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Written by Wendy McGuire Coats, Todd Scherwin and Karl Lindegren, the article, "Encino: Deference challenged & ‘fair' is back,"

Stephen Scott's article, "Answer to question about personal liability lies down a rabbit hole," looks at federal and state laws and recent court decisions addressing personal liability for individual employers.

Says Siri alleged she was terminated as the general ledger staff accountant for Sutter Home Winery in retaliation for having notified the state Board of Equalization and Sutter's general counsel in writing...

After the state of Georgia passed S.B. 185, a law that removed funding for gender-affirming healthcare in prisons...

Adam Ernette (Associate-Chicago) and Edna Kersting (Partner-Chicago) co-authored "In re Estate of Yudin, 2014 IL App (4th) 130171-U," which appeared in the September 19, 2019 ...

In his bylined article for the Daily Journal titled "Perseverance pays off for employer in class action litigation," Irvine Partner Christopher M. Ahearn discusses how J.B. Hunt Transport's

He encourages hospitality employers to review their service charge practices to avoid a lawsuit.

Rebecca Springer and Kimberley Johnson share an overview of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Services and what it means for employers and anti-discrimination litigation moving forward.

As episode 2 of our ongoing Workers' Compensation Webinar Series, Partner Ryan V. Klee and Senior Associate Ryan Lawson discuss the new landscape of workers' compensation.

While driving a car rented through Lyft's "Express Drive Program," Jonathan Guarano struck the plaintiffs and caused significant injuries. Plaintiffs sued Lyft under the doctrine of respondeat superior...

Following up on my prior potty posts here and here, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") has recently settled a lawsuit involving a transgender employee...

Though it is unclear what the Supreme Court will decide, Chief Justice Rabner noted during oral argument that previous case law may have left open the possibility of disgorgement without a showing of economic damages.

Many companies have mandatory arbitration agreements with their employees. Those agreements often contain class and collective action waivers, meaning employees must bring their claims individually.

Despite 14 pages of vigorous dissent, a majority of a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit has done the right thing and joined the Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Circuits in holding that the National Bank Act preempts state wrongful discharge claims.

In Ibarra v. C.H. Murphy/Clark-Ullman, Inc., a wife sued her late husband's employer for loss of consortium arising from her husband's exposure to asbestos while working in California in the 1970s. As the injury occurred...

The Fourth Appellate District affirmed a trial court's authority to reduce PAGA civil penalties using any reasonable methodology, rejecting arguments that reductions must follow a specific calculation framework.

The California Supreme Court addressed the split in appellate authority and held that trial courts do not have the inherent authority to strike a PAGA claim on manageability grounds.