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PAGA Reimagined: A New Chapter for California’s Employers and Employees

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/21/2024

On June 18, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas announced a tentative deal to reform a number of aspects of California’s Private Attorneys...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity - June 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/6/2023

In our June Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review new data privacy laws in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida and Montana; Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report; AM Best’s report on cyber insurance trends; and...more

The Show Must Go On: Entertainer-Employee Classification Takes Center Stage for Venues

DarrowEverett LLP on 4/26/2023

It’s spring 2023, live entertainment is back, and perhaps so is the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law on August 16, 2022, authorizes $80 billion in funding for the IRS over the...more

Catastrophic Accident Resulted in a Workplace Fatality — Does Not Automatically Mean There Was an OSHA Violation

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/28/2015

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is charged with enforcing the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA Act), and its various regulations intended to keep employees safe in their workplaces. Failure to...more

The Electrician Is An Independent Contractor; The Uber Driver Isn’t

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 8/24/2015

When I talk to businesspeople about the legal differences between employees and independent contractors, I often offer the electrician who comes to the office to fix a wiring problem as the paradigmatic independent...more

Applications like WhatsApp are reshaping government investigations and should be refocusing how compliance departments handle...

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 4/9/2015

White Collar, Regulatory Defense, and Investigations Client Update - In today’s high tech world, the ways to communicate are almost limitless. This presents risks for organizations and challenges for compliance...more

Avoiding Fines by Starting the I-9 Process Early. Just Not Too Early…

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/6/2014

As we have noted in prior posts, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) has been aggressively pursuing I-9 inspections and imposing record fines (about $12.5 million per year) as part of its multi-year strategic plan....more

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