Category: California
Federal Appeals Court Blocks California’s Ban on Mandatory Arbitration Agreements: 7 Key Takeaways for Employers
From JDSupra, Anet Drapalski, Benjamin Ebbink, and Hannah Sweiss discuss the implications of the recent Ninth Circuit…
Ninth Circuit Delivers Employers a Valentine – Blocks California’s Bar to Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements
From JDSupra, Dan Forman discusses the recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that California’s…
Real Estate Agents Are Independent Contractors As A Matter Of Law in California If Requirements Met
From JDSupra, Anthony Oncidi provides January updates for California law including a case in a real estate…
California Court of Appeal Calls Into Question Evidentiary Value of Electronic Signatures
From JDSupra, Brett Watson discusses troubling language in a recent decision that upheld the validity of handwritten…
California Court of Appeal Curbs “I Do Not Recall Signing” Defense to Arbitration Agreements
From JDSupra, Jayvon Brown and Taylor Wendland discuss a recent case in which the court said that,…
San Francisco secures over $5 million settlement for Instacart workers
The City Attorney of San Francisco and San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement Director announced a…
Real estate agent: employee or independent contractor?
From Human Resources Director, Bernise Carolino discusses a recent case in California in which the court said…
California federal court enforces “clickwrap” web agreement and compels arbitration of claims against Google
From JDSupra, Mark Levin discusses a recent case in which the court enforced a “clickwrap” arbitration agreement…
California Court of Appeal Provides Guidance on Individual PAGA Claim Waivers
From Lexology, Jaime Walter discusses a recent case in which a California court provided guidance on the…
$6.5 million wage settlement OK’d for exotic dancers in California
From Courthouse News Service, Alanna Madden reports on a proposed settlement of misclassification claims by exotic dancers…
Hirer Of Independent Contractor Is Not Liable For Injury To Contractor’s Employee
From Lexology, Tony Oncidi reports on a case in California in which the company that hired an…
LGCY Power Misclassified Door-to-Door Salespeople as Independent Contractors
Top Class Actions reports that LGCY settled claims that it misclassified workers, including door-to-door salespeople, as independent…
