News & Insights

James R. Moss, a partner in the firm’s Salt Lake City office, will be speaking at the Employers Council of Utah. This briefing will focus on laws and situations that are most likely to get employers into legal trouble...

Leila Narvid, a Partner in our San Francisco office, was a guest speaker at Middlebury Institute of International Studies for their course entitled “Legal Aspects of Compliance” where she spoke extensively about...

This month’s key California employment law cases involve wage-and-hour issues.  Donohue v. AMN Servs., 29 Cal. App. 5th 1068, 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 111 (2018) Summary: Policy rounding employees’ time worked is legal if...

In partnership with the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce, Partner James R. Moss will host a complimentary breakfast seminar to take the “pain and fear” out of challenging employment law questions, including...

Payne & Fears LLP is proudly sponsoring the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association’s 41st Annual Scholarship Fundraiser & Installation Dinner.  About the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association (OCHBA) Since...

On February 7, 2019, the California Supreme Court unanimously held in Goonewardene v. ADP, Inc., S238941 that a payroll service provider cannot be held liable for errors it makes in issuing paychecks to workers of companies...

On February 4, 2019, a divided panel of the California Court of Appeal held in Ward v. Tilly’s, Inc., No. B280151, that employees scheduled for “on-call” or “call-in” shifts may be entitled to reporting time pay,...

July 30, 2018 – Los Angeles, California Payne & Fears LLP is pleased to announce that Randy R. Haj has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a senior associate within the Business Litigation Group. He was previously...

The firm is a proud Sustaining Sponsor of the The National Association of Women Lawyers. This year, we are excited to sponsor the Mid-Year Meeting at the Topaz level. The NAWL Mid-Year Meeting offers both professional...

Irvine, Calif. – February 5, 2019 – Payne & Fears LLP is pleased to announce that it has elected two attorneys, Rhianna S. Hughes and Alejandro G. Ruiz, to the partnership. “We are extremely pleased and...

January 30, 2019 – Irvine, California Payne & Fears LLP is pleased to announce that eight partners have been selected to the 2019 Southern California “Super Lawyers” list:  Jeffrey K. Brown, Daniel F....

The last few years have brought an increasing number of class action lawsuits filed against employers alleging non-compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). As part of an evolving trend of narrowly...