The 2019 Litigation Trends Annual Survey from the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright came out recently. This is a survey of corporate counsel on topics such as litigation risks and the most effective ways to reduce them. The big takeaway from the survey is that...
Month: March 2020
Will California’s ban on mandatory arbitration hold up in court?
Assembly Bill 51, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, prohibits employers from requiring, as a condition of employment, that their employees agree to arbitrate all disputes. Companies and employees can still voluntarily enter into arbitration agreements, but employees...
A boy’s desk placed over a toilet raises discrimination concerns
A middle school in Washington state recently made headlines for setting up a school restroom as a learning environment for a student with special needs. The 11-year-old’s mother asked the school to provide her son, who has autism, a quiet place to do his...
Would AB 5 prevent truckers from being independent contractors?
When Assembly Bill 5 was signed into law in September, it codified the California Supreme Court's decision in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County. That decision made it much more difficult to classify workers as independent contractors...