On January 14, 2021, the California Supreme Court decided, at the request of the Ninth Circuit, that its decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal.5th 903 (2018) applies retroactively. Vazquez v....more
On Thursday, September 12th, the California State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), the controversial new law that codifies the three-factor “ABC” test introduced by the California Supreme Court in its 2018 Dynamex...more
9/16/2019
/ ABC Test ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Dynamex ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gig Economy ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
State Labor Laws
In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, Kate Napalkova, special employee benefits and executive compensation counsel, and associate Oleg Zakatov discuss potential pitfalls that lurk in employment agreements and other employee...more
5/30/2019
/ Best Practices ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Policies ,
Equity Compensation ,
Executive Compensation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Retaliation ,
Rule 21F-17 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Trade Secrets ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies