Glick v. City of Los Angeles, 122 Cal. App. 5th 151 (2026)
Two male LAPD officers (Stephen Glick and Alfred Garcia) obtained a jury verdict for gender discrimination and retaliation after they were treated more harshly than their female partners
Smith v. Superior Court, 121 Cal. App. 5th 607 (2026)
Hundreds of current and former employees alleged racial harassment and discrimination at a single factory, including a companywide practice of ignoring complaints and conducting inadequate investigations. After a related class
Saberin v. Alation, Inc., 122 Cal. App. 5th 165 (2026)
Pejman Saberin who lived in Utah and worked remotely for a California-based software company sued the employer under California law after his employment was terminated following his arrest while he
Introduction
On September 4, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) published proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) that would revoke the tax-exempt status of a private school if it adopts, maintains, or
For a brief moment, noncompete law was headed toward a single national rule. Then the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule was set aside, the agency abandoned its appeals, and the map splintered. While the federal rule is gone, the policy
For nearly twenty years, the Ninth Circuit’s “server test” was the only appellate standard for determining whether embedded online content infringes a copyright owner’s public display right. The Fifth Circuit has now weighed in, rejecting the “server test” but reaching
A Connecticut judge has drawn a crisp line for the AI era: using artificial intelligence as an aid in preparing court filings is fine—provided the user checks its work. But hiding instructions designed to manipulate someone else’s AI will not
It’s that time of year again—the temperatures are high, summer vacations are winding down, and Sacramento has taken the minimum wage up another notch.
Beginning January 1, 2027, California’s statewide minimum wage will increase from $16.90 to $17.40 per hour.
On September 2, 2026, in Siren Retail Corp., d/b/a Starbucks Reserve Roastery v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated and remanded the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) 2024 decision finding that Starbucks unlawfully
On September 8, 2026, the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2026-03 (the “FAB”), outlining a new set of guiding principles for enforcing the nonquantitative treatment limitation (“NQTL”) requirements under the Mental Health
