April 10, 2024
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment decisions is rapidly advancing, offering employers a wealth of tools for recruitment and hiring. However, beneath the surface of its promising streamlined processes and enhanced decision-making lies a potential minefield of discrimination... Read MoreJanuary 11, 2024
As a guest on the Good Morning, HR podcast, Partner Corinne Spencer discussed the latest changes in California employment law, including: California’s Fair Chance Act regulations Who qualifies as an employer or employee under the FCA The criminal history inquiry... Read MoreNovember 3, 2023
Following the Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks, Inc. decision in California, the law on “take-home COVID” has been settled: Employees who contract COVID-19 at work may bring a workers’ compensation claim against their employer but they and their family members are... Read MoreFebruary 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 More
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