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California Business & Professions Code § 16600 contains a strong public policy against non-competition agreements.  To address this prohibition, some employers have included choice of forum provisions in their employment contracts to give them the...

Anti-Trust Charges Filed Against the National Venture Capital Association “Crime Club” By Carter Lee The FBI, The SEC, The FTC, the U.S. Attorney General and the Civil Court system have been asked to investigate and prosecute a “Cartel organization...

Are real estate agents independent contractors or employees? This seemingly simple question has sparked some debate — and some lawsuits. The controversy seems to have reached new levels since the arrival of new “sharing economy” business models like...

The iconic Hunger Games line, “may the odds be ever in your favor” pretty much sums up how we feel about our top ten best decisions of 2015.  These are results that put the “happy” in Happy New Year – which we wish all our readers as the year in question...

Co-authored by Colleen Regan and David Kadue Gentry is dead.  Back in 2007, the California Supreme Court, in Gentry v. Superior Court held that California public policy favoring class actions was so important that employers cannot have employees, in...