Does What Happens in Mediation Stay in Mediation?
8/14/20
By: Barry Miller
Insurers: Time to review your mediation practices.
As COVID-19 travel restrictions force most mediations online, often with participants in more than one state, insurance carriers must re-examine their assumptions about the process. They need assurance that what …
What Should a California Lawyer Do With An Inadvertently Produced Privileged Document?
2/6/20
By: Greg Fayard
Sometimes privileged documents are accidentally produced to opposing counsel. Usually, this occurs in a document production in a lawsuit where, buried in the documents, is a communication between a lawyer and client that is clearly privileged and …
Employment Arbitration Agreements are Still Alive in California, At Least For Now
10/4/18
By: Rebecca Smith
As Freeman Mathis & Gary brought out in its August 24, 2018 Blog by attorney Dave Daniels, the California Senate had voted to approve Assembly Bill 3080 (“AB 3080”) intended to combat the use of mandatory …
California Attacks Arbitration Agreements …. Yet Again!
8/24/18
By: Dave Daniels
On August 22, 2018, the California Senate voted to approve AB 3080, a bill prompted by the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. Nominally, the bill is intended to combat the use of mandatory arbitration agreements and confidentiality …
How Can The Trump-Cohen Tape Be Public?
7/31/18
By: Greg Fayard
A lawyer and client talk. The lawyer records the conversation. The recording is made public. How can this be?
That’s what happened to then candidate Donald Trump and his New York lawyer Michael Cohen. The conversation occurred …
NLRB Provides Guidance on Investigation Confidentiality Policies
4/22/13
By: Anthony Del Rio
In July 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) ruled that a blanket policy requiring confidentiality during all internal workplace investigations violates employees’ rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The ruling …
Wage and Hour Issues Evolving at a Rapid Pace
3/6/13
By: Brad Adler
Wage and hour lawsuits continue to be some of the fastest growing civil suits in our court system. In Georgia alone, FLSA lawsuits increased 40 percent in 2012, outpacing the approximately 13 percent increase nationwide by a …
Using the Common Interest Doctrine to Protect Information from Disclosure
8/14/12
By: Kamy Molavi
Various methods are used in litigation to limit the disclosure of information and documents to opposing parties. One is to invoke a privilege. The most common privileges are the work product doctrine and the attorney-client privilege.
Some …
Employers Beware of Rules Against Employee Discussion of Internal Investigations
8/1/12
By: David Cole
On July 30, the NLRB issued a decision in the case of Banner Estrella Medical Center, which highlights the dangers of blanket instructions or policies prohibiting employees from discussing internal investigations. The company’s human resources manager …