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Washington state businesses that have noncompetition agreements with employees or independent contractors will be subject to new requirements under the latest amendment to the state’s noncompetition law beginning June 6. Learn more in this Perkins Coie LLP Update. #NoncompeteAgreements #Noncompetes #LaborAndEmployment #EmploymentLaw

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Thank you Claire Solot of the Legal Services Funders Network for bringing her ⭐️ #starpower to our Nixon Peabody LLP San Francisco #ProBono Celebration Lunch. Did you know? According to the State Bar of California •55 percent of Californians at all income levels experienced at least one civil legal problem in their household within the past year. · Californians sought legal help for fewer than one in three legal problems. · Californians received no or inadequate legal help for 85 percent of their problems. · The most common categories of civil legal problems affecting Californians at all income levels are health, finance, and employment. Claire’s organization is trying to bridge this #JusticeGap by bringing together funders from law firms, private foundations, individual donors, legal organizations, corporations, and others to fund solutions! https://lnkd.in/gcS9sTPs Matthew Richards Sharmaine Heng Emery Lewis #legalservices #lawfirm

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Excited to see it in print! My article "From Settlement to Judgment: Enforceability and Procedure Regarding Settlement Agreements Under Code of Civil Procedure 664.6" was published in the California Lawyers Association's Family Law News, Volume 46, Issue 1 (July 2024) [family law attorneys dm me for the full article if you want it]

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California recently memorialized reforms to its Private Attorneys' General Act (PAGA). This Perkins Coie Update is a nonexhaustive overview of some of the major changes, which include stricter claim requirements, modified penalties, and new resolution procedures, among others. #LaborAndEmployment #WageAndHour #LaborLaw #EmploymentLaw

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Attention all businesses operating in California! Make sure you're up to date with the state's new disclosure requirements. Check out Lowenstein Sandler LLP's recent client alert for key insights and compliance tips. #antimoneylaundering #moneylaundering #investmentmanagement #californialaw #taxlaw

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Restaurant leaders, please see our article below on California's SB 478 and its applicability to restaurant pricing practices as set forth in the May 8 FAQ from the California Department of Justice. The FAQ signals big changes for restaurants and consequences for noncompliance may be significant. Don't fall asleep on this one! Special thanks to Alan Greenfield Alice Kessler Adil Khan Magaly Zagal and the Greenberg Traurig, LLP Restaurant Industry Group team for your contributions to this article. #GTRestaurants #GTlaw

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The conversation around #PE investment in health care continues with California's latest bill, #AB3129, which provides the California Attorney General with oversight authority of private equity-backed health care transactions. My colleagues, Jill Gordon, Vidaur Durazo, Freddy R. Lopez, and I analyze its potential impact #healthcare #privateequity

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The California DFPI today posted its long-awaited "final" regulations on earned wage access and income share agreements. (Look at the docs dated March 14th under PRO 01-21.) I use quotes, because late last month the CA Office of Administrative Law rejected these rules for various technical reasons (also in the link below). While the DFPI will have to fix these issues and resubmit the rule for approval, we don't expect the substance to change. For EWA programs under this new rule, DFPI deems EWA programs (income-based advance in their terminology) to be loans. However, if providers register with the DFPI, those providers are exempt from the fee restrictions / rate caps that apply to traditional lenders in California. DFPI also provided its statement of reasons, in which it addresses the many comments it received during the process. With respect to its initial proposal to impose rate caps, DFPI acknowledges its failure to conduct a proper economic impact analysis. As a result, DFPI decided to withdraw the rate cap portion of the proposal.

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I recommend this presentation for those interested.

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To enhance labor law compliance and reduce litigation, California Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced a groundbreaking agreement to reform the Private Attorneys General Act. Discover how the reforms could impact businesses and employees alike in this Perkins Coie LLP blog post. #LaborAndEmployment #LaborAndEmploymentLaw #LaborLaw #WageAndHour

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On July 1, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of reforms to the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), a statute that has created headaches for employers and driven up wage and hour litigation and settlement costs since its 2004 enactment. The revised law provides some relief by establishing stricter standing requirements, giving trial courts greater discretion to manage and limit PAGA actions, reducing the recoverable penalties, and creating procedures and incentives for employers to proactively cure Labor Code violations. However, the amendments are unlikely to immediately cause a significant decline in PAGA litigation because many of the key terms are either undefined and/or ambiguous – likely requiring judicial interpretation. Nonetheless, California employers should take this opportunity to examine their wage and hour practices and policies and take corrective action if needed, as evidence of such “reasonable steps” will be helpful in defending any PAGA action. Click the link to read a summary of key changes and guidance for California employers written by Farellas Rebecca Stephens and Chandra Andrade.

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This also means future CCPA regulations (most notably, those covering cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, and automated decision making technologies) would be enforceable immediately upon final adoption without being subject to a one-year delay.

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The new era of depositions is here. Legal Recorder has quickly gained recognition among California attorneys for its ability to simplify Zoom depositions. Read our tips here - https://lnkd.in/d8S52KEk

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C a L i F o R i A L o V e.... ☀ 🏝 ☀ 🏝 ☀ I'm thrilled about our firm's expansion into the Los Angeles, California market! Through this comes the addition of Dan Offner and his amazing team members to our Venture Best® group and a unique suite of #legal #startup products and services for #entrepreneurs call StartUpProgram (SUP). #venture #venturelaw #VC #venturecapital

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Is filming someone without their consent admissible as evidence in court if a crime is captured? Join our Firm Partners, Don and Casey, as they discuss the legal complexities of Recording Evidence. #pasadena #familylaw #podcast #foryou

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PAGA Reform is here! Kudos to Nicholas Baltaxe and the Duane Morris Class Action Team for this article with some of our initial analysis. There will be lots more to come and so excited to see how cases evolve as a result! https://lnkd.in/gpa8d3Vu

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