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Why You May Not Want To Be A "Guiding Spirit"

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Last week, I wrote about California Labor Code § 558.1 which provides that an owner, director, officer, or managing agent of an employer (a "person acting on behalf of an employer") may be liable "as the employer" for...more

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Assembly Bill 2613 Seeks to Expand Personal Liability for Individual Managers in California

Assembly Bill 2613 seeks to expand the persons potentially liable to any “person acting on behalf of an employer”. More specifically, liability would attach when an employee is not paid sums owed when due under Labor Code...more

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Is Every Agent A Fiduciary?

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In common parlance, a fiduciary is someone you can trust. The word itself is related to the Latin word, fidere, meaning to trust. We name our dogs “Fido” because dogs are trustworthy companions. For example, a dog named...more

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Officers And The Business Judgment Rule

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Last weekend I attended a symposium at the UCLA School of Law entitled “Can Delaware Be Dethroned? Evaluating Delaware’s Dominance of Corporate Law”. The event, organized by ever erudite Professor Stephen Bainbridge,...more

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Pay By Another Name Might Be Salt

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Yesterday’s post concerned the classification of directors and officers as employees for purposes of California’s workers’ compensation law. Effective January 1, 2017, California Labor Code Section 3351(c) will define...more

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