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News & Insights
August 24, 2023
Josh Anaya

New Evidence Standards Under California Senate Bill 652

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently approved California Senate Bill 652, affecting a defendant’s ability to introduce expert opinion evidence on alternative medical causation at trial. Specifically, the law...
August 17, 2023
Mary Watson Fisher

Examining the Future of Remote Work in a Post-COVID World

Does the fact that an employee worked remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic require an employer to continue allowing remote work post-COVID, despite their call for employees to return to the office? During the last three...
August 10, 2023
Helen M. Luetto

Beyond the Workplace: Duty of Care in the Face of COVID-19

In a pivotal ruling on July 6, 2023, the California Supreme Court delivered a significant decision in the case of Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks, Inc., 2023 WL 4360826. The Court’s pronouncement that employers’...
July 27, 2023

California is Traveling in a Different Direction from the Supreme Court on PAGA

On July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion that will have a vast impact on arbitration and California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”). In Adolph v. Uber Technologies, 2023 WL...
June 29, 2023
Mary Watson Fisher

Walsworth Publishes 2023 California Employment Law Midyear Update

Walsworth’s 2023 California Employment Law Midyear Update is now available. This year’s midyear update covers a list of key cases, pending legislation, employment laws related to COVID-19, cases pending before the...