11.18.24
Amid California’s water crisis, Manatt submitted a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board on opportunities for new desalination plants.
10.24.24
Last month, Governor Gavin Newsom ended the California legislative session by signing over a dozen bills on privacy and AI and vetoing several others.
10.23.24
On October 17, 2024, the DTSC held a workshop on draft emergency regulations affecting all hazardous waste handlers in the state, with few exemptions.
10.14.24
California Legislature recently passed and Governor Newsom signed two bills amending the Levine Act.
10.01.24
Even California’s “Climate Governor” had concerns about rushing hastily into California’s unprecedented climate disclosure mandate laws.
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.”
