Management's Labor and Employment Advocates
Cook Brown represents employers in labor relations and employment disputes. Our business clients are large and small and include contractors, manufacturers, farms, banks and retailers. Our public sector clients include cities, state agencies and schools. With the firm's depth of experience in traditional labor law and collective bargaining, as well as employment litigation, Cook Brown is uniquely positioned to meet the challenges confronting today's employer.
Our attorneys consistently obtain success in court, in the boardroom and on the job site. Our expertise is built on decades of experience. Whether in connection with union relations and negotiations, or responding to enforcement agencies or lawsuits, we aim to provide economical and practical representation, specifically designed to meet client objectives.
COOK BROWN REPORT
NLRB Requires Employers to Post New Notice
New CAC Regulation Imposes Minimum Hours Requirement on Requests for Apprentice Dispatch
Wage & Hour Update - Class Actions
California Decision Regarding Satellite TV Installers
Governor Brown Passes Last Minute Employment Bill Restricting Use of Credit Check by Employers
Construction Industry Employers Targeted for Workplace Audits
Teamster Apprenticeship Program Approved in Southern California
Trends: Toward Employment Arbitration Agreements, Away from Class Actions
Predetermined Increase Lowers Prevailing Wage for Carpenters and Other Trades
Dennis Cook, Esq.
Court Rejects Expansion of Employee Class Action Certifications
IRS Mileage Reimbursement Rate Change
U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Arbitration Agreements May Include Class Action Waivers
Labor and Employment Law Bills 2011-2012 Legislative Session
PERB Retains Jurisdiction in Putative Class Action Complaints