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Supreme Court Decision Encourages Prompt Registration of Copyrighted Works
On March 4, 2019, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split regarding the Copyright Act’s requirement of “registration” of a work prior to bringing an enforcement action against an alleged …
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Decision Prohibiting Employers from Paying Women Less Than Men Based on Their Salary History
A Ninth Circuit Court decision from April 2018 prohibiting employers from paying women less than men based on their salary history has been overturned on a technicality by the U. …
Requiring a Nonexempt Employee to Call-In to Work May Require Providing Reporting Time Pay
On February 4, 2019, the California Court of Appeal issued its ruling in Ward v. Tilly’s, Inc. The Court held that employers requiring a nonexempt employee to report in by …
The Impact Of “Festo” Cases On The Doctrine Of Equivalents
For more than a decade, the Supreme Court of the United States and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”), in a series of cases entitled Festo …
National Labor Relations Board to Publish Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Joint Employer Standard
On September 14,2018, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register regarding the joint employer standard. Under the Proposed Rule, an employer …
Trade Secrets – Part I: Protect Your Trade Secret Before It Leaves Your “Door”
California federal courts, particularly the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, have the highest number of trade secret cases, according to a July 2018 “Trade Secret Litigation …
Leech Tishman Welcomes Esther J. Choe
PASADENA, CA – September 10, 2018 – Leech Tishman is pleased to announce the addition of a new attorney to the firm, Esther J. Choe. Esther joins Leech Tishman as …
Recent Immigration Issues Will Affect Employers, Employees, Professional Workers, and Business Owners
It seems that immigration, or a topic related to immigration, is mentioned in the media almost every day. This may be because the area of immigration law, while continually changing, …
Transparency: A Legal Balance Between Planning, Communicating and Governing Your Business
TRANSPARENCY: 1. Clear see through piece of thin acetate used to project an image onto a screen. 2. A lack of any hidden agendas with all information being available. 3. …
California Legislature Passes Bill Implementing New Recordkeeping Requirements for Sexual Harassment Claims (AB 1867)
On August 24, 2018, the California Legislature passed and sent to the Governor for approval a bill requiring employers with 50 or more employees to maintain documents involving claims of …