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According to Fox Rothschild Partner Jeff Polsky, a new case in California may support employers who are fighting the theft of sensitive information by former employees.

Litigation over food-and-beverage service charges is increasing.

The injunction is on a nationwide basis and there will be more proceedings before the court renders a final decision.

David C. Henderson, a member of the firm's Labor, Employment and Benefits practice group, published "Persistence, good faith efforts help counter discrimination claims" in the Boston Business Journal's "Viewpoint" section.

As expected, the Supreme Court granted review today of three of the conflicting Court of Appeals decisions.

A recent decision from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals highlights some of the pitfalls of entering into commercial transactions without conducting thorough employment diligence – even in the asset purchase context.

While the 2012 California Supreme Court decision in Brinker clarified some of the landscape for meal and rest period litigation, break requirements continue to give rise to more than their share of class action claims.

For lawyers who defend wage and hour cases in California, "PAGA" is a four-letter word. The Private Attorneys General Act allows private employees to sue to recover penalties that the state labor commissioner could have collected.

David F. Faustman was quoted in the Law360 article, "Calif. High Court OKs Waivers, Except for PAGA."

The California Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday in a wage-and-hour case that attorneys say could reduce the number of workplace class actions in the state by clarifying the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent pro-arbitration jurisprudence.

California's Fair Pay Act has the potential to be a game-changer. Effective January 1, 2015, it will be illegal for an employer in California to "pay any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex for substantially similar work ...

Oral argument in the case was set for February.

In a case possibly signaling a new direction in California wage and hour law, a California appellate court ruled Friday that a class of car dealers fell within the commissioned salesperson exemption to California overtime laws despite receiving flat fee commissions instead of commissions calculated as a percentage of the price of the cars sold.

In a case that could lead to more arbitration agreements by employers and fewer class actions by workers, the California Supreme Court will consider whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Concepcion decision allows class waivers in state employment disputes in Arshavir Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles LLC.

This decision provides clarity to this exception and reinforces the long-standing requirement that all meal periods must be at least 30 minutes in length.

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granting summary judgment in favor of an employer despite evidence of protected whistleblowing is instructive.

A Los Angeles jury has ordered an apartment building owner and property management company to pay $7.6 million to two former live-in apartment managers who claimed to have been wrongfully terminated...