In this informative 75-minute webinar (including a question and answer session at the end), Hirschfeld Kraemer Partners Derek Ishikawa, Ferry Lopez and Monte Grix will cover major employment law developments…

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No later than Valentine’s Day 2024, California employers will be required to send “candy grams” to former and existing employees with unenforceable non-competes informing them that those provisions are void….

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On March 17, 2020, Hirschfeld Kraemer’s Christine Helwick was a guest on Employment Matters, the Employment Law Alliance (ELA) podcast. In this episode, Issues Arising with US Employees Working Remotely…

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Most employee handbooks are nearly identical to each other, regardless of the industry, workforce size or the jurisdictions in which business is conducted. Very little thought is given to the…

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  Last month, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) into law, which permits plaintiffs to bring civil claims for misappropriation of trade secrets in federal court.  While…

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Because of California’s employee-friendly laws on agreements containing restrictive covenants, whenever possible, employers include foreign state choice of law and forum selection provisions.  This frequently leads to a proverbial “race…

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