Legal News

The California Supreme Court has concluded that employees must be compensated for time spent on the employer’s premises waiting for, and undergoing, required exit searches of packages, bags, or personal technology devices....By: BakerHostetler

Effective March 16, 2020, COMPS Order #36 (the Order), issued by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, will bring about sweeping changes to Colorado’s overtime and minimum pay standards (COMPS) impacting private employers....By: BakerHostetler

Two Centuries of Federal Precedent Given Effect - We’ve blogged several times the ongoing saga involving AB 51, California’s attempt to prevent the mandatory arbitration of employment claims largely by sanctioning employers who use such agreements....By: BakerHostetler

When outside forces pose a threat to people’s livelihood, people will go to great lengths to fight back....By: BakerHostetler

We’ve commented in the past that off-the-clock cases can make poor candidates for class certification, particularly when the employer’s policies require that employees perform work only while clocked in....By: BakerHostetler

As mandated by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has issued new regulations (the Regulations) that will become effective on February 13 (the...By: BakerHostetler

The shelf-stable tuna industry has been decidedly unstable behind the shelves. In 2014, two of the “big three” industry leaders – Bumble Bee Foods and Chicken of the Sea – announced a proposed merger that would have swamped the then-industry leader...By: BakerHostetler

Since Oct. 11, 2019, we have been blogging about California’s new anti-arbitration law and the injunctive action filed before Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to enjoin it....By: BakerHostetler

Not quite two years ago, the Supreme Court decided the case of Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, 138 S. Ct. 1134 (2018), a case we blogged. The case itself involved the issue of whether service consultants at auto dealers were exempt from overtime...By: BakerHostetler

On Dec. 6, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will implement a new preregistration process for the H-1B visa cap lottery in 2020....By: BakerHostetler