On January 1, 2024, two new California statutes that could have a national impact on employee restrictive covenants, such as noncompete and non-solicitation agreements, will become effective.

In an opinion filed on the last day of 2019, the California Court of Appeal, Third District, reversed a trial court's holding that an additional insured was not bound by an arbitration agreement

In an expansive recent ruling, the California Court of Appeal in Brown v. TGS Management Co., LLC reversed a judgment confirming an arbitration award...

The company has created a new product. It has passed all clinical trials. All regulatory hurdles have been cleared.

On October 14, 2023, California's active legislative year came to an end, leaving numerous employment law updates in its wake. This year, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed novel laws...

With most employees working remotely amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of videoconferencing platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, WebEx, GoTo, Ring, and...

Continuing the recent flurry of decisions refining the edges of California's general prohibition against post-employment covenants not to compete, the Court of Appeal for the Second District of California issued its opinion in Dean Dowell v. Biosense Webster, Inc., 2009 Cal. App. LEXIS 1860 ("Biosense").

On May 9, 2025, Judge Edward J. Davila of the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss...

The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement ("DLSE") just released a memorandum to its staff announcing that it has adopted the rulings announced in the California Court of Appeal's decision in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court of San Diego County regarding meal and rest periods.

The Ninth Circuit recently asked the California Supreme Court to provide it with guidance concerning certain types of non-compete provisions ....

Last month, California's Fourth District Court of Appeal issued AMN Healthcare, Inc. v. Aya Healthcare Servs., Inc., 28 Cal. App. 5th 923 (Cal. Ct. App. 2018).

On November 1, 2018 the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District found that a provision in a Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement, which prohibits employees...

As part of Ogier's ongoing series of articles on fraud and asset tracing, we will now look at a number of recovery claims that victims of fraud have brought against their service providers.

For decades, California has taken arguably the most pro-employee-mobility position on noncompetition and non-solicitation agreements in the country – generally...

Parties have an obligation to preserve records, including Emails, even before a lawsuit is filed. Once litigation is commenced, companies must take reasonable steps to safeguard potentially relevant evidence. Many companies are struggling with developing policies and procedures to comply with these obligations.

California has long been known as a state that bans post-employment non-compete and customer non-solicitation agreements for its employees

California is notorious for outlawing non-competition agreements.

On August 29, 2005, the Department of Justice announced that KPMG had admitted to criminal wrongdoing and agreed to pay $456 million in fines, restitution and penalties as part of an agreement to defer prosecution of the firm.

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has settled a long-standing controversy in the accountancy profession regarding whether audit firms can validly sign audit reports in their corporate name, or whether only individual chartered accountants should sign such reports. This landmark decision reverses a 2010 Federal High Court ruling and has profound implications for professional accountability, disciplinary measures, and the future structure of Nigeria's accountancy profession.