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March 13, 2023
Does a Shove at a Bar Make an Assault a Federal Case?
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January 30, 2023
Is the Person Providing You Samples at Costco an “Outside Salesperson”?
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Recent Decisions
January 19, 2023
To Lease or License, That is the Question
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Business Law
January 08, 2023
Standing to Sue Not Guaranteed by Federal Law in California
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News and Updates
December 19, 2022
Desperately Seeking Lease Purchase Options in Today’s Housing Market
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December 16, 2022
When Must a Defendant Forfeit Bonds in a Wage Claim?
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December 06, 2022
Is your Business Ready to Implement California’s Employment Law Changes for 2023?
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News and Updates
November 09, 2022
When are Employee Disclosures Protected by the California Whistleblower Protection Act?
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Recent Decisions
November 07, 2022
Can a Court Reduce a Serial ADA Litigant’s Attorney’s Fees Award?
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News and Updates
November 01, 2022
CCPA Employee and B2B Exemptions Expire January 1, 2023, Providing New Privacy Rights to Employees
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October 18, 2022
What Do I Do If I Receive a Demand Letter from a Lawyer on Behalf of a Former Employee?
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Employment Law
October 11, 2022
Can a Plaintiff Bring an Employment Lawsuit Where She’d Be Working Remotely When An Employer is Located Elsewhere?
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News and Updates
September 28, 2022
Offsite and Outside-Of-Work Marijuana Use Now OK in California
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September 08, 2022
Governor Newsom Signs New Fast Food Industry Law
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Recent Decisions
September 02, 2022
California Court of Appeals Affirms Decision on Website Accommodations
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August 12, 2022
California Supreme Court Rules on Treble Damages and Attorneys' Fees Available in Certain Fraud Cases Under Penal Code § 496
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June 27, 2022
When Exactly Does an Employee Start Being an “Employee”?
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Recent Decisions
June 14, 2022
What California Employers Need to Know About CALSAVERS and the June 30, 2022 Registration Deadline
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May 27, 2022
What to Do If We Receive a Lawsuit Claiming Our Website Is Not Accessible and Violates the ADA or the Unruh Act?
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May 12, 2022
Can Employees Bring a Lawsuit When Another Identical Suit is Pending?
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April 28, 2022
Court Sanctions Attorney for Misuse of Anti-SLAPP
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Business Law
April 12, 2022
Ninth Circuit Says Union President Can’t Split Claims
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Recent Decisions
March 21, 2022
When is an Employer Arbitration Agreement So Unfair that it is Unenforceable?
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Recent Decisions
March 02, 2022
What’s the Proper Method for Presenting and Evaluating a Claim of Whistleblower Retaliation Under Labor Code Section 1102.5?
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Business Law
February 22, 2022
California’s COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Restored
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February 18, 2022
Can a Judge Reduce an Employee’s Attorneys’ Fees Award to a Fraction of the Total When the Jury Determined He Only Prevailed on Two of His Employment Law Claims?
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Recent Decisions
January 31, 2022
9th Circuit Says Shareholder Injured When California Requires or Encourages Discrimination Allowing a Challenge to Board Gender Diversity Statute to Proceed
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January 18, 2022
What’s the Latest on Mask Mandates for LA Employers?
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Employment Law
January 13, 2022
California Minimum Wage Increases for 2022
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Employment Law
December 21, 2021
What are the Changes to California Employment Laws in 2022?
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Employment Law
October 29, 2021
HA Suspends ETS Vaccine Enforcement with Fifth Circuit Decision
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OSHA
October 21, 2021
California Tightens “Non-Disparagement” Terms in Employment Settlement and Severance Agreements
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Employment Law
October 01, 2021
What Does President Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Mean for California Employers?
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COVID-19
September 15, 2021
Can You Sue Over Comments Made on Social Media?
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Business Law
September 08, 2021
Theft of Trade Secrets Results in $14M Judgment
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Employment Law
August 31, 2021
In a Major Setback for California’s Gig Economy Law, Prop. 22 Ruled Unconstitutional
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Employment Law
August 10, 2021
2:1 Ratio of Punitive to Compensatory Damages Appropriate, California Court Says
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July 30, 2021
Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Monex Fraud Case
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July 13, 2021
Corporations Headquartered in California Need a Minimum Number of Females on Their Boards of Directors
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July 04, 2021
Supreme Court Sides with Businesses Challenging California Labor Law
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June 25, 2021
Cal/OSHA Revises COVID-19 ETS Regulations Effective Immediately
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June 16, 2021
Don’t Rely on Policies Alone in a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Claim Against Current or Former Employees
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June 03, 2021
Cal/OSHA Proposes Revisions to the ETS
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May 25, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Says Act Doesn’t Authorize FTC to Recover Equitable Monetary Relief
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April 29, 2021
Ninth Circuit Reverses Equal Pay Act Claim
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April 14, 2021
California Supreme Court Rules Rounding Practices for Meal Times Illegal
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March 20, 2021
How Will President Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Relief Plan Help California Businesses?
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March 10, 2021
Bank Employee Harassed by Customer Allowed to Proceed With Sexual Harassment Claim
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February 17, 2021
Is California Seeing Court Victories for COVID Business Interruption Claims?
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January 27, 2021
Does a Commissions-Only Pay Structure Meet the Administrative Exemption’s Salary Basis Test?
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January 27, 2021
Adequate Evidentiary Showing Needed to Bring Nonsignatory into Arbitration
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January 06, 2021
Can an Injured Party Recover Secret Profits for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Without Proving Economic Damages?
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December 09, 2020
New COVID-19 Emergency Regulation in Effect for California Employers Requires Detailed and Comprehensive COVID-19 Prevention Program
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December 02, 2020
California Business Owners Should Note Ninth Circuit Decision on California’s “Absurd Results” Canon
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November 12, 2020
What Does the Passage of Proposition 22 Mean for California Employers?
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October 26, 2020
Recent Developments in California Law: Restraint of Trade and California Business & Professions Code, § 16600
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October 20, 2020
California Expands Family Leave Law to Apply to More Small Businesses
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October 13, 2020
California Changes the Law Governing Independent Contractors Again!
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September 09, 2020
California Supreme Court Expands Lenders’ Deficiency Rights
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July 09, 2020
Has Your Business Made All Applicable Minimum Wage Adjustments Yet?
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July 04, 2020
Navigating the Americans with Disabilities Act During a Pandemic
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June 23, 2020
As California’s Courts Reopen, Is Your Case Entitled to a Trial Preference?
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May 28, 2020
Los Angeles County Clears The Way for Reopening of Retailers, Offices, Malls, and Manufacturing
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May 26, 2020
Post-Coronavirus, Here’s How Commercial Tenants Can Leverage Their Lease in New Ways
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May 12, 2020
Commercial Leases Go Back to Work: Landlord and Tenant Considerations for Restructuring Leases
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May 11, 2020
New Rules Governing How Quickly California Communities Can Reopen Businesses
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April 29, 2020
The Force (Majeure) Awakens
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April 07, 2020
Update: Summary of Los Angeles and California Emergency Actions for Covid-19 Impacting Landlords and Tenants
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April 06, 2020
What Covid-19 Means for Real Estate Agents and Brokers
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March 30, 2020
Court of Appeal Deepens California Split Over Damages in Trusts and Estates Disputes
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March 30, 2020
Impact of Coronavirus on Commercial Leases
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March 27, 2020
$2 Trillion Relief Package for Americans and Businesses Which Includes Payroll Protection, Loan Forgiveness, Payment Deferment, & Wide Access to Unemployment Benefits: What You Need To Know
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March 24, 2020
Litigation in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic?
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Articles
March 19, 2020
H.R. 6201 “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” Signed Into Law: What This Means for Employers and Employees
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March 13, 2020
Coronavirus/COVID-19 FAQ’s for California Employers
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December 19, 2019
Employment Alert: New Laws for 2020
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News and Updates
November 01, 2019
Case Alert: California Court of Appeals Clarifies Deadline to Bring Anti-SLAPP Motion to Amended Complaint
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Recent Decisions
October 01, 2019
Matthew Eanet to Speak at Los Angeles City Club Small Business Forum – October 29, 2019
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September 26, 2019
Employment Alert: California Enacts AB5: What This Means for Employers and Independent Contractors
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September 20, 2019
Opinion in Red & White Distribution v. Osteroid Enterprises Gives Settling Litigants the Blues
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Recent Decisions
August 26, 2019
Daily Journal Publishes Article by Matthew Eanet on Negotiating and Enforcing Term Sheets
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News and Updates
July 29, 2019
Looking Back: Uncertainty Looms For Retroactive Application of Dynamex ABC Test
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Recent Decisions
July 22, 2019
Forgot to Renew a Judgment After 10 Years? You May Be In Luck
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Articles
May 23, 2019
No Signature, No Problem: Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements by and Against Nonsignatories
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Recent Decisions
April 08, 2019
New Ruling For Religious Employers Limits "Ministerial Exception" to Wage and Hour Claims
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Articles
February 11, 2019
Court of Appeal Expands Attorney Disqualification Standards
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Recent Decisions
January 25, 2019
A Strategic Approach to Purchasing Private Money Loans
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Articles
January 11, 2019
The Perks of Waiving Management Fees in Limited Partnerships: A Win-Win
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Articles
October 24, 2018
“Ya, Well Let Me See Her Quotes!” The Death of Quotes in Entertainment!
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Articles
September 07, 2018
CrossFit and Reebok Settle Lawsuit Over Royalty Payments
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Articles
August 24, 2018
Infographic on Los Angeles County Superior Court
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Infographics
August 23, 2018
Court of Appeal Affirms Eanet, PC Trial Victory
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August 23, 2018
Eanet, PC Files Wage and Hour/Misclassification Class Action On Behalf of California Care Givers Against Mae Morgan Agency
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News and Updates
August 20, 2018
Intellectual Property Lessons from Comic-Con 2018
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Articles
July 26, 2018
Eanet, PC Sponsors Annual Crenshaw Manor Block Party
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News and Updates
July 02, 2018
If You’re an Investor in a Start up and You Lose All Your Money, What Are Your Options?
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Articles
June 29, 2018
California Employment Law Alert - June 2018
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News and Updates
April 18, 2018
Risky Business: Messing with a Shareholder’s Interest in Stock of a Privately-Held Company
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Articles
February 02, 2018
Two Eanet, PC Attorneys Named to California Superlawyers
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January 19, 2018
Court of Appeal Says Complete and Final Agreement is Sort of Complete, Kind of Final, Maybe Neither.
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January 05, 2018
2018 Employment Law Alert for California Employers
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News and Updates
December 26, 2017
Loan Renegotiation is "New Phase" in Lending Relationship, May be Considered in whether Lender Breached Duty of Care
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Recent Decisions
December 05, 2017
Courts Of Appeal Give Yelp Arguments Re: Reviewer Anonymity One Star
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Recent Decisions
May 30, 2017
California Court of Appeal Clarifies Good Faith Defense Against Fraudulent Transfer Claims
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Recent Decisions
April 05, 2017
Another Unfavorable Appellate Court Ruling for Employers-Court Mandates Rest Periods for Commission Only Employees
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Recent Decisions
March 15, 2017
California Court of Appeal Reinstates Real Estate Brokerage Commission Lawsuit
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Recent Decisions
March 10, 2017
California: Directors of Insolvent Corporations Owe "Limited" Fiduciary Duties to Creditors
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Articles
March 05, 2017
Shareholder Litigation to Obtain Corporate “Books and Records” to Value Company and Investigate Wrongdoing
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Articles
December 29, 2016
Issue Spotter: In California, Sometimes Written Contracts Aren’t worth the Paper They’re Written On
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Articles
December 23, 2016
California Supreme Court to Employers: No More On-Call Rest Periods
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Recent Decisions
November 23, 2016
California Supreme Court Expands Fiduciary Duties Owed by Agents Associated with Dual Agents
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