Month: December 2019
So-called “non-compete” agreements have been banned under California Business and Professions Code section 16600 for many years, predominantly in the employer and employee context. After differing interpretations of Section 16600 arose between state and federal courts in California, in 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that any contractual restraint on one’s ability to engage in…
Read MoreBoutin Jones Inc. is hosting its annual Employment Law Year-in-Review lunch seminar. Employment attorneys Julia Jenness, Bruce Timm, Jim McNairy, Kimberly Lucia, and Lissa Oshei will lead an informative and lively discussion of recent key changes in the law. Thursday, January 23, 2020 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. KVIE Public Television 2030 W. El Camino…
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Running a business is hard, and avoiding problems can be even more challenging. What doesn’t have to be difficult is finding info on new legal developments that impact your business. We’ve compiled lots of helpful information, addressed notable new court decisions, provided monthly “litigation tips,” and put it all on our new blog, California Litigation…
Read MoreDecember 2019 Monthly Litigation Law Tip Just as Santa knows who’s been naughty or nice, so too, do computer forensics professionals, who can be extremely helpful in discovering useful evidence in litigation.
Read MoreAttorney Alexander Crawford has joined Boutin Jones where he will practice Estate Planning, Probate, Trust Administration and Tax Law. A graduate of the University of California, Davis, School of Law, Alex was a Judicial Extern for Chief Judge Ronald H. Sargis, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California. Prior to law school,…
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Who controls access to user data available online such as LinkedIn profiles? In hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp. the Ninth Circuit recently addressed this question, holding that LinkedIn does not have the right to control access to data publicly available on its website. HiQ Labs provides “people analytics” to employers by “scraping” data from…
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