Q: I have a client who owes money to the IRS. While I know the IRS likely has a tax lien, my understanding was it just waits until a taxpayer’s property is sold and then gets paid out of escrow. Instead, here, the IRS has filed…
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/ Civil Procedure, Taxation
In August 2000, the California Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling that changed the face of employment arbitration agreements going forward. That case, known as Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services, Inc.,…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law
Q: I am a receiver for a partnership. I was appointed pursuant to a stipulation between the current partners and a secured creditor. After an extensive investigation, I have sued the former managing partner and her mother to…
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/ Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure
Arbitration agreements, at their core, are contracts. As with any contract, there must be “mutuality” or, more colloquially, a “meeting of the minds” on what the contract is intended to encompass. For this reason, employment…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law
On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that the deadline for restaurant owners to apply for the city’s permanent Al Fresco program has been extended to December 31, 2024. This means that any…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Since its enactment, California courts have universally established the California Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.97 et seq., which governs the timely payment of fees in arbitration, allows no room for error…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Labor & Employment Law
Over the last decade, the use of e-signatures has become the norm for human resources departments when onboarding new employees. The advent of resources like DocuSign, Taleo, BabooHR, and others have made this process simple,…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law
July 1st Minimum Wage Increases Each year on July 1st, a number of local municipalities and the County of Los Angeles raise their hourly minimum wage, based on changes to the consumer price index, and as required by local…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Over the weekend, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1524 into law, an emergency provision clarifying that Senate Bill 478, the “hidden fees” law that went into effect this week, will not apply to restaurants, bar, food…
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/ Consumer Protection
If you missed our last reminder, there is less than a week for most California employers to finalize and implement Workplace Violence Prevention Plans (“WVPP”) and have their employees trained on the company-specific policies by…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On March 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) revised independent contractor test took effect, under a Final Rule issued by the Wage and House Division of DOL. The rule for Employee or Independent Contractor…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
On May 31, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 828, delaying the implementation of the recently passed healthcare minimum wage law, SB 525, by one month, from June 1, 2024 to July 1, 2024…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law
Q: I was appointed receiver over a manufacturing facility. I operated it for a short time and then obtained court authority to sell it. I netted $1.4 million from the sale…
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/ Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently passed the Los Angeles County Fair Workweek Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which generally requires that certain retail employers in the unincorporated areas of the County of…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a final rule largely banning the use of non-compete agreements nationwide. The stated purpose of the rule is to address the substantially increased harm non-compete agreements have…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
