Successful businesses expand. Sometimes they even franchise themselves, offering opportunities for other small businesses to take root. The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision has expanded liability for small businesses by changing the...
In California, marijuana has gone from being an illegal drug to being big business.Last week Governor Jerry Brown signed into law three pieces of legislation (AB 243, AB 266, and SB 643) aimed at regulating the $1.3 billion medical marijuana industry in the state. The...
In California, PAGA representative actions are filed daily alleging that employees have purportedly suffered extensive statewide violations of the Labor Code. While PAGA allows employees to bring representative actions against employers on behalf of themselves and...
During the legislative session that just ended, the California Legislature enacted, and Governor Jerry Brown signed, 18 new laws that for the most part impose new burdens on California employers and expose them to more legal risks. Except where otherwise specified in...
Stores are already putting up Thanksgiving and even Christmas displays (at my local Sam’s Club!), and Urban Outfitters is getting ready. Gawker published an e-mail this past week asking its full time employees at URBN, Urban Outfitters’...
