"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." That quote is attributed to famed American author Mark Twain, who supposedly uttered it following a false report of his death. It seemingly rings true now more than a century later concerning the country's vast retail...
Month: May 2018
An interesting issue from the complex realm of intellectual property
Any sports fan who actively follows college competition knows just how huge a spectacle that can be at the so-called “D-1” level. Major top-tier programs across the country (one might quickly think of the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins for a local...
Don’t ask, don’t tell informs California law re prior salary history
How would you feel upon discovering that, while you are at least as qualified as a co-worker doing the same work as you, that employee makes a materially higher wage than you do? We thought so. Many workers across the country understandably lack specific data on the...
Dynamex: The California Supreme Court Upends the State’s Independent Contractor Market
On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court upended the state's independent contractor market with its decision in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court. The Court's ruling changed the way the law will determine whether a worker is an employee or an...
Restraint-of-trade litigation ramps up in California federal court
American federal law that seeks to ensure fair competition in the commercial realm is both robust and long-tenured, with so-called “antitrust” protections aimed at precluding monopolies and other business-choking strategies being well established and...
