By Martin E. Sullivan – Actress Jennifer Esposito put CBS and the world on notice of her medical condition when last year she announced on the Late Show with David Letterman that she was diagnosed (in 2009) with celiac disease. Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune disorder (more…)
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27
Mar
2012
This Digital Life: Social Media Privacy
By Christina Paquette – In the digital age, job applicants, like everyone else, are probably aware that prospective employers sometimes review information applicants make available publicly through sources like Google, Facebook or Twitter. Yet, increasingly employers are going beyond what is in the public realm and demanding (more…)
Read moreBy Jennifer Tsao – Under California Assembly Bill 469, the “Wage Theft Prevention Act”, California employers are required to comply with new Labor Code section 2810.5 effective January 1, 2012. The new law requires, among other things, that California employers provide non-exempt employees with written notice of (more…)
Read moreIn a recent California Supreme Court decision, Sullivan v. Oracle, the Court held that that California’s overtime laws in fact apply to those non-resident employees who travel to and perform services in California. In the case, several Arizona and Colorado residents who were employed as instructors by (more…)
Read moreBy Jack Schaedel – In an interesting sexual harassment case reported September 3, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed a district court’s award of summary judgment in favor of an employer against EEOC (the federal anti-discrimination agency, which sometimes files lawsuits (more…)
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28
Apr
2010
Published: “Respondeat Superior under the UTSA”
Adam Kargman examines the issue of employer liability for employee violations of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) in the Winter 2010 edition of the ABA Section of Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee Newsletter
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