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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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Real estate agent: employee or independent contractor?

From Human Resources Director, Bernise Carolino discusses a recent case in California in which the court said…

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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…

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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…

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$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…

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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…

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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…