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Oct 9, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Jennifer Baldocchi |Ryan McGill |Jessica Mendelson
SB 699: A New Addition to California Non-Compete LawUnder California Business and Professions Code Section 16600, and subject to specified statutory exceptions, “every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void.” This statute declares certain covenants not to compete void under California law.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Joshua Fox |Ryan McGill |Mark Theodore
Late summer brings picnics, hiking, and general fun. It also brings a slew of NLRB decisions as the agency’s fiscal year comes to an end on September 30. One of the more highly-anticipated decisions concerns the lawfulness of employer work rules. On August 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued a decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113 (2023) overruling existing precedent and establishing a stricter test that may render some existing work rules facially unlawful.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Mark Theodore |Joshua Fox |Ryan McGill
Late summer brings picnics, hiking, and general fun. It also brings a slew of NLRB decisions as the agency’s fiscal year comes to an end on September 30. One of the more highly-anticipated decisions concerns the lawfulness of employer work rules. On August 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued a decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113 (2023) overruling existing precedent and establishing a stricter test that may render some existing work rules facially unlawful.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Mark Theodore |Joshua Fox |Ryan McGill
Late summer brings picnics, hiking, and general fun. It also
brings a slew of NLRB decisions as the agency's fiscal year
comes to an end on September 30. One of the more highly-anticipated
decisions concerns the lawfulness of employer work rules. On August
1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued a
decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113
(2023) overruling existing precedent and establishing a
stricter test that may render some existing work rules facially
unlawful.
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Aug 4, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Joshua Fox |Ryan McGill |Mark Theodore
Existing Precedent: BoeingIn The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017) (Boeing), the Board established a balancing test between the potential impact on the employee’s rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the employer’s legitimate justifications associated with the rule. The Board set forth three categories to classify work rules, although the Board noted that these categories were not part of the test.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Mark Theodore |Joshua Fox |Ryan McGill
Late summer brings picnics, hiking, and general fun. It also brings a slew of NLRB decisions as the agency’s fiscal year comes to an end on September 30. One of the more highly-anticipated decisions concerns the lawfulness of employer work rules. On August 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued a decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113 (2023) overruling existing precedent and establishing a stricter test that may render some existing work rules facially unlawful.
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Jul 30, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Gregory Knopp |Ryan McGill
Under the unfair competition law (UCL), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq., a plaintiff may bring a cause
of action for any "unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act
or practice." Generally, a UCL claim will be brought as a
violation of rules set out in other laws or may be brought for any
practice that is "unfair" even if not statutorily
prescribed.
As a prerequisite to bringing a UCL claim, a plaintiff must have
standing.
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Jul 28, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Gregory Knopp |Ryan McGill
Under the unfair competition law (UCL), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq., a plaintiff may bring a cause of action for any “unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice.” Generally, a UCL claim will be brought as a violation of rules set out in other laws or may be brought for any practice that is “unfair” even if not statutorily prescribed. As a prerequisite to bringing a UCL claim, a plaintiff must have standing.
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Jul 27, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Ryan McGill
Under the unfair competition law (UCL), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq., a plaintiff may bring a cause of action for any “unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice.” Generally, a UCL claim will be brought as a violation of rules set out in other laws or may be brought for any practice that is “unfair” even if not statutorily prescribed. As a prerequisite to bringing a UCL claim, a plaintiff must have standing.
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Jul 27, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Gregory Knopp |Ryan McGill
Under the unfair competition law (UCL), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq., a plaintiff may bring a cause of action for any “unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice.” Generally, a UCL claim will be brought as a violation of rules set out in other laws or may be brought for any practice that is “unfair” even if not statutorily prescribed. As a prerequisite to bringing a UCL claim, a plaintiff must have standing.
