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California Appellate Court Enforces Homeowners Insurance Policy Exclusions
On October 21, 2015, the California Second Appellate District Court of Appeal issued its opinion in Grebow v. Mercury Insurance, which was modified without a change in judgment on October 26. The opinion offers an in-depth analysis of a coverage exclusion in a homeowners insurance policy. (Read more)
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Ban the Box Hits Broadway…
The use of conviction records to make hiring decisions has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. In April 2012 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance on the subject.[1] And “Ban the Box” legislation has been creeping its way through the country for several years now, with multiple states and local governments enacting legislation to prohibit employers from inquiring about conviction records on job applications. (Read More)
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Copyrightable-Copywrongable: Cookbook Recipes That Lack Creativity Are Not Protectable Copyrights
On October 20, 2015, the Sixth Circuit found that the recipes in a cookbook were not entitled to copyright protection. Tomaydo-Tomahhdo restaurant owner, Rosemarie I. Carroll, sued her former business partner, Larry Moore, alleging the latter had infringed on recipes contained in her cookbook by offering menu items that were similar in his catering business. The lawsuit specifically alleged violations of a number of Ohio state law claims including unfair competition, and misappropriation of trade secrets. (Read more)
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Governor Brown Signs Law Allowing Health Care Industry Meal Break Waivers
From 1993 through 2000, Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders 4 and 5 contained special meal period waiver rules for employees in the health care industry. Specifically, Section 11(D) of these Wage Orders provided as follows: (Read more)
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Governor Brown Signs Fair Pay Act
SB 358, the Fair Pay Act, was signed into law by Governor Brown yesterday. Existing law generally prohibits an employer from paying an employee at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex in the same establishment for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions. Existing law establishes exceptions to that prohibition where the payment is made pursuant to a seniority system, a merit system, a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, or a differential based on any bona fide factor other than sex. (Read more)
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Governor Brown Vetoes AB 1232
Governor Brown has vetoed AB 1232, a bill sponsored by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) which would have allowed the agency's licensing hearings to be conducted in the CDI Administrative Hearing Bureau instead of in the Office of Administrative Hearings. The Governor’s veto message said: (Read more)