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Payne & Fears LLP is a proud sponsor of the Orange County Business Journal’s General Counsel Awards. The Orange County Business Journal’s General Counsel Awards program is designed to recognize the significant...
In partnership with Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) – Nevada Chapter, Payne & Fears LLP will discuss noteworthy developments in Nevada and California case law and legislation, their importance to Nevada...
November 1, 2018
Payne & Fears LLP Ranked Regionally in 7 Practice Areas in the 2019 “Best Law Firms” List
November 1, 2018 — U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the ninth consecutive year, announce the “Best Law Firms” rankings. Payne & Fears LLP has been ranked in the 2019 U.S. News –...
October 31, 2018
Payne & Fears LLP Takes Active Role with The CFO Leadership Council – Orange County, CA Chapter
October 31, 2018 – Irvine, Calif. – Payne & Fears LLP is pleased to announce that Blake Dillion (Associate, Irvine) and Peter D. Hernandez, CPA (Director of Finance) are appointed members to The CFO Leadership Council...
October 31, 2018
National Human Resources Association (NHRA) 4th Annual Southern California Leadership Summit
We are a proud sponsor of NHRA – Orange County’s 4th Annual Southern CA Leadership Summit. This event will focus on ways to build winning teams by creating a workplace culture where people are cared for, admired,...
This article was first published in the Orange County Business Journal (OCBJ) on October 22, 2018 in the General Counsel Supplement. Privacy activists cheered when, on June 28, 2018, Governor Brown signed into law the...
J. Kelby Van Patten, a partner in the Irvine office, will be speaking at the Orange County Bar Association Insurance Law Section Seminar, as they cover: California Insurance Law Annual Update 2018. Topics: Summaries of recent...
October 22, 2018
OCBA Business & Corporate Section Meeting: What Every Corporate Attorney Should Know About Insurance Coverage
As a corporate attorney, you are not an insurance coverage specialist, but you still need some basic working insurance knowledge to avoid jeopardizing your client’s ability to secure coverage when it gets sued or...
This month’s key employment law cases address pre-employment physicals, appeals from California Labor Commissioner awards, and background checks. EEOC v. BNSF Ry. Co., 902 F.3d 916 (9th Cir. 2018) Summary: Requiring...
9 FAQs About De Minimis Doctrine After Troester v. Starbucks was first featured in the Employment section of Law360. In Troester v. Starbucks Corporation, the California Supreme Court recently held that the...
This month’s key employment law cases involve the ministerial exception to employment laws and disability discrimination. Sumner v. Simpson Univ., No. C077302, 2018 WL 4579765 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 25, 2018) Summary: ...
October 3, 2018
Ninth Circuit Reverses Grant of Class Certification and Denial of Motions to Compel Arbitration in Several Uber Class Actions
In a major victory for ride-share company Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its much anticipated opinion in O’Connor v. Uber Technologies,...