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BakerHostetler invites you to join us for an upcoming webinar, Federal Trade Commission - Antitrust Investigations - What You Should Know, offering vital insights into antitrust issues and investigations. Topics: • The FTC’s five new commissioners...By: BakerHostetler

In a win for California employers, the California Court of Appeals for the Fourth District held in Southern California Pizza Co., LLC v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London Subscribing to Policy Number 11EPL-20208, 2019 WL 4572859, that claims...By: BakerHostetler

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”) grants federal courts jurisdiction to preside over certain class action cases where, based on the claims alleged, the amount in controversy is more than $5 million, among other factors....By: BakerHostetler

The Law - On September 19, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) into law. The law takes effect January 1, 2020, although some provisions may be applied retroactively. Please see full publication below for more information....By: BakerHostetler

A significant amount of wage and hour class/collective jurisprudence has developed around the issue of whether exotic dancers are employees or independent contractors....By: BakerHostetler

Recent decisions have cast doubt on the enforcement of arbitration clauses in the context of the interstate transportation of goods, but will those limitations extend to the transportation of passengers?...By: BakerHostetler

California’s Supreme Court has cut off an area of significant potential exposure for California employers by ruling that employees cannot recover unpaid wages on behalf of themselves and other aggrieved employees through California’s Private...By: BakerHostetler

By September 30, 2019, employers with 100 or more employees are required to submit certain pay data for 2017 and 2018 (called the Component 2 EEO-1 survey) to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Employers required to submit EEO-1 data should...By: BakerHostetler

But Do You Really Want To In All Cases? The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) was the largest statute ever passed by Congress at the time it was enacted and has only grown further since then....By: BakerHostetler

In collective actions under the FLSA, courts typically apply a lower standard to the first “conditional certification” stage....By: BakerHostetler