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The Department of Industrial Relations’ Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) has unanimously adopted new emergency temporary regulations imposing COVID-related safety standards and requirements at the...

Authored and researched by Tim Capowski with assistance from former colleague(s). Over the past two decades summations[i] in personal injury actions have veered off the rails into something far removed from their proper role...

On November 3, 2020, California voters passed the long-awaited Proposition 22 (text available here), which exempts online-based transportation businesses from having to re-classify transportation drivers as employees under...

Under the Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (“Uniform Act”), a judgment from a foreign country is enforceable as long as the judgment is for the recovery of a sum of money and “final, conclusive,...

On October 22, 2020, a California appeals court unanimously ruled that Uber and Lyft must comply with a preliminary injunction requiring them to stop incorrectly classifying their drivers as independent contractors in...