by Elizabeth Lindh and Teresa Thong | Jan 24, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
On January 16, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California in California Trucking Association, et al. v. Becerra, et al., issued a preliminary injunction that will temporarily prevent the enforcement of Assembly Bill (AB 5) against...
by Stacey Garrett | Jan 13, 2020 | Homepage News, Privacy & Data Security Alerts
Californians spent January 1, 2020 like most other Americans: making (and breaking) New Year’s resolutions, watching college football bowl games and saying farewell to 2019. But Californians also woke up that day to new privacy rights granted to them as a result of...
by Stacey Garrett | Jan 8, 2020 | Homepage News, Privacy & Data Security Alerts
The New Year has arrived, and so has the California Consumer Privacy Act. On January 6, 2020, Attorney General Xavier Becerra kicked it off by issuing an advisory for consumers highlighting their new rights under the CCPA. (See the full advisory here.) Attorney...
by Marjorie Hall | Jan 2, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51) was set to take effect January 1, 2020. It prohibits requiring as a condition of employment arbitration of FEHA or Labor Code violations. (See KYL Alert dated December 18, 2019.) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, California Chamber of Commerce,...
by Marjorie Hall | Jan 2, 2020 | Homepage News, Securities
In a recent FINRA Arbitration, KYL obtained a complete defense award related to an investor’s accounts with a major financial services client. The claimant had brought claims for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, churning, breach of fiduciary duty, negligent...
by Marjorie Hall | Dec 18, 2019 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
As another year draws to a close, new laws are set to take effect once the calendar flips to January 2020. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is on the forefront of most minds, but that does not mean California employers should take other new laws any less...
