by Margaret Chow | Oct 12, 2023 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News, Securities, Securities Alerts
On October 10, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 365 (“SB 365”) into law. Effective January 1, 2024, SB 365 provides that an appeal from an order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration shall not automatically stay proceedings in the trial court...
by Christopher Stecher and Teresa Thong | Sep 12, 2023 | Employment Alerts, General Articles, Homepage News
On September 1, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 699 (“SB 699”) into law. Effective January 1, 2024, SB 699 prohibits employers from including or seeking to enforce post-employment covenants not to compete in any employment contracts, regardless of where and...
by Margaret Chow | May 24, 2023 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
Overview On May 22, 2023, the California Supreme Court unanimously found that an employee’s report of workplace wrongdoings is a protected “disclosure” within the meaning of Labor Code section 1102.5(b) even if the employer already knew about the violation before the...
by Margaret Chow | Dec 5, 2022 | General Articles, Homepage News
Representing two separate securities broker-dealers, KYL shareholders have been defending claims brought by public investors stemming from their investments in products issued by Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd (“Northstar”). In 2018, Northstar was...
by Justin Hectus | Sep 14, 2020 | Homepage News, KYL Technology News
In this Q&A for its Breaking Tradition series, Law.com catches up with Justin Hectus, CIO and CISO at Keesal, Young & Logan and CIO at its spinoff tech company KP Labs. Hectus explains why the firm separated KP Labs’ distinct company, and the positives...
