(Source: CDF Labor Law by Dalia Z. Khatib and Dan M. Forman- September 12, 2023) Governor Newsom Signs New Executive Order to Guide California’s Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Earlier this month, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to tackle the new...
New Golden State Law to Create Gold Rush Litigation Testing Non-Compete Agreements (Source: CDF Labor Law by Dan M. Forman - September 7, 2023) For over two decades, California law concluded non-compete agreements are not enforceable in the context of employment,...
(Source: Proskauer by Tony Oncidi and Hayden F. Bashinski - August 22, 2023) When Congress passed and President Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (“the Act”) last year, it was predicted that this was just the...
(Source: CDF Labor Law, LLP by Thomas B. Song – August 21, 2023) Cal/OSHA has long been able to cite employers for violating stringent outdoor heat-illness regulations, that apply to all “outdoor places of employment.” As a consequence, indoor workspaces subjected to...
(Source: JacksonLewis by Jason C. Gavejian, Andrew D. Kinghorn, and Nicholas B. McGrath – August 15, 2023) For the second year in a row, the manufacturing industry has fallen victim to more cyberattacks than any other major business sector. According to IBM Security’s...
(Source: CDF Labor Law LLP by Leigh A. White – August 9, 2023) Changes to the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) regulations that govern how employers can use information about criminal history in employment decisions go into effect on October 1, 2023. These...
(Source: Littler by Joy C. Rosenquist, Alyesha Dotson, and Gabe Malouf- July 28, 2023) California Senate Bill 403 would include “caste” under the protected category of “ancestry” in the state’s anti-discrimination statutes. If enacted, this bill would be the first...
(Source: Jackson Lewis by Sean Paisan - July 25, 2023) On July 20, 2023, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board approved declaring an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for Respirable Crystalline Silica (silica). The Silica ETS will require the fabricated stone industry to...
(Source: Jackson Lewis by Jason C. Gavejian, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Damon W. Silver, Mary T. Costigan, Sean Paisan & Robert Yang - July 14, 2023) Though enforcement of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which amended the currently-paused California Consumer...
(Source: Jackson Lewis by By Laura A. Mitchell & Scott M. Pechaitis - July 11, 2023) A new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR 52.204-27) enacted in June 2023 requires companies with covered contracts to ban the use of TikTok and other apps developed by ByteDance...
(Source: Ogletree Deakins by Benjamin W. Perry – July 7, 2023) In an unexpected turn of events, a California court postponed enforcement of the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations until March 29, 2024. The court’s final decision came at the...
(Source: Jackson Lewis California Workplace Law Blog by Joshua M. Henderson & Sean Paisan - June 28, 2023) As Summer starts to heat up, employers with outdoor worksites should review their Heat Illness Prevention Plan (HIPP) compliance under Cal/OSHA’s outdoor...
