App. 5th 384 (2019) - Todd Hawkins and Hyung Kim were terminated from their jobs as...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: July 2019

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This month's key California employment law cases involve payment of wages, workplace conditions, public employment issues, and civil procedure....more

BakerHostetler

California Supreme Court Reopens the Door for SLAPPing Retaliation and Discrimination Claims

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The California Supreme Court has ruled that a former employee’s retaliation or discrimination claim can be dismissed at the initial stages of litigation via California’s anti-SLAPP statute. ...more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

California Supreme Court Confirms that the “Anti-SLAPP” Statute Applies to Claims of Discrimination and Retaliation

Prior to the California Supreme Court’s decision in Wilson vs. Cable News Network, Inc., California Courts of Appeal were split on whether California’s anti-SLAPP statute applied to an employee’s claims of discrimination and...more

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California Supreme Court Decides Wilson v. CNN: Court Rules No Categorical Exception to Anti-SLAPP Review for Discrimination and...

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On July 22, 2019, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Wilson v. CNN. The primary question before the court concerned the application of the anti-SLAPP statute, Civil Procedure Code Section 425.16,...more

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California Supreme Court to Issue Opinion on Monday, July 22 in Anti-SLAPP Case Affecting Pending Peer Review Cases and Peer...

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On May 7, 2019, the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Wilson v. Cable News Network, Inc., et al., where plaintiff was a producer at CNN who sued the media giant for employment discrimination, retaliation,...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

What We May See from the California Supreme Court in 2019

2018 saw some major developments in employment law, particularly in California. The California Supreme Court embraced the ABC test for independent contractors in Dynamex, and rejected the de minimis doctrine for Labor Code...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Claim for Breach of Non-Compete Agreement Survives Anti-SLAPP Motion to Dismiss

In a dispute between a former employee and former employer over violation of a non-compete/non-disclosure agreement and other related claims, Judge Salinger denied the employee’s motion to dismiss under Massachusetts’...more

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California FEHA Forecast: Evidence of Pretext Required in Anti-SLAPP Case Against TV Stations

On January 19, 2016, a California Court of Appeal issued an unpublished decision in Hunter v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc. The case was brought by Kyle Hunter, who filed an employment discrimination complaint, claiming that two...more

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