Under US law persons doing work are either independent contractors or employees. If they do not meet the test to be an independent...

Retail salespeople paid on a 100-percent commission basis are entitled to separate additional payments at one and a half times the...

Information is a company asset. Mismanaging it is like mismanaging inventory. That needs to change.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office effected a new rule requiring that foreign applicants and registrants have US counsel.

Going electronic with employment policies and agreements requires more than just going electronic to make them binding.

Recent US DOL guidance opens the door to more flexible internship arrangements.

Arbitration is a contract. The contract rules what happens in an arbitration, regardless how counterintuitive the result might be.

Agreeing to classify workers as 1099 means nothing, legally and is an expensive mistake.

Lawsuits over retiree medical benefits are increasing. So far, employers seem to have the upper hand.

Employers constantly get employee health information. Most know it is confidential but many do not know what that exactly means.

A company that provided temporary travel nurses to medical care facilities hired recruiters with an agreement restricting them from...

State, national and international law changes are moving to normalize hemp, CBD and marijuana businesses.

A 2005 court-approved settlement agreement permanently enjoined the defendants from hiring anyone previously employed by the plaintiff....

Earn-out arrangements are often crucial in bridging price expectations between buyer and seller and getting a deal to closing....

This past November, Californians were going to vote on a sweeping data privacy ballot initiative. It never made it to the ballot....

In a recent decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that an actual copyright registration from the US copyright office is required to be...

Face it. Printing, signing and scanning documents into PDFs is tedious and passé. Because physical closings are now rare, getting...

Many contracts try to eliminate liability for lost profits if something goes wrong. Saying it is one thing, doing it successfully is...

Two former members of a limited liability company were sued by it for breach of fiduciary duty. They moved to dismiss the case because...

California's Supreme Court has ruled that the standard for classifying employees or independent contractors should be changed from the...