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For more than four decades, Cook Brown LLP has represented employers throughout California, providing practical counsel, strategic guidance, and experienced advocacy across complex labor and employment matters.
Decades of Experience. A Clear Focus on Employers.
Established 1981
More than four decades of experience advising and representing employers.
Employer Focused
A practice built around the legal and operational challenges employers face.
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A longstanding law firm shaped by experienced and diverse leadership.
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Deep experience navigating California’s complex labor and employment landscape.
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Cook Brown advises and represents employers across a broad range of workplace matters. Whether a client is working to prevent a dispute, responding to an immediate issue, or defending against litigation, the firm’s attorneys provide practical guidance backed by decades of experience.
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By January 1, 2027, certain businesses that use automated decision-making technology to make employment decisions must comply with new California Privacy Protection Agency regulations. The regulations generally apply to large employers — those with annual revenue in excess of $25
Now that 2026 is well under way, employers may want to assess their compliance with one of this year’s more nuanced new laws – AB 692 – governing employee debts. AB 692 was enacted to prohibit employers from forcing employees
California courts continue to interpret whistleblower protections broadly and extend this protection to employees even when they are wrong about the law or an alleged violation. In a recent decision, a California Court of Appeal held that an employee may
Pay equity and pay transparency continue to be legislative priorities in California. Over the past several years, the Legislature has repeatedly expanded California’s Equal Pay Act (Lab. Code §§ 1197.5, 432.3) and imposed increasingly detailed pay data reporting requirements on
The 2025 federal budget law “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) created two temporary federal income tax deductions that rely on employer information reporting: (i) a deduction for qualified tips (IRC §224) and (ii) a deduction for qualified overtime compensation
The California Legislature recently passed the “Workplace Know Your Rights Act (“Act”).” The Act requires employers to provide an annual workplace rights notice to employees focused on protection against immigration-related practices. While this new notice requirement contained in the Act