In an attempt to avoid wildfires caused by winds damaging power equipment, California utilities took the unprecedented step to proactively shut off power to about 800,000 customers across Northern California this week. Such power outages have placed ...
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Cook Brown Victory in Withdrawal Liability Dispute
The arbitrator in a hotly contested withdrawal liability dispute just ruled in favor of Cook Brown’s client–soundly rejecting the Pension Fund’s claim that the client was liable as a successor to a contractor which ceased much of its construction ...
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NLRB Proposes to Overhaul Union Election Procedures
The National Labor Relations Board recently issued the first of its planned regulations overhauling parts of its union election procedures. These updates arguably make it easier for workers to remove a labor union representing a bargaining unit. ...
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Cook Brown Attorneys Named to 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers
Cook Brown is pleased to announce five of our partners have been selected to the 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Dennis B. Cook, Ronald W. Brown, Brian D. Bertossa, ...
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California Becomes the First State to Ban Discrimination Against Natural Hair
California is now the first state in the nation to ban employers and school officials from discriminating against people based on their natural hairstyle. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the new law, which was first introduced in California by Senator ...
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Time to Re-Evaluate Employer Non-Solicitation Agreements in California
With the California Court of Appeal’s recent decision in AMN Healthcare, Inc. v. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc., the state may have left even less wiggle room for employers who might still have and want to enforce non-solicitation agreements in their ...
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Wage Hour Update: California Healthcare Workers Can Forgo Second Meal Break
Healthcare workers in California who work a 12-hour shift can forgo their second meal break and leave work a half hour sooner. The decision, handed down by the California Supreme Court last week, ended a lawsuit that was into its eleventh ...
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Walmart Agrees to Settle for $65 Million in a PAGA Class Action
Walmart, Inc. has agreed to pay $65 million to end a class action suit with cashiers who claimed that the company violated a California wage order requiring businesses to give certain workers seating and breaks for jobs that require standing. While ...
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