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19 Oct Fox v. Nexflix And Employee Poaching Under California Law

Posted at 15:45h in Litigation by Laura Payne

21st Century Fox recently made news when it filed suit against Netflix for poaching two of Fox’s top executives. Fox claims in its suit filed on September 16, 2016, that its executives were still under contract and Netflix’s poaching constituted tortious interference with those contracts....

05 Oct Recent Employment Law Developments May Signal a Union Comeback

Posted at 21:51h in Litigation by Laura Payne

The last 30 years has seen a significant decline in union membership by workers in the United States, with a resulting decrease in the political power of unions. But a recent legal shift toward empowering collective bargaining may point towards a recovery. The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”)...

02 Sep Independent Contractor v. Employee: How Uber Shows the Risk of Misclassification

Posted at 22:15h in Litigation by Laura Payne

Worker classification — that is, categorizing workers as independent contractors or employees — has become a contentious issue affecting more and more companies in the burgeoning “1099 economy.” Uber is the leading example of a company that has based its business model on classifying its...

Author: Laura Payne

19 Oct Fox v. Nexflix And Employee Poaching Under California Law

05 Oct Recent Employment Law Developments May Signal a Union Comeback

02 Sep Independent Contractor v. Employee: How Uber Shows the Risk of Misclassification

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