07.09.24
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) has published an updated Oral Hearing Guide to reflect current practice before the Board.
07.02.24
With the demise of the doctrine of Chevron deference at the U.S. Supreme Court in the Loper Bright Enterprises case, the future of the Federal Trade Commission’s broad rule banning noncompete agreements nationwide is uncertain.
06.26.24
California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) doesn’t violate federal or state Equal Protection clauses, the en banc Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined.
When is an employer’s violation of providing employees with wage statements knowing and intentional, triggering financial penalties?
The FAA preempts California’s Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.97, which requires employers to pay arbitration fees within 30 days of the due date or return the case to court, a state appellate panel has ruled.
After the EEOC issued Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace – the first in decades – it is facing state Attorney General opposition.
Taking a page from countries across the Atlantic, the California legislature is considering a bill that would give employees the “right to disconnect.”
On June 18, Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced an agreement with employers on reforms to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), with corresponding legislation introduced on June 21.
06.25.24
A Pennsylvania federal court has ruled that a lawmaker can be held personally liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for prerecorded robocalls that were intended as government communications to constituents.
Calls and messages encouraging a recipient to sign up for free nutrition counseling services did not constitute telephone solicitations within the meaning of the TCPA, according to a reported decision from a Wisconsin federal court.
