Now that the FDA has authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and is meeting today to review whether to authorize Moderna’s vaccine (it is expected that the FDA will approve this vaccine), employers may be wondering whether...
November 30, 2020
New Cal/OSHA Regulations Require a Workplace COVID-19 Prevention Program
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...
November 13, 2020
The Punitive ‘Failure To Take Responsibility’ Trope Must Be Entirely Policed Out of Tort Actions for Compensatory Damages (November 2020)
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...
November 9, 2020
California Passes Prop 22 in a Major Victory for Gig Transportation and Delivery Companies
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...
November 2, 2020
Recognizing Foreign-Country Judgments
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,...