• posted: Oct. 11, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Issues,  Employee Rights,  Employee Privacy,  Government Audits of Employment Records
• employee,  employer,  privacy

You may have seen the recent headlines about Google – they successful fought a request by the federal government, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (“OFCCP”), for the contact information Read More

• posted: Aug. 30, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Civil Litigation,  Business,  Employee Lawsuit
• employee,  Business,  civil litigation,  Employee lawsuit

It can be unsettling and a little hurtful when, despite the fact that you treat your employees really well, one of them brings a lawsuit against you. Having a lawsuit Read More

• posted: Aug. 08, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Uncategorized,  Employment Issues,  Classifying employees,  Contract Workers,  Misclassification
• employee,  Business,  Wage & Hour,  Contract Workers,  Misclassification

  It is important for Pleasanton businesses to properly classify workers as while classifying a worker as an independent contractor may be more cost efficient upfront, properly classifying a worker will Read More

• posted: Aug. 07, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Law,  Business,  Discrimination,  Equal Pay
• Employment,  employee,  Business,  Equal Pay Act

California’s Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling in Rizo v. Yovino that held that an employer violated the Equal Pay Act because of its bright-line policy rule of paying Read More

• posted: Aug. 07, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Law,  Equal Pay
• EEOC,  Equal Pay Act,  discriminatory pay,  Rizo v. Yovino,  wage discrimination

California’s Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling in Rizo v. Yovino that held that an employer violated the Equal Pay Act because of its bright-line policy rule of paying Read More

• posted: Aug. 03, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Uncategorized,  Business,  Business Partnerships,  Mergers & Acquisitions
• Business,  Mergers,  Board of Directors

Mergers and acquisitions as a growth strategy has become popular once again. Like any business deal, the long-term success takes hard work and a strategic approach to creating synergy between Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2017
• Tod Gurney
• Business,  Succession
• Business,  Succession

Entrepreneurs often live and focus on the highs and lows of launching a new business venture. One key aspect that they often forget is that a decision made on day Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2017
• Tod Gurney
• Business,  Succession
• Business,  Succession

Entrepreneurs often live and focus on the highs and lows of launching a new business venture. One key aspect that they often forget is that a decision made on day Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Business,  Succession
• Business,  Succession

Entrepreneurs often live and focus on the highs and lows of launching a new business venture. One key aspect that they often forget is that a decision made on day Read More

• posted: Aug. 01, 2017
• Amanda Rydza
• Employment Law,  Discrimination,  Family Responsibilities
• Business,  discrimination,  family businesses,  nepotism,  nepotism in the workplace

What is nepotism? Nepotism is the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. What is the law and how can someone sue Read More

• posted: Jul. 27, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Fraud,  Banking,  Whistleblower
• Business,  Bank Accounts,  Banking,  Credit cards,  Fraud,  Whistleblower

An Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former manager at a Los Angeles-area Wells Fargo has ended with an order by the Department of Justice Read More

• posted: Jul. 26, 2017
• Hester Nguyen
• Real Estate
• commercial lease,  landlord-tenant law,  leasing

All business, big and small, have had to negotiate a commercial lease at some point in time.  While most encounters are uneventful, some businesses are faced with unreasonable landlords that Read More

• posted: Jul. 19, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Business
• Business Judgment Rule,  corporate governance,  duty of loyalty,  personal liability

A career as an officer, director, or shareholder of a corporation brings great opportunity to be a lauded visionary, strategic thinker, and the leader of a profitable venture, with accompanying Read More

• posted: Jul. 18, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Law,  Labor Law
• California Labor Code,  employment contracts,  non-compete agreements

Companies that have headquarters outside of the Golden State typically have employment contracts that purportedly are governed by the substantive law of the state in which the enterprise is headquartered. Even Read More

• posted: Jul. 11, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Law,  FMLA
• FMLA,  CFRA,  A Better Chance,  civil lawsuits

California-based employers who employ 50 or more workers face regulations beyond the federal employment laws through the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), which expands employees’ rights under the Family Medical Read More

• posted: Jul. 05, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights
• wage & hour laws,  California Court of Appeals,  class action suit,  commissioned employees,  rest breaks,  Stoneledge Furniture

Earlier this year, a California Court of Appeals held in Vaquero v. Stoneledge Furniture LLC that an employer violated state law by not paying commissioned employees for their rest breaks. Under Read More