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Last week, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 5, a new law related to an issue that is critically important to California employers and service providers—whether a worker is classified as an employee ...

Authored by Karen Frank and Christopher Chou. Originally published in the California Real Property Journal, Vol. 37, Issue 2.  INTRODUCTIONThere is a growing effort among cities to leverage the private development ...

Recent indictments of well-known financial, legal and business persons accused of paying bribes to get their children into college raise significant corporate governance and fiduciary questions. Many of the individuals i ...

As many in California already know, the State does not conform automatically to new Federal tax legislation, including the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted on December 22, 2017 (“TCJA”). Instead, any conforming changes ...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued two rulings last week on copyright law. In both cases, they acted to resolve conflicts between the Circuits, following closely to statutory language. Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wal ...

With the advent of cost-effective GPS devices and smartphone tracking apps, employers may effectively monitor their workforce like never before. An employee’s distance traveled, sales routes, and productivity (among ot ...