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February 8, 2023
A consumer arbitration case against Coinbase Inc. before the U.S. Supreme Court will affect how cost-efficient arbitration is for employers. The case involves whether an appeal of a district court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration stays the litigation or... Read MoreJanuary 10, 2023
For a sixteenth year, Managing Partner Barry Pearlman has been named to the Southern California Super Lawyers 2023 list in the area of Employment Litigation: Defense. Pearlman specializes in the litigation of complicated employment law and workers’ compensation defense matters,... Read MoreDecember 13, 2022
California’s employment laws will soon be even tougher with new bills taking effect January 1, 2023. KFI-AM and KNX News spoke with Senior Associate Antwoin Wall on why SB-1162 can be construed as a job killer by adding costly reporting... Read MoreNovember 7, 2022
New rules for disclosing pay range information to applicants and employees, and new record keeping and reporting requirements go into effect in California on January 1, 2023. But two other rules effective January 1 are just as consequential, Senior Associate Antwoin Wall... Read MoreSeptember 22, 2022
Recent legal precedent, including the U.S. Supreme Court Viking River Cruises decision, is starting to provide some clarity on whether mandatory arbitration agreements are legal in California, to the benefit of employers. In his article for Daily Journal, Senior Associate... Read MoreSeptember 14, 2022
In an interview with KNX Radio, Corinne Spencer, Chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, advised California employers to pay attention to e-signatures when they draft employee arbitration agreements, stemming from a recent reversal in California’s 2nd District... Read MoreJuly 14, 2022
Senior Attorney Raymond Correio, a retired workers’ compensation judge, is living proof that a workaholic can never really retire. From 1997 until 2009, Ray held court at Santa Monica and DWC Marina Del Rey. Upon retirement in 2009 with barely a two-week... Read MoreJune 21, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Viking River Cruises has dictated that claims brought under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) can go to arbitration, stating that a former employee of Viking River Cruises should pursue her individual PAGA... Read MoreApril 1, 2022
As part of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s 2022 Law Firm’s Special Report, Senior Attorney Antwoin Wall was featured in a Q&A discussing how the pandemic affected Pearlman, Brown & Wax and its clients, what qualities make a good... Read MoreFebruary 2, 2022
The cost to defend a lawsuit or resolve pre-litigated matters under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) has often led to bankruptcy for many California employers, a trend that has risen in recent years. In their Daily Journal article, “Reason... Read More
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